Book Shower

This past weekend a very dear friend of mine threw a Book Shower for me and Tucker! It was so perfect!

The invite told the guest to bring their favorite children's book to fill Tucker's library.

We got some classics, some newer ones, pop-up, recordable and some of my very favorites!

Part of the spread.

LOVED the mantle display!!

Center piece

A place for guests to add labels to the books they brought :)

Me and LK! I babysat her for years and she is such a special girl in my life!

Hostess...A did a beautiful job! Everything was just perfect!

LK, A and myself

Excuse the face...love Pat the Bunny!

Great chunky books!

Guess How Much I Love You was a popular book! Love it!

One of my favorites as a child!

A collection of Dr. Seuss...a classic!! :)

Great book!

Love this sweet outfit!!

Fun bath stuff!

I used to be crazy about cows! So this was funny! :)

Awesome soft book to put pictures of family and friends in for Tucker to learn faces! :)

The Mr.'s favorite gift we received!

Lots of diapers...great great gift!!

Bracelet that was made for me...it's on backwards...but I just loved it! :)

One of my favorite books!!

Recordable books!

Turtle night lite!

My mom and three of her best friends!

So thankful they could all attend! They were apart of my life before I was even born...so this was very special!

R and LAH

MIL and LAH

The Mr. and I with one of the Mr.'s best friends mom and nana! :)

Great friend from church!

I wish I had gotten a picture with all the guests! As you can see they blessed us with many books, words of advice and lots of wonderful items for Tucker! We are so very thankful for everything!

Can't believe he's due in less than a month! :)

35 Weeks

PREGNANCY HIGHLIGHTS

How Far Along: 35 weeks

Size of baby: large melon... over 5lbs
Weight gain: I think I'll reveal that at the end. ha!
 Maternity Clothes: Mostly all maternity now expect some of my sweatshirts!
Gender: BOY! Tucker John

Movement: Yes! But now it's getting some what painful! ha! His little elbows and knees are hurting me. 
  Sleep: Sleep isn't the best. But that's expected. :)
Symptoms: Some heartburn but nothing crazy.
What I miss: Dunkin' Donuts coffee
Cravings: Mint choc. chip ice cream from Baskin' Robbins
Best Moment this week: Making it through my first week back at work after Christmas break while having a bad cold! I did it!!
What I am looking forward to:  Our next doc appt next Friday! Last two-week appt, then I go every week until our sweet boy arrives!

Thankful Thursday

Thankful Thursday

...something I just wanted to do for today! :)

• I'm thankful that my doc called in an antibiotic for me because being sick this late in pregnancy isn't so much fun!
• I'm thankful my students came back ready to learn...we've had a wonderful week so far!
• I'm thankful for my amazing husband! He's doing so much to prepare for Tucker's arrival. Makes me feel better since I'm at work and can't do everything that needs to be done.
• I'm thankful for my friends...laughing on the phone is good for the heart! :)
• I'm thankful for colder weather...I know that sounds funny but I need it to feel like winter a little bit. 21 degrees in the morning is a bit cold though! ha!
• I'm thankful for Kleenex and chap stick!
• I'm thankful that the Mr. and I make sure to relax on Wednesday evenings...it's usually my only evening free.
• I'm thankful for the sweet comments I've gotten about being pregnant.
• I'm thankful for the Naked drinks that have veggies in them since I'm having a hard time wanting to eat veggies.
• I'm thankful for this little girl below! :)

Have a great Thursday everyone! :) Almost the first Friday of the year! WHOOP!

SWW!

It's Wednesday!

So What If...

•  I'm sad Christmas break is over. It was fun and I miss doing what I want when I want.
•  I watched two documentaries over the break...you can call me a dork but I enjoyed both of them!
•  I need a mani/pedi bad but I'm waiting until it's closer to Tucker's arrival date.
• I love watching movies like My Best Friends Wedding and Pretty Woman...they are just feel good movies!
• I love my camera! I love the quality of pictures it takes, I love that it does so much...I still need to learn more about it.
• I'm so lucky to have such a wonderful husband. He's going to make the best daddy too! He takes such good care of me and the pups!
• I'm excited about my baby shower this weekend.
• I'm pretty proud of myself for starting Tucker's scrapbook!
  
  

  
  

  

Phil and Teds

For Christmas from the in-laws we got our stroller! I was so stocked about it!

We got a Phil and Teds! Go here to see all of their cool products!

We are so excited about the adventures we will go on with Tucker in his stroller!

We put it together and pushed it around the house!

The Mr. said I should take it on one of our walks...but I thought that would be silly with no baby in it! ha!

The pups were very interested in what we were putting together.

We put Ethel in for a minute and I pushed her around the house...she enjoyed it! :)

We assured them that this would just be something added to their daily walks! :)

Do you have a Phil and Teds or know someone who has one?

Here goes 2012!

How was your New Years Eve and New Years Day?

Ours was just wonderful!

NYE was spent with my sweet sis B and the Mr. We went to our very favorite place to eat in town and then hung out at home for the rest of the evening with a big fire and good company!

New Years Day was supposed to be spent with our dear friends M and J and their sweet baby girl Kenzie! We have had a tradition to eat and hang out together on New Years Day...so we couldn't let this year be any different! But I came down with a cold this weekend and we didn't want to share our germs with the sweet new baby.So we still took the meal to their house but didn't stay for long and didn't get close to their sweet baby girl! The Mr. made a really YUMMY Boston Butt and we had the rest of the traditional meal...collard greens and black eyed peas and corn bread! YUMMY!! Loved that we kept our tradition just in an altered way....next year will be fun with our two babies playing! :)

Now, it's back to work and normal routines....not so sure how I feel about that all. Today is a teacher work day and the students return tomorrow. Grad school starts back next week. Things will get busy again...but a new busy will be when TJH gets here. I'm actually really looking forward to that busy.

Happy New Year!

2012!

WOW!

What a fun year it will hopefully be!

Happy New Year

from our family to yours!

HammarLove hopes your 2012 is filled with love, blessings, laughter and many fun memories!