Clemson vs NC State game

So Brad's dad called him last Wednesday and asked if he wanted two tickets for the Clemson game, two box tickets that is. We jumped at the chance. I have never been in a box at a Clemson game before so I was very excited. Brad has been many times with Joe Shealy back in college but has not been since I've known him.



One of Brad's friends, Zach, got a parking pass in Lot 13 so me, Brad, Zach, his girlfriend Brandi, Michael Cooper, and Joe Mathias all packed in the car and headed to Clemson around 8:15. We got there around 9:00-9:15. We had Chickfila biscuits, sausage pastries and turkey delights. We brought cornhole and a cooler and had a great time tailgating. The weather was a little chilly to begin with but got pretty nice as the day went on. Here are some pics from the tailgate:

Notice the bean bag mid-air.

So it's gametime and we head to our box. It was literally the coolest experience. You walk in and they have couches, chairs, a buffet set up, a fridge with unlimited soft drinks and beer and little open space. Then you walk closer to the windows and you have 4 rows of stadium seating soft cushioned chairs. We opened the tops of the windows so we could hear the noise from the crowd. There were also two tv's. It was awesome!!!!! Here are a few pics...

So Brad heads out to the lobby and runs into one of his old high friends, Bah. Bah tells him that he needs to come in Rodney William's (former Clemson QB) box, which is where they were. So Brad comes to get me and we go to their box. And Brad sees some of his good friends from high shcool, Buck Deloach, Ryan Suchy, Casey Kearse, Jenny and Kevin Williams and of course, Bah. I could just tell Brad was so happy catching up with these guys. We had a great time!

And here are my friends at the Georgia game wishing I were there. They have their arms around the invisible me!!

So I returned the favor. I have MY arms around the invisible Alexis and Brittany. I know..we're crazy!

And last but not least, in the box next to us were former Clemson golfers. It was Lucas Glover's box but he wasn't there. However, Jonathan Byrd was there and Brad snuck a pic with his phone. He is the one in the orange hat. He won the tournament a few weeks ago in Las Vegas by making a hole-in-one on the 3rd playoff hole.

34 weeks!

Worked on some organizing of the baby's room and started purchasing baby products this week! We had some coupons for huggies and since we haven't gotten to decide whether we are "huggies" people or "pampers" people we decided we won't discriminate! You should have seen Brad's face when he saw the price on the diapers...guess our "going out to dinner" fund is about to turn into baby diaper fund!
This is my Crawford shrine so far...since you all know how obsessed I am with monograms and seeing his adorable name...I just wanted these items out to look at every day!

Crawford even has some toys awaiting him when he arrives!

After the baby shower this past weekend we had so much organizing to do. I had a great time showing Brad all of the generous and thoughtful gifts and he had fun playing with all of the "toys" we got!

Since our adult decorated bathroom had to go we started working on Crawford's new bathroom compliments of Sissy.

I can't believe I decided on green and yellow...not usually my style but I just couldn't resist all this adorable alligator and green gingham!

Sissy did such a great job making this adorable shower curtain and finding the perfect matching accesories!

This is where the whole inspiration for the bathroom came from. Pottery barn never disappoints!

Well as sad as it is for me to not have my "fruit" picture of the week...the fruit was a LARGE canteloupe...well the largest canteloupe I could find this time of year was definitely smaller than last week's pineapple...so no fruit this week! Instead my first maternity sweater and 34 week belly sticker!

*How far along? 34 weeks

*Total weight gain? Still holding at 25 pounds...definitely going to make sure I do not eat anything bloat worthy until my appointment on Wednesday

*How big is the baby? about 22 inches (he has reached his height max at this point..although I don't even think some babies come out this long?) and 5.5 pounds...equivalent to a large canteloupe

*Maternity clothes? Still enjoying all of my comfortable clothes...looks like this week all of my long sleeved clothing will begin to replace the short sleeve shirts.

*Sleep? I am still having no problem sleeping..this week I had my first cold and it was not fun because when I woke up to pee I could not fall back asleep because of some cold symptom bothering me

*Best moment this week? I have to say that his 1-3 hiccup sessions seriously make my day. It never gets old and I love feeling his hiccups each and every time!

*Movement? I almost get nervous he moves so much. Well at least when I am laying or sitting down. I always think I know exactly where each little body part is and I think it will be fun when the doctor starts to point out exactly where he is indeed. I swear I thought his head flipped again from my ribs back down to my bladder and then back up all in the matter of 24 hours. I don't know if this is possible but if so my little buddy still has plenty of moving room. Sometimes at work I get nervous because I will all of the sudden have this feeling like "oh no I haven't felt him all day" but he always makes up for it when I get home and in bed...so maybe I am just rocking him to sleep in my crazy days at walmart?!

*Food cravings? This past week I have really enjoyed my oat and honey granola bars. I also have really liked hot tea (probably due to my cold) but Crawford HATES caffeine and if I even drink a little bit I feel so sick...so no more pumpkin spice lattes...sooo sad!

*What I miss? I feel slower...haha like physically I feel like the old, large lady trying to make it through a store...sometimes I catch myself moving so slow and I am like wow I am really pregnant!

*What I am looking forward to? One more week until I am full term...this is soooooo crazy and exciting!

*Milestone? Brad really watching the baby move all around my stomach it is fun to have someone else experience this amazing feeling!

*Is working out harder? Well I attempted a new class called body attack and I seriously thought I hurt Crawford because I pushed my intensity level to a whole new place...wonder if this class is going to kick my butt this bad after being prego...I am still spinning and elliptical and taking walks so everything is still fine otherwise.

*What has been unexpected? My calves seriously have this tearing pain in them if I stand more than 15 minutes. Even running errands today did a number of my legs...I was just wearing normally comfortable flats but I had to soak my legs in epsom salt when we got home because my legs felt so painful. It's so weird because I go to work and I get pretty used to standing up but it seems like if I do not have the proper leg gear and foot gear on I am in intense pain.

*Nursery? Well still procrastinating on the final decorations but hopefully will order the picture frames this week. Also need to find a hamper..silly I know but they are all little mini hampers and they are not made for adults putting clothes in them so I haven't found one that I like at all.

I go for my 35 week check up on Wednesday and they will perform a strep B test to see if they need to hang antibiotics during the delivery of the baby and I am hoping to ask the doctor to show me where all of the baby's body parts are so I can stop assuming that I am putting the headphones in the right place...I also hope she will start estimating the baby's weight only because I will think it is fun even though I know they are normally not right! I love getting the 2 week check mark on baby and it always brightens my week. I have to work this coming weekend so it will probably be a very uneventful week otherwise!

2nd Baby Shower/Wedding/Halloween

We had such a busy and fun weekend. We started out the weekend at Nick and Ashley's rehearsal dinner at Ruth Chris and had a great time catching up with friends and celebrating this exciting time in their lives.. Brad was a groomsmen and gave his heartfelt speech and we enjoyed listening to all the well wishes to one of our favorite Greenville couples! The Brown's had a noon wedding so it was an early day for us. I left for the gym around 8 and Brad left for pictures around 9. I met him at the church around noon and joined the other girls. Here is the happy couple after officially tying the knot!

Look at my cute husband just cheesing up there...mad because he secretly was stuck on a tiny little step for the ceremony jk!

So Brad was just thrilllled to find out that he would be escorting Nolan Ryan's daughter down the aisle...if only Nolan would have made an appearance but he was cheering on his Texas Rangers after making it to the World Series for the first time...so this is Brad's claim to fame from the wedding weekend!

Lauren was such a great friend keeping her prego friend entertained. The reception was at Larkins and it was a great afternoon of catching up with everyone while the boys watched the Clemson game at the reception. We all headed to Wild Wings after the wedding to watch the Georgia game (at least that's what I was doing) and continuing the celebration!

Heels two days in a row=rough but luckily the hubs was sweet and would sit down with me whenever I needed him to!

Happy Halloween!!!! So Halloween was the day of my second baby shower that Cathleen and Janet hosted for me at Janet's house. Below are some pictures after the shower when we all went out and watched what is like a tailgate fest around the neighborhood. Apparently no one stays inside and if you do kids don't come to your house. So you bring you candy and tailgating chairs to the end of your driveway and all the parents and kids parade through the neighborhood most with rolling coolers and beers....who knew people drank while trick or treating with their kids....it was hilarious! Isn't my little Halloween decoration adorable? I got him at the apple festival and just had to have him. The blue pumpkin is a shout out to Crawford!

Lauren and Tyler brought Sadie over and hung out for the eventful trick or treat fest as well! Next year they better be ready to buckle up and come around the hood with us and Crawford!

So happy that sissy decided to stay for one last evening after throwing an amazing shower!

Happy halloween from the Redd's!

Now onto the shower which occurred earlier in the day. Cathleen made this adorable diaper cake that will make another appearance in the hospital for Crawford's arrival!

Janet's completely remodeled home all ready for my shower. She worked sooo hard to get her house completely perfect for her friends and my friends to visit us at the shower. It looks amazing!

These are the cake squares that Martha Taylor made. This is the same lady who made my wedding cake so it was neat to have her be there to make my adorable baby shower cake as well. It sure was cute and you know me the chocolate was fab!

The table set up was soo cute. Cathleen has spongue painted pumpkins on the white tablecloth. She also painted 3 pumpkins blue and covered them in glitter and then carved one pumpkin and placed the roses in it. Janet made chicken salad, rotel cheese dip, nuts, grapes, and Tanner's big orange punch (this is a long time Greenville favorite) They made the day so special and it was so great having friends stop by and congratulate me and I really felt so loved and special. The day couldn't have been more perfect. Thanks to Janet and Cathleen for the thoughtful and very generous shower!

Me and the MIL...she is so good to me and treats me like her own daughter. Crawford is going to be one loved and spoiled little grand baby!

Alright so here I am at 34 weeks exactly...only 2 more weeks till I hit the full term mark!

Cathleen helped me remember all of the sweet gifts and I was just overjoyed with all of the wonderful gifts! Here is a little outfit and baby hooded towel.

I wish I was talented enough to wrap a gift this cute!

I mean this is the world's largest music playing octopus! This is from Brad's mom's best friend Delane (they have been friends since they were 10 and still talk every single day!)

The girls from worked all came by and I am so sad I didn't get a picture with the whole group...but I had to give a shout out to Emma (aka the blog stalker!) She made this adorable Halloween diaper cake that was the perfect deocrating piece for the shower. I am so lucky to have so many of my work friends be so supportive and excited about baby Crawford!

Crawford's Christmas bib and darling blue sleeper. I can't wait to dress him in all these adorable outfits!

Joretta and fam got us our high chair..and even though he won't use it for a little while I am so grateful to have our space saver high chair!

Carol made us some wonderful little bibs and burp cloths. This one says "I ain't lion..Crawford's cute" She also helped with the shower curtain and all of the cute things that sissy has made for me. She also made all of my basket liners for Crawford's books and toys so I am very thankful for her generosity!

Swaddle blankets and rattles...

This was a bagful of sports onesies, bibs, and hats...Brad's heaven!

this is our bottle dryer that looks like a pad of grass...they really have some creative baby gifts out there!

I am opening the shower curtain that sissy made for Crawford's little bathroom!

His bathroom is green, blue, and white and is an alligator pottery barn theme...soo cute!

Again, I just feel so grateful and loved and going back through his wonderful gifts today made me realize how lucky we are. We spent the afternoon putting away all of his new gifts! He could come join us in a couple of weeks although I will not hold my breath...I think he's planning to cook in there for a good 6 more weeks...we shall see!!!!