Today my precious little one weighs 2lbs, 10oz and is over 15inches in length. His/her muscles and lungs are continuing to mature, and the baby's head is growing bigger and bigger. Every day the baby is growing and preparing more for their big entrance into the world in July :-)
Today my mom and two sisters took me to the annual 'Baby Show' at the International Centre. We've been planning on going to this show for months. The tickets were bought weeks ago and there was no way I was going to miss it!
Dennard and I were a bit concerned as to how I'd be feeling today, after yesterday's scare; however, I felt 100% better and ready to shop!
For those who may not be familiar with the Baby Show, it's a trade show put on specifically for expectant and new moms. With over 100 vendor sponsored booths by various companies such as Babies R Us, Huggies, Aveeno, Peg Perego, etc. mommy's such as myself are able to test out new baby products, take part in first aid classes, buy baby clothes and toys and walk home with a bag full of FREE goodies :-)
That's one of the best parts about these trade shows; the free gifts we get to take home. Today I walked out with a bag full of free bottles, pacifiers, lotions and shampoos, hydrosense nasal drops, diapers and more.
We had a great time visiting each booth, seeing what's new on the baby market and laughing at some of the crazy inventions new parents are so quick to buy for their tiny ones. The designs and features on some of the new strollers and carriers coming out are ridiculous! They look like something out of a Star Wars movie! lol
It was such a neat experience to see and be with so many pregnant woman; there had to be over 1000 of us there. All at different stages in our pregnancy, some with big belly's, some with small, some walking comfortably as others wobbled along.
I got a few good chuckles watching some of the daddy's tagging along behind their wives loaded down with bags of free goodies and purchased items as their wives excitingly travelled from booth to booth. I thought to myself at one point 'Dennard would never go for this!! Too many woman in one place and way too many baby things!'. LOL
It's a tradition in my family that the 'Pepperall girls' go together to the Baby Show for each girls first child. Just three years ago we were there for Jenn when she was expecting Ava. It felt surreal that we were at the show this time for me!
After spending few good hours at the show, we headed to Tony Roma's for a late lunch afterwards. By this time, Little Sweets was starving and ready to eat- not to mention myself, my mom and sisters.
After eating, Little Sweets was either very excited to have been fed or really ticked off that it took so long to eat, because after getting up from the dinner table I was kicked repeatedly over and over again in my lower abdomen. The whole walk to the car it was 'kick, kick, kick'. At times the kicks were so sharp and strong that I had to stop for a quick second to catch my breath and keep walking.
Overall today was an excellent day. Another afternoon filled with special memories and lots of laughter :-)
Below are a few pictures from our trip to the 'Baby Show'.
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ReplyDeleteno pictures :( but again so sweet that you guys went together. They are a lot of fun. I remember that I went alone to it. lol...Like so many of my pregger memories...its nice you had your family to go with.
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