Baby shower + DH's birthday

Hello ladies!! I'm back in one piece after my baby shower (a 4 hour drive away) and all is good! The shower was lovely: my friends did a really good job with the food and the games and Bug got lots of presents, like a boppy, travel crib, tons of books and lots and lots of clothes. Mommy over here also got quite the present herself, a Tory Burch diaper bag! It's something I never would have bought for myself so it was a very unexpected, exciting treat! Though, truly, the best part of the whole day was seeing all of my closest friends together -- after the shower the majority of us also went out to dinner, so it was a nice, long quality time with the ladies.

I was a little concerned about driving down and back to NYC by myself at 31.5 weeks but it went great. I actually enjoy being in the car, something about my car's seats and lumbar support is super comfortable to me right now, go figure. I had a book on CD with me, and stopped often to walk around, hit the bathroom and stay hydrated so it was a pretty chill ride both ways. I also made sure to stop by Pepe's in New Haven on the drive back, so I could bring DH his favorite pizza in the whole wide world.

In other news, it's NoodleGuy's birthday today!! It's been so hectic around here between putting stuff together for the baby, his parents finally completing their move to Cape Cod this weekend (we're helping), his cousin coming to stay with us for two weeks while she does a vet school rotation in Boston, taking baby classes, that we've barely had time to breathe. But I'm hoping to give him a good birthday today - no packing up stuff, no assembling furniture, just the two of us. I got him some nice shirts, a fella's diaper bag (very masculine! ;) and got one of his Boston Marathon photos framed really nicely. My family (who loves them some NoodleGuy) got him some really nice stuff too, including a Wii game (Super Mario Galaxy 2), which will be a fun distraction for him amidst all the hecticness lately.

In pregnancy news: ugh, these Fred Flintstone feet! I don't have swollen ankles, hands or face, just feet! It's like there is a one inch layer of blubber-water along the tops of both feet, it's really bizarre. For everyone that says it stinks to be in the 3T in the summer, I do have to say that it's awesome to only have to deal with flip flops. I seriously could not cram these puppies into any other sort of shoe. I'm keeping them elevated, drinking lots of fluids and not much seems to help. My blood pressure is 100% fantastic, so I'm not concerned, just uncomfortable. It does get me a bunch of freebie foot massages from NoodleGuy, though -- so that's a perk! Though maybe I'll let him have the night off for his birthday :).