My Baby Showers

One thing you do to celebrate your pregnancy and the upcoming birth of your baby is attend baby showers that are held for you by family and good friends.  As I was growing bigger and bigger, I found myself looking forward to the showers that were supposed to be all about the little guy growing inside of me. I had two showers scheduled: one in WI hosted by my mother and mother-in-law and the other one here in AZ hosted by my two really good girlfriends (Amber and Kim).

As the temperature was rising in Arizona and my body temperature rapidly rising with it, I was looking forward to getting out of the heat and heading to WI for a weekend.  I was also really looking forward to seeing my family and friends. The weekend before my scheduled shower I checked out the weather report and got excited as it was going to be a nice break from this heat.  I started to think about what to pack.  Honestly, I didn't have to think that long because I didn't have many clothes that fit me anymore.  Unfortunately all of this excitement came to a screeching hault as two days before my scheduled flight Max was born and I was no longer pregnant. Of course I was not going to leave AZ and try and attend my shower. Instead all of the planning and preparations that my mother and mother-in-law put into it were now not going to happen. Everything was canceled.  I was super bummed.  I felt gipped out of my own baby shower. The one thing every pregnant woman is supposed to get and experience.  You only get it with your first baby.  These showers don't happen over and over again.  I was bummed.  I was not going to escape the heat, I was not going to see family and friends and I was most certainly not going to be celebrating a pregnancy...instead I am going to be counting my blessings that my baby is healthy.

Lucky for me I did have one more baby shower that was on the calendar here in AZ. I was going to get my one shower after all.  That shower was scheduled a few weeks after Max was born. I was definitely looking forward to the shower to have a nice change from the hospital setting, spend some time with my ladies and have a few laughs. On my very long drive to the shower I was feeling guilty for not being at the hospital. I mean, what kind of mother am I to go and have fun with my ladies while my baby is in the NICU?  I tried really hard to get those thoughts out of my head.  Once I arrived on location and saw all the amazing things my girlfriends did for me to make this day special I realized how silly I was being. I deserved this shower and I am not out "whooping" it up while my baby is in the NICU.  I needed change from the hospital, normalcy and friends...if only for a few hours.

I ended up with a wonderful baby shower here in AZ and I am very thankful to my amazing girlfriends who put on the shower.  They did such a wonderful job and this girl is extremely happy to have them in my life.  I do not have photos from the shower, but you can get all of that from Kim's blog here. 

The latest photo of the big man!