our love, one day at a time...: whats been going on in our lives

jeremy and i have been busy getting things ready for xavier's arrival.

on friday(apr 9) jeremy had the day off so we got ready and went and picked up paint from self help. after we got the paint we headed up to the furniture store because i wanted to look for an area rug for our living room and possibly a glider for the baby's room. there were 2 gliders to choose from that i liked. jeremy tested each one out and we both picked the one that we liked best. we went to the furniture clerk to see if they had it in stock. of course, the did not and they didnt think they were getting more and said that that one was a promo. however, they did offer to let us buy the one off the floor and that is what we did! when i ended up going to the clerk i walked by this dining table set and totally fell in love with it. i told jeremy and he went and looked at the table and said he liked it too. he said if i wanted it we could get it! i was super happy! we checked and they did have it in stock and we got the table with 6 chairs! we couldnt take it home with us that day because our little golf is way too small for that. we did bring the glider home though. when we got home jeremy got to work on painting xavier's room. the color turned out awesome. he also got a hold of our friend, jose, to see if he could help him bring the table home and that was going to happen on saturday. jeremy finished painting and he took a shower. we both got ready and we headed to go see clash of the titans. that didnt turn out so good. we got there and there was a line just barely coming out of the door, which was really no big deal but once we looked more there was another line that had started coming out of the theater! we decided that was just too much and we would just go another day. so we headed out to the px to get some things. once that was all done we headed home for the night.

on saturday(apr 10) jeremy and jose went up to the furniture store around 10am to pick up the dining set! i was getting super excited not only for that, but our baby shower was at 1pm!!! while jeremy was gone i hopped in the shower and he was home and putting the set together by the time i got out. i continued to get ready while jeremy kept working on the table. i finished getting ready and chris and sandi met us here to follow us out to the baby shower! it was only about 10 minutes away at sharon's house. when we got there we were so amazed at how beautiful her house was. it was also huge! there was a terrace and she also has a sauna! the bathroom was as big as xavier's room and the tub was so huge! ahh, its just an amazing home! we chit chatted for a bit and then we ate. the food was really good! while we were eating there was a game on the napkins that people had to fill out and answer the questions how they thought i would answer. the questions were funny. i liked it. on the tables there were little favor bags and in the bags there were little dinosaur rubber ducks! they were awesome! jeremy liked the pterodactyl the best! after everyone was finished eating we opened up presents. i always get nervous when i am the center of attention but it wasnt that bad with jeremy up there with me. we got some amazing gifts! i was very grateful for everything we received! even the women that hosted the shower got us things and they totally shouldnt have since they already did so much for the shower! i feel so blessed to have shera, sharon, and jenny in our lives. they are all so amazing! when we were done opening presents we had some cake, which was super good! mmm! then chatted for a while and left shortly after packing everything up. i was pretty exhausted by the time we got home. jeremy started working on putting the rest of the chairs together and found out that the last 3 werent fitting together right so we had to go exchange them. we got them home and set them up. that was pretty much it for our saturday night. my favorite part of the day was obviously the baby shower! =)

on tuesday (apr 13) we had our doctor appointment which started with a nst. xavier was moving so much that it took a little longer than usual. since he was moving so much they made me drink this HUGE bottle of water and said it had to be consumed in 10 minutes! i asked if it was carbonated(because that is the kind of water they like to drink here) and the nurse said no and so i started to drink and it was mineral water! YUCK! it was so hard for me to drink that nasty stuff in 10 minutes. i only had like a minute left and there was a bit left so jeremy downed it for me. after that i felt sick. it was really lame. i was glad when the test was over though. when we were done we went and had our regular appt. and we got to see that he was head down again! yay! that made me happy! the doctor also prescribed me medication for my high blood pressure and told me to monitor my blood pressure 5 times a day and that i needed to come back in a week to see how it was doing. thats about it for that appt. very routine.

on thursday (apr 15) jeremy and i went to the exchange and got a lot of things for xavier. we got clothes, a blanket, diapers, baby wash, shampoo, lotion, diaper rash cream, gas drops, pacifiers, ect. just necessary things for him. it made me so excited! only one more month until his due date!!!

jeremy came home from work on friday(apr 16) he mapped out how he was going to put the decals on the walls of xaviers room. this took him about 2 hrs or so to do because he was being super accurate with his measurements and wanted to make sure everything looked right. it was so cute to watch him to that! =) it was even cuter to watch him put them on the wall. it didnt take too long and it looks exactly like the picture he made! the rooms looks so amazing! we dont have everything for his room yet. we are still waiting on a few things for his crib and a sign for his door, but once everything is here and done i will post pictures. i am so glad that we chose nintendo for his theme.

we didnt do much on saturday (apr 18). we went and saw a couple of movies. or at least tried to. we made it through the first one but in the middle of the second we had to leave in the middle of it because i was having major pains in my back because of the seat. it hurt so bad and told jeremy i couldnt take it anymore. it felt nice to get home and be comfortable. no more back pain! jeremy stayed up late playing video games with my brother. that was about it.

we went grocery shopping on sunday (apr 19) and got some sandwiches to eat outside since it was so beautiful. we were going to go to a park by our house but there wasnt any parking so we decided not to and just ate outside on base. it was still really nice. we got a pack of newborn diapers when we were grocery shopping and when i opened them to put them on the shelves in his room it made me almost cry because they were so tiny! i cant believe it! i also washed the rest of his clothes that we received and put them in the baskets of his changing table. everything is coming together and i cant wait!

so that brings me to today, monday (apr 20). tomorrow we have our appointment to check my blood pressure and take action because i have been monitoring it and its still high. i really hope we can get it lowered by the time i deliver! i am nervous about that. tonight we are grilling out and making teriyaki chicken with chris and sandi! i am really excited about it because i havent had teriyaki chicken in forever!

here are some pictures of thing we have received so far, mostly at the shower:

whale bathtub from josie!

sports stuff from the rosa's! see the little "cup"??

cute little outfits from jenny!

some of the many awesome gifts from shera! diaper bag w/ diapers, bib from ireland, sippy cup from paris, onesie that says " my mom rocks", hat and burp cloth.