We've set a new record: SIX pregnant ladies at a baby shower!
Frances, Helen, and I went to see Tim and Maxine and their baby at the hospital. We saw Brenda, John, Jason, Sophia, and Brenda's parents there. They were getting ready to discharge Maxine, but she was okay with us seeing her. She looks good for someone who just had a baby, and who hadn't had much sleep! (her water broke at midnight, she only had full labor for an hour, Timbit was born at 3 AM early Friday morning, and she only had like six pains which she likened to period cramps!) We watched her change her first diaper, and the kid looks HUGE... not like a newborn at all! He looks like he's a few days old, even... he was 7 pounds and 12 ounces, after all. (Joe already uploaded pictures from Helen's digicam onto the computer) Babies are so soft and adorable... he was good and quiet most of the time, but he definitely didn't like getting changed / the flashing camera lights / so many people there.
After we watched Tim struggle a long time with the carseat because the straps were put in backwards, we walked them out of the hospital and went to TJ's baby store to look at / buy stuff. The clothes are so cute, and the gender clothing disparity starts early: there's a lot of girl stuff in comparison to the boy stuff! They had all kinds of things: twin snuggle blankets, milk chocolate cigars, receiving blankets, strollers, books, cribs, etc. I flipped through a book of baby names: if I wanted to give my future kid a Shakespearean moniker, I'd do better than Hero or Petruchio! :P
After that, it was off to Joe and Helen's for the baby shower. We saw Ethan / Seren / little Nathaniel / little Matthew, plus we learned that Natalie and Stella are pregnant. David brought his wife Rosenda along: she had a contraction scare this morning (she's three weeks behind Sophia in terms of due date), but was feeling better by afternoon. I wish I could have talked to her more to learn how she was adjusting to life here and everything else from the Philippines, but maybe another time!
We set a new record for pregnant ladies at a baby shower, too! Back in January, it had been only three (Lauren, Helen C., and Winnie: their babies respectively are Matthew, Nathaniel, and Megan), but now there were SIX! (Sophia, whose baby will be named Olivia; Rosenda, whose baby will be a boy; Amanda, whose daughter is probably due pretty soon.. they actually live next door to John and Sophia; Helen K., whose baby is due Nov. 25... if it's born then, the kid and my brother [plus Steph's old friend Courtney Matsumura] will share a birthday; Natalie, whose baby is due in January; and Stella, whose baby is due in February) Sophia did a trick with a gold necklace to see whether the babies would be boys or girls; it was pretty accurate with her and her sister-in-law!
It was good catching up with people; Natalie and Brad are moving back to Winnipeg at the end of the month, and Esther says she and Wes will take their honeymoon in November... more time to plan and save money! Most of the discussion revolved around pregnancy, Maxine's awesome labor, babies, barbecues, the summer, testing dipsticks, plans, and food. Seeing Winnie, Warren, Lauren, Danny (who's lost a lot of weight), Natalie, Vernon, Sarah, and others again was totally cool... as was seeing my old friends. :D
After we watched Tim struggle a long time with the carseat because the straps were put in backwards, we walked them out of the hospital and went to TJ's baby store to look at / buy stuff. The clothes are so cute, and the gender clothing disparity starts early: there's a lot of girl stuff in comparison to the boy stuff! They had all kinds of things: twin snuggle blankets, milk chocolate cigars, receiving blankets, strollers, books, cribs, etc. I flipped through a book of baby names: if I wanted to give my future kid a Shakespearean moniker, I'd do better than Hero or Petruchio! :P
After that, it was off to Joe and Helen's for the baby shower. We saw Ethan / Seren / little Nathaniel / little Matthew, plus we learned that Natalie and Stella are pregnant. David brought his wife Rosenda along: she had a contraction scare this morning (she's three weeks behind Sophia in terms of due date), but was feeling better by afternoon. I wish I could have talked to her more to learn how she was adjusting to life here and everything else from the Philippines, but maybe another time!
We set a new record for pregnant ladies at a baby shower, too! Back in January, it had been only three (Lauren, Helen C., and Winnie: their babies respectively are Matthew, Nathaniel, and Megan), but now there were SIX! (Sophia, whose baby will be named Olivia; Rosenda, whose baby will be a boy; Amanda, whose daughter is probably due pretty soon.. they actually live next door to John and Sophia; Helen K., whose baby is due Nov. 25... if it's born then, the kid and my brother [plus Steph's old friend Courtney Matsumura] will share a birthday; Natalie, whose baby is due in January; and Stella, whose baby is due in February) Sophia did a trick with a gold necklace to see whether the babies would be boys or girls; it was pretty accurate with her and her sister-in-law!
It was good catching up with people; Natalie and Brad are moving back to Winnipeg at the end of the month, and Esther says she and Wes will take their honeymoon in November... more time to plan and save money! Most of the discussion revolved around pregnancy, Maxine's awesome labor, babies, barbecues, the summer, testing dipsticks, plans, and food. Seeing Winnie, Warren, Lauren, Danny (who's lost a lot of weight), Natalie, Vernon, Sarah, and others again was totally cool... as was seeing my old friends. :D
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