March 14th, 2009 St. Peter--Friends' Shower

On Saturday March 14th, my good friends Stef, Jodi and Kris threw me a "friends" shower. It was at Stef's house in St. Peter. We played a few games, ate some great food (loved the chicken salad) and dessert (Lemon torte cake from Cafe Latte in St. Paul)!! I had such a good time. It was great to see everyone and got some great gifts. Clothes, home-made blankets, gift certificates, diaper bag and so many great supplies that will help me as a first time mommy! It was so great to see everyone again. With all of our lives being so busy, I know we aren't all able to get together as much anymore. I appreciate everyone coming out and look forward to having you all meet Baby Robbie soon! I unfortunately didn't have my camera for this shower :( so I didn't get any pics at this one. I can't thank you guys enough for all your hard work! Love you all dearly!

Co-workers Shower March 11, 2009

On Wednesday March 11th my amazing co-workers gave me a shower. I got so many fun gifts. Robbie is going to be set with awesome clothing and I will be set with some great gadgets that will help me out! It was so fun to hang out with the co-workers outside of work. It was great food and fun!! Thanks again guys!

My co-worker Cheryl (I like to call her Martha Stewart) made this diaper cake for me. I loved it! The ladies enjoying food and drinks...

Opening gifts...

My coworker Jess (in the background) saw this bath towel and said that she can't wait to hear the stories of Robbie being able to run around the house after a bath wearing this on his head making his best "monster face." As you can see I am doing here. LOVE IT!

Kent's Outpatient Back Surgery

Kent had a discectomy on Monday March 23rd, 2009. The doctor went in and removed the bulging disc that was pressing on the nerve that was causing all his back pain and leg(sciatic) nerve pain. The surgery went well but Kent was in a lot of pain when it was all done. It is now 12 days later and he seems to be slowly getting better. He found out that there is still some pain due to a Hematoma (sp?) at the incision site. The doc said that that will eventually go away. So we are hoping in the next 2 weeks he'll feel like a different man! So far, so good. Beware, the pictures are a bit graphic!

This one is about 4 or 5 days after surgery. He is healing up nice....

This one is also a few days after... I believe this was his incision two days after surgery. Not too bad.

32 weeks along...8 weeks and counting...

I do believe we have a big boy! Here I am at 32 weeks and seriously feel like it's week 38!

12 weeks and couting.....

I know it looks like I'm carrying twins but there really is only one. I can't imagine getting any bigger but it is going to happen. I guess that's what you get with a small torso, no where else for baby to go. :)

Cooper of course wanting in on the action.....

Dinner with friends. Good Times!

We had Kate, John, Ian and Ben over for dinner last night to thank them for all their generosity of baby stuff! We can't thank them enough...I know our baby will put it all to good use!! Thanks guys!! It was so fun to hang out with you and the boys. It was a very fun evening. Just a little preview of Kent and I have to look forward to. Little boys are FULL of energy! Hope to hang out with all of you again soon! Chef Olson hard at work preparing the Shrimp for the Grill....

Kent displaying his beautiful culinary masterpiece!

mmmm...look at all those tasty shrimp....YUMMY!

Dessert really was that good....mmmm...yummy! I just didn't lick my bowl, I would have but thought that might not be too appropriate for a grown woman to lick her bowl. :)

Being camera shy....

SMILE...

Ben being busy as a bee....

John trying to keep Ben from climbing the stairs once again...

Ben being silly!

Ian showing off all of his Yoga moves....he's awesome at the downward dog.

awwww...snuggles. I think everyone was getting tired. So tender, lots of love!

This one turned out a little blurry but Ben loved sitting and kicking his legs on the stairs like a big boy. They were so fun to watch..wish I had that much energy!

Valentine's Day

I know it's been awhile since I've written anything on here...sorry! I thought I would post a picture of the brownies I made for Kent on Valentine's Day. We had a very relaxing Valentine's Day this year. Kent went in the hot tub and I soaked my feet. We made one of my favorite recipes by Rachel Rae--Italian Mac-n-cheese.
I got the best gift ever! Kent gave me a Sonicare Electric Toothbrush. Every time I brush, I feel like I just came from the dentist...I LOVE IT! It was probably a good thing he got me that because the brownies sure sugar coated my teeth. We warmed them up in the micro and put a scoop of vanilla ice cream on top...YUM YUM!
We ended the evening by watching a little boob tube and both crashed fairly early. Hope everyone else had a great Valentine's Day filled with love and surprises.