35 Weeks

35 Weeks and still snowing!! The East Coast is being blanketed again by fluffy white snow. I think I have had my fill of snow for this year. I am hoping in the next 5 weeks there will be NO MORE SNOW! The snow makes it a little stressful getting to the hospital.

More Snow Pics from the Feb 11th Snow Storm!

Work Shower

As most of you know, I am one of the few luckily people who get to work from home. A lot of people think working from home consists of wearing PJs and watching Rachael Ray all day…unfortunately that is not me, I have deadlines! I do have a wonderful office set up at home (courtesy of Staples and my husband) where I get to enjoy some of the perks of working from home including no needless interruptions, no commuting, no weird smelling communal microwaves, and shoes are optional. One of the downsides of working from home is no personal interactions. I enjoy the people I work with and I miss seeing and talking to them on a regular basis.

This week I made a trip to my office in Maryland to help get things organized before I jet off for maternity leave. I was extremely surprised when I got there because the office was throwing me a surprise shower!!! My friend NK did all the leg work and it was well worth it! I felt so surprised, soooo happy, and really blessed that even after working from home for over a year; people in the office still thought of me and were incredibly nice enough to celebrate this crazy miracle called pregnancy. It really really made my day, my WEEK! I just feel so insanely grateful to be surrounded by such wonderful people. Not many people can say that about their jobs :)

Me, Nicole, and Nasrin
SURPRISE!

Blue is the color of the moment

And the Swelling Begins

I have been lucky enough to not have too many issues with swelling (aside from be told not to travel in the beginning of December due to leg swelling, which went down after a couple of days of bed rest). BUT the swelling has started. I have seen it creep up my feet into my ankles, then into my calfs, now into my fingers and face while moving onto my upper arms. I have started to limit my salt intake to decrease the swelling but I think I am just going to have to surrender to Mother Nature. There is no fighting her cruel pregnant tricks.

As I become larger and larger by the day, the snow piles have also become larger and larger. In one week we have received OVER 39 inches of snow (at that is by 5 pm on Wed Feb 10th). I have never seen anything like this in my life. This winter Philadelphia has received the most snow EVER in history, and it is only the beginning of February. Luckily, I am not close to my due date! I have grown to personally know all the new anchors on ABC 6. Apparently they feel the need to report on the snow 24/7...all from Wawas in the area. Odd.

At Noon on Feb. 10th, BEFORE the blizzard got bad

Feb. 10th at 8 a.m.

Feb. 6th at 2 p.m.

Feb. 6th at Noon

Baby Showers & Snow Showers

I have been lucky enough to be going through my pregnancy with one of my closest friends, SK. Her delivery date is only 4 days after mine! We have gone through the whole pregnancy together; through first trimester nauseous, second trimester pants fitting, and third trimester belly itching.

Our wonderful friend BW was nice enough to throw us a joint Baby Shower will all of our college friends. Unfortunately, the shower was the same weekend that snow decided to cripple the DC area. Luckily almost everyone was able to make the shower…all at differing times thanks to the Northern Virginia and DC area DOT (seriously, you get snow EVERY YEAR, please figure out how to handle it). Aside from the horrid snow storm the shower was beautiful! BW really has a talent for throwing delicious and lovely decorated parties.

BW's Handmade Shower Invitiation

The guests of Honor

Growing Bellies

Representin' Maryland

Must haves for a Baby: Butt Paste and a Rectal Thermometer (can you tell we were all in the same sorority, e.g. there are no boundaries!)