Since it's been over a week since I've blogged there is lots to catch up (and again, the time and exhaustion thing threatens to claim me so I'll try to be descriptive but brief), this blog will be a collage of topics and thoughts: March of Dimes, the Baby Shower, and Stretch Marks.
March of Dimes
Logan's Hope Family Team!
Me, Ryan, and Baby Girl -- celebrating Logan has a family.
Logan is our reason....and we are Logan's continuing hope.
Me and My Daddy (Logan's "Pawpaw")
Team members walking together.
This year family team Logan's Hope participated in the March of Dimes, March for Babies walk at Lake Eola on April 28, 2012. My family was able to make it down from North Carolina, and our friends and family that live locally all joined in. The walk started super early, but Florida graced us with a beautiful light morning. As always, these events are bittersweet -- a time to celebrate and remember, but also a time to shine a light on those shadowed emotions, the ones of a bereaved mother. I am always proud to where my March of Dimes tshirt. Logan's foot prints line the front. See his name on written on so many shirts, knowing that everyone in our team was there for him, makes my heart swell with so much pride. I am so grateful to have been blessed to be Logan's mom, and I am doubly blessed to have such amazing friends and family who genuinely care about the cause and reason we do this --Logan is our "reason to remember, our reason to smile, our reason to celebrate." I hope my sweet baby boy was smiling down from heaven seeing us all together. It definitely felt that way.
The Baby Shower
Theme: Owls and all things girly!!!
Owl House Diaper Cake (I think it looks like a Princess Owl Castle!)
Owl & Owl Nest cupcakes (YUM)
Weekly Bump pictures -- 29 weeks!
We are so happy to have made it this far and to celebrate this day with all our friends and family.
Owl Cake Pops (so yummy and so adorable)
My daddy "Pawpaw" playing 'Pregnant Twister' -- things got wild!
Motorcycle Diaper cake. So cute!
Thanks to my awesome sister-in-law, our shower turned out absolutely perfect! It was charming, fun, silly, sweet, and beautiful. Everyone seemed to have a great time. I couldn't have asked for a better baby shower. Stephany really out did herself and I am so blessed to have her in my life (and in the life of our little girl). She's going to be a kick ass aunt! The baby shower took place only a few hours after the March of Dimes walk. We were able to celebrate both our children, in heaven and on earth, in one totally awesome day. Ryan was a ball of energy and all smiles. He loves having all of his loved ones gathered together, no matter the reason. But I'm sure celebrating his children only enhanced those *hidden* sentimental emotions. The games were hilarious, especially pregnancy twister played only by the guys. Things definitely got crazy! Then again, we're not ones to stick to the norm. When it came time to open gifts we were overwhelmed by everyone's generosity and excitement. I think everyone was just as excited and anxious for us to open and show each gift as Ryan and I were. Baby Girl was showered with TONS of adorable clothes, and I was over the moon to have received the Rock-n-Play (2 in fact) and the jogging stroller (I can not wait to start using it!). I still haven't found the perfect words for all my thank you cards because I truly am beyond thankful to everyone. We haven't had time to sort through everything either and the nursery is now a mangled mess of clothes, gift bags, and tissue paper. I have 7 weeks to sort it out so I'm in no rush.
Stretch Marks
You will not get a picture of this one. This weekend I am 30 weeks pregnant and this afternoon, I found my first set of stretch marks. Note: I said SET. They're located on the lower part of my belly - the part I can't even see any more!!! I had to ask Ryan to confirm the stretch marks, to which he replied "I think so, a couple." Of course, I decided to take a hand held mirror to them. Holy stretch marks, Batman! A couple??? More like a couple times 5! *Sad face* I still have 7 more weeks to go which means the stretch marks are only going to stretch more. If I didn't already have a body image issue I do now! I know, I know...I'm pregnant. Ryan keeps telling me. And I know that lots of women (majority of women) have stretch marks. But not ALL women do. And right now, I'd really like to punch all of those women in the face. Ok, not punch. Violence isn't really my things, but it would make me feel better to atleast imagine punching them in the face. *sigh* I think it's unfair for a women to have to go through such gruesome changes to bring life into the world. Wouldn't it be more fair for us to still carry the baby but for the man to bear the stretch marks on our behalf!?! Ha, I had to laugh at the absurdity of it. O'well. Not much I can do now. I can only hope that I'm lucky enough to have stretch marks that fade and diminish (mostly) with time. I do plan to get back into shape quickly, I'm just hoping I can learn to accept, and even love the changes and marks my body will now forever bear as a result of bringing life into this world. I guess stretch marks are like scars -- beautiful once you understand the reason why they are there.
Only 7 more weeks until we get to meet our little girl....It isn't soon enough. It isn't long enough! Either way, we are excited. Tired. But excited.
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