Oregon Baby Shower and Deuce's 3rd Birthday!

Our very good friend Jayme wanted to throw us a baby shower, and I must say, she knows how to throw a party!!  I remembered to take a few pics for this baby shower and thought I should share! 

Me on the way to the shower!

Jake and I below the It's a Boy Banner!

Only a small sampling of the goodies!!  Micque made the guacamole, and the cake pops were made by Amanda and Jayme.  (Amanda also made our gender reveal cake, if you remember that post!  She is VERY talented!) We also had a variety of fruits and veggies, hamburgers, hot dogs, and potato salad!  Jake manned the grill and also made the potato salad from scratch!

Close-up of the cake pops!  The tags say "It's a Boy!"



Close-up of the water bottles.  I didn't know you could order wrap things like this!!  So awesome!

The decorating table for onesies and bibs!



An inside joke between Jake and his boss, Ray.

Jayme made this bib!

Micque made this bib!!  LOL!

Carrie made this one!! She is always calling Baby Schritter "Little Dude!!"

Micque also made this one!!  So creative!

Maryann brought her seven year old daughter, Sierra, who customized this onesie!

And I made this one, so we could include Molly and Deuce in the festivities!!  They are going to be great puppy siblings!
 

We had a really great time, and Baby Schritter got even more spoiled.  We are truly grateful to have such great friends here in Oregon.  Today was also our Weimeraner's THIRD birthday!!  Deuce started his day with a new tire-shaped toy, and then we took both dogs to the beach where they chased a ball into the ocean for an hour!!  Both dogs also enjoyed all sorts of special treats today (hash browns, ice cubes, and special duck and potato treats!) They are currently both passed out on the floor and sleeping soundly.  I think we wore them out! 

I think he has the most beautiful eyes......

He's a big boy now.  Happy Birthday, Deuce Tanner!  We love you very much and our family wouldn't be the same without you, buddy!

35 weeks and our 3 year anniversary!

That means only 5 weeks (or less!) until we meet Baby Boy Schritter.  We met with our doctor today.  Looks like I lost one pound since last visit, so I've gained 17 pounds this pregnancy so far.   My tummy measures 35 cm, which is exactly where it should be for 35 weeks!  Doctor says he seems pretty long.  He's pointed down like he should be, but he's still kinda far up so he hasn't "dropped" yet.  Our next appointment isn't for another two weeks, right after the fourth of July.  The closer he gets to coming the more exciting yet also more nerve-wracking my life gets!  We are really excited to meet our son and be parents, but that comes with all kinds of worries about raising someone that depends wholly on us!!  Not to mention that I've never gone through labor before so the unknown of that makes me really nervous.  As long as I can avoid a C-section I think I will be alright!!  Plus, I try to keep in mind that women have been doing this since the beginning of time.  I should be able to do it too!!  I think all of the basic stuff he will need is ready to go.  He has a crib and changing table, and a couple of packs of diapers to get us started, a dresser, two car seats (one for each of our vehicles), a rocker glider chair, a stroller, a baby bath tub, lots of other odds and ends. and some really cute clothes given to us by friends and family.  Next weekend my friend Jayme is throwing us a baby shower so I think the number of clothes might grow some!  I'm always amazed at how small the clothes are, and baby shoes are the cutest things ever! 

Our anniversary was on the 12th.  3 years married, but we've been together since 2008.  Jake does so much for our little family and I couldn't ask for a more caring, loving, attentive partner to go through life with.  He nearly always makes dinner for us every night after a long day at work, and he always does what he can to help my life (especially with this pregnancy!) easier.  He knows me better than I know myself.  I know he will be a fantastic Daddy because he is already a great husband!!  Usually for our gifts on our anniversary we have stuck to the "traditional" yearly gifts and this year was supposed to be leather.  I got him a new belt (which he needed), and a Fossil watch with a leather strap.  This year he strayed away from the traditional and bought me diamond earrings and a beautiful diamond necklace!!  I really am a lucky girl.  :)

Portland and 33 weeks!

This past weekend we went up to Portland.  There were several reasons for this trip.  First, Jake had an interview for the manager position at the hotel he does maintenance for.  After two and a half hours his interview was finally done.  Meanwhile I was at Babies R' Us, which, by the way, is the BEST store on the planet for an expecting mom, or a mom with smaller kids!!  They have EVERYTHING!!  I checked out the shoe section more than once.  Baby Schritter already has 5 or 6 pairs of shoes and he's not even here yet.  He's gonna be one well-dressed kid.  ;)

We checked into our hotel and then went out to dinner at Olive Garden!! It had been several years since either of us had been to one.  Right before dessert, Jake got a phone call:  they offered him the position!!  So, ladies and gentlemen, my husband is the new manager at the Coos Bay Quality Inn and I couldn't be more proud of him.  At this time last year he didn't have a job, and look at him now!!  He went from maintenance man to manager in 10 months!!  Oregon has been good for our little family.  The waitress even gave us a free dessert!!  :) 

On Saturday we went to the Saturday Market in Portland.  There were a lot of talented people selling their goods and a lot of....well....interesting people.  It was great for people watchers like us!  We made a stop at VooDoo doughnuts and then headed for the zoo!!  The zoo in Portland is HUGE!!  I think we were there for about 5 hours, just walking around and trying to make sure we saw everything! 

Sunday we headed home, but not before we stopped at the outlet mall in Woodburn!  I got some new clothes, Baby Schritter got some new clothes, and Jake got some new clothes too!!  Then we stopped in Salem for some Jimmy John's.  We sure do miss that place!!  So yummy.

Today we had another baby appointment.  So far I have gained 18 pounds, which our doctor says is just a little below average.  I told him it wasn't a race.  ;)  My blood pressure is normal, and I am measuring normal!!  Baby Boy's heart rate sounds great.  I talked to our doctor about the whole gestational diabetes thing.  I'm still in denial, but I bought the glucose monitor and the strips and all that, but I can't get in to see the dietician and the nutritionist and have them show me how to use it until a week from Friday.  So I've been talking to people that know about these things (as far as diet goes), and I told our doctor I could read the instructions and figure out how to use the glucose meter if he would tell me how often he wanted me to check my blood sugar.  I about fell over when he said 7 times a day.  7!!?!?!?  Yep.  Once when you wake up, then before breakfast, lunch, and dinner, and 2 hours after each meal (breakfast, lunch, and dinner).  He said he knew that was a lot but that I should at least check it five times a day.  Holy crap-ola, mister.  Maybe we will start that tomorrow……..I don’t really have time to check my blood sugar two hours after every meal.  Two hours after I eat breakfast I am with a patient.  And two hours after lunch I am with a patient. So those are probably not gonna happen.  But that brings us to the five times he wanted so maybe that will be what happens….um…..tomorrow…….As you can see I’m trying to put off pricking my fingers as long as possible…….

Other than that we have nothing to report!!  We get another ultrasound at 37 weeks!!  Yay!