We had a GREAT weekend with Deven. The three of us went out on our last 'date night' to a brazilian steakhouse on Friday night. It was delicious but all of us had weird, too much meat, dreams and woke up feeling like we dined on a salt lick. We spent the rest of the weekend working on small projects for the baby's room. Deven and James want to make their own mobile for the baby's crib that would use flying superhero's instead of teddy bears. So, this little girl will be entertained by a flying hulk, iron man and spiderman Mighty Mugg .

James and I had a breastfeeding class on Saturday. I was skeptical going into it but it was actually a really helpful class...for both of us! And here I thought it was just something that 'happened'.

Here is our date night photo:

The baby's room

Here are a few photos of our 'cozy' baby's room...we still need to hang artwork and a valance but that's really for me more than the baby. Thanks to mom & dad for making this happen in one short weekend!!

Oh Sweet Air Conditioning!

After $370 for a very brief 30 min visit (hardly seems worth the price) we are back in the cool air business (VERY worth the price). Thank god!

I had my 36 week dr. appt this afternoon where they did my Group B strep test and all the other basics. The baby is measuring absolutely average and she is already head down which is good news! She was doing a little dance while the dr. was feeling around for her position which made it pretty easy to feel where she was. Her butt is right up under my left ribs which means I get a little heal lodged in my right ribs from time to time. She's good about moving when I need her to though (I'm crossing my fingers that she'll be this accomodating when she arrives).

The house drama continues

Those of you that see us regularly know that there is a black cloud that permanently hangs over our house. We bought the house during a housing boom and had to make some concessions, like foregoing an inspection, in order to have our offer accepted (after going through about 12 offers). Lesson learned: NEVER forego an inspection. Since moving in we have replaced literally every single major appliance in the house, fixed electrical issues, and replaced the windows and the roof (the roof was particularly fun as one of the workmen fell through the roof, through our bedroom ceiling and onto our bed during the replacement).

Now it appears as though we're on round 2 of the replacements. Before mom and dad arrived last weekend we discovered a leaky tube from our refridgerator...how did we 'discover' this, you ask? Because the basement ceiling, right above the guest room bed that mom and dad were to sleep on, caved in. After having the drywall repaired, cleaning the carpets and laundering all the bedding and pillows, the basement is back in good shape (just in time for mom and dad to arrive and for James to set up his new office).

We're not finished though! Just last night I arrived home to a house that was a toasty 82 degrees inside. On the HOTTEST day of the year so far our AC has decided to stop working. This would be bad enough if I weren't 8 months pregnant. Fortunately we used our window AC unit from the last time our heat pump kicked it to cool our bedroom and slept in relative comfort. The repairman is coming tomorrow morning to check it out for a whopping $250 just to show up (labor and parts not included)...just what we wanted to spend our $$ on right now! Please send good house vibes our way!

The all-baby weekend - the shower

Our friend Kate threw us an AWESOME shower this past weekend. The woman is truly gifted at hosting events as the food was delicious (pulled pork and beef brisket sandwiches, particularly tasty potato salad and carrot cake cupcakes, of course) and the decorations were adorable. If she weren't so darned good at her real job I think there would be a future for her in event planning. Anyway, between that shower and the wonderful surprise shower at work (ACRP), we are officially 'macked out' when it comes to baby stuff. I had no idea how much stuff was needed for one little 7-8lb person! This little girl will be much better dressed then her mom. Thanks go to everyone who sent notes and gifts...it was incredibly generous and very much appreciated!!

The all-baby weekend - the baby's room

We held off on doing any work on the baby's room until this past weekend...when mom and dad were in town (lucky them!). Since James was using the upstairs 3rd bedroom as an office we thought it would be best to wait as long as possible before moving all of his stuff to the basement...which James is less than excited about. With mom and dad's help we can now say that we have a functional room for this new little nugget to sleep in! We moved, painted, installed, assembled and stocked till we were all sore and fairly grouchy but it's such a relief to have it all done finally. Here is a before picture...I'll upload the after pics soon.