{I love standing next to someone 9 months pg, you always look smaller. Not nice, I know}

Yesterday, the shower went great. There was a great turn out and we fit into the room with a tight squeeze. It was fun and I'm glad so many people came to support Annelise (pronounced Annalisa). She has longed for this baby for almost 5 years. I can't wait for him to get here either, I want to hold him for a long time!
We played the candy bar match game that Melinda sent me. I added a couple more from the internet to make it an even number. (I know how ridiculous that sounds in case you are wondering) Only a couple people had played it before so we didn't have 5 winners. This was the only game we played (whew) and then it was onto presents. I forgot to take a picture of all the goodness she got (tons). We had dessert, Brownie Sundaes (all homemade, even the hot fudge sauce, my favorite, yum!)

I was so tired when I came home I wanted to just sit on the couch and do nothing. I knew if I didn't get up and stay busy I would crash and burn. I decided to cut the boys hair, they needed it so bad. I am horrible about cutting my own family's hair (typical). When I finally get around to it, I do it at a horrible time of day (before dinner last night) but they did fine and sat still. I love when my boys have a fresh new haircut. Handsome boys (I'm biased)!
After the shower and cutting hair I was so not in the mood to cook dinner. The kids love french toast (sorry for the visual Michelle) and so I took the easy way out. I did add some cantelope too so they did get a little variety. I dread Sat nights now because of having to get every thing ready for Sun. Dane was a little out of sorts before bed but I have axed naps on Sat so we can all go to be early and I thought that was the reason.

I was dead wrong! Starting at 2:30 he got up and proceeded to throw up EVERY half hour until 5:00 and then to help me out he only went every hour until 8:00. Needless to say we didn't make it to church and have continued to lay around all day. It was almost laughable to me because my kids have never done that before (the every 1/2 hr thing). He is still running a fever but thankfully hasn't thrown up for a few hours. A victory for sure.

On a totally different note, I need some help finding a book that will help me learn all about Photoshop. I have read reviews on Amazon and I just can't decide. So if you have mastered Photoshop and a book helped you let me know. Or if you like a different editing program better let me know that too. I took pictures of Anna's belly and they need to be retouched. She has to give herself shots in the stomach twice a day to thin her blood so she has lots of little bruises. I thought I was smart enough but after playing around, I'm not so sure.