Visit with Mom

Friday night I picked up mom from the airport here in St. Pete. We spent the next 5 days doing so many things together! The main goal was, of course, to complete the nursery...which we did! Hooray! But through that process we got to spend a lot of quality time together--much needed for both of us.

If there's one thing Mom and I do really well together, it's shopping. We took many shopping trips to various fabric stores, TJMaxx and Marshalls, shoe stores, decorator stores and one little harmless trip to the International Mall! :) I learned all my best shopping tricks from her, so it's no surprise that we can really do some damage when we're together.

Tuesday, disguised as a way to exercise, we took a trip to the beach! This was the first time since living here that I had ventured out to the ocean. We went to Medeira Beach and it was absolutely lovely. I even have the t-shirt to prove it. :)

Wednesday, I had a doctor's appointment so I brough mom along. It was a routine 2 week check up and the doctor said I was measuring about 33 weeks. Does that mean I'm fatter than I should be? Or is baby bigger than he should be? Or is my due date off a little? Let's hope it's the later! Yikes! The heartbeat sounded fine and she said everything looked good. I'll go back in two more weeks for another check up. Only 8 weeks and 6 appointments left!

After the appointment, we decided to explore downtown St. Pete for a little while. Surprisingly, it's a city filled with lots of rich history and culture--heavily influenced by the early Spanish colonists. We were such tourists that we actually hopped on one of those trolley cars and rode around for a while. We learned quite a bit of interesting facts! The trolley dropped us off at "The Pier" which is home to little tourist shops, restaurants and the St. Pete Aquarium. We didn't have time to visit the aquarium, but we did get to see some dolphins outside in the bay! It started raining, so we decided to get back on the trolley. It took us by some more historical landmarks and eventually to our car. The whole trip only cost us $1.00 and it really was fun!

Later that afternoon, I took mom and her friend Glenda to the airport. It was hard saying goodbye after such a great visit together. It's hard to believe that the next time I will see her in person will be after our baby boy is here! She plans to fly down once he's born and stay a few days with us to help out. I can't wait to see her again!! Things will never be the same, huh?