Spokane Baby Shower

On April 18th I was surrounded by friends and family. What a great feeling of support and love! I never thought a baby shower could be so fun! Yes there was some quality girl bonding time and even a few tears from mommy as she opened sentimental

gifts. Not to mention lots of laughing as mommy tried to figure out how to use such new and foreign concepts. Some seemed mommy proof rather than child proof. Point is it was a great time had. Thanks to all of you who showed or sent your thoughts to us. I am working on writing the thank-you notes on some cards that my sister in law made (she makes and sells them if you are ever interested) so know they will come someday in May or June.
Going green is the way to go. Judging from some of the gifts our child will already be an environmentalist, world traveler and an organic baby. We have received a good chunk of what we need and it is mostly used!!!!! So we are going to have a green baby after all!!!! I have also up-dated our wish list and taken off stuff we now have. There is still a shower in Bellingham that will happen sometime this summer.

So now we have to move so that we have room to put all the baby stuff! I am kidding (kind of). However we are planning on moving when our lease is up in June or July. Keep your fingers crosses for us, we are hoping to buy a home and working with a community land trust group. They strive to keep housing affordable for people like Tim and I. We just got confirmation yesterday that they have some grants available for us. We walked out of the office quite grateful and star struck with the possibilities that are now going to be available for us. So as you can see it will be a busy summer just before the baby is born.

As far as baby development I now have a belly that sticks out more than my breasts. I guess you really know that you are pregnant when you have strangers asking and cute little ten year old girls at the pool talking to you about being pregnant. Our child is moving around a lot now days and Tim has even been able to feel the movements with his hand. We are past the half way mark already. For some reason I thought nine months would be a long time???? We just started taking our birthing classes. We have chosen to use the Bradley Method. They focus on the natural birthing method and understanding the female body and how it is naturally equipped for childbirth. They have me doing all kinds of good exercises so that my body will be ready to help with the birthing process.


Key Notes: The most important thing is to never lie on your back!!!!! Yup it inhibits your tailbone and pelvis from moving so the baby can pass through easily plus your uterus is working against gravity instead of with it!

The other cool thing about this class is we are excited to meet other parents to be. Who also have the same hobbies and due dates as us!!!
Well that is it for now, thanks for following along with us and Happy Sweet Smelling Spring to you all. Thank goodness it is finally here!