It was too short, really. First of all, it was AWESOME taking an order for oxygen (SUCH a pain) from a snotty nurse at 11:30 a.m. on Thursday at work and think to myself, "Go right ahead and send that. Doesn't bother me. I WON'T BE HERE!" Oh man. That rocked.
Highlights from the trip: The flight attendant was way nice to me, got me two seats to myself on my first flight so I didn't have to fight for the armrest. Friday: my mom and I shopped till we nearly dropped, but we got good Christmas/baby stuff, had a lot of fun, and I'm excited about some of the stuff we got for Jason. I hope he likes it. Then we went home and I finished last year's Christmas presents for Sam and Christy, then I went to Sam's house to see them.
Before I left, Rob told me to be really, really careful because I was driving for two, and that got me all nervous. So I tried to follow speed limits and stuff, but people can be so obnoxious, pulling up on your bumper and zooming around you and cutting you off...and driving home from Sam's was even worse, I was so dang tired and lonely, and it's winding and secluded for the first part of it. But it was fun being there. Sam is such a good mom, and Gage is so cute and sweet. I read him a story, so much fun. It was cool to watch Sam and Billy being parents and take lessons from them, and to get a taste of what life will be like post-newborn stage.
The baby shower on Saturday was really fun. Beforehand, my dad took me to the See's store and we got some thank-you gifts for the Coxes for flying me out and throwing the shower for me. (Doesn't even begin to cover my gratitude, but best I could think of.) So I was glad to have something for them, and it was cool hanging out with my dad for a little while.
How cool is this? A "cake" made out of disposable diapers, decorated with ribbon, little gifts, blue flowers, and my baby picture at the top! Everyone was so impressed by it. (And the flour and sugar cake, behind it, was SO good.) Sad, though, I was having serious indigestion issues for some reason, so I didn't even get to taste most of the food they brought :( I'm sure it was great, though!
This is everyone sitting around and gabbing. We also played three games, the one where you try to memorize baby stuff on a tray, guess how big the mom's tummy is (mine was almost exactly ten squares of toilet paper), and smell-then-guess-the-baby-food. A few smelled HORRIBLE, and some were so hard to guess. Did you know they have turkey and macaroni-and-cheese baby foods now?? Blechhk!
Me, opening some presents. People were so nice and generous. I got mostly clothes, and everything was so cute! I should have been more careful, though; I did move up to the couch, but all the bending forward to reach for them, I guess just combined with the whole day's events, totally did me in for the rest of the night. I was so worn out, I felt pitiful! :)
Probably my favorite picture from the whole thing--me with Liz, my cousin. (And my mom in the background, who would probably be mad if she knew she was on here, but I think she looks cute. :)) I gave her her presents since I couldn't be at her baby shower, and it was fun to kind of feel like I transported myself to hers during mine :) She's due Dec. 4th, having a girl!
After the shower, we got In-N-Out for dinner, and I actually had a really good time lying in bed (I really did not feel good) and enjoying cable tv for awhile again. I do miss TLC and the Discovery Channel.
Sunday, went to just Sacrament meeting so I could get to the airport--Rob took me. It was funny, we cut across the chapel afterwards, and nice ladies that I've known forever in the ward kept stopping me to talk, and I said "January 20th" about 20 times. :) Rob had to just kind of stand there and smile every time, but he was a good sport about it. Then I packed and re-packed and re-packed my suitcase, trying to get my most favorite presents in without going over 50 pounds. (So sad that only one suitcase is free now. Boo.) At the airport, Rob went in with me to check in, and the suitcase was 49.5 lbs. The lady looked annoyed for some reason, but we were happy! :)
Flight from SLC to IF got cancelled, had to spend an extra 5-6 hours in the airport waiting for a standby, really sucked, but that's water under the bridge now.
All in all, it was a short but great trip. I just can't wait to go back for Christmas and have Jason with me to enjoy it all! Thanks again to everyone who came to the shower, and who I got to spend time with, and everything!
Next on the list: clean the house like crazy for Jason's parents and sister coming for Thanksgiving. Janelle is allergic to cats, and I am scared to death that our fur-covered house :P is going to send her into some kind of coma the minutes she walks in the door...
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