Rolesville Elementary Shower

Today was a great shower after school thrown by the wonderful 3rd grade teachers I work with! It was so nice, with an adorable cake handmade by Kelly!

I am so lucky to work at a school that is so welcoming and generous. I am so appreciative to everyone who was at the shower and for all the wonderful gifts that Baby K recieved.


This marks the final shower for this peanut! We were both so spoiled with so many family and friends already showing Baby K how much they love him or her. :)

Thank you so much RES for everything!! :) I appreciate it soooo much!

Raleigh Shower!

Yesterday this little peanut was spoiled yet again by some great friends in Raleigh! Starks, Hill, and Taxis put together a perfect shower! They had cute decorations, fun games, and delicious food! :)

The games the girls came up with were so cute! The first one was everyone had to cut string to the length they thought would fit around my belly. Stephanie Davis, who is due 11 days before me, measured her tummy as a guess-timate and got it EXACTLY right!!! We also had a list of 25 traits the baby could inherit from Keith or I, and everyone had to guess which ones they thought I would choose for the baby to have form each of us. It was actually pretty easy for the most part, just a couple stumped me. Guess who's hair I want our baby to have? :) I had Keith do it too when I got home and we were pretty much on the same page, just a couple different here and there! The last game we played was "baby scattegories," where we had to write A-Z down the side of the paper and write down a baby something for each letter...talk about a memory blank! It was fun though, I love me some scattegories!

I had a special glass that said, "Baby K is on the way!" and cute candy and candle favors!

It was so nice! We got some great things for the little one. I am so excited to get everything all set up in the nursery!

Braxton's??

I think I am experiencing my first "contractions." Yesterday afternoon I was out running a couple errands and felt this cramping feeling. I have to admit I was kind of friecking out, but knew I couldn't be in labor. They lasted for a little while while I was out and decided to come home! I layed down for awhile and drank some water, a lot of good I know that did, and it seemed to stop.

I did a little research on this cramping and it turns out it's Braxton Hick's contractions. YIKES! That word, contractions, is just kind of scary! However, I know we're getting close. Everything I read too said that Braxton Hick's are nothing, you'll know when it's REALLY labor. GREAT!!! That's reassuring! :)

Shaving the Legs

Okay I know this might be a little TMI, but it just kind of makes me laugh. So I knew there would come a time that I couldn't bend over in our stand up shower to shave my legs...well it has come! The past two weekends I have had to sit on the edge of our bathtub and prop my legs on the opposite side to shave these bad boys. It's just lovely too because when I slightly bend to reach my bottom leg my stomach quickly becomes covered with shaving cream from my thigh...I tell you, it is just so pretty! :)

Just thought I would share that lovely visual with you! I was saying for awhile that Keith was going to have to shave my legs, but I think my new little system works out just fine! :)

And We Have a Travel System...

Last night was a big night in the Kepplinger household...a little Olive Garden for dinner, a trip to Babies R Us, and a pit stop at the ice cream shop! :) (Seriously, 5 years ago this would have been a very uneventful evening, but last night, it was just perfect!)

We were very fortunate to get a very nice gift card from several New Hope friends and used that towards our car seat/stroller combination. I also happened to have a 10% off coupon too, soooo of course I had to put that towards it.

We are pretty excited and Keith is anxious to take it to the fire department to have the car seat installed into my car. It's really crazy that we are close enough to need to be thinking about a care seat for this peanut! Ready of not though, this one will be coming soooooon!!

34 Weeks Along...

On Sunday I hit the 34 week mark, which means just 6 more weeks to go. To think that if I had this baby in 2 weeks, TWO, it would be considered a "full term pregnancy," is just crazy to think about!

I went to the doctor today for my check-up and everything is still looking great. I was asking my fav doctor about this pain I feel in my right rib cage at night, he said it is most likely a foot that is stretching out! :) Oh how I love this peanut, but if he or she could please find a new home for their foot!! haha! Other than that I am right on track and doing well...after my next appointment I start going EVERY week!!

This tummy just continues to grow...I really don't know how it could get too much bigger! It is exciting though and we are getting very anxious to meet this little boy or girl!

New Hope Shower!

Some of the New Hope girls!

Sandy, Stef, Biuso, Carolyn, Miss Bonnie, and Alli!

I don't think many people are lucky enough to work with such a great group of people for four years that truly will be a part of your life forever! I was so fortunate to work at New Hope Elementary for my first four years of teaching and feel so blessed to have been a part of such a wonderful school!

On Sunday the New Hope girls (teachers and wonderful moms of kiddos I have taught) had a shower for me. It was wonderful!! I was sooo excited to see so many faces that it had been too long since I've seen. I have to say, I knew I worked with great people, but the moms of the kids I taught, are the best!!!

Miss Colby and I

This little peanut is one lucky little girl or boy! Nancy wanted to get a tummy picture, which I am NOT a fan of, but went ahead and pulled up my shirt to let her. One of my kiddos from last year happened to get a glimpse and I think she is probably traumatized for life!!

We got some GREAT new things for this peanut! I loved all the books that we got, obviously from a group of teachers! :) It was such a great day and I was just overwhelmed with how sweet of a day it was!!

Thank you SOOOO much ladies!! It was great :) Love you all!!!