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As for the comments on my last post, I'm so glad so many women agreed with me! I was starting to wonder if I was expecting too much for a man to offer me his chair! I failed to mention the thing that got me so much about the incident is that the men have been treating me especially nice since I got pregnant. Offering to carry things for me, asking me how I'm feeling, even offering to pick things up for me I've dropped so I don't have to bend down. That is why I was so baffled when these same men wouldn't get off their butts and give a pregnant woman their chair! I am so, so glad I have such a wonderful husband! He offers women a seat on the train or wherever we are regardless of if they are pregnant or not. Moving on...
The Good: Yesterday the women at work pulled together and threw a co-worker an emergency baby shower. We normally throw the shower about a month before someone is due, but Mickaela was told she has to go on bed rest. So last week when I found out the news (thank you blogging!) I contacted several women at work and we decided very quickly that she still needed a baby shower before she left us. We also decided to make it a surprise, and it turned out so fun! I think its awesome how quickly all the women came together to help support her! The shower was a blast!
The Bad: The parts came from Hoover. They sent us the wrong ones. Again. But we temporarily made them work until we can get a new vacuum. Stupid Hoover!
The Worst: Once again, I am so, so glad I have the husband I do! Some of the men I work with make me remember how lucky I am on a daily basis! I don't normally talk about specific instances on my blog, but this morning's conversation blew my mind so much I just had to share. So last Saturday a guy I work with had his first baby (well, his wife did). Now there is one thing you have to understand about this guy. He's only been married a year and he got married at age 27. Now normally this isn't a bad thing. However, he got married at age 27 because most of the girls he dated didn't make it past the first date. Why? Because they didn't pass his "inspection". Have any of you ever heard the song "15 Pounds"? This is the best version I could find. I couldn't embed it on the blog, sorry, but you are going to have to go to youtube and listen to it yourself. I promise, it will be well worth your time to listen to it and it will help you understand the type of guy I'm talking about. (Don't worry, its not really 7 minutes long. The girl talks for awhile in the beginning and at the end. So go ahead and skip ahead. The song itself begins at 1:47 and ends at 6:33). Go ahead. I'll wait.
Did you enjoy it? Pretty entertaining, huh? Well, the guy in that song is the guy I work with. Somehow he managed to find a beautiful, stick-thin wife. His wife had a baby last Saturday and today was his first day back into work. He sat down and started talking to the guy he sits across from (who, unbelievably enough, is exactly like him. They both married stick-thin wives and are quite pudgy themselves.) So the first conversation they have is not about how his wife is doing. Its not about how his new baby is doing. Its not even about his lack of sleep! Its "Yeah, my wife is losing the weight pretty quick. She retained a lot of water, but she has a personal trainer to help her work it off. Her goal is to be back to her original weight in two weeks". TWO WEEKS?!?! I'm no expert, and I've never even had a baby before, but aren't you supposed to wait like six weeks before you even START to work out? Not to mention you are supposed to keep some weight on if you are breastfeeding, right? I just feel like I walked into douchebag city this morning! My real question is whose goal is it really? Is it her goal to lose the weight that quick? Or his "encouragment" that has stemmed such a speedy process?
This has been an awesome week for baby showers! Starting with my work shower on Thursday, and then on Saturday my mom had a family baby shower for me from 12:00-2:00 and then a neighborhood/friend shower from 2:00-4:00! It was nice to see so many people that I haven't seen in a long time! Gertrude got so many nice gifts! Thanks again to everybody who came! We got lots and lots of clothes, some more blankets, books, diapers, and a pak-n-play. The food was super yummy (thanks mom!) and the company was great! It was a really fun day! Thanks to my sister, Kristine, for taking pictures! There aren't too many of people at the shower but plenty of my super cute nephew helping me open gifts. He was so funny! Whenever I got clothes, he threw them on the ground. But he wanted to play with all the toys I got and he was really excited about the blanket my cousin, Margaret, made for me. I didn't think I'd get it back! =)My wonderful mother-in-law purchased a dresser for us on Saturday to match our crib so yesterday I was able to spend the day washing clothes, bedding, etc. and finally start putting things away. It was so fun!
The fabulous Errin, Rose, and Tena from work threw me a baby shower during lunch today! It was super fun! Since there are about 70 women who work at WesTech compared to the 250 men, its become tradition to have baby / bridal showers during lunch for all the ladies when a female employee is expecting or engaged. We had crescent sandwiches and then everyone brought salads and desserts to share. It turned into quite a spread! We ate and visited and then opened presents. I feel funny being the center of attention, but we got some really great stuff! Another tradition is collecting money from people at work to go in on a group gift. So you can afford to get the person something really nice. We got lots of clothes, some books, a diapers, wipes, wipe warmer, blankets (including a beautiful handmade crocheted blanket from Gloria), and a couple handmade bibs. Then for the big group gift they got us a diaper bag, a diaper genie, a bouncer, and a swing! They had the swing all set up with cute pink bows on it. Errin told me I had to "unwrap" it and act surprised. Errin and Rose also made these super cute party favors with pastel M&Ms and baby girl rubber duckies. Here are some fun pictures:
My true love gave to me...some hot pink pajama pants! They are long and super comfy! I've worn them to bed every night since. My pj bottoms were all starting to get a bit snug, so they'll never fit when I'm not pregnant, but they are perfect for right now!
My true love got a chocolate orange. It was the only approved treat for 12 days this year. Chocolate oranges are Matt's favorite and they are only around once a year.
The kids got some stuffed animals to rip apart.
We spent Christmas with my family this year and we had a blast! It is always fun when all six kids, three spouses, two nephews, and three grand-dogs get together. We stayed the night at my parent's house Christmas eve and spent all day with them on Christmas, with a visit to Matt's parents as well. We played a lot of games, the guys built an awesome snow fort in the yard with all the snow (I'm talking ginormous! It comfortably fit five adults inside), and we just relaxed together. Friday night a bunch of us went and did sealings at the temple. It was really fun to be able to go as a family! We were originally going to go home Friday, but it snowed a lot so we decided to stay. Then we were going to go home Saturday morning, but Matt went over to Logan and Kristine's to help with their basement. So we made it home Saturday night at about 5:30pm. I had a baby shower at 6:00. I think this is going to be our last year doing the whole over-nighter thing. We had a lot of fun, but by the end, the kids were pretty restless.
My roommates threw Raylyn and I a joint baby shower. She is also having a girl in February. The shower was going to be a few weeks ago, but the snow made us have to change the date. Thank goodness it didn't snow more on Saturday! Its always a blast to get together with my old roommates! Last time we were together, three of them were pregnant so it was fun to catch up and meet all their beautiful babies. Thanks again girls!
Then on Sunday we celebrated my dad's birthday. His birthday was last Tuesday, but Sunday was the best night for us to celebrate. The whole family got together for a yummy steak dinner. It had been awhile since we were all together! After eating, we played some fun games and then had dessert. It was so funny when we sang "Happy Birthday" cause Josh and Ian helped grandpa blow out his candles and then they helped him start eating the chocolate frosting off the cake. I wish I had pictures! We had to leave pretty early so Matt could finish up some homework, but we had lots of fun and Kutse and Sobaka got some much needed play time with their cousin, Sadie.
