Oh, Hai!

Myyyyy oh my, but I've been gone awhile. Again. And I don't care. Today I have a few minutes to update and so I will try to give you an idea of what's been going on.

35 weeks pregnant! Holy cow! Also, 25 pounds gained and possibly 25 donut holes consumed so far today. Nice. I am so ready to be done being pregnant, people. Pregnant can just SUCK IT as far as I'm concerned. This kid is BIG and he's ACTIVE and he won't give me or my ribcage a break for even 5 seconds. I want him OUT.


(SEE?!?! GAH!)

Don't get me wrong, I'm completely in love with him already and I know that he'll be the most adorable thing I've ever seen (or at least a close second to his big brother), but he has worn out his welcome as far as the womb is concerned.
Today was the official first time that I realized there was no possible WAY I was going to be able to tie my own shoes. I never had this problem with my first, probably because I wore heels every day to work and they didnt need to be tied. Today, though, I grunted and groaned and damn near cried because UUURGHHH.... CANT. REACH. FEET.
Moving on...This past weekend my sisters and a close friend threw me an awesome surprise baby shower! I'd been kind of secretly moping for a few weeks because although this is my second baby and also second boy I really was hoping that someone would throw me a shower. I have quite a bit of stuff for this baby but there's so much that I still NEED because I pretty much gave away all of the important stuff. Because I'm a smart girl. So anyway, I arrived at my in-laws' houe saturday afternoon only to see my 3 girls standing in the driveway waiting for me and SURPRISE!!! Blue balloons everywhere! YAY!!!!
We had a blast and I got some great gifts; my favorites being a tattoo print Hotsling and 3 pairs of adorable striped baby leg-warmers. EEEeeee! :)

Here are some photos from the party:
(The group sitting down to our awesome lunch and Kristen's awesome tan putting the lot of us to SHAME. She's directly to my left, if the bronzed goddess look didn't already give her away.)

(we played the "how many squares will it take to go around her belly??" game... everyones favorite way to humiliate the pregnant girl! Woo hoo! This is my sister, Athena with me.)

(and then it was Sarah's turn)

(AAAAAnnnnd my dear mother in-law, who's paper managed to wrap around me THREE WHOLE TIMES. THANKS A LOT!!! Just kidding, I love you kitty :) )

(PRESENTS!!!)

(moi, doing my best "expecting Models" pose. HAH!)

So, all in all it was wonderful wonderful and my sisters and Sarah are amazing for being able to keep it a secret from me this long! They'd been planning it for about 6 weeks and I had no idea!

Well, that'll have to be all for now. The kiddos are waking up from nap and there's much to be done in the way of diapers and snacks and such. I have a lot more that I'd love to tell you about, and hopefully tonight or tomorrow I'll have time to come back and update again. If not though, I'll definitely be back soon because I'm totally supposed to have a baby in about 5 weeks and you KNOW that gives me a lot to talk about.
Toodles! (SNORT)....

(P.S. ROUND!!!! Can you say ROUND!?!?!)
(P.P.S. Baby shower balloons RAWK.)