Baby Showers!

Thanks to Mom, Mary and Tina for throwing me two awesome baby showers! The first was a web cam shower that my mom planned for me--since I'm so far away in Florida, she had a party at her house in Ohio and then Anthony and I joined them on the webcam. Everyone held up their presents to the webcam: Yay technology! I'm real mad now because I didn't take any pictures....

Tina and Mary (Anthony's sister and mom) threw me a really beautiful shower at Tina's house. Tina made a lovely cookie tree (with awesome baby onesies and baby buggy shaped cookies) and Mary carved a baby buggy out of a watermelon for the fruit salad, and made a cake in the shape of a baby buggy. you guys rock. thanks :)

Thanks so everyone for all the lovely gifts and support :)

36 weeks

about one month to go...my due date is October 16th, but the midwife told me it's more like a "due month". At 37 weeks I can give birth at the Birth Center without having to go the hospital. That's next week! I guess by that time the babies lungs are mature enough to breath on their own, where if you go into labot prior to that, they arent.

Windows!

Anthony trimmed our windows with really nice wood that Dave had in his shop: it's sassafras and sooooo pretty. It's been a little bit cooler, so we've been opening up in the morning and evening: I just hung a screen on our door so we could leave it open without so many bugs!

I want foooood

Thanks Rivas Family!

Lulu has a car seat! (Lulu is the baby's fetus name by the way :) Thanks to Aunt Marsha, Uncle Ruben, Dan and Barb, and Jacqueline and Jarrid for this wonderful gift! Sweetie, my favorite stuffed animal as a kid is taking a ride in it (she's a meerkat)

Anthony's latest sculpture, Heliotropis

Anthony's latest sculpture is up at a private residence in New Jersey. from his website:

This cutting-edge sculpture created by artist Anthony Castronovo combines the beauty of glass and bronze with the technologies of solar power and microcontrollers. Heliotropis interacts with its environment by sensing physical changes in light, temperature, humidity, and wind speed to determine its form and behavior. www.acastronovo.com

33 weeks Pregnant!

I weigh 131 lbs! Just went to the Birth Center for a prenatal visit, and the baby's heartbeat sounds great.