Baby Pavelchak's Shower!!

This past Sunday was Baby Pavelchak's shower and it was just perfect! The weather was so nice which was great because it was outdoors poolside at Debbie & John's house. My mother, Tammy & Debbie are quite the party planners! The threw such a fantastic shower for me and the baby, I can't thank them enough. We are truly blessed to have the family we have. There were many other people who helped make the day run smoothly that I would like to thank as well - John, Mimi, Brenda, Sarah and everyone else who pitched in thank you, thank you, thank you!! All the gifts we received are so greatly appreciated and we want to thank everyone for attending the shower and taking time out to welcome our little one into the world!

Here I am - Just under 5 weeks left to go and I am also positioned nicely in front of my favorite table! Hahaha...





Adam modeling his "First Time Daddy" t-shirt that Aunt Lydia gave him. He also is modeling matching Red Sox baseball caps for him and the baby from Auntie Tammy :)

And now, time for some ground breaking news to the blog.....

Baby Pavelchak will be named Elias John Pavelchak. We really liked the name because he can be nicknamed Eli, E.J. or just be Elias. We picked John as the middle name because that is Adam's middle name & his father's first name. Plus it just sounded nice to us!

Adam and I have liked this name from day 1 when I had the mother's intuition I was carrying a boy. I guess I should admit why I had such a strong feeling I was carrying a boy....I visited a psychic back in Jan. 08' that told me I would get pregnant at the end of the year AND I would have 2 boys in a row with a potential for 3 pregnancies...Not sure what the 3rd pregnancy means but she has been right so far! I know the psychic thing could be a bunch of nonsense but I do have to say she freaked me out a bit by how much she knew about my family & relationships, it was all so strange!

Back to the shower....

My sister - "Auntie Tammy" made a gorgeous diaper cake for Elias and I don't want to take it apart until I am desperate for diapers! This is her first diaper cake and she did an awesome job with it, I was very impressed!

Adam's brother - "Uncle Tommy" gave us a very sweet gift for Elias. His very first Radio Flyer wagon, rocking chair, and cozy teddy bear! We absolutely love the gift, it goes perfect with Elias's barn/farm themed room. I can just picture Baby Eli one day rolling his wagon behind him with all his toys overflowing it!

Here are more pictures from the shower that I would like to share, my mom & sister did a great job of covering all angles of the party with the camera! They put them up on Kodak Gallery - Enjoy!

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35 week apointment

Hi Everyone!

This past weekend was fantastic. Great weather for the baby shower & spending time with Sarah visting from VT was so much fun. I will post another entry strictly about the baby shower when I get the pictures uploaded.

Today I had my 35 week appointment and everything is A-Ok. The baby's heartbeat is strong and my blood pressure/weight gain is very good. I only gained 1 pound since my last visit but I feel like I gained allot more. I am up to a total of 23 pounds weight gain which is right on track so that is good. Baby Pavelchak is very forceful lately with his movement in my belly.


Sometimes I cringe because I feel like there is no room for him to move and it hurts! I did ask the doctor today to estimate his weight because I feel like he is a GIANT baby but they told me he is par for course at this week in my pregnancy. The doctor probably thinks I am a nut because I used the word GIANT but it sure feels like that when he is moving around!

Still no swelling in my hands/feet at this point, and no stretch marks either! Lets hope over the next month they don't appear but so far I am lucky pregnant girl :)

One thing that was a little scary at today's visit was leaving with a paper that was titled "when to know your in labor"....it had all the necessary information for me & and where to call when I do go into labor. They say the last month you never know, the baby is going to come when he wants to make his arrival so he could be early or he could be overdue...we'll see!

Here is an update from Baby Center:
"Your baby doesn't have much room to maneuver now that he's over 18 inches long and tips the scales at 5 1/4 pounds. Because it's so snug in your womb, he isn't likely to be doing somersaults anymore, but the number of times he kicks should remain about the same. His kidneys are fully developed now, and his liver can process some waste products. Most of his basic physical development is now complete — he'll spend the next few weeks putting on weight."