Today is my sister’s baby shower. The day we have been planning for over 2 months is finally here. I am happy it is here, but as an adult I often find the anticipation of things is often more exciting than the actual event. Why is that? My childhood memories do not recall the days leading up to Christmas as more fun that Christmas itself, yet why as an adult does that seem to be the case? Hopefully today will be a memory my sister will cherish forever.
Anyhow, on top of that my sister-in-law’s water broke yesterday and our last conversation with them around 9pm last night she was trudging along slowly. My poor sister just lost another 2 shower guests, my sister-in-law and mother-in-law. She had already had anticipated poor attendance from our side of the family and now it will be just my mom and I and a couple of Laurin’s friends with Zeus’s HUGE family. I hope they are all hungry, we have enough food for an army! Anybody near Hammond, IN who wants to crash the party, come on down!
On Thursday I had a conference call. It was regarding the Playtex Smelly Tales contest that I am a judge for along with Susan and Janice from 5 Minutes for Mom and Amber from Crazy Bloggin’ Canuck. I don’t handle noise and conversation coming at me from all different directions and a conference call with 3 other people was a bit of a struggle. I had to really strain to hear the important parts but it was fun!
Well, as I was writing this I got a call that my sister-in-law had her baby this morning! 6lbs, 11ozs and they are both doing great! Hopefully I can squeeze some time to see them. I want this to be my sister’s day but I want to see that new baby too!
Last night I was enjoying a tender moment with Abby. It was dark in her room and I was holding her before putting her in her crib. The only light was coming from the toy on the side of her crib that shows an image on the ceiling and faint music was playing. She was looking at me, and reached up sort of past my head like she wanted to touch the ceiling fan which showed up as not much more than a dark shadow. Then she reached down and was touching my face, really gently. It was so sweet and time seemed to stand still. Then all of a sudden she grabbed a handful of my hair and poked me in the eye at the same time. Nice. And that was after I nicely changed 4 stinky diapers yesterday, one of which was a colon cleanse-ing, up the back, blow out!
I hope everyone has a great Saturday!
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Yea… Congrats on the new baby in the family. And.. Amber, is a DOLL….. so full of life and energy, I’ve had the pleasure of meeting her a few times and I love her!
Hope everything goes well at hte baby shower!
You have been busier than I thought!! WOW!!
congrats to your sister!!
Congrats on the new baby in the family. I can’t wait to hear how the shower went! Be sure to include some pictures, I bet she is super excited…hey and don’t worry about poor attendance, that just means more cake for her. :-) Too bad the shower is like 3 hours from me or I’d be there..I love baby showers.
I hope the shower turned out nice.
I hope the baby shower for your sister goes well. I’ve been thinking about you and her all day! :) Be sure to let us know how it goes!
Congrats also to your sister-in-law. I’m glad she and the baby are doing well.
New babies are always exciting- congrats to your sister in law! I hope the babyshower goes as planned! Have Fun
Good luck with the shower. I’m the same way, it seems like the anticipation is the best part sometimes.
I hope she has a fun day and loves all her presents. Brody is always trying to poke my eyes out too while yanking my hair ! What is up with these babies anyway? haha
I hope your sister has a wonderful shower! I’m the same way as an adult, I love the anticipation, but am ready for things to be over when they arrive.
Congrats to your SIL, I hope she and the little one are doing well!
And the moment with your daughter seemed so sweet, right up until the eye-poking! Then I just had to laugh!