She’s Still In There, Don’t Worry

My baby shower was yesterday and it was even better than I could have asked for. There were a few discrepancies, like the hotel saying they seated 50 when they only had 32 chairs available and about 3-4 games that weren’t played since we forgot the pads of paper and pencils, but other than that, it was great :). I’ll post a more detailed entry about it tomorrow, hopefully with pictures (if I came out okay, that is).

We got tons of pink little outfits, and other friends and relatives were so generous with gift cards and money that we got just about everything we need for Alaethia’s arrival. I can happily say that I’m SO READY for her to be born!

John and I spent 2 hours shopping around at Target tonight getting important things we needed, like the carseat and stroller combo and diapers and all that sort of stuff. I also got a whole bunch of other little things on clearance, like a Boppy Slipcover (still have to go back for the actual Boppy, though!) and some outfits. We figured I should go tonight since this “Winter Freeze” is blanketing the Valley and I probably shouldn’t be driving around tomorrow when there’s sleet and ice on the roads.

I totally thought I was going into labor on Saturday. I felt sore and could barely walk–seriously felt like she was about to fall out. It was the strongest, sharpest round ligament pain I’d ever experienced. Jose came over to get something and got a little startled by my demeanor. He tattle-taled on me to Mary, Mom and Elda after they got home from shopping that day LOL. He thought I was faking being okay just so I could attend the baby shower :P.

I was feeling great the day of the baby shower, Sunday, which was totally weird. I’m feeling fine right now, and that’s because I spent the night driving and walking around. I am getting little jabs of pain every-so-often, and it feels like she’s using my bladder as a trampoline (I’m not kidding!) so maybe sometime soon. There’s 14 days left. Mayra told me yesterday that she’s predicting–just has a feeling–that I’ll go into labor by Thursday or Friday.

She (and her daughter, Sharlyze) have this foresight about things. Her daughter predicted, even before I was pregnant with Alaethia, that I was going to have a daughter. She even predicted that Mario wanted to start trying for a baby before he even mentioned anything about it! I’m totally psyched about Thursday and Friday LOL. It would be ideal if it happened on Friday, while Mario’s at home. But we do have bills to pay that day, so maybe she should wait till Saturday, if anything :P.

Well, I’m exhausted and need to take a quick shower so I shall leave you now. I’ll totally post if there’s any change!