Keeping Up With Kolson : Catch-Up Part One

It's been so long since I last posted a blog. I was just coming back to Beaufort from a months stay in Mass and I still had a ways to go in my pregnancy. Well a lot has happened in the 4 months since I posted.

I came back from Beaufort and started school a little over a week later. After experiencing going to school while pregnant I must give credit to all women who do it. I didn't think it would be that hard, but towards the end of my pregnancy it took a lot for me to drag myself to class. I was taking four classes; two on campus and two online, so my schedule was pretty light, but with all the baby planning I had to do, I still had a lot going on.

With all the gift cards from the shower back home, I put a pretty big dent in both of my registries and I had a lot of the things I needed for his arrival. August seemed to go by pretty quick; with the planning for the shower back home done I spent most of my time planning the shower here in Beaufort. Patrick and I decided on a Lion King themed shower (I couldn't find much for Monsters Inc.). The shower was on September 13th at a function hall at the Marine Corps Air Station.

Kimber and I with a car full of decorations, waiting for the hall to open!

The day started off as a disaster. We reserved the hall from 12-4 that Sunday (having to pay extra to be there at 12 to set up) and were told to make sure we got there at 12 sharp. Kimber and I decided on the way to get the cake from the baker that we would go to the function hall for 12, unload some of the foodm then go to the bakers and finish unloading. Well, we got there at 12 and all of the doors were locked! We called the function hall about a million times and no one answered. I was getting so angry at this point. Meanwhile, Patrick was going to the exchange to pick up the sandwiches we ordered for the shower. I called him to tell him that the people who work at the function were not there and he told me that the people at the deli forgot to make our sandwich platters. Let me tell you, I was fuming at this point. No sandwiches and the function hall wasn't open for us to start decorating. Kimber and I waited outside in the heat until around 12:45 and decided to go get the cake and come back. When we got back it was a little after one and the place was finally open.

Patrick and I opening gifts :)

Kimber and I

I ran in to talk to a worker about what happened and to see if they could extend our time an hour to compensate for the missed hour. The guy at the front desk was very apologetic and willing to work something out. After that it was a mad dash to get everything set up before two when the party was set to start. Somehow Kimber, Ashley and I managed to pull it off and we barely had time to get changed before people showed up.

Our snack table with Lion King themed food

We put a lot of time and effort into it and, unfortunately, of the 40 people who said they were going only about 18 came. However, the people that did come were good friends and co-workers and it made for a very good time. We had a bunch of fun games and activities (my personal favorite was writing messages on diapers for us to read when we change Kolson in the middle of the night) and a ton of food and snacks. Even though it ended up being a good day, I don't think I will ever plan my own baby shower again for co-workers haha.

The girls one the diaper relay of course ;)

A few weeks after the shower I began to freak out about not having a car that would be safe for Kolson. In May I got into a pretty bad car accident and my car was totaled leaving us with Patrick's two door Honda Civic. So, we started the time consuming process of searching for a car. We made an appointment and drove up to Charleston (which is around 2 hours from Beaufort) to test drive a car that I really liked only to get there and find out they sold the car while we were driving up. I know, I have terrible luck, but they could have at least given us a phone call so we wouldn't have wasted all that gas. We figured while we were up there we might as well look for other cars, but had no such luck. The following weekend we made another appointment in Hilton Head to test drive a car only to find out that the car was in Savannah Georgia. Then another car we made an appointment to test drive was being leased to someone who was having their new car detailed. By this point I was ready to say forget the car and just deal with a two door for now, when Patrick suggested we check out a Nissan dealership. We both were in a terrible mood when we went in, but that changed. We had the nicest car dealer I've ever met. She was an elderly lady who owned her own restaurant and had been on The Food Network and she said she was only working to make new friends. She truly cared about what we wanted and did everything in her power to make sure we found a car in our price range that was safe and reliable for a baby. The manager was willing to negotiate with us and brought the price of our car down to below our asking price. We left there happy and with an SUV that I am in love with. I would definitely recommend this dealership to all of my friends. Thankfully after that October went by smoothly and nothing really crazy happened. Catch-Up Part Two to come soon.

Until next time,
Tati :)

Some more shower pictures: