Halfway!

Baby Raposa has officially made it to the halfway point!  I'd like to take a moment to point out that only ONE of my mom friends told me about women actually being pregnant for TEN months, versus the standard nine months everyone talks about.  So Donna, I owe you one!  The baby is officially the size of a small cantaloupe (although the ultrasound technician did say that Baby R is weighing in around 12 ounces currently).

I did pick up my Lovenox shots on Wednesday and my sister was kind enough to come over and give myself and Ben a tutorial about administering the shots.  Ben is a shoo-in to win the "Husband of the Year" award after the daily routine of me crying, covering my eyes, and then saying "Is that it?".  Bless his heart.

Now here is some exciting news (at least for me)!  I found out that my insurance covers the cost of one breast pump per pregnancy.  This is the Medela brand that is provided FREE of charge.  A few of my friends told me about checking my insurance coverage, but it was really shocking to find out that they will deliver one right to your door and you can keep it forever.  It's the small things.

Now for some non-baby related updates:

This past weekend was a busy one!  On Saturday, I co-hosted a bridal lingerie shower for my former boss, Sonia.  I promise not to disclose too much private information about the shower, but I have to show a few of my favorite details.

Favors/scratch-off game

Lingerie/bra cake pops

Myself, Sonia, and Melissa (co-host)

Melissa was a dream to coordinate a shower with!  We decided to have the shower at The Columbia in Ybor City.  Parking was easy and the room was already set up.  The servers were so attentive and the food was AMAZING!  I would definitely host an event there again. 

Ben and I also went to a friend's annual Oktoberfest party on Saturday night.  Unfortunately, the rain limited the log sawing contest that was set up and ready to go.  Here is a photo from that evening with some running buddies:

I was able to run 27 miles last week in addition to one swim.  The long-range plan is to run 12 miles next week and then taper down a bit before the Frankenfooter half marathon on October 26th.  Ben, Tracey, and I went to Flatwoods on Saturday morning to run our 11 miles.  There is a loop that is precisely 11 miles.  My goal is always just to run the entire time and not worry too much about my pace.  Our average pace was 10:18 for the 11 mile loop, which I was very happy with. 

While we were at a water stop, a woman ran up and was asking if this was my first pregnancy.  I told her that it was and people look at me like I'm a little crazy these days.  She said that she ran through both of her pregnancies and her one daughter just ran in the Olympic trials!  That's pretty promising future news for Baby R!