Week 29

Hooray!!!  I'm just so excited.Friday was pretty exciting.  John got home before me and told me that we received something for Logan.  I ran up to his room and....we got his mattress!  I've never been so excited to see a mattress.  :)  Yay...now he has a place to sleep.

Then....not 15 minutes later, the doorbell rang and we received our first shower gift!!!!  We got our Pack 'n' Play!!!!!!!!  It was from some of my neighbors from my old neighborhood....Leslie &  Jan and her daughters, Christen & Jackie that I played with through grade school and junior high...thank you!  OH my gosh....I was downright giddy.  :)  John and I immediately took it out of the box and put it together.  It looks great.....we both cannot WAIT for Logan to come..I 'practiced' putting Logan in and taking him out.  We examined the whole thing and put it in his room until I'm home.  Buddy was extremely excited as well.  He sniffed everything and tried very hard to pull down the little bears that hang from the top of the pack n play.

Here is a picture of Logan's Pack 'n' Play and of course, our gorgeous Golden, Buddy, in Logan's room.

After we assembled the Pack N Play....we headed down to my parents for the weekend for a family reunion with my Mom's 2 sisters and their families.  It was so great.....we had so much fun.  This was the first time all 3 families have gotten together.....ever...or at least since we've all been married.

Here is a picture of my cousin Meghan with her baby boy, Miles....who was born in May.....me, who is due Nov. 1st and my cousin Jen who is due Jan. 25 (um, yeah, in the picture you can't see her belly...she barely has one).  :)  And um, yes, I look big!!!!!

Here is a picture of John and I:

And here is a picture of the whole clan:

From left to right: Adam (Lauren's boyfriend), Lauren, Jen, Justin, Aunt Wendy, Uncle Joe, Meghan with Miles, Skip, Alexis, Aunt Barb, Uncle Wayne, Melissa with Isabella, James with Jakob, Michael, Steven, Dawn, TJ, John, Me with Logan, Mom & Dad...whew!

This weekend started something new for me....swelling...ugh.  So I spent some of my time with my feet up.  I'm currently still swollen...and sometimes my hands join my feet in the swelling department.  I rigged a chair underneath my desk at work so I can elevate.  I am lowering the sodium in my diet....and chugging way more water than I have been this whole pregnancy.

I've been reading Logan stories at night and tonight Buddy came and laid down next to me as if he was really listening to my story....and he got up just as I said 'The End'....it was really cute.  :)

Well the Olympics are over for tonight...so time for bed!