Week 25: The Dream Registry

This weekend was our Couple’s baby shower at Birra Poretti’s in Friendswood. It was so much fun!!! It’s such a great venue for any type of shower and the food was excellent. We got to talk to friends and family that we haven’t seen in a while which is always great. My sister-in-law made a beautiful diaper cake and on the guest favors—get this—were custom printed M&M’s with our BABY PICTURES ON THEM!!!! It was so cool, I’ve never seen anything like it. And all I can say is Baby Rob is going to be one spoiled little turkey!!! He got a stroller, car seat, pack and play, high chair, baby monitors, baby swing, some awesome blankets, bathtime essentials, clothes, books and toys … thank you so much everyone!

All of these showers lately have my imagination wondering … what would it be like if we could create an impossible dream baby registry? What would be on it? What would you wish for as a new Mom or in your remaining months of pregnancy? Here are some of my “dream wants:”

10. A live-in Maid – because between the feedings, diaper changes and playtime who has time (or wants to) clean their house??

9. A set of Octopus arms – Now I know I’ll be new at this but I’ve been around enough friends and family with newborns to know that extra arms would be really nice at times.

8. Five (or more) extra hours in the day – Trust me, I’ve heard the nightmare stories about new mom sleep deprivation that goes on for weeks and months so what if moms could have a “free five hour a day nap time?” Hey, it’s only a dream.

7. A live in chef --- see reasoning for #10 … (no wonder celebrities have so many babies; they can afford all the things that can be bought from this list!)

6. An endless supply of diapers that actually fit. MAAANNN those things are expensive!!! Not that I will have time for pedicures anymore, but if I did, they would certainly cut into my pedicure budget 

5. I wish another baby mega store company would open a store in Houston. I really, really dislike Babies-R-Us for some reason. I can’t ever concentrate when I’m there and the customer service is pretty sub-par. Why can’t we have a Buy Buy Baby in Houston?!? (It’s a baby store owned by Bed, Bath and Beyond and I’ve heard it’s way better than B-R-U … any moms out there want to help me petition for one in Houston?)

4. One free admission ticket for a short, pain – free labor. Hahahaha! Okay, don’t laugh, this is my dream registry : )

3. A personal shopper/assistant—because I’m sure it’s not easy toting a newborn to Babies-R-Us and standing in the customer service line for an hour to return stuff that doesn’t fit.

2. I wish I could fit into my pre-pregnancy clothes the day after I get home from the hospital. What? Isn’t that how it works … the baby comes out and your stomach is flat again? : )

1. Fully Paid electricity bills from May through November!!!!! I am soooo hottttt and 1. It’s not even that hot outside yet, 2. My belly is not that big yet and 3. I STILL HAVE THREE MONTHS TO GO!!! Mom, if you’re reading this, I really, really, really appreciate you having me in August. I’m sure this will not be the first time that, as a parent, I’m realizing what I put you through as a baby/child/teenager!!! (Even though I’m pretty sure I was an Angel.) So THANK YOU for carrying me in the Houston heat all summer!!!!!!

Weekly Womb Workings
Rob's hands are now fully developed and he spends most of his awake time groping around in the darkness and grabbing his umbilical cord. Brain and nerve endings are developed enough now so that he can feel the sensation of touch. His arms and legs have grown to almost the proportions they will be at birth, which is still sort of short—T Rex baby : ) His nostrils, which have been plugged up until now, clear out (like he's taken a super-dose of Sudafed) and he can practice breathing through the nose. The structures of his spine are now made up of 150 joints, 33 rings and some 1,000 ligaments. I cannot believe we can grow something so complicated inside of our bodies!

The capillaries, the teeniest blood vessels, are now forming in his body, giving his formerly translucent skin a pink glow. The blood vessels in the lungs also develop this week. Rob weighs about a pound and a half and is about 13½ inches long—he still has a lot of growing to do and his weight will double in the next few weeks!