26 Weeks

Today is 26 weeks and baby Gray is just about 1.5 pounds right now.  I have noticed him moving alot more over the last few days.  Shane read to him last night and he was very active listening to his daddy's voice!

We had a pretty productive weekend.  I finally got registered!  Court and baby Maggie met me at Buy Buy Baby to help walk me through the madness.  I had already started a list so we just needed to find the items and add additional things that my experienced mom friend recommended.  After that, I picked up Shane and we headed over to Babies R Us to complete our registry.  We also made a stop at Haverty's to buy an oversized upholstered chair and ottoman for the nursery.  It doesn't rock or swivel, but we found a way to convert it.  That is a project for Shane to tackle when it gets delivered in a couple of weeks.  This was the one item I told Shane we would splurge on since I wanted a comfy place to sit in Gray's nursery.  Shane sat in the chair and I could already see him thinking about all of the times he will read to him at night before putting him to bed.  :)  On Sunday I went up to Ikea to purchase the dresser but it was sold out.  They said more should come in later this week so we'll try again this weekend.

We did make one other spontaneous trip on Saturday.  There was a furniture store going out of business next to Babies R Us so we stopped in there to see if they had a dresser and bookshelf for the nursery.  Shane and I ended up walking out with a new sofa and love seat for the upstairs living area.  We got a great deal so we could not pass it up.  I did not exactly plan on purchasing them since we already had a sofa up there that was given to me during my parent's relocation to the lake.  We figure they may want it back later this fall since they are working on getting an apartment up here as a second home.  It will help when my dad has business in town or they just want to come up for a few days and have a place of their own to stay.

Surprise Shower
Sunday morning I had an in-service training with my lifeguards.  I know I talk about work alot, but rarely do I actually talk about the "kids" I get to work with.  I call them kids but they range in age from 16-24 years old.

I showed up at the pool alittle early to go over the schedule for the morning with my pool managers.  As the guards started to show up, I was told to stay in the manager's office and not come out until instructed.  When I was finally given the thumbs up, I walked out to the upper deck of our pool and saw all of my guards sitting together holding presents.  They were throwing me a surprise baby shower!  It was the sweetest thing!  I found myself tearing up at the thought of these kids spending their hard earned paychecks on me and Grayson.  It was completely unexpected.  These kids mean alot to me and I really do enjoy working with them every summer.  Naturally I found it hard to reprimand them for anything wrong they had been doing so I had to adjust my speech and focus on the technicalities of their job.

Shane and I opened all of the gifts when I got home later that afternoon.  We got 8 packages of diapers, 6 containers of wipes, clothes, bibs and plenty of toys.  We were truly overwhelmed by their generosity!

Gifts from my "kids"

My "kids"