Some Nice Friday Surprises!

Well, today has been a banner day despite it following a rather sleepless night. I don't think I quite understand why it is that in the time shortly before giving birth our bodies decide that sleep is something we don't need. It seems like I'll have plenty of sleepless nights after little sprout arrives...can I please have a good night's sleep before he does? :)

Anyhow, I received a couple of nice surprises today at work. First, I don't have to come in tomorrow. In a word, YEA! This is awesome not only because I can sleep in tomorrow but because maybe I can spend some quality time with Mark (which will become quite scarce after this weekend due to his busy class schedule and his reviewing for his last big board exam). Furthermore, it makes it much easier to make it to Easter Sunday services. We haven't been to church forever (well, not since tax season began) and I'm going to enjoy showing off my little 'buddah belly' to all the people. :)

The second neat surprise I received was a little giftie from one of my co-workers for little sprout! She made him the sweetest little cardigan sweater with the most adorable little elephant buttons. It is just precious. I always just love gifts that people make for you...they're just so much more precious than words can convey.

Little sprout is cleaning up this week as always. I went on a little shopping spree yesterday afternoon with my friend Yanna from work. She and I found some adorable surfer boy and girl tub toys/gear and we got him a cute little tummy time play mat that will convert to a little tunnel for him to crawl through when he makes it to the mobile stage. :) Both of these fun toys have a little "sailing, sailing" ditty that plays and lots of neat little fishies to keep him occupied. He's just going to love it!

The other acquisitions for the week were our diaper bags and another round of clothing from Babies R Us. We chose one large and one small diaper bag from Land's end and they are just awesome. I am anxious to get them packed and ready to go for baby's trips away from home. For the most part, I think we're about ready for the little bug to arrive! That's probably a very good thing since we only have a month and a half to go....I can't wait to hug, cuddle and fuss over him and I know Daddy is just as anxious!

Maybe to at least tide me over (and since I'll have some free time this weekend) I'll get some pictures of some of the nifty things we've purchased for the little guy. I'm sure you'll get a kick out of some of them...though it is going to be hard to top the "tax deduction" bib. ;)