Baylor Zeta Baby Shower

This weekend was my first baby shower. My sorority sisters had a dinner and shower for me and Cole in Dallas. The girls really outdid themselves. Everything was perfect. We had dinner, played some games, and opened gifts. Cole's aunties and other guests bought him lots of neat presents. Cole got lots of clothes, blankets, his swing, bathtub, bath toys, a humidifier, bathrobe, and much more. Daddy and mommy both got a baby bag of our own. We almost had to leave my mom in Dallas in order to fit everything in the car. When we got home, Stephen unpacked the car and put everything in the living room. At this point there is no other place for anything to go. Hopefully Cole's room will be ready to load furniture by the weekend. Here are some pictures from the shower.

School Days

So I officially started back to school this week. I have been on duty since mid-July, but the kids have now joined in on all the fun. Monday was a Freshmen only day and even though I don't teach Freshmen, I help organize the "Freshmen First Day." It was a crazy day from start to finish. I was required to wear a new faculty shirt and slacks. I went shopping this weekend and purchased two pairs of slacks, both which require me to wear a small heel in order for my pants not to drag the ground. I looked great, but by the end of the day I was experiencing my first case of swollen ankles and swollen feet. I guess I wasn't used to wearing heels for eight hours and I hadn't stood up the entire day since June 5th. What a mistake. I am taking the new slacks to the tailor ASAP. I need to be able to wear my flats with them instead. Tuesday and today I wore dresses and more sensible shoes, but the swollen and aching feet are still an issue. I guess I need to start teaching from a chair in the front of the room or roll around in a rolling chair while they work on the computer. Oh how things are changing. I went to the doctor last week for my glucose test. The nurse accidentally ordered a thyroid test and if I hadn't mentioned anything to the lab tech then I would have had to come back and drink the yucky juice again. I definitely would have been ticked off. I go for my 30 week ultrasound on September 8th, so I'll post some more pics of our precious Cole. Here is a picture of me (and Cole) on the first day back with my students.

A Work in Progress

So Stephen started the process of transforming the workout room into Cole's room. So far, Stephen has removed the sport's border and taped the baseboards and door frames. He was going to prime the walls last week, but we found out the bedding wouldn't be in until August 7th and that has definately slowed down the pace. Here are a few pics of the progress thus far. By the way...I had to ask Stephen to put on clothes so I could take these pics. He was working in the room in his boxers because he was so hot. :)

Unloading the furniture

2nd story

Steaming

Removing the awful border