Team Anders

Thanks to my wonderful husband and our amazing friends Pete Foster & Crystal Ornelas (herein referred to as "The Fosters") Baby Anders had a wonderful baby shower yesterday!  I should have suspected something was up with all the super secret phone calls Jace says he was making but, sadly, I was oblivious to his schemes.  Our friend Polly Sandness was in town and we had been on an absolute Dunkin' Donuts bender so Jace suggested we head out and get some real food at a local restaurant's brunch. I was excited about that (yep, pregnant lady excited to eat - so strange) so got all dressed up to match Jace's unusually dapper attire and off we went.  Polly mentioned she wanted to swing by the apartment's clubhouse just to check out our amenities.  Being an absolute real estate voyeur myself I appreciated her request to snoop around so was happy to oblige. After we got out of the car I noticed a sign that said "Baby Shower around back" and began to pu...

These past 48 hours were a complete whirlwind but SO MUCH FUN!  My Mom flew in Monday evening for a quick 2-day trip to help her artistically challenged daughter decorate and accessorize Baby Anders' nursery.  Mission accomplished!  Unlike the weekend with my Dad there really aren't too many details to recap beyond "WE WENT SHOPPING"! From Babies 'R Us to Target to TJ Maxx/HomeGoods there was little time for much else...well except a break to create some dark chocolate dipped marshmallows and pretzels last night! It was such a fun time and I can't put into words how much it meant to have my Mom here to prepare us for such a life-changing event.  It's such a wonderful feeling to walk into the baby's room and know she made it look the way it does - especially since we live so far apart right now!  So without further rambles here are the pics of our finished nursery (and a quick highlight of Jace putting our stroller together - LOVE!). Than...

30 weeks! So we've made it to 30 weeks - holy crap!!!  We've started seeing our doctor every 2 weeks now as this scary event called childbirth rapidly approaches! I'm weighing in at a solid 136 lbs these days which is an increase of about 15 lbs so far. Our doctor told me to get ready for the pounds to come as Baby Anders will double his weight in this third and final trimester. I read on our weekly BabyCenter email today that if the baby kept growing at his current rate he'd weigh 200 lbs by his 1st birthday. Yikes! Physically, I'm feeling pretty good and able to get a few walks in per week for some sort of exercise but I CANNOT wait to get back to running.  I think I might just sprint around the apartment complex once I'm back to normal!! Being uncomfortable most of the day is getting old fast but the fear of labor is what weighs most heavily on my mind these days.  It's just so overwhelming to think about - so I won't/don't.  So far no pr...

Jace has been in MN since Thursday braving the cold with  Team Franchise at the 2011 US Pond Hockey Championship .  The team made it to Sunday again this year but unfortunately couldn't get by the "Pulled Hammies" this morning to advance to the finals.  Better luck next year, boys! :( So, since he's been gone I've been catching up on projects around the homestead since it's been so damn cold outside.  On Thursday night I scanned in about 80 old family photos that I had received over the years from my Aunt Kathleen.  I decided to do this because I'm building an online baby book for mini-Ma$e and you can add pictures - thought it'd be fun to add some old family photos.  Anyway, I won't overload you with too many but here are some of my favorites...the rest can be viewed here . Moving on... Friday started off with another snowstorm - excellent.  Hanscom was open for business...well, that is, for everyone ex...

Hola family & friends!  It's officially the start of my weekend and also marks week 25 of little Anders' training (will make more sense if you read this ).  Little man continues to practice his latest dance moves in my belly which is entertaining (and little strange as I begin to figure out what little baby parts I'm actually feeling in there)!  Not so entertaining when the dance party starts at 0200 but I'm sure all you parents out there are just thinking to yourself "just wait..." so I won't complain. ;) Anyway, one of my reasons for starting this blog was to share this pregnancy with all our loved ones scattered across the globe. Since I had a co-worker tell me today that I "look more and more pregnant everyday" I figured it was time to post a picture of my ever-expanding belly.  As promised in my original Facebook post you won't find any bare belly action here so no worries, you're safe!!