34 Weeks: Baby Shower!!

Last Sunday was my fabulous baby shower to celebrate Aiden's very quickly approaching arrival. I had some great friends there, did some catching up with some girls I hadn't seen in too long, and got some wonderful gifts to help me get ready for Aiden to come. I'll let the pics to most of the "talking"

The very awesome, preppy decor to match his daddy's style

 We have  lots of monogram cups and napkins... look for them again in about a year. ;) 

With my wonderful hostesses. I am so blessed to have so many wonderful friends- especially these two who did so much to make me feel special and help get ready for sweet Aiden. 

33 weeks.. getting prepped!

In the weekends since our trip- we've been crazy busy trying to get all ready for Aiden's arrival in just a few weeks. Considering that we'd done nothing up to this point- there's lots to be done. We've picked out furniture, painted, pulled up carpet/laid laminate flooring, and made some BIG messes!! 

We've also tried to get in all the fun couple things we'll have to put on the back burner for a couple of weeks months. We went to see Billy Joel (What an awesome show! He's a fabulous performer!), saw Wizard of Oz on stage, saw Hillsong United in concert, been eating at all the nice restaurants we like, etc.

The final floor product. It looks so good!

As far as the pregnancy goes- everything is still going very smoothly! The ole blood pressure is still normal, I'm feeling good, and I still have ankles! 

My belly shot...

Day 5: Final day

For our last day in Paris we were limited on activities because lots of things were closed for New Year's day. We went back down to the Eiffel Tower to see it up close. The line for the elevator was probably about 2-3 hours long, so we decided that this view was good enough. Plus, with the wind, we could only imagine how frigid it was at the top. 

After the Eiffel Tower, we went to the Musee d'Orsay- this is my absolutely favorite museum in Paris. Well, maybe anywhere. I'm a huge fan of impressionism and they have the best collection. Unfortunately, there's no photography inside so I have no pics of my favorite pieces. 

The coolest view... Looking out through one of the clocks and there was a perfect view of 

Sacre Coeur on Montmartre. 

Same view from a window down the hall.

We walked down the Champs Elysees one last time. Most stores were closed because it was New Year's Day. (Definitely unlike here in the States.) But I did get my awesome giant cotton candy. 

It was a great ending to a wonderful trip. The next morning, we had a fabulous 10 1/2 hour flight home. We had to fly all the way up over Greenland due to bad headwinds. There was lots of Tetris playing and TV watching- and no sleep.