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I had an amazing weekend. Aaron and I drove about 160 miles up north to have a baby shower that my family put together for me. Most of my friends and family live up in the northern Indiana and Chicago area. I was born and raised in Chicago, and I miss home so much. I have to say, it was so wonderful getting to see so much family, and my old childhood friends! Best of all, my 90 year old Grandmother came to the party! I was smiling from ear to ear when she came up to me. She rubbed my belly, all smiles, and said, “So precious! So precious!”

We had a pot-luck baby shower, and there were so many delicious foods to eat. We had a beautiful pink and white sweet table, with yummy cupcakes and candy. I made the cupcakes, and the floral centerpieces. I had so much fun putting the flowers together, and making 72 cupcakes the day before the shower! My kitchen smelled soooo goooood! ♥

The baby shower was just amazing. The gift table was filled to overflowing! Kids were running around everywhere! There was even a piano to play, and the kids were banging on the keys! I absolutely loved every single minute of it! I even got to play the piano with one of my friend’s kids… who is very talented for his age. My husband got a video of our piano duet. I had SO MUCH FUN!My sister happened to find a beautiful rocking chair downstairs in the Church we were in. She brought it upstairs and placed it next to the gift table. It was perfect for me! It even had strawberries painted on it! How awesome is that? Truly… it was the BEST baby shower EVER! :)

Aaron and I went picture CRAZY of course! There were just SO MANY beautiful things to capture! Food, candy, flowers, gifts, balloons, tons of family, friends and hyper kids! We just could NOT put our camera down! We wanted to capture every single moment!

So here are the pictures! Don’t forget to click on the pictures to enlarge them, and to also read captions!

Here is a video of a piano duet with little Bobby! After that, Austin inhaled helium for the first time. He asked me, “Is my voice going to go back to normal?” After I assured him it would, he was having fun! Haha! Love these kids! :)

After we got home, we unloaded our gifts from the car. Put them all on the living room floor, and literally went straight to bed. We both were exhausted, but happy. The next morning I snapped pictures of each baby shower gift I received, and also the adorable gift bags, and beautiful cards I got! This baby blog is pretty much my baby book, and I love to document every moment and every picture. I don’t ever want to forget the great gifts I got from my loved ones! And I want to thank every one of you for all of the gifts. Aaron and I couldn’t be more happy, and I feel so blessed!

Thank you to everyone that helped out so much with the Baby Shower. It couldn’t have been more perfect! And thank you to all of you who could make it! It means so much to us! I’ve updated my Baby Registry in case those of you who couldn’t make it would still like to send a gift or card. Aaron and I are preparing for a small baby shower on his Birthday, June 9th. This will be his last “not-a-Daddy” birthday. Haha! But I will be getting him a few “Daddy-to-be” gifts! We will be getting together with Aaron’s friends and family to celebrate, and I can’t wait! We will be having a barbecue at the park. I can’t wait to soak up some sun, prop my feet up and relax! :) Let’s just hope that Faith does NOT arrive yet! June 9th is only a couple weeks away from my due date! Fingers crossed!What a weekend! I am getting more and more fatigued. It’s hard to sleep. I’m awake at least half the night, every night. If I’m not peeing, I’m trying to change positions to get more comfortable; however, nothing helps. My back hurts, and my feet have now gotten so water-logged I can’t wear socks without them leaving deep rings around my legs :(

My poor feet :(

I love my husband so much! He always does what he can to make me more comfortable. Love his foot massages :)

Best Hubby EVER! ♥

My funny guy :)

I’ll say it again! LOVE HIM!!! ♥

Several weeks ago I told Aaron I want a pinwheel for my flower bed. He laughed at me and said I was silly. He’s not a fan of pinwheels, lol. I came home from work just the other day, and while I was driving up, I saw a pinwheel on our mailbox. I smiled. He’s so sweet. Then, as I was pulling into the driveway, I saw more! I started laughing! Aaron was kneeling by a tree and started snapping pictures, haha!

LOVE HIM! ♥ ♥ ♥35 week belly pic!

Video of baby’s progress!

My next baby check-up is Wednesday. I will be having an examination this time, and a Group B Streptococcus screening. Wish us luck!

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I got a gorgeous highchair, and met an awesome photographer… all in one day! :)

sherryae76May 14, 2012September 6, 20121 Comment

Today started out kind of blah, but this evening has been great! Aaron and I went to another baby-check up today. I now weigh 156 pounds. Blood pressure is great. Baby’s weight, and heartbeat are perfect. I now will begin seeing the Dr. every week until I deliver.

When we got home, Aaron and I went to pick up an antique highchair that we found on Craigslist for cheap. It is a Pulaski Keepsakes Solid Oak High Chair. You wouldn’t find this type of highchair in Walmart or Target. It is exactly what I’ve been looking for! And this highchair was right in town! It was only minutes away! What luck!

Look at the detail!

But the BEST part is getting to meet the woman who sold it to us. I LOVE how God works!!! Her name is Shelia, and she is an extremely talented photographer of She Designs Photography! I have been a fan of her work for awhile! And Aaron and I got to meet her! As you know from my previous blog post, photography is my obsession, and is also fast becoming Aaron’s obsession, too. So as you can imagine, I was SO excited to meet Shelia! Sure, we talked about the highchair for a little bit, but our conversation with her quickly turned to photography! :) She is so sweet! She gave us advice and suggestions on photography lenses, and she also told us about Kip May who offers photography classes here in town! I just loved meeting her. We got a beautiful highchair, and met a wonderful woman. We are now Facebook friends, and I’ll try my best not to bombard her with too many photography questions! :)

Oh, I forgot to mention, Shelia has had that highchair for 30 years! And it was sitting in the same spot in her home for that long! Now that Shelia and I are friends on Facebook, she won’t have time to miss her highchair because as soon as Faith is big enough to sit in it, I will be snapping pictures! I think it’s pretty cool that she can continue to see her highchair being put to use after 30 years of having it :)

God meant for us to have that highchair, and meet Shelia! It turned out to be a perfect day! ♥

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Happy Mother’s Day! Week 34!

sherryae76May 13, 2012September 6, 2012

I got a card from my wonderful husband for Mother’s day :)

I had a good day. Aaron and I went to his parents for lunch. We took our new Canon camera there to snap pics of his nieces. It was alot of fun. Aaron’s dad pulled out his old Canon camera, and I fell in love! Let me tell you about this camera… it is a Canon AE-1 Program camera, and it’s actually the first Canon camera to set both the shutter speed and aperture automatically. I just couldn’t wait to get home, and share pictures of it with my readers!

Aaron’s parents let us have it! Too bad we don’t have 35mm film for this beauty. I would love to try it out! I definitely plan to put this in a display case somewhere in my house. There are so many accessories with it! A 50mm lens, and old Canon camera case, and carrying case. And check out the old vintage strap! I love it! Even the user manual is filled with old pictures. This camera was made in 1981! I wonder where I can get film, and also get the film developed? I would LOVE to play around with this! They took excellent care of it! It looks like it’s in mint condition!

It’s so cool to have an old Canon, and a brand new Canon under my roof :)

I couldn’t help but add a Star Wars reference to this pic :)

They even gave us an old Polaroid instant camera! And again, I freaked out when I saw it! It is a Polaroid Land Camera Square Shooter 2, and it was manufactured in 1972-1975! If I can find the instant photo film for this, I would LOVE to play with this, too!!!

Ok, enough about my photography obsession. Here is my 34 week belly pic!

Video of baby’s progress!

I seriously can’t believe there is only 6 more weeks to go. If I deliver early. I have less than 6 weeks! Wow. I have to start getting a suitcase ready for the hospital.

This is the shirt that I plan on wearing the day I deliver …