Thanksgiving at home

As we "round" out at 37 weeks, we celebrated a relaxing Thanksgiving in South Carolina. We definitely missed our usual travels to see family in the Midwest; Nonetheless, we had a good time getting ready for the soon arrival of baby A, Scott Zare (next weekend), and more family to come thereafter!! :)

Thanksgiving was great, despite the fact that we cooked the giblet packet in the Turkey!!! After eating Thanksgiving without Turkey (because we read on-line that harmful chemicals may leech into the meat) Eric called the Butterball hotline and was told the packaging was "food safe" and we could proceed with our meal (Thankfully we had celebrated Thanksgiving a week earlier with friends, so we did not have to inconvenience anyone other than ourselves). So, after our dinner of sides and pumpkin pie. . . we had turkey for dessert!! :) The weather was beautiful on Thursday and Friday - upper 60s, which was great for some nice walks in the neighborhood.

My growing belly at 37 weeks!
Eric spent a lot of time getting Baby A's room ready this weekend!!
We will post more pictures of her finished room once she's here. . . as a large part of the room is
decorated with her name.

5 weeks to go!!

We've passed the 35 week mark! This weekend was spent continuing to prepare for the upcoming arrival. We bought some letters to paint and hang in the nursery. A few more clues on the name will be found in the following pictures. This weekend we also attended a 3 hour breastfeeding class, which Eric thoroughly enjoyed. :)

Eric having fun with pink paint!! :)


Can you guess it yet??

A finished product

Baby Fun!

This past weekend "Baby A" (Hint on the name) had a great time at a baby shower thrown by mommy's friends in South Carolina while daddy and his friends hit the linx. At 34 weeks we are all getting quite excited. . . and a little nervous too!!

Mandy keeps trying to guess "Baby A's" name, but hasn't quite

got it yet... so she had to settle for just an A monogram on the bib.

Sara was the hostess with the mostest!

Nikki and Kim

Mel, Nikki, and Kim

Jen and Michelle

Carolina and Mandy

Too many therapists in a room

Northern Babes

Northern Babes and One Southern Bell

33 weeks and counting...

So, we're still here....waiting, and getting a little more uncomfortable by the day. I must say that the ever-expanding belly did come in handy for a fun Halloween Costume!!

Our SC Crew minus the Smurfs

Juno and Bleeker