Our Beautiful Baby Shower

WOW!!! Our sweet friends and family were so generous to shower BB, Me, and Zack with so many beautiful and useful items. From our stroller and swing to burp cloths and "hooter hiders" BB and I are set!! Thanks to everyone for their generosity and thoughtfulness.

The hostesses minus Sybil, Kim, Amanda and Catie.

The hostesses did a beautiful job. The flowers were beautiful, Rachel's house looked breathtaking, and the food and decorations were divine. It was so much fun to have friends and family together...I think it was 2 years ago at our wedding that I was blessed to have so many of our best friends & family together in one place. Here are some more pictures of the beautiful occasion:

Zack trying on the sling Jane made for us!

Other things going on:

(1) Zack is fully recovered from his surgery. He got his staples out last week, and is now counting down the days until he can get back in the gym (the Dr said he had to wait 6 weeks which is an eternity to Zack).

(2) Zack was so sweet to put together all of BB's things...I will have to take pictures of the nursery soon to post. We are still waiting on the rocker which should be shipped Nov 2nd!!

(3) I went to the cardiologist and they did an EKG which showed sinus tachycardia (i.e. my heart was in rhythm but just really fast) which was good news. I had to wear a heart monitor for 24 hours- but we have yet to hear the results of that yet!!

Well that's all I can think of for now....

Meet Baby Barker (BB) and our crazy week...

Zack and I set up this blog months ago, but never could find the time to actually tackle starting the 1st post. Hopefully now that we've made the huge step of actually typing our 1st entry it will be easier. So....here goes...

We are now almost 32 weeks pregnant...and are so excited (and equally as scared) that BB will be here in less than 2 months. We feel like we met him last Wednesday at our OB visit during our 4D ultrasound. BB was not very cooperative...he kept his arm and feet in front of his face for most of the ultrasound...but he did peek a few times. The sweet ultrasound technician offered to schedule a re-do, but due to some unforeseen events, we weren't able to to do that. So meet our precious little boy:

During our visit Wednesday, the doctor noticed that I had an irregular heart beat, which he said is not uncommon during pregnancy...and should go away after BB comes. But, to be safe, he scheduled an appointment with a cardiologist Monday...so we will keep you updated.

We met with Zack's Mom and Mitch Wednesday night to show them what we had done in the nursery and went out to dinner. That night Zack woke up about 3am in terrible pain and thought he might have food poisoning. At about 4am he decided to go to the ER. Well... after a variety of tests (EKG's, X-Rays, blood and urine tests, and a CT Scan) Zack was diagnosed with appendicitis and was scheduled for emergency surgery. Thankfully, the surgeon was able to perform the surgery laparoscopically, so Zack has had a speedy recovery. After an emergency appendectomy, a night in the hospital, and a day of rest- he is already running again (he said he only went about 4-5 miles this morning...) . I am so thankful he is doing well and feeling better, but it has made my job as nurse much more difficult!! Thanks to everyone who came to visit him/calm me during the hospital stay, and thanks for all of the prayers!!!

Well...I guess we have accomplished writing our 1st post. We will keep you posted about our doctors visits next week (mine with the Cardiologist and Zack's follow-up with the surgeon). Oh, and I am SO EXCITED about the baby shower our sweet friends are throwing for us next Sunday. I will be sure to take lots of pictures to share. I guess that's it...until later...