Baby shower at PP's work

Today, PP's work threw us and another guy and his wife and new baby a baby shower. Since PP was working that day, I ventured downtown on the bus for the first time to make it to the party. Let's just say that I failed epically at 2 things.

First, getting the stroller on the bus. Who knew that even with special low floor buses for people like me, it would be hard to tilt the damn stroller back enough to get it on the bus without tipping all the way backwards. The driver was this crazy lady who just stared at me as I struggled to get the front wheels high enough to get on the bus. I ended up having to practically lift the stroller up onto the bus as she stared at me and I cracked the "Can you tell I'm a newb at this" comment. She didn't even bat an eyelash at my lame attempt at humor.

Second, preparing for the actual ride and the subsequent weather once we got off the bus. Who knew that some drivers have no respect for new moms when they decide to start driving the bus at full speed while you're trying to get the stroller in position and the wheels locked. Needless to say that I went flying across the front part of the bus while trying to maintain a grip on the stroller so it wouldn't go flying as well. I have bad balance at the best of times, but this was ridiculous. The rest of the ride consisted of me having a death grip on the stroller as she drove the winding streets like a maniac. I swear the stroller, which was locked at this time, was about to tip to the side with the way she took those curves. Once I got off the bus, the weather turned from sunny to torrential downpour in seconds, and I did not bring the rain cover. Luckily my Zooper Waltz has a great hood on it and I had him in the carseat so I just brought both hoods up to cover him. I was wearing only a hoodie so I got soaked, just what I needed for my second meeting of PP's boss.

The party went well though. We got a giftcard to Zellers and 3 onesies and a pair of jeans from baby GAP. The onesies all have cute sayings like "If you think I'm cool, you should see my dad" and "live fast, nap hard". It was nice meeting all the people in PP's office and Simon was very well behaved and slept through the whole thing, again. I see a trend starting here :)

25w0d- 2 colds and a kicking machine

Haven't posted in a while since I've been so sick over the last month and am just starting to feel better now.  It started out with a cold that I thought was going away and then came back with a vengeance.  I had a cough for over 2 weeks and missed a lot of time off work.

Over the last month we've had a midwife appointment (everything is looking good) and PP got to feel the baby kick on two occasions.  The first time he felt it, he was thrilled, then the other day he was resting his head on my belly and the baby kicked.  He's been kicking up a storm the past week.  I usually feel something every hour or two and sometimes he kicks so hard that my entire body shakes.  It's pretty thrilling.

We went and looked at Strollers today.  We're pretty sold on the Zooper Waltz.  It isn't a 1 hand fold but we figure that we probably wouldn't rely on that feature anyway.  The Waltz was the only one that PP could easily figure out, without much troubles.  It comes with a ton of accessories that we would have to pay for separately if we got a different stroller, it's lightweight and is a nice looking stroller to boot.  We're waiting for the 2008 model to come in, but if it's going to be a long wait, we'll probably order online from some stroller store if we can find one that ships up North.

I have another midwife appointment next Tuesday and we're starting parenting classes in 2 weeks and our 3D u/s is also in 2 weeks.  It's going to be a busy 3rd trimester but I'm really trying to savor every moment of this pregnancy.