And just when I thought I recovered from everyone’s generosity – I get flooded with MORE gifts! My friend Julie sent me a package through the mail and my co-workers/friends at HP threw me a surprise baby shower! I even got a cute stuffed bunny from my printer partners from Boise.

 THANK YOU EVERYONE!!!

Shital is dodging the camera – too late!

It was the only thing left on my registry that I REALLY needed! I was very glad to get it!

Clay shuffles away when game playing commences…typical…

This Friday is my last day of work at HP until I come back from maternity leave in Spring 05 – yea! I’ll be keeping in touch – and I’ll send email when Zachary arrives. I’ll send a link to this website as opposed to crashing everyone’s inbox with huge photo files.

Baby Shower Presents! This is mostly to show my mom, who asked my sister to buy the Britax carseat . My parents live on the east coast, so my mom never got to see what she got me. I’m also showing off how incredibly generous my friends are. Even the hostesses and out of town ladies brought gifts – totally overwhelming!

By popular demand, I am posting more pictures of the shower weekend! As you can tell, the hostesses did a GREAT job. It was so much fun to have so many of my friends show up!

The shower weekend with my sisters and out-of-town girlfriends was fantastic. It started with a trip to get manicures/pedicures. Then we went to a comedy club. Of course, we shopped – we’re all fans of outlet shopping ! Before the shower, had a private party at Origins, where we got massages, mini-facials, and a hand spa treatment. I gave my girls gift certificates so we all bought something little to pamper ourselves with.

We also spent time playing games and having dinner with some local friends…

                                               THE SHOWER!!!  

My shower was great! It was hosted by my 2 sisters and MIL. It was a champagne lunch at a restaurant, and we played some interesting games:

1. Guessing brands and prices of baby items

2. Guessing my week based on my belly pictures (my friend who is an ob/gyn doctor won.)

3. Guessing candy bars, which were smashed and microwaved in a diaper. (my sister won – she’s a big candy and cookie kind of gal.)

4. Game where they guessed what gifts I got.

I had three friends fly in from across the country – Vermont, Texas, and Colorado! (I live in CA) Plus there were quite few people from the Bay Area (2-3 hours drive.) I was really happy they could all make it. I love my friends!

The favors… a decorated vanilla candle. And the cake … which looked 10x better before it melted!

Gifts and table set up … my sisters bought tealight holders at IKEA and the restaruant provided custom made menus. We sprinkled rose petals on the table.

Group shot, which also shows layout of restaurant. We had our own private room, but it was a bit crowded. I expected 20 people at first, but got 28 ‘Yes’ RSVPs. It was great to be surrounded by so many people.

One of the games – my grandmother-in-law, my mother-in-law, me, and my sister.

Week 33

Week 32 – up to 26 lbs now! My sister says I eat more sweets.

Week 31 – my sister and I wearing basically the same jeans (but mine are bigger of course).