This kid is LOVED!!!

Today my sisters and mom threw me a super fun baby shower!! I am so excited for baby McGah to meet the amazingly supportive, generous, and fun people she will be surrounded with throughout her life!!! We are so blessed with an amazing community of friends and family!

The nursery is definitely coming together, and now we have so much to add to it :)

Growing a Baby

Baby McGah is definitely getting bigger and bigger, and moving around lots! The other night Pat and I just watched my stomach for a few minutes as we could see it moving around a ton...sort of looked like an alien was in there :) It's obvious now when she is awake and when she is asleep. She wakes up after each meal and each night she's awake during the 9:00 hour in addition to many other times during the day. Sometimes during the school day I wonder if my students could notice my stomach moving because it seems so obvious to me. We'll have to see if they ever say anything about it.

Last night I had my first labor dream--I was going into labor but ended up walking to the hospital from my parents house because everyone was coming with us but was taking a long time to pack their bags. Maybe it's a sign I should start packing our hospital bag so I feel a little more ready?!? I do have a list already started of what we want to pack :)

Overall I've been feeling good although teaching is becoming more and more tiring. I'm trying to come home and take a nap as many days as I can which helps a lot. I do wish that yoga pants were part of the HNA dress code because I would be wearing them everyday if I could!

As I uploaded the 8th month picture today we both found it pretty amazing to look back at the pictures of all the months of the pregnancy--the shirt I wear used to be pretty loose :)

Birthday lunch

Today we had a fun birthday lunch for Pat and Papa Joe. The best part was that we gave my dad a funny cars about being old..and CJ gave Pat the same one. Here are the BFF birthday boys together--my dad still cracking up!

Pat's 30th Birthday!

On Thursday we celebrated Pat's 30th birthday with a great dinner out at Bizzarro Italian Bistro in Wallingford. The food was great (although I would have liked to try some of the Italian wine :) and we had a really fun time! We did some of the "birthday questions" that Julie's family does--things like best memories from the last year, what you are looking forward to, etc. It was funny this time because most of his answers were about baby McGah. We are now within the 3 month mark of meeting our little girl, so it's probably fair she was the center of things. 

Here we are at the restaurant--it has super funky, or Bizzarro, decorations but it definitely works for them!

Here is a baby bump shot--we are almost 28 weeks!!