TJ...a soon to be dad!

Okay, so I know I have already made a post this month and am supposed to not be a freak and post all the time ;) But I just could not wait any longer!

So, here we are at exactly 36 weeks (8 months), and this is the time that all the readings and doctors tell you to be ready at any given point for your baby to come. Well, we have been getting ready by finishing the baby room and packing our bags to leave at a moments notice; I am ready, the baby is ready...but what about TJ?

I am so grateful for TJ and all he has put up with for the past 8 months and could not be happier for our little girl to fall in love with her daddy; about a month ago I had a baby shower for my side of the family, and it was a very lovely get-together and...let me tell you, our baby is so spoiled and was 'showered' with many gifts. I wanted to show TJ just how much I appreciate him for all that he still does from night-time craving runs to helping me out of bed, putting my shoes on everyday for the past month or so, to dealing with the never ending hormones. (One moment I will be laughing and the next in tears--poor guy has dealt with so much and I have to admit he is very good at not laughing at me when I cry over something so silly!)

How could I show TJ how much I care about him? I cant throw a man-shower...that would be weird. I never really told TJ in a cute way that he was going to be a dad, it was really...awkward. I got home from taking a test at Shopko, he was asleep in the bedroom from taking our pictures earlier and wasn't very coherent; he saw the box and figured if I had woken him up to show it to him I must be pregnant. So I thought this was a cute way of 'announcing' he is going to be a dad.

(I was so excited, this was supposed to be a Fathers Day gift for TJ (mixed with an anniversary present to both of us). I have been preparing it for a few weeks and just finished getting everything today while he was at work. I wrapped it all up and was thinking....I cannot wait another moment, I have to give it to him today! (everybody knows I hate surprises and I am horrible at keeping some things a secret.) )

I told TJ that I did something bad and that he wasn't going to be too happy with me; he kept asking me what I broke or what I bought (man, does this guy know me or what?!) So I led him to think that something was wrong. BUT I couldn't text him what I did, it would have to wait until he could see it after we got home from the midwife.

       This is what he was looking at when he opened our bedroom door...a clean made bed! And a gift for him ;)

                                     

                                             I tried to make this as cute as possible for him

• For those who do not know, we have started collecting Willow Tree figurines ever since we got one for our wedding and I was looking at some and came across this gem. The little note reads "How much I love you and our growing little family" <3 

•  Hershey's Cookies and Cream Kisses: "A simple reminder to spoil her with lots of hugs and kisses! xoxoxox"

•  We have been wanting to invest in a new camera and not just use our phones for everything so thanks to Amazon we now have a great camera that we got at a great price! New Camera: "to the many many pictures to be taken of our little family!:

•  Haha, okay this technically was not a part of the gift. He really needed new razors and I told him I forgot to get them while I was out shopping...I just couldn't help but think it would be cute to add it in. :) "For a clean shaved face as soft as a baby's bum" (as you can tell from the video, he REALLY needed this!)

•  These are addicting and something that I sure have enjoyed eating while pregnant, and I got TJ hooked on them as well. I told him all the candy was for him ONLY....this is going to be rough on our little girl (haha) Sour Patch Kids: "At times she may be a stinker (and sour), remember she is sweet underneath"

•  I told TJ this was all for him....I couldn't help but pick our yet another outfit and it really is darling. New Outfit: An outfit you can dress her in that only speaks the truth" (for those who cannot really read it the shirt says 'My Daddy's Wrapped 'round my little fingers!')

•  New Shirts: "Clean new shirts when the rest have spit-up on them" TJ loves Batman and I told him 'He will always be our Superhero' and then who could not love Sheldon and his Bazinga? 'To remember to laugh even during the hard times.'

• Princess book: "A princess story for you to read to our little princess" 

There it is, out in the open since I am really terrible on waiting. So since this was an early Fathers day gift, I would like to wish all those dads and soon-to-be dads a Happy Fathers day!