Senior-itis

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Weekend:
* Friday night we hung around home and watched "Henry Poole is Here". Not the greatest movie ever, but it was ok.
* Saturday morning we went to Lee's parents' house. He has been doing some work for them. He was painting and doing some other work on their master bathroom and painting a wall in their bedroom. He also has work lined up at his grandma's house (tiling two bathrooms and possibly the kitchen/dining area) and at my mom's house (tiling the kitchen, fixing up the fireplace and possibly tiling the laundry room/porch).
* Saturday evening we spent at my mom's house. Got some Arni's pizza. YUM!
* Sunday was our final baby shower.

Shower:

It was over in Kokomo and was a small family thing. It was a couples' shower, so there were dudes there. And booze. My favorite part was the brownies. OMG, I wish I could tell you I didn't eat 3 of them.

My mom had some games to play. One was a standard shower game of what is the "baby" of this animal called. My uncle got an impressive 20 out of 32 right. I was really expecting Lee or his parents to win with their farm background. I did not do well... Example: What's a baby fish? I wrote "Caviar". That was not correct...

Another game was "How big is Lauren's belly?" Just what every 9 month prego chick wants to think about. Fortunately, we didn't use numerical guesses. They took a ball of yarn around and had each person cut out the length of yarn they thought would fit around my stomach. Most people overshot it. I guess I look bigger than I actually am. Great. My uncle Mike was by far the FURTHEST from winning. His piece of yarn was seriously about 6'4" long. Not a compliment. He asked how old the baby would be before I forgave him. I'm thinking she'll be driving. Shockingly, my cousin's boyfriend who I had never met was RIGHT ON. He did better than I think I would have done. Amazing. That guy really knows his pregnant chicks! 2nd place went to my grandma who was just a couple inches off.

The last game was for the guys. They had to chug a beer out of a baby bottle. Turns out this is WAY hard. Most the beer ended up on their shirts. Lee's dad ended up cheating and just opening the bottle. I think if this game is ever played again, we might want to use sippy cups instead...

For gifts, we got a lot of clothes, an umbrella stroller that matches our car (JEEP!), some Purdue gear, and a highchair. Good stuff!

Work:

I am commuting into the office Tues/Thurs of this week... And then I am just working from home until maternity leave. I'm very happy that I won't be going into the city anymore. The commute sucks, but more importantly, I'm scared to go into labor in Chicago. No car, my hospital is 1.5 hours away, no cab is going to drive me to Crown Point, it would take Lee about 3 hours to pick me up and take me to the hospital... The options just aren't pretty.

I have 3 client projects left to work on, then 2 more clients that I need to transition to other people. It is plenty of work, but I really just can't concentrate at all. I have total senior-itis. The weather is getting nice, I'm about to explode with baby, and maternity leave is in sight! Hopefully I can keep my head on long enough to get this client work out of the way!

Next weekend:
The only thing on my agenda for next weekend is the big hair cut. I can't wait!

Thank you BRU!

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BRU = Babies R Us

At my baby shower a few weeks ago, there were obviously family members/friends that couldn't make the trek to Lafayette just for a baby shower. So, some of these people opted to buy something off the registry and then have it shipped to my sister-in-law's house. Works out all fine and dandy...

Unless somehow the box doesn't have any information about who sent the gift!

Yes, we got the microwave steam sterilizer, but it had nothing in the box except for the gift. No receipt, no card, nothing.

This really started to eat at me since it could mean that I wouldn't thank someone for their gift and then forever I would be that ungrateful b*tch... Etc etc. I was trying to weigh my options, but nothing really sounded like a good idea. I mean, if you email everyone that wasn't there like "Hey, did you send me a sterilizer?" then they would feel bad if they in fact sent nothing.

Finally, I decided to put BRU on the case. I emailed them via their website and they called me back the next morning. They gathered info on which item it was and were very apologetic. 5 days later, I got my answer via email! Lee's cousine Chris sent the sterilizer! Thank goodness! I no longer have to fear being a b*tch (well, for that reason).

Now, I just have to find the motivation to get going on the Thank You's!

Waiting to meet Baby Hooker

This Sunday, I helped host Lee's sister Sonia's baby shower. Sonia is due December 10th with their first baby. Sonia & her husband Wyatt tried to find out the sex of the baby, but the baby didn't want to show the goods that day, so it is going to be a surprise! I think that they are having a girl because boys are usually showing off their stuff! Here is what the tables looked like. There were trees on each one that had pictures of Sonia & Wyatt when they were young. Here is Sonia, 8 months pregnant. She looks really good. She is lucky that she is so tall and has lots of room to store a baby in that long torso!
All the Klemme ladies: Emilee, Christi, Sonia & me.

Our niece Grace & nephew Drew. Drew decided to wear Lee's boots and dress up as a cowboy. It was pretty funny to watch him try and walk around in those huge boots!

White Girls, Not a Security Threat

Today we are having a baby shower at work for my friend Katie. She is due June 21st with her first child. (It's a boy!) As usual, the 4 women in the office got an email to plan the baby shower. (In this case, I definitely don't mind since Katie is a friend. But, I don't understand why it is the girls' duty. Men also have children, last time I checked. And, of the people in the office, all the men have children, but two of the women don't. I got stuck with the duty once when I worked at Deloitte, and I made my co-worker Derrek go with me. Everyone in the office acted like I was crazy to have a guy go with me. Anyway, that's a separate issue.)

So, I stopped by Babies R Us in Merrillville Tuesday night. We had a pretty decent chunk of change to spend, so I wanted to get some of the big items. I went for a swing, and a large jungle play mat (which you can't quite see behind the swing in the picture). I also got a couple small things and made Rice Krispie Treats. So, as I was loading this heavy swing & awkward play mat into my car, I had a realization. How the f___ am I going to get this to work?

After talking with Mich & brainstorming, it seemed the only way was to drive in to work, stop in front of the building, drop the stuff off, THEN go park my car.

I stopped my car in front of my building, ran inside with the huge wrapped box and asked the security guy if I could leave it while I went & parked my car. He looked suspicious for a second. Looked at the box, then looked at me... Assessed whether I might be a terrorist. Apparently decided I wasn't, and had me put the box directly next to the security desk. Boy, his face would have been red if the box had been ticking! Apparently, I do not look like a terrorist.

I guess this is the same reason that they never check my receipt when I'm leaving Best Buy.