Festivus Eve...

Our party this afternoon had little to do with the actual celebration of Festivus - but it had a lot to do with family meeting friends and anticipating our daughter's arrival.



We picked out an idea - a kind of painted quilt of the alphabet to paint onto a wall of our nursery; each person could choose a letter and a picture (hopefully related!).

Anne and I provided red beans and rice, and mushroom barley soup, and everyone else brought deserts and drinks. We ate well; a fitting end to a week of eating.

Of course, you can see, the art is beautiful. We discussed many different combinations: C for cigarette, U for Urinal...as you can see it's turning out fantastically. Plus, we've got leftovers...

Babies Room...

For those of you who are coming to our "Festivus Eve" party this is a copy of our inspiration for our nursery wall. You can start brainstorming what sort of animal you would like to draw/paint for your letter. Or you can just use what is here! Hope to see you all on Sunday!

Baby Shower

Here are some pictures from the baby shower that my co-workers threw for me last Thursday. We have Tristen, Janet and Pam enjoying a nice margarita after a long days work.






I was very blessed by their generosity and thoughtfulness. Caitlyn, to my right just recently announced she is due in June! Hooray for babies!






And here we have Wendy, who threw the shower and a nice
shot of my belly at 34 weeks! Things are going well with the pregnancy...I am just feeling large and in charge. I am looking forward to the five day weekend this weekend, sitting back, relaxing and eating some yummy food!

William Gregory Garrison

He was born on Tuesday, November 6th. 7 lbs. 9 oz. 20 1/2 inches long. He is very cute and named after his granddads! I can't wait to meet this little guy.

32 weeks...8 to go...

Well, here is the belly update. It continues to grow. This past week a student from my French I class said to me, "Hey fat lady!" I was shocked and offended. Then I thought well, he is a freshman boy who doesn't know any better. Then that night I saw the mom of one of my students who said, "Hey Chubby!" My inside thought was, "At least I have a good excuse." (But even in the psycho-ness of being pregnant and saying whatever I think, I managed to kept that thought in!) The next day at school two of my students said, "Mrs. Capp we think you are the cutest pregnant lady, you should always be pregnant. You can't even tell you are pregnant from behind." Then one of them said, "I love your belly!"

So, besides feeling like a "fat lady" and being pretty worn out most of the time, things are going well. We got to meet our friends', Tom and Mindy, baby this week. He was born on Monday AM, and is cute as can be. When we met him, I thought, "Oh yeah, it really is worth it!"

The new entertainment of the belly, is "Guess that body part"! We can't tell the difference between her head and her butt, but her little feet and knees are pretty easy to distinguish.

My brother, Patrick, and his wife, Keri, are due any day now. We can't wait to meet that little nephew of ours.