Eggplant Parmesan from Scallini's = FAIL

No Scallini's baby for me. Although the dinner was delicious and the company wasn't too shabby either. :-)

12 days until our due date. Maybe the doctor will have a plan at Wednesday's appointment!

*fingers crossed*

Almost 38 Week Belly picture

We are ready for you baby Calkins!! Even Mia is ready... :)

We are even going tonight to Scallini's for the eggplant parmesan! We'll see if that shit works!

(Excuse how tired I look...eesh!)

"Any Time Now, Really."

35 week belly shot with Mia-dog!

That is what my doctor kept saying at yesterday's appointment! Bruce and I just kept looking at each other with blank stares. They checked to see if I was dilated and the answer was no, but according to our doctor, "the baby is low and has already started navigating his/or her way down and out." :)

He also thinks that we will have a "healthy baby"...meaning he or she will be around 8 - 8 1/2 lbs. Hahaha - craziness!

We are now just in a holding pattern! We cannot wait to meet him or her and also see if we have a September baby instead of an October baby!

So Wonderfully Spoiled....

That is what I keep saying in my head, over and over again. This baby, myself and Bruce are all so spoiled by our family and our friends that it is really surreal.

A shower was hosted in our honor this past Sunday by my best girlfriends in the world. I really hit the jackpot to have all these ladies in my life. The shower was held at my friend Tiffany's beautiful house and was also hosted by my 3 sister-in laws -Maria Mehok, Kimia Mehok and Kristina Mehok - and my beautiful friends - Heather Thompson, Joanna Odom, Melissa Bollins and Tiffany Parker.

(me with all my hostesses!)

I walked into a beautifully decorated house and the dining room table covered in really some of the cutest baby related things I have ever seen at a shower! Heather keeps telling me that she stole all the wonderful ideas...but I think she is being modest! She had the most adorable boxes of favors with my name and the shower date on them and they were filled with candy fishes! (my nursery decor is a fish theme) She also had mini diapers that were filled with almond candies! Yum! There was the cutest green fish piggy bank too with a note that read, "A penny saved is a penny earned, it's true! Let's start baby Calkins college fund long before it becomes due!"

She also had midnight diapers, where all my best wrote cute and funny notes for Bruce and I to read when we are changing those diapers in the middle of the night! :) She also framed a picture of our last ultrasound and had the shower invitation matted and everyone that came to the shower signed it too! So cute!


Tiffany made a precious diaper cake for us! I hate to even think about taking it apart! And all the girls gave us a book for baby Calkins! I cannot wait to read them all!

The shower hasn't even started and already we've gotten all of these things!

Next comes the amazing spread of food...chicken salad, pasta salad, pigs in the blanket, fruit salad, spinach dip, cheese/crackers, bacon wrapped water chestnuts and of course a yummy and precious cake!

So many of my girlfriends were able to come and share in this special day with me too. I was overwhelmed by every one's generosity and I left there in absolute awe of the whole day.

Thank you all so much from the bottom of our hearts! It really was everything and so much more than I ever expected!

Baby and I are still doing really well! We had an ultrasound last Friday and s/he is already measuring at 6 lbs. 4 oz.! Holy Crap! They are estimating that if I make it to my October 10th due date that I will have an 8 or 8 1/2 pounder! I can handle either one of those 2 options, but let's not get any bigger than that...mmmkay? ;)

Here is another and the last close up profile shot of our baby until we get to meet him or her in person....
So, now we just wait until she or he decides to make their grand entrance into our lives! To say the anticipation is killing us would be the understatement of the year. We are so ready to meet you...whenever you are ready, of course! ;)