On September 1st we had our baby shower which also happened to be my birthday.  I knew my birthday would be overshadowed by the baby shower and that was perfectly alright with me!  I'd rather celebrate Andrew!

The balloon baby! My MIL had him made with brown hair and blue eyes.

The husband and I with our diaper cake!

We surprisingly had a lot of people show up.  The people that showed were mainly friends of Rob's mom. The people that didn't show were actual friends of ours that I thought were going to be coming.  Luckily, I was able to see a few friends that I haven't seen in awhile and that was awesome.

I love presents like this! Some people are so creative!

We got quite a few things, but honestly, I'm not sure how many of them are going to be useful.  Since this is my MIL's first grand baby she went a little overboard buying stuff.  She did get us a brand new car seat which I am super thankful for!

The present haul! The furniture was also given to us but not at the shower.

I'm also having a work shower on Thursday.  Exciting! :)

I'm not sure what else we need besides a stroller, but we won't be using one right away so I'm not freaking out about not having that yet.  I'm not sure how many clothes we'll actually need, so I guess we'll see when we get to that point.

I think we're as ready as we're going to be.  I think...

Baby Shower -- It went alright.  I wasn't a fan of a lot of people there, but I made it through it.  It's getting tougher and tougher to go to baby showers each time.  I would be so much more excited to go and hang out if I had a little one or a little one on the way, but I don't.  So I sit there, fight back tears at time and act like everything it alright.

Roller Derby -- Well you're going to be disappointed with me.  I didn't go talk to Fred on Saturday when we went to see the AZ Roller Derby.  I want intimidated!  It was extremely crowded when we got there and there were so many photographers already.  So I never worked up the cajones.  I'm thinking about emailing Fred and seeing if he wants to meet up some time he's free.

We saw the Bad News Beaters bout against the Brawlerinas.  I didn't have a specific team I was going for, but the Bad News Beaters ended up kicking ass!

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Faded hand stamp from the AZ Roller Derby.

The jammer coming around the corner.

Invisible jammer!

See the girl walking right there?  In the red.  I wish I could have gotten a picture for you.  It was priceless.  She had this lacy red top on with a black tiny vest on.  Her little boobs were popping out of it along with her chubby belly. Not cute!  I have more to love, but I tuck it away from the public. Yikes!

After Roller Derby we went out for a drink, which is still a weird concept for me.  We sat at the bar and I wasn't carded -- two firsts!  I had a Sex on the Beach; I didn't think it was that great.  But it definitely did the job.  I'm a lightweight since I never drink.  I gotta get ready for Vegas though.  Yes! I'm going to Vegas!

BBQ for my Brother's Birthday -- It was pretty laid back; it was just family.  The past few weren't that laid back.  My brother would have his Police friends over and they'd have one too many beers and they were quite humorous.  But Sunday my SIL and nephew were sick, so it was just a calm night.

But I got to see this little booger!

He likes to eat his books, rather than read them.

And this one of Root Beer because I thought she was laying funny.

Overall, it was a nice week.  A bit busy, but nice.  How was yours?

*My appologies for the awful quality photos.  I only used my iPhone and it doesn't have a quick shutter.  For the Roller Derby I didn't really have a time to use my better camera.  We couldn't get close enough.

Well, this weekend Hubs and I have a bunch of plans.  This is totally a change for us!  We are the stay at home watching movies on the couch/in bed couple.  Which is totally okay with me!

Friday: Free day!  So we will probably just sit around the house.  I want to get some reading and blogging I'd like to do!

Saturday: At 1pm we have a baby shower for a very close family friend; not sure how long that will last.  Around 7pm, I really want to go to the Roller Derby event.  Possibly meet up with Fred, see if I can get involved.  [Hopefully I can get up the cajones to talk to him.]

Sunday: BBQ for my Brother's birthday around 5:30p.  We have plenty of down time in the morning.  I'm thinking of using the time to actually clean; it's been awhile!

I plan on bring my camera with me everywhere this weekend.  I really wish I had my fancy new camera bag I ordered from Etsy, but I must be patient.  So look forward to some pictures from the weekend!

What do you have planned for the weekend?

These are not for me... surprisingly.

I went shopping for my "brother" and "sister-in-law" last weekend.  They're having a co-ed shower on the 20th of February.  This is the first baby girl in my family that I got to shop for.  So I went a little nuts.  They are naming her Eliana  This is their third child.  Her fourth; she lost her first baby with her first husband.

I'm the best. Really. :)

Of course I had to buy this.

I also bought a few other items for other up coming baby showers.  I'm going to my coworker's sister's baby shower; she is also have a girl.  She's going to name her Macyn (pronounced Mason).  Also one of my coworker's.  It took her and her husband a few years to have a baby.  They finally got pregnant via IUI.  They're not finding out the sex of their baby, so shower presents are going to be a little difficult to buy.

Aren't these too cute?! I got a really good deal at JCP.

This was the best gender neutral thing I could find.

I want to get her some more stuff, but I'm not sure what.

Tonight I finally went to pick up the baby shower gift that I should have bought this weekend.  I didn't get anything fancy, just a few simple items I know she would eventually need. 

I haven't wrapped them yet, but I'll take a picture when I do.  I got some cute gender neutral wrapping paper for the diapers and a matching bag and tissue paper for the bibs and sleepers.  I got gender neutral because I know I'm going to be wrapping more gifts soon.  I actually have a friend who just had a baby, and a couple others about ready to pop.

A large part of me wishes that I bought these for myself.  That happens everytime I buy baby shower gifts -- which I've been doing a lot of lately.  When I go to the store and see an adorable onesie, or an adorable anything baby related, I want to buy it for myself.  But I don't want to jinx anything.  The other day I did slide.  I bought myself this really cute hanging picture frame thing.  It was only $7, and I had to buy it.  It's the only thing I've bought for myself, so I think I'm doing pretty good.