Wrap on Charlotte

It was the last day of work on Homeland, season 2 for most of the crew. We were working at Phillip Morris again today. I don't mind working there except that it is nearly a 45 minute drive from the apartment and today's call time wasn't until 2pm. Ugh! Which means I will be driving 45 minutes back home really late at night. Since it was our last day in Charlotte, it was also our last day filming with both Damian and Claire. Damian was lucky in that he was only in our very first shot this morning, while Claire had to work a bit longer but was still done before lunch.

Claire gave me some very pretty earrings and a beautiful handwritten card in which she thanked me for being so open about talking about my last pregnancy with her. She is so thoughtful in that she gives a vast majority of the crew gifts and personalized handwritten cards. I haven't worked with another actor that was that thoughtful and giving to the crew. Honestly, her cards mean way more than the gifts she gives everyone although she does put thought into what she gets each person.

That was all that I received though. Surprisingly, I received a couple of baby gifts that I was definitely not expecting. I guess with this being my 2nd pregnancy within 2 years and the fact that I am having another boy, I never imagined anyone would be giving us any baby gifts. Especially, with the loss of Nolan last year I guess I thought everyone else would be as apprehensive as we are to everything going well. In a way its sad because there was so much joy and excitement surround Nolan and that pregnancy as I had two baby showers for Nolan. Although we are definitely excited about this baby and we are hopeful that everything goes well, there is still the underlying apprehension that we could get our world rocked again.

I think Marshall is hesitant to buy anything new for this baby because of all the stuff we had last time that ended up being shoved into a closet to get them out of our sight. It isn't that having all the stuff made it harder, but it was a constant reminder of all our hopes and what we had and lost. Still, it was exciting to get a few new things that were given to me with this baby in mind. Kelly one of our wardrobe girls gave me a Little Giraffe burp cloth. It was so silky soft and yellow and so nice of her. Then Deborah our key hair girl gave me a beautiful baby blanket that she had knitted for the baby. Deborah knew that I had been trying to learn how to knit with very little success, so she had sat down and knitted our baby a blanket with love from her. It was absolutely gorgeous and so incredibly thoughtful. Now I just pray that I get to use both of these gifts come March!