Christmas Came Early This Year

Last Friday night ( Nov 12th) a couple of the people that I love put together a baby shower for Preston (for those of you who don't know, that's what we're naming the little monkey) and me at my Mom's house.  It was a great reminder of a couple things: 

• My friends and family are so kind and seriously talented (We barely got everything into the Jeep to make it home).
• Baby clothes are so unbelievably cute and soft (I was totally one of "those" people ohhing and ahhing over onsies and super cute outfits).  
• My son will be better dressed than both of his parents put together.
• The only things that are better than baby clothes are soft, cuddly, baby blankets (there were a couple that I entertained the thought of "breaking them in" for Preston because they're so soft I wanted to sleep with them).

It was so great to be literally surrounded by people that I love and be able to feel their excitement and love for Brock, the little monkey, and me. 

I wanted to show a picture of the goodies however, I thought it would be best to take a picture of them when we get them in the nursery, instead of bulging underneath our staircase which is where all things baby reside at the moment until the nursery can be finished. 

Pillows

I used to make fun of my Dad for the number of pillows that he slept with. One to two pillows for his head, one pillow for his legs, one pillow to snuggle with, and one to elevate his feet. He had it down to a science. There was a time when he took a pillow and using an electronic knife, cut a pillow to insert another pillow inside. When we traveled as a family we, the kids, had to hold all the pillows on our laps because there was limited room and no way he would go anywhere without his pillows.

The confession is that on our bed we have 6 pillows. I would love to say that the pillows are split 50/50 between Brock and me ... but no. I use the body pillow, two pillows to keep my feet elevated, and then one pillow to actually rest my head on. It takes a good 2 minutes of me rolling around and moving pillows while Brock lays there with his one pillow waiting for me to stop moving so he can actually go to sleep.

The pillows take up half the bed ...

Last week I was traveling to the booming metropolis of Lincoln, Nebraska for work. As soon as I got to my room and saw there were only two pillows on the bed. In a moment of slight panic I called the front desk for more pillows. Housekeeping came up with one extra pillow and while taking the pillow I asked for more pillows. The lady smiled and said "sure" only to return with only one more pillow. I started laughing at my own ridiculousness and asked for one more pillow, she didn't think it was funny and didn't return. Wasn't my best night of sleep.  I had no idea how important pillows would become to me.

Quick update on the baby boy ... went to the doctor yesterday (Monday Nov 1st) and he's growing big, over 1 cm bigger than most babies at 28 weeks. I'm so glad that he's growing big and strong. Every time I go into the doctor I get to hear his heartbeat ... I love hearing his heart beat.

As requested ... 28 weeks and growing