It's a....

GIRL!


We announced last night at our Halloween party/my 30th birthday party that we're having a girl!  We wore Halloween costumes I made from this website: http://www.makeit-loveit.com/2010/10/our-last-minute-adult-costumes.html

I stenciled out the skeleton bones on freezer paper and ironed them onto some black clothes.  Then I painted the shapes onto the clothes with fabric paint.  It was a lot more work than I thought (b/c I'm a perfectionist and wanted the stencils to look GOOD). :)  But I think it turned out pretty well!  We were a big hit at the party and it was exciting to be able to talk about the fact that we're having a GIRL! (Well, I'm excited....Jay will be excited after some time I think.  He's just rolling his eyes at me how I'm oogling over all the cute girly baby clothes!).  :)

Next up: mini vacation to Dubuque this week to the Hancock House B & B to celebrate my birthday.  We spent the first few days after our wedding there and it was SO relaxing so hoping it will do the same this weekend!  Super excited to relax and not think about anything else!  And then Jay starts his new job at Best Buy Corporate next Monday!  Woo-hoo!

Pregnant things

I had this dream last night about the baby.  I know I'm supposed to be feeling it kick soon so it must have been on my mind!  Anyway, I dreamed that the baby was moving all inside my body, kind of like some unearthly being, trying to get out.  It was very weird.  I normally  have weird dreams, but since I've been pregnant, they've been weirder, I think.

In other news, my bump has protruded so that church-goers are asking about "baby cheese".  I even spilled some little communion bread bits on my tummy as I was helping with communion today.  There are worse things. :)

Halloween research and German fingers

Researching pregnant couples costumes for Halloween is so much fun!  I should be working on conferences for work but looking for Halloween costumes is way more fun.  Plus, this is highly valuable research. :)

Good weekend - went to dinner last night to the Black Forest Inn in Minneapolis for my father-in-law's birthday last night.  They had these awesome bread fingers in the bread basket that had fake blood on them (I think it was just red food coloring).

Then helped with communion at church this morning and learned the ropes of setting up communion for 250 people.  We also had a Care Circle Sunday at church and got to know some people from my Care Circle.  Jay was supposed to come to church after his morning meeting and made it just in time for the end of the service and the Care Circle Sunday.

Overall a good weekend!