Surprise!

I am at quilt retreat down in Barry, Illinois (yes, the town is as exciting as it sounds!) and don't feel like working on the projects that I brought so I thought I would do a quick update!

On Tuesday I had a checkup at the regular doctors office. Since it was my hour blood sugar test Devin decided he didn't want to go, so he asked his mom to accompany me. I think Stacy enjoyed hearing the heartbeat. That was the most exciting thing that happened at the appointment. Sorry that it was so boring Stacy! The heartbeat was 160 beats per minute and I am still measuring a week ahead. Stacy waited the hour with me and then left when they drew my blood because we figured that they would just draw the blood and then I'd go. Well, they called me back, took my blood, and there was no one in the office so the doctors were talking about me. Dr. Brinkman is who I saw this appointment and Dr. Reinerston is my main doctor. She was telling him that I was measuring a week ahead and he said that I didn't look like it so he wanted to do it again and use me as an example for his student that was with him. So he measured and said yep over a week ahead and said that if I get more than 10 days ahead they will change my due date. So, we shall see after my next sono on April 6th.

When my mom and I were on our way down to quilting retreat the doctors office called and told me I failed my blood sugar test. The nurse said I barely failed so she thinks I will pass the next one. So on Wednesday, March 31st at 8:30 am I go in for the three hour blood sugar test. I have to sit in the waiting room for three hours, thank goodness I have my nook and some magazines to read! If I don't pass that one, I will be referred to a specialist which is the person that I am already seeing so it should be easy enough! I am optimistic that I will pass.

Now that I have bored you with medical details, on to the fun stuff! Tonight after dinner, my mom and the other two shop owners threw me a surprise baby shower! I was completely shocked! We all know that I hate surprises and being the center of attention and this definitely put me out of my comfort zone, but I LOVED it! We all went over to the house for dinner and then came back over to the retreat center and after everyone got back in the room the three owners went back into a bedroom and emerged with a cake, while everyone else yelled surprise. I know my face was bright red and people looking at me didn't help the redness go away! After it calmed down everyone went and got presents. When I saw the cake I definitely was not expecting anything besides that! I was truly shocked and can't believe everyone was able to keep a secret! They went to a great deal of effort for me and I really appreciate it! I received alot of nice presents and appreciate them all! The baby got its first Longaberger basket and its first Easter basket! I also got a lot of necessities which we will really need such as onsies, towels, burp cloths, little toys and rattles, bibs, diaper, and wipes among other things. I hope to post pictures of some of it when I get home! I am really touched at all the gifts! We have 23 people here total and some of them I just met this weekend, but they still participated! Who can resist a good baby shower!

My mom and Linda, my second mom, had turning their little wheels in their head for a while to make this happen. A few weeks ago they came up with the idea and mailed out invitations to all of the people attending retreat. Then, they called down to Andy, the owner of the retreat center, and told him the plan and asked if they could get a cake for the shower. Well, he decided that he didn't want his mom who normally makes all the food to make it, nor did he want it coming from a grocery store, so he got an awesome cake from a bakery in Quincy. They also got a stuffed rubber ducky for everyone to write a message on and told everyone that if they wanted to make a quilt square my mom would compile them all into a quilt. I will take pictures of those too! We also passed around a piece of paper asking them to guess the gender, date, time, and weight of the baby. The winner will receive a bundle of fat quarters, which is what quilters like! I just peaked a look at the list and so far there are 7 girl votes and 6 boy votes. The earliest date someone guessed is June 17 and the latest is July 6. It will be interesting to see who is closest! The smallest baby weight guess was 5 lbs and 11 oz which was guessed by the person that wrote down the earliest date and the biggest baby weight guess was 9 lbs 2 oz. The majority of people wrote down early morning times for the baby to be born, hopefully that is not the case! One can only wish!

Okay I have procrastinated enough so I should get back to work now! I have alot to accomplish!

Thank you to everyone involved in throwing and participating in this baby shower!

Thanks for checking in!