Keeping Busy

We've been very busy for the last week! Last Saturday my friend Laura from college got married. She picked a beautiful (hot) day to get married on the golf course at Quail Ridge! The wedding and reception were a lot of fun...I was able to see a bunch of my friends from college that I hadn't seen in a long time! It was great catching up with people again!

The happy couple! Wayne and Laura

Kate, Jessica, Laura, me, & LisaSunday was Father's Day, so we spent the day with our families. We went to Eric's parents' house for lunch and my parents' house for dinner. Our nieces came in matching dresses and were absolutely adorable!

Chris with his girls

Monday night we had our third child birth class at the hospital. This coming Monday will be our last class...we're excited to get a tour of the birth center at the hospital since we have heard so much about it but neither of us have ever seen it!

Tuesday was my last doctor's appointment seeing the nurse practitioner I've been seeing. I now get to start going to the doctor every week and will actually see my doctor. Not much has changed since my last appointment...I'm still measuring like I'm supposed to be and the heart rate is still in the 140's. I did get to hear the heartbeat over the chambers in the heart...it sounded different than the normal heartbeat, so it was cool to hear for something different!

Wednesday I had my fourth baby shower! My friend Holly put it on and she did a wonderful job organizing the whole thing! My high school and college friends were there along with both moms, all the sisters, and my nieces! Holly asked everyone to bring a book for the baby's library and had labels put on them to remind us who the books came from! We were again blessed to receive so many wonderful gifts and are feeling more and more ready for our little one to arrive! Now we just need to finish getting a few things for the nursery and getting some things put together and finding places to put everything (right now there is a small pathway through the nursery...we have boxes everywhere!) Thanks to everyone for making it a special night for us again! My adorable nieces and me Holly and meKate, Jessica, me, & Lisa

Holly, Jodi, Vicki, me, Kristin, & Leslie

Last night our small group from church had a potluck at Hagar Park. It was a beautiful night and we had a great time hanging out with everyone!

After such a busy (and hot) week, Eric and I are glad it's the weekend and that we can relax this weekend!

Another Baby Shower and Dr. Update

Last week Tuesday was a busy day for me! I left work early to go the doctor for my 33 week check-up. I was told that all my measurements were good and that I hadn't gained any weight in the last 2 weeks :) That news made me happy! The baby's heart rate is still in the 140's, so that has continued to be consistent.

Tuesday night I headed over to my friend Katie's house for my first friends baby shower. Katie S and Katie K put it on for me and they did a wonderful job! We had a great time just hanging out and catching up with each other! We played a game where we were given a list of animals and had to come up with what that animal's baby is called...I definitely didn't do so hot on that one :) Katie K had gotten most of the animals out of her daughter's book, so maybe someday soon I will learn what all of those are!

We again received so many wonderful gifts. We truly are blessed to have so many people around us who care about us and our baby! We received bath items, bottles, onesies, bedding, blankets, toys, books, the monkey to hang on the wall and even a CD of kids songs!

This is a picture of all of us girls at my shower...Thanks for making it a special and wonderful night!

Sleeping Bear Dunes

This past weekend Eric and I went up north to Sleeping Bear Dunes. I had decided I wanted to get away one last time before the baby comes! We drove up on Saturday morning and were able to enjoy the beautiful views without too much walking/hiking thanks to the scenic drive! We got to the top of the 450 foot dunes and were able to see quite a bit around us! The people down by the water looked so small! We had seen a lake that was formed by a sand bar at one point and decided to find it. The water was so clean and we were able to walk a ways around the lake and up a small dune that separated the lake from Lake Michigan.

After we were done with driving around in the dunes, we headed to Glen Harbor where we were able to visit an old Coast Guard station that has been turned into a museum. This picture is at the museum...Eric pretending to drive one of the boats :)

We then headed to Glen Arbor and found our hotel. We stayed at Fiddler's Pond, part of the Homestead Resort. Everything at our hotel was really nice and we had a wonderful pool area right behind our room, but unfortunately it was only in the 50's and was overcast, so we didn't take advantage of it! We still had a wonderful night exploring the area and finding dinner downtown Glen Arbor!

Sunday morning we headed back into Glen Arbor to find breakfast and do some shopping before heading back into Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore. We found the area where the Platte River leads into Lake Michigan. Eric was excited to see this because he had gone tubing down this river with his family when he was younger. It was beautiful and the sun actually came out while we were there!

We continued our trip back towards home making several stops. We stopped at Betsie's Point and saw the light house there before continuing on to Frankfort. We walked around in Frankfort looking at some of the shops before getting some salt water taffy and ice cream! After leaving Frankfort we stopped at a lookout point on Lake Michigan right before we got to Arcadia. The view was beautiful from the lookout and we actually were able to watch the rain come across the lake. We managed to get back in the car right before it started raining!
We were going to stop in Manastee, but we didn't want to get caught in the rain and as we drove through the downtown area, we found that many of the stores were closed on Sunday and that there were many empty buildings. We decided to continue our trip home and made a final stop in Muskegon for dinner before making it home. We had a wonderful time together and were both glad just to get away for a couple days!

32 Weeks

My friend Jenny got married and had her reception at Lake Bluff Inn & Suites in South Haven overlooking Lake Michigan on May 30. It was a beautiful wedding and it was a ton of fun seeing my Plante & Moran friends again!
And here is the "official" 32 week picture taken in my backyard :)