Happy Fathers Day!!!

Everyone says it... but seriously, I have THE best Dad in the world!!! I really do grow more and more appreciative of the type of Dad I have been blessed with, ever day... as I get older and experience more in this life, I am reminded more and more of the things my Dad taught me and modeled for my life. I have loved the dynamic of being under "his roof" and following my parents rules... to getting married, moving out and "coming back home" to just hang with my best friends, my parents. I love how Dad has been so excited for me when I met Jason, got engaged to him and then married. I LOVED being with my Dad on my wedding day. I LOVED his excitement for all Jason and I were doing with our lives... I LOVE the way him and my husband get along SO well (wow! that is such a huge blessing and makes me smile!) and I LOVE that I am making my Dad a Grandfather, or T-Daddy has he will be called, for the first time! I just love all the experiences I am having with my family and have God to thank for it all! He really has exceedingly, abundantly, blessed my family!

On Father's Day, I also celebrated my husband and his "Daddy to be Day"... I CAN NOT WAIT to watch him hold and kiss Aiden for the first time and I know I will just fall into an even more deeper love with him! He will be an amazing father and I'm excited next year to celebrate him with our little guy!



So... on this day we celebrated with an yummy lunch, presents for Dad and just a chilled, relax day by the pool... or actually IN the pool :)


Gifts for Dad...


My awesome parents...


Opening his cards





Whats Fathers Day with out some Grgich Hills :)


They better wait to open this for when I can enjoy as well!


And whats a day by the pool without Mojitos...My husband makes the best by the way!


Ahhhhhh.... Finally in the pool. Nothing like being hot and pregnant and being in the water! Its been heaven!

2 1/2 more weeks :)

Went for my weekly doctor appointment today... Hoping that more progress had been made, even if it was just a little bit. Dr. B said I was still at 2cm but I had "thinned out" even more and was now 80% effaced! Yay for that! She requested that they do a quick sonogram just to confirm that his head was down. Sure enough, when they put that little thing on my tummy and we waited for it to pop up on the screen all I saw was this perfectly round head right there ready to go! Good job Aiden, you made Momma proud :)

Next appt is on Tuesday, June 22nd...

Below are a few photos of his room that I just took....


Our little surfer dude is almost here!



His bathroom turned out awesome too!


SO happy with the way it all turned out!


Amazing mural done by Jeannie Albers


His bed!


The ADORABLE alligator and shark stuffed animals...


He's ready for the 4th of July if he comes before then :)


And this is what I picture in my head when I picture going into his room at night to feed him and rock him back to sleep... I am looking forward to some special Mommy & Aiden moments in that chair :)

Getting closer....

I started my weekly doctor visits today and all went well! I was nervous/excited about going in and wondering if I had made any progress, if she was going to say that I haven't dilated yet, or if he wasn't in the "head down" position, etc... But instead I got a pleasant surprise when she said I was just about at 2cm and 70% effaced... his head was right there and ready to go :) I'm SO excited that progress has been made and praying that I continue to go in this direction and that I don't get "stuck" at this point for awhile.

BUT its all in God's perfect timing... He knows EXACTLY when my little guy is supposed to make his appearance into this world. (Aiden is moving all around at the moment while typing... I think he is getting cramped and wants to come out too :))

Jason and I can't wait to hold him, meet him, kiss him and love him!

Next appointment is next Wednesday the 16th at 9:10am... So until then... We wait :)

Oh Boy, Oh Boy, Oh Boy...

This is titled "Oh boy, oh boy, oh boy..." for three reasons.

1) 3 months have already passed by since my last blog and of course LOTS of things have gone on since then... We were busy with LOTS OF SHOWERS! Wedding showers for my BF Nicole, a couple baby showers for two other friends and then my first baby shower at my Mom's house. Mom did SUCH a beautiful job with the help of my BF Lis, my sister and sister in law Alison. Everything of course was "beach themed" and I was just so overwhelmed and blessed by the generosity of all my friends and family... When I got home with all the things we got, Jason put together all the big items and now claims he is "Graco Certified" :) Below are some pics from the shower:





Cupcakes made by Cathi McClure... AMAZING :)







Next on the list was Nicole & Andrew's WEDDING!!! :) What a special day... I am so happy for Nicole and Andrew and was blessed to be a part of their wedding day! Nicole of course was KNOCK OUT GORGEOUS and Andrew didn't look too bad himself!




We also went to a place called Prenatal Impressions to get a 3D/4D ultrasound done of Aiden... It was SO amazing to see his adorable little face...We hadn't seen him since I was 18 weeks... We did this when I was just about 33 weeks... Can not wait to hold my little guy!



So yes.... This is the first "Oh Boy!" :)

2) Ok, so you know from the last blog that Stephanie and Marcio are pregnant... Well they decided they were going to see a mid-wife during her pregnancy and do a home birth. Well, the mid-wife will not do an ultrasound until 20 weeks... Us impatient former Watson girls don't like to wait, so Steph scheduled an appt. at Prenatal Impressions to find out the sex of the baby... Well to our surprise, its TWINS!!! Twin BOYS at that... What a shock, it took awhile for it to soak in, actually I think its still soaking in... I still can't believe it!!



So that was a BIG "Oh Boy! Oh Boy!"

3) Jason and I are in the home stretch before Aiden gets here... We had two more baby showers, one thrown by a sweet friend at church, Kari and the other thrown by my boss, Terri :) Again, we were overwhelmed with everyone's generosity... we have been so blessed and I can now say we have EVERYTHING possibly needed for our little man.

His room is complete, his bathroom is complete, I have washed all his clothes, blankets, towels, etc... I have his "station" set up downstairs (so I won't be going up and down all day long) and his bags are packed. All that's left is to get that car seat in the car, pack me and Jason's bag and then we are ALL set! I will be entering my 9th month on Monday and have a doctor appointment on the 9th to check to see if there is any progression, if he his head is down, etc... CAN'T WAIT! I can't believe this pregnancy is almost over... time has FLOWN by and as one friend said... "All you need now is your little surfer dude!" :)


Jeannie Albers did an AMAZING job on the mural... We are SO loving it!


Just another view... we have actually done more to the room, but these are the only pics I have at the moment.

So to wrap it all up... A LOT has gone on, we are near the end (36 weeks on Monday) and Mom & Dad went from ZERO grandchildren to THREE grandchildren (3 BOYS!) in a matter of seconds... So can you say "Oh BOY, oh BOY, oh BOY!!!"