Visitors from St. Louis

Last week week we had special visitors come up from St. Louis for a few days - Kari, Teddy and Isabella! Kari took me on an outing to Babies R Us to register for the plethora of baby goods I'm going to need. I can't believe all the crap they need! And everything has so many bells and whistles I'm worried that we're all going to have seizures from being over-stimulated!

Kari was given the rare opportunity to push me around in a wheelchair and she seemed to enjoy having me confined behind the big basket that was in front of me. Do I wander off that much? Am I that much of a handful? All those years of asking people how far they'd go for me if I was in a wheelchair, well now I know Kari would at least push me around. Luckily I did not bring a camera to this event.
That was my last real outing I think. Today I'm 20 weeks along and this is when the real bedrest starts to come into play. Although, I'm going to ask at my next doctor's visit if I can still go to McDonald's for a cone.

Check out the t-shirt I got from Kari and Teddy! I can't wait to wear it out in public (i.e. I'll just go stand on my front porch in it). Dear God, I look like I ate Isabella.

We're closer to getting our permit for the renovations we want to do on our old attached garage. Hopefully by the end of this week we can get the plumber guy in to get rid of our catch-basin and then Brian can start tearing down walls!

More after my doctor visit on Thurs!

Dueling Bellies

Ok, so it took me awhile to post again, but first of all I don't really do very much and second of all I couldn't get the pictures to upload.

Patty's baby shower was on August 20th. Here's a picture of the two of us in the backyard at her sister's house. Who knew that the BFFs that once claimed they would never have kids (because it would cut into beer drinking time) would be pregos at the same time?!

It was a very cute shower - laid back, good food and plenty of oohs and aaws as Patty opened her gifts. I even caught myself doing it a few times (help!).

Mandi's Bday

It's my birthday and it looks like this year I got myself a double chin! You'd think I'd already put on those 50 pounds I need to add, but I'm sure in a few months I'll look back at this picture and think I'm skinny.
Brian's been working in the backyard all day finishing off some projects that have been haunting us for some time. Tonight my parents are coming over for Burger King and Dairy Queen. A wholesome meal all around, I must say!
In the end a very relaxing way to turn 31!

August 12, 2006

Welcome to the Team Hellyer site! This sounded like a good way to pass the time while I'm on bedrest. Our lives are pretty boring at the moment, but in the next few months I'm sure we'll have plenty of life-changing events to report.

Brian picked up our first baby purchase this morning - a triplet stroller that we bought on eBay. This thing is HEAVY! But I think it will be practical for family outings.