First off, we wanted to say HAPPY HALLOWEEN everyone!! Hope you and yours have a frightfully good day! We are off to a Halloween party tonight at Sheryl and Steve's (I'm hoping I get to see baby Evan!!) I had a really hard time trying to come up with a costume idea but I've made a decision I am quite pleased with and after trying it on last night Kevin agrees it is quite scary...Stay tuned for pictures!

OK, back to business...32 weeks along now!! 8 weeks to go (if you've been paying attention then you know that means 8 weeks till Christmas...)

Lana and Kelly threw a baby shower last weekend and it was great!! Thank you to everyone involved!! I had a good time and now we are a little more prepared (which means a little less stressed) for Baby. We received a bunch of great gifts and it would be impossible to list them all but what we can tell you is the nursery looks awesome and for 2 people who know little to nothing about this whole parenting thing we can't wait to try out some of the doo dads we got and play dress up!! By the way if you took pictures the day of, please send them to me so I can add them to the site. Thanks!

While Kelly was in town she and the rest of Kevin's family came to Ashburnham for lunch on Sunday and we celebrated Paula's birthday (for real) with pizza and cake. Kelly finally was able to see our house from the inside and with every ones help we worked on putting the nursery bedding together. She'll be back for Christmas just in time to meet her niece or nephew (hopefully).

Another baby shower is coming that my mom, Audrey and I planned so hopefully we have as good a turn out. There are still quite a few things on my registry that we'll need to be baby ready (though I doubt we will ever be truly prepared...)

Anyway, we continue with our Lamaze classes. Kevin was off last Monday so instead of meeting me there half way through the class he had the pleasure of joining me for the entire thing and about 10 minutes into it he was ready to come home (we did end up leaving early) we think 2.5 hours of constant lecture is waaayyy too much but hey, we could be wrong...we've never done this before... We go back to Lamaze on Monday and since Kevin is on vacation for the next 2 weeks he will have the pleasure of joining me right through the last class on the November 10th.

I also attended a breastfeeding support group my hospital sponsors that meets the last Wednesday of each month (this was the last meeting until January because of the holidays). It was nice there were about 5 moms there with their babies and toddlers. The youngest was 15 days old (completely natural delivery!! ) and the oldest was 2 (by the way, there is no chance I'll be nursing 2 years...) I was able to ask them questions about their experiences in the delivery room at the hospital, about their delivery support partners, their pediatricians, their babies eating patterns, and all sorts of boob related stuff...The kids were playing on blankets on the floor and everyone was very talkative and friendly. I will definitely go again, next time as a mom !!

We have finally elected a doctor for the baby so we're happy about that. Evidently when I go into delivery the hospital staff will ask who the pediatrician is then contact the baby's doctor who will come for a visit and check out the little baby. It was really hard to choose but I've been asking around and got really good feedback about an office in the next town that is actually a family practice so we'll probably all end up there. The doctors (all women) are also OB's so if we decide on more children (and it will be better planned next time of course) they can do it all for us from beginning to end which would be nice.

We are seeing Dr. Damore this coming Tuesday (I'm assuming Kevin will come since he is off work). She is the OB that stresses me out about my weight so I'll be eating very (very) carefully over the next few days...And keeping my fingers crossed for no more than 2 lbs gained since the last visit. October is over so we just have to get through all of November and some of December and we'll be done with at least THIS part of things. All in all, I guess I haven't minded being pregnant too much and from what Kevin tells me, I've been an angel .

Check out the new pictures while you are here!! And PUT YOUR GUESS IN THE POOL WHILE YOU STILL CAN http://www.expectnet.com/games/Boydsbaby !!!!