Lynn and Kathy hosted our last shower at Lynn's house on Saturday. Lynn always throws great events, and this one wasn't any different. This was the "co-workers and friends" shower as opposed to the Austin "family and friends" or Ft. Worth "family" showers and it had the most people. It's always interesting when people from different areas of your life intersect in one place and time.

We had a great time and came home with a lot of stuff for the baby. We'll need to return some fo it, since we now have several duplicates -- for example we have at least one thermometer for each of the baby's orifice (we'll probably keep the ear thermometer) and we have lots and lots of baby blocks. But we also got practical stuff that we didn't know to register for and that should come in handy.

I hope that our baby thank-you notes will get out a bit faster than our wedding thank-yous.

As is our custom, we're woefully behind in our baby preparations. We've done the registry thing, have had one nice family shower and even scored a cool jogging stroller from some friends. Still, the crib we want to get is not available and will only be back in stock "in September". I hope it's early September rather than late...

But I'm not too stressed, yet. I figure that if people all over the world can do it, we'll manage just fine with all the advantages we have -- like a house, and health insurance, and a kick-ass doula.

So some progress has been made. We've engaged the services of Seasha McKay, a doula highly recommended by Elizabeth. Our meetings with her have been a very good experience. Jennifer especially has enjoyed her pre-natal massage.

We've also picked a pediatrician who came recommended from Jfer's OB/GYN and who's office is within minutes of our house.

We finished the first draft of our birth plan and will present it to our doctor on Friday.

And I made a trip to Academy today and got Jfer the birthing ball (65cm exercise ball) that she's been clamoring for.