The Adventures of Little "Peanut" Havel: A confession from the Mama-to-be...

I am obsessed with my Baby registry. There, I said it. I check it every day to make sure I have everything on it that I think I might need ever... For me it serves more as a "To Do" list than a place for others who are kind enough to consider buying this child a gift to do their shopping. It makes me feel relatively well prepared although in reality these are things that are not owned by me and may not ever be! This whole nesting/baby prep thing is a very interesting psychological journey!

We are at 31 weeks as of Friday and only have one tiny thing left to do in the nursery -- put up the decal. I ordered it today and then we'll be completely finished! I'm definitely getting to the point where I want to have everything in order as soon as possible. At this point we have our co-sleeper, a car seat, clothes and diapers so we have everything we need to bring him home just in case he decides to come early! I really would like to make it all the way to 40 weeks though, will work out the best with my maternity leave for sure! So on to what we've been up to this month -- has it really already been a month?!

We celebrated our 1st anniversary on May 12th by going to Charleston for the weekend. We were supposed to go on a sailing cruise of Charleston Harbor but it was cancelled due to the weather. So we had a nice dinner sitting on Shem Creek and then headed to our hotel with a view of the water. From our balcony we got to see a full double rainbow...I'd say a good omen for our celebration! The next day we went downtown and walked around and also did a little shopping. Stopped at Boone Hall Farms for strawberries and lunch on the way home - YUMMY!

The next week we headed to Washington, DC for a business meeting for me and a long weekend. While I was working in Reston, Kent spent some time at the Air and Space Museum extension in Chantilly. We also had a rare opportunity to meet some of my co-workers in person which was so enjoyable. On Saturday morning, we moved to the Ritz-Carlton in Pentagon City, my old grad school stomping ground, and spent the afternoon on the National Mall. The next day we went shopping in Pentagon City (in the air conditioning) and then spent some time in the pool!

3 days after coming home I headed out to Texas for Memorial Day for the baby shower my Mom threw for me! She had just returned home from her cruise in the Med, which sounded so awesome. Kent and I won't miss something like that again, that's for sure! I had a wonderful weekend seeing all our Texas family and friends. Peanut is a lucky boy to have so many who love him so much already.

When I finally got home on Monday, I was ready to stop traveling for good until Peanut is here. It's totally exhausting and a bit worrisome to try to keep from swelling on the plane. So now we're back to focusing on preparing for our baby boy to get here and having family come here to visit! We had lots of Kent's family here this weekend for JD's 3rd birthday, Mom will be here next weekend, and Dad and Barb will be here the weekend after!

I'll post pictures of the Texas shower when Mom is here next weekend, since they're on her camera, but for now here's a bunch from the last few weeks!