Yesterday was my second baby shower. It was put together by Debi, one of Marco’s grandmas! She did such a wonderful job with everything. The house was decorated beautifully, and the food was delicious! Most of the guests were friends of Tim’s parents, and even the few ladies I hadn’t met before gave Tim and I some lovely gifts. I was touched that so many people wanted to celebrate Marco. Tim spent the day with his Dad and little brother, while us females snacked on pasta, salad, lemon cupcakes, baklava and other assorted goodies.

I was in some pain during the day, and had a lot of strong contractions near the end. We left a little earlier than originally planned, because they were coming so close together. I wanted to be near our hospital, just in case!  Between 5pm and 7 pm, I had 31 strong contractions (!!), averaging 4 minutes apart; but then it started to slow down to the usual number (8 or so), until finally they were about 20 minutes apart. SO DAMN FRUSTRATING.

Anyway, here are some pictures from the day:

I’m still waiting on the pics from the first baby shower, but will post them when I have them!