recovering from the shower...

...saturday night

kenny and i ordered a double decker from babe's for dinner. there was NO WAY that i was going to cook dinner after the shower was over and i didn't want kenny to have to do it after all the work he'd done helping out with moving things around before and after the shower.

just a little side note about kenny...i'll try to tone down the sappiness, but i'm not making any promises...(nikki, just go ahead and skip the next paragraph so you don't "throw up a little in your mouth.")...

kenny is ABSOLUTELY AMAZING!! he's given up weekend after weekend for the last few months, working on various household projects that i want done but am not able to do by myself (trimming the prickly bushes and oak trees, re-mulching, cleaning the windows, cleaning and organizing the garage, making various aspects of carter's nursery...) all so that everything would be perfect before the showers (unfortunately, he couldn't do anything about the eternal freeze this winter that killed all of our pretty flowers...but he did buy me a new azalea bush with pink flowers for valentine's day so that there would be living flowers to greet the guests at the front door). not to mention, on the day of the family shower, he moved around all the furniture to accommodate our guests, he cleaned up his office (no verbal prompts necessary for all my bcba and bcaba readers out there) and he even put out fresh dishtowels, and not just ANY dishtowels, but my new spring-colored dishtowels in yellow and green to match the easter dishtowels hanging on the oven. what other man does these things?? all i know is i hope mine never stops being so thoughtful and sweet and that i always remember to appreciate the little things he does for me. he's going to make such a great dad--carter is going to be a very lucky little boy! okay...i'm done and need a tissue before moving on...

after everything was all cleaned up after the shower, kenny couldn't wait to see all of the gifts. it was fun showing him everything people got for carter. he wanted to start putting stuff together immediately, but i convinced him to wait until

...sunday

kenny put together the pack n play (thanks aunt sonja)--it's all set up in our room! it's kinda strange when i see it there, but it always makes me smile. it's so crazy that carter is going to be here in real life real soon!

kenny also put together the stroller for the travel system (thanks grandma mikita) and the activity mat from cheri. kenny really liked the activity mat. :)

then, before bed, we read carter his first story together (i read a page, he read a page...). kenny picked "Are You My Mother?". it was one of both of our favorites when we were small. it was fun and sweet--a memory i want to preserve, so it must be documented here. :)