Right after our fun overnighter in Baltimore we were off to Canfield to celebrate Easter with my family and to attend a beautiful shower for us hosted my our moms. We got in on Friday night and headed out to Caffe Capri around noon. The room for the shower was perfectly decorated with potted daffodils (my favorite spring flower) centerpieces, bowls of wrapped chocolate, favors of sugar cookies with cute birds on them, and a tower of delicious cupcakes for dessert.
There was a really great turnout and its always nice to see relatives and friends who I don't get to see as often as I'd like. Baba even had her friend bring her video camera and record the shower.
While waiting for lunch to be served we played a couple games. Everyone guessed how many candies were in a giant baby bottle, and everyone cut a piece of yarn that they thought would fit around my belly (some of them were waaay to long!). I walked around with the truly sized yarn and each table had a winner. Throughout the shower names were drawn for several prizes that Ryan's mom brought beautifully wrapped.
The food was delicious and everyone said so. Chicken francaise, pasta, wedding soup, bread, green beans - all terrific. As soon as we were done eating I stared on the massive pile of gifts. I was overwhelmed by how generous and thoughtful everyone was. We got so many nice things for the baby. A new diaper bag, a bouncy seat, tons of adorable outfits, a gaggle of cute books, and lots more. This is on top of the stroller and crib our families had already gifted to us!
It was a really fun afternoon and we can't thank our moms enough for putting together such a perfect shower!
After all the fun on Saturday we had even more planned for Sunday. The whole family (except Billy - missed you!) met at Mr. Anthony's for an Easter Buffet. They had a great salad bar this year and lots of dinner options. 3 different "meat-under-the-light" choices and pasta, 2 kinds potatoes, chicken, rolls, and plenty of desserts. It was nice to sit and talk with everyone. They whole family together twice in one weekend! What is this, Christmas? Although technically it was just the girls plus Ryan on Saturday.
On Monday we had a leisurely morning and then went out to lunch with my mom after stopping at Burlington. We found a changing table there for a great price - something we'd yet to find. We went to Aladdin's for a fresh healthy lunch and then back to Burlington to pick up the table. It barely fit in my mom's car, so I ended up getting left behind while Ryan and my mom took the table back to my mom's house. They unloaded it, then Ryan cam back to get me while my mom started dinner. Before coming home Ryan and I took a side trip to Ghossain's Middle Eastern store and picked up some spinach pies and grape leaves to take back to PA. We also stopped at Handel's for the world's best ice cream and brought my mom home a pint.
We had a great dinner of stuffed cabbage when Greg got home from work. Our weekend had gone so fast! It was really fun and I'm glad that my mom got to feel the baby move a bunch of times. She's been pretty active every since (the baby I mean).
We headed back to Harrisburg on Tuesday morning. We stopped at Trader Joe's in State College and got a couple groceries for the week. It's never as exciting coming back home as it is going into a little vacation.
Although - we didn't have to wait long for more family time! Ryan's parents came out the following weekend to help with a few things around the house. Ryan and his Dad took down a big ugly tree in our front yard and painted our living and dining rooms. They look great! We had dinner at The Garlic Poet on Saturday night, a place Ryan and I like to go for burgers. Ryan's Dad is planning on coming back the first weekend in May to help with a couple more projects. We are so fortunate to have such supportive families behind us!
Monday, April 20, 2015
Friday, April 3, 2015
24 hours in Inner Harbor
I can't believe its April already! March went pretty fast. My mom brought my grandparents down to see our house for the first time. We enjoyed a great lunch at the Hershey Hotel and even took them to see Chocolate World.
Around that time I started experiencing a rapid heart rate off an on during the day. This went on for a few days and I told my OB about it. He ran some bloodworm which came back normal, and referred me to a cardiologist. The cardiologist gave me a 48 hour heart monitor to wear. The results ended up showing tachycardia (which just means fast heart rate) and a few irregular beats here and there, but nothing of any concern. He thinks its just pregnancy related, and since I've had some vasovagal syncope in the past, that its just getting a little kicked up (remember the fainting at the apple store in February?)
Ryan got a pair of tickets to a charity auction from an Orthodontist in the the area. It was at the Clarion Hotel in New Cumberland. I was able to squeeze myself into the dress I wore to his graduation in 2013. I've since entered the "beach ball" phase and I don't think I'd fit into it today. The auction was fun, we bid on a few items but didn't win. The food was ok. The main reason I say it was just ok is because at two am I decided to wake up and tell the toilet about the meal we had. No fun.
I felt (gastrically) better by about noon the next day, but a full loan cold had set it. I was super congested, and trying not to take any medication. I bought a humidifier, nose strips, vicks vaporub, puffs plus lotion tissues and cough drops. Nothing really helped. I finally broke down mid week and took some guiafenesin to help me sleep. A couple night later Ryan was finally able to come back to our room from the guest room, as my constant nose-blowing had subsided.
Ryan worked 5 days in a row that week instead of two and two, so this week he had an extra day off. My caseload has lessened lately so I was able to take Thursday off. We decided to priceline a hotel in Baltimore and go to the National Aquarium.
It was only about a 90 minute drive and we left right after my OB appointment. We got there around 2:30. We walked all around the harbor area, got some gelato and ate dinner at a mexican restaurant. It was a nice afternoon. We came back to our hotel and I showered and put my feet up. All that walking really tired me out, but of course sleeping wasn't really happening, as it doesn't seem to nowadays. Lots of tossing and turning - glad we got a king sized bed!
The next morning we went down to the hotel breakfast, and we were a little disappointed. We spotted a Corner Bakery on our way back the night before, so we walked there and had some Swiss Chilled Oatmeal. This always seems to happen to us - but they forgot about our order. After sitting for 20 minutes without our little number card sucking up off our table I went up and asked. The kid felt bad so he gave us 2 chocolate chip cookies with our oatmeal - all was right with the world!
We headed into the aquarium and were very impressed with the huge sharks, enormous rays and sea turtle, and lots of other interesting fish. It took us about 2 hours to get through, and we headed to lunch at a pizza place where both got chopped salads.
We checked out at 1:30 and we were pulling in to our driveway at about 3 - it was a really fun and quick little trip!
Around that time I started experiencing a rapid heart rate off an on during the day. This went on for a few days and I told my OB about it. He ran some bloodworm which came back normal, and referred me to a cardiologist. The cardiologist gave me a 48 hour heart monitor to wear. The results ended up showing tachycardia (which just means fast heart rate) and a few irregular beats here and there, but nothing of any concern. He thinks its just pregnancy related, and since I've had some vasovagal syncope in the past, that its just getting a little kicked up (remember the fainting at the apple store in February?)
Ryan got a pair of tickets to a charity auction from an Orthodontist in the the area. It was at the Clarion Hotel in New Cumberland. I was able to squeeze myself into the dress I wore to his graduation in 2013. I've since entered the "beach ball" phase and I don't think I'd fit into it today. The auction was fun, we bid on a few items but didn't win. The food was ok. The main reason I say it was just ok is because at two am I decided to wake up and tell the toilet about the meal we had. No fun.
I felt (gastrically) better by about noon the next day, but a full loan cold had set it. I was super congested, and trying not to take any medication. I bought a humidifier, nose strips, vicks vaporub, puffs plus lotion tissues and cough drops. Nothing really helped. I finally broke down mid week and took some guiafenesin to help me sleep. A couple night later Ryan was finally able to come back to our room from the guest room, as my constant nose-blowing had subsided.
Ryan worked 5 days in a row that week instead of two and two, so this week he had an extra day off. My caseload has lessened lately so I was able to take Thursday off. We decided to priceline a hotel in Baltimore and go to the National Aquarium.
It was only about a 90 minute drive and we left right after my OB appointment. We got there around 2:30. We walked all around the harbor area, got some gelato and ate dinner at a mexican restaurant. It was a nice afternoon. We came back to our hotel and I showered and put my feet up. All that walking really tired me out, but of course sleeping wasn't really happening, as it doesn't seem to nowadays. Lots of tossing and turning - glad we got a king sized bed!
The next morning we went down to the hotel breakfast, and we were a little disappointed. We spotted a Corner Bakery on our way back the night before, so we walked there and had some Swiss Chilled Oatmeal. This always seems to happen to us - but they forgot about our order. After sitting for 20 minutes without our little number card sucking up off our table I went up and asked. The kid felt bad so he gave us 2 chocolate chip cookies with our oatmeal - all was right with the world!
We headed into the aquarium and were very impressed with the huge sharks, enormous rays and sea turtle, and lots of other interesting fish. It took us about 2 hours to get through, and we headed to lunch at a pizza place where both got chopped salads.
We checked out at 1:30 and we were pulling in to our driveway at about 3 - it was a really fun and quick little trip!
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