Some neighbors and friends had a surprise baby shower for me at the CheeseCake Factory (yummy yummy), it was a lot of fun and it made me even more excited about our new little guy on the way. Towards the end we took a group pic and yes, I had to show that I hadn't lost all of my cheer/dance ability and so I did the splits in the restaurant. Is there a dance show for pregnant women? LOL
We are in the home stretch (kind of) with about 6 weeks until we meet the newest addition to the Howard family. I started to paint his crib black, and the boys insisted on helping me with this task.
I'm still not sure if Ryan took this picture because of Alice Cooper or the chick in the background!
So, I decided to write a little bit about this pregnancy, assuming that some of you might actually want to know how things are going. The baby is doing great and mom is taking it one day at a time! Mentally I'm all over the place, worrying one day and then in total nesting mod the next. Now that I've passed the critical stages that the twins went through I seem to be a little more stable. (as stable as a pregnant woman can be) I never got back into shape after the twins, so I can tell my body is pretty tired of being pregnant, but Tylenol PM is helping me get through the nights. Preparing for our new little guy is the best part, we never got to prepare for the twins so I'm taking full advantage this time. (that means more projects for Ryan which he's not too happy about) My due date is June 11th and we'll schedule a c-section a few days after that, but I'd really like to try a VBAC which means my body will have to go into labor on it's own earlier than my due date. Ultimately we just want a healthy baby no matter how he enters the world.
Chas is now on his own team instead of just watching Carson. Ryan is the coach too, which makes the games even more entertaining!!!
April 2nd was Chas' 3rd, we had little party for him and took him to 'Amazing Jakes' on his birthday. He's doing pretty well with the potty training, except for pooping, and of course he thinks his big stuff now that he is 3.
