Hormones are getting the best of me, Baby shower, and so much more!

So last night as I sat in the dark, due to the fact that sleeping just does not come easy for me any longer, I happened upon a poem (the one below) and the tears started streaming. While the tears were flowing I thought "hmmm, I need to find a daddy poem for Justin"....bad idea! I found a ton, and the tears continued. So you can now imagine me sitting in the dark, Justin snoring like a hibernating bear in the background, sobbing uncontrollably. It was quite retarded! Anyway the reason for me telling you this is I found the perfect poem for him (from Katie Bella of course). I decided to keep it until the day she is born when I will have someone (one of the moms) give it to him while I am still in recovery. I figure that I should not be the only weepy one among the crowd! I know this is a bit silly, but again HORMONES ARE GETTING THE BEST OF ME! I am quite sentimental at this point in my pregnancy. Just thinking about her finally showing up gives me a huge lump in my throat. Ok, enough of that! LOL!

THE BABY SHOWER! Well first and foremost Thank Yous are in order...

Khristyna

Tyna and Rich

Mom and Rick

Chelsea (my preggo partner for at least another month and a half)

Shelly

JoJo

Thank you all for being such a huge part of my shower. You are some of the most awesome people and I cant and don't want to imagine my life without you all!

For those of you waiting on pictures....I didn't get any but several others did so I will post them as soon as they are sent to me. We received tons of wonderful things for our sweet little girl, and are very appreciative of everyone that was there and shared in this special day.

OTHER STUFF - Justin finally put the baby bed together and all I can say is OMG that thing is beautiful! Never before have I seen such a perfect little girls bed. I promise I will post pictures of that as well. Tyna (Justin's mom) is making all of the baby bedding for us and we picked out a beautiful pink/chocolate brown Matisse fabric (thank goodness Hancocks had 50% off that day or we would have spent a small fortune on that fabric). I cant wait until Katie Bella is here so she can see all the love that she is surrounded by.

MORE OTHERS - So Tyna and Mom are both working on blankets for Katie Bella. Mom is making a quilt with Emily for her and Tyna is making a quilt too. Mom and Em are working on a princess quilt and I know it is going to be one of the favorites. Tyna is working on a quilt (once again this made me cry) which on the inside has Justin's baby quilt (for the stuffing) and also has some material from Kryssy's bedding. Again this will be a favorite!

THE FINAL OTHER! - check out that belly picture! WHOA MOMMA!!! To date I have gained a whopping 30 lbs (all in the stomach region - its so big). I know for some of us (me included) that have been preggo before 30 lbs doesn't seem like much (with Tay I gained 80 lbs and Em I went from 115 to 232 - that's so embarrassing) but it is a ton when it is all central to one location! I really have no idea where my feet have gone! I cant get comfy in any position...sitting, standing, laying down, it just doesn't happen! And this little girl is quite the active one. You can see toes popping through my belly and feel entire feet and legs. Its so weird. But so worth it. I have always known that I would be the mother to a large family and until about a year ago thought this would never happen...all of the sudden it has so I am loving every minute of it.

More to come....I promise! I love you all!