Full Schedule...

We’ve got a busy weekend ahead!

Today I am baking a cake for my friends baby shower that is being thrown tomorrow at 230, her theme is Mustache, I’ll be making a large handlebar mustache cake for the shower. Pictures to follow as soon as the cake is complete.

 I am cleaning my house that has been neglected due to family visits and shopping trips. Yesterday my friend Nancy and I went on a road trip to Kaefers, the crystal store. The store is about an hour and a half away from here but the trip was well worth it! I got a set of crystal champagne glasses for under 17 euro, they were originally 17 euro per glass. HELLO!!! I also found out that they are having a super sale in July on all things Christmas. I don’t know if you know my little secret or not… I’m a Christmas addict. I love it! I have three Christmas trees. I haven’t actually put all of them up at once yet but this year is the year baby!

 And then… we are going to pick up our race packets for the Mannheim ½ marathon that is tomorrow night. I have managed to really get into my head about this race, I don’t know why all of the negative self-talk is creeping in but I’m really hoping that by going to the race expo tonight I will get excited about the race instead of dreading it. I don’t know why I am so worried about this race, I’m trained up for it (though I could have taken my training more seriously and plan on picking up the pace over the next few weeks). I really think that it has to do with carrying a little extra weight, worrying about how Clark is going to be while he is with the sitter, and the ever present fear of there not being a porta potty when I need one…

So tomorrow we’ve got to go to the baby shower, come home and change into our running gear and then head downtown to log some more miles. Sunday I am making three pots of chicken stock, which will supply us with roughly 21 quarts of stock (this is enough to get us through the next few months) and relaxing around the house with Travis and Clark.

Have a great weekend!

Baby Shower

So, the baby shower was lovely! I have such a great group of friends and we had a blast. Of course there were presents, for both baby Clark and for myself, food, drinks (with alcohol, though not for me), and games. Oh the games...

We played the usual guess the circumference of the belly and the don't say "cute" clothes pin game.

But then there were the adult games that made the party truly match our hedonistic idea of a good time...

First we played drink beer from a baby bottle...

Next we played the quessing game, "Porn or Labor?" This game required everyone to guess if the women in the photo were giving birth or if they were in a porn flick... Classy, right? Needless to say the ladies had a great time, and we all laughed A LOT!!!

This is Cassie "grading" the guesses.

Next we opened presents and the laughter continues...

As you know, we live in Germany and I have a number of girlfriends that are from here, and I asked one of them to get me the German salve that they use for breast feeding, because I heard that it is really good. Well, she did... So as I go to open the gifts she brought she says out loud, in front of everyone , "I got you that cream for your breast warts." Um... crickets... This is the photo of the aftermath.

I would post the photos of the gifts that I got but that would turn this into the worlds longest post ever. So, I will end with a HUGE THANKS to all of the people that came out to celebrate with us, and to all of those that couldn't make it but were thinking of us on that day. We are truly appreciative.

Today is the baby shower! I cannot believe how fast this
pregnancy has gone by. Yesterday I thought that this little boy was going to make his debut into the world. I spent the day putting away all of his little clothes and cleaning up the house
for the party today, then I went to the arts and craft store to pick up some
fabric paint for onsie decorating. So last night when we went to celebrate my girlfriends birthday I started having contractions every 5 minutes or so, for about three hours. It was insane.

We have started betting on when Clark is going to come into this world. I didn’t think that it was
going to be early but given last night’s contractions and the strange things my body is doing today, I’m just not sure. I would really like to keep him in as long as possible but I figure that it is
GODs will and I’m just the temporary home for this little guy. He’ll be here when determined by the Lord.

I hope that you have a wonderful day!