Blowdryer

Well I brought two unusual items to church this morning - a brush and blowdryer. I got there at 7:30am and promptly went to the bathroom to dry my hair. Our power went out at 9:30 last night and didn't come on until 10:30am (which considering we lost 1 hour last night = 12 hours).  It was hard to get up this morning since we had lost an hour of sleep and I hadn't slept well as I was worried about oversleeping without a clock. I had a flashlight by my watch, and that was how I checked the time. At 6:00am I was trying to decide whether to take a shower here at home, call someone from the handbell choir and see if I could take a shower at their house, or just go to church w/o washing my hair. In the end I opted for a super quick shower at home (thankfully I did get hot water). It was interesting doing my makeup by candlelight, LOL. The bedroom was fine temperature wise, but the main floor of our house was FREEZING - there was frost on the kitchen floor! I usually curl my hair with a curling iron, but I decided to go with straight hair this morning rather than also bring a curling iron to church. The handbells played at 8:00 and 10:45; one of the two songs we played was a flute solo for me along with the bells. I really struggled to stay awake during the first service, but I ate a couple of chocolate chip cookies during the "coffee hour" in between the first service and Sunday School, and the sugar woke me up thankfully. I know I'll sleep well tonight though as I got less than 7 hours of sleep last night and I've been averaging 9-10 hours lately.

Yesterday at the shower I was again grateful that we opted to learn baby's gender at the u/s. Noreen wants to be surprised; so there were lots of yellow and green receiving blankets, outfits, etc. yesterday. I think gender specific clothing is MUCH cuter than most gender neutral stuff. I didn't know many of the people at her shower so in that sense it wasn't the most fun party I was ever at, but it was the first time in a very, very long time that a baby shower didn't bother me At All emotionally. It also helped knowing she is 40 years old and ttc for 8 years for this baby. The only downer at the shower was that one woman told me I didn't look pg at all. :-( Why tell a pg woman that especially as she knew I was 21 weeks pg??? I was wearing my 1 pair of maternity pants with a maternity shirt. Well trust me I won't be wearing that outfit again any time soon, LOL. There were 3 guests (including myself) who were pg, and ironically we are all due in July. One is due the week before me, and the other is due the week after me. One of the door prizes was for the woman with an EDD closest to Noreen's. I was given the prize (some kitchen towels) since the woman due 7-11 helped make the door prizes. It's true that the other 2 looked FAR more pg than I did, but in neither case is it their first baby and women seem to pop out faster with 2nd and subsequent pgcies. Plus one of the women is "fluffier" than me to begin with so I think that was part of it. Thankfully a few people today at church commented on my pg belly. My belly shows a lot more in maternity skirts. :-)

I am curious to see in what ways our daughter will take after me and in which ways she'll take after Paul. For example, I hope she has her Daddy's teeth as he's never had a cavity, never needed braces, etc. Well I have found one way that (so far) she takes after Daddy and not me. She's a night owl! She rarely kicks me in the morning; I feel her move the most in the afternoon and evening -even during the night. I am by NO means a night owl. I think 9pm is a lovely time to go to bed and staying up until midnight can only be described as painful, LOL. I can't wait to meet her and learn about her personality and talents and interests as time goes by.