Wonderful Birthday Weekend

My shower on Friday was great. My coworkers certainly went to a lot of effort! They made a bunch of awesome food and they all chipped in together and got us gift certificates for the diaper service in town. They gave us a certificate for 1 month free of the diaper service as well as $75 to use on products (cloth diapers, waterproof covers, etc.). So, we are quite pleased with that! We are thinking we’ll use disposable diapers in the beginning since we are getting so many for free from Carlos’ family. And, when we first have the baby, we figure it will just be easier to use disposables. So, we’ll probably use disposables for the first few months. After that, we will use our 1 month free diaper service and then once that is used, I’m thinking I may just wash cloth diapers at home and use them part-time. That’s the plan anyways.

For my birthday, Carlos got me a gift card for the spa I like to go to, so I am going to use that likely between Christmas and New Years for a pedicure since I’m sure I will really need it by then! He also got me a little massaging pillow for my lower back since my back has been pretty sore in the last month (off and on) from sitting at my desk at work. My back is fine when I’m at home, it’s just for some reason, whenever I’m at work, the pain comes back. Good thing I have my pilates class tonight, I always come out of there feeling totally loosened up. Carlos also got me 3 books to read to the baby, 2 of which I remember from when I was a child. He also took me out for lunch on Saturday, so he certainly spoiled me!

Saturday we also went to the Festival of Trees, but we didn’t get a phone call last night, so I guess we didn’t win any trees. Oh well, we’ll try again next year ;) We went to Carlos’ company Christmas party on Saturday night, which was fun.

My plan for staying in my pjs all day on Sunday didn’t go quite as planned. My dad called and wanted a haircut, so we went up to my parents house for an hour so I could do that and also get a visit in with Oma. My mom is in Banff now for a week, so I wanted to check on Oma and see how she’s doing.

We also got some sad news on Saturday morning: Carlos’ grandmother passed away. She has been sick for a long time and Carlos’ grandparents were living in Canada for awhile, but they went back to Portugal in the summer since she really wanted to live out the rest of her days there. We got word late last week that she took a turn for the worse, so Carlos’ dad and uncles decided to go to Portugual (they left yesterday), but they didn’t make it in time before she passed, which is very sad. I’m glad they are there for Carlos’ grandfather though, he needs his sons around him right now. I wouldn’t be surprised if they bring him back with them when they return in a few weeks.

This week should be much less busy for me than the last several have been, which is awesome. I only have 2 evenings busy this week: tonight with my pilates class and Thursday with our prenatal class. That’s it. I also have the day off work on Wednesday to just relax and get caught up on some things. So, this should be a good week!