Baby Shower

This baby shower was given to me by Kristin, Ashlie, and Lyndsey!  We had a great time and the food was sooooo good!  I enjoyed eating Italian but was jealous to see everyone else having a delicious glass of vino!  Anyway, we had the shower at mom's new house and it was perfect!  Mom and I are going to paint the letters above the fireplace to put on the wall in Maddox's room.  I am now 34 weeks and can't believe that he will be here soon.  My Chicago family was not able to attend but I will see them in September so that all of our babies can meet one another!!!  

Wall Painting

My Grandma Donna is going to be painting this large giraffe on the wall in the nursery to match his bedding...we are so excited!!!!  We are going to use the giraffe as his growth chart.  She is also painting a jungle picture on canvas for above the crib. She is very talented and we cannot wait to see the finished project!

Cutest Cake!

This past weekend two of mom's best friends (Joyce and Linda) had a baby shower for me! We had a great time and the food was delicious!!!  Joyce's daughter made this cake for the baby shower and I thought it was the cutest cake I had ever seen!  She is very talented; not only was it cute but it also tasted great! 

Resting Up!

Kayla is resting up for the arrival of Maddox!  She has decided to claim the couch and pillows after we took her dog bed out of the the room that is now the nursery!  Spoiled!!!

The Nursery

Here is a short video of Maddox's room!  We had the furniture delivered yesterday and it did not go smoothly.  First they delivered the wrong dresser and then when they brought the correct dresser, the movers scratched it and now we are waiting for a new one to arrive to replace the current one in the room.  We are just hoping that the new piece of furniture arrives before Maddox does!  Also this week, we had a pinhole leak in our bathroom which resulted in us having to tear out part of the bathtub and the wall in the guest bathroom...what a mess!!!  

On a positive note: we are very excited for our son to arrive and enjoy having his nursery furniture in the house.  Soon I will begin to wash all of his little clothes and place them in his dresser!

End of MY 27th Week

This is the end of my 27th week and as you can see I am continuing to expand at a rapid pace!  My feet and hands are so swollen that I do not even recognize them when I look at them.  Kaya also wanted to be in the picture and the dogs enjoy using my stomach as a head rest! During the past two weeks we had all of the painting finished in the house and we are finally on to the next phase. This weekend we will have all of the carpets and tile floors steam cleaned and then we will actually be able to have all of the nursery furniture delivered next week!!!!!  YEAH!!!!  I am so excited to finally see everything coming together.  Ryan and I start our first time parent classes at the hospital this week and are looking forward to all of the information.  

23 weeks

This is the last picture we took in January when I was 23 weeks pregnant.  As you can see, I am growing very fast.  I am beginning my 27th week of pregnancy and time is flying by.  Ryan and I are finishing up several projects around the house before starting on the nursery.  We still have some painting to finish, some furniture to move, and carpets to get cleaned before we set up the baby's room.  

First Picture

This is the first picture of our baby boy!  He was trying to cover his face and was very active.  It was amazing to see him moving around during the ultrasound.  He continues to be very active and finds it enjoyable to move around all day long!  We are very excited to meet him and are counting down the months!