Baby Showers???

Alright, what am I missing here? This is baby #3 and i've never had one! My friends are looking at me like I have 2 heads when I admit this! Is this something everyone must have?? I've been invited to my fair share of them and wrapping myself in toilet paper and counting how many jelly beans are in a baby bottle is a little over the top for me!

Then I start thinking about the 30 page registries i've seen that register for everything and anything that has the word BABY on it. The thought of having to take one of those scan guns down any aisles makes me want to vomit! Why couldn't I just say Diapers, Binkies, Wipes and Wascloths...That about covers everything that is necessary!

Then there is that couple that registers for the ridiculous, like a treadmill??? ummm why on EARTH is that on there???

Oh and of course then you have the fact that you are ENORMOUS, swollen, TIRED, and cranky and yet you have to ooh and ahhh over everything???!!! Nahhh....just give me a plate of food and let my husband open the presents, play the games and entertain! I will eat, take a nap and then go home :)

Free stuff is always good, but when I come to think about it, what do I even need?? The last thing I want to do is put on a dress, and talk about how cute that WHITE CASHMERE sweater is when I know IN TWO seconds flat the front will be stained with puke and the back with a myriad of goodies!

Ahh.. MAybe this is the fact that I am a 3 time mom and maybe just maybe the first time mommy in me was sad to have not gotten a shower and MAYBE just maybe that first time mommy would have had a 30 page registry full of fluff....but well this old timer is ready to roll and really just wants Diapers! PLEASE!

Oh and maybe a cake!

and cookies...

mmmmmmm.....and some lemonade!!!!!

Oh and a couple cases of wipes would be GREAT!

but skip the games!!! ESPECIALLY the GUESS HOW MUCH WEIGHT SHE HAS GAINED ones!

Alright maybe i'm just bitter that i'm not cool enough to have friends to throw me a shower....but then again....maybe i'm just a cranky old woman who is just tired of being pregnant and wants to reach in and pull this kid out herself!!