Baby Shower

We had a wonderful time last Sunday at our first baby shower. We were so humbled by every one's love and generosity! We received so many amazing gifts... both of the strollers we registered for, our play yard... lots of GORGEOUS clothes and sentimental gifts. We were so excited to spend that time with our families and receive these special gifts for Adelyn. Here are a few pics.

Kellie and little Kellie :)

The cake Mom made and Dad decorated! ;)

Adelyn Elizabeth's Nursery

We have finally made great progress in little girl's nursery and I am so excited. Yesterday I spent some time washing her clothes and linens so that they would be ready to put in her new drawers and crib! It was surreal doing this... it calms me down to organize and prepare things for her when I get anxious about all of the new things to come. Here are the guys (Daniel, Landon and Dad) putting together her crib after a game of golf :)

Soon to be Dad working on the crib. Oh and you can see my diaper bags in the background. The brown and green one will be my everyday bag...and the metallic one my Aunt Donna got me for more dressy occasions! It is AWESOME! I love her bedding!

Here is a better picture of the painted walls. Soon there will be a little bookshelf there.

Thanks to her cousin Zoe Jane, she already has lots of clothes. Some here have been handed down and some are new. :)She already has a good collection of dresses/sweaters too!
This is her dresser that we got at the Pottery Barn Outlet.
This is the book Kellie made Adelyn for the Baby Shower... it has blank scrap book pages for everyone to be able to write Adelyn a little note. It was so precious reading. I can't wait for her to be able to read it one day. Also in this picture is her new nightlight.

Finally!!!!!!

After much thought and discussion, I am proud to announce Baby Girls Name...

Adelyn Elizabeth

Pottery Barn Outlet

So.... to all of you who love Pottery Barn but just can't bring yourself (like me) to spend money on most of their non sale items... the Pottery Barn Outlet is the answer!!!! Daniel and I had planned to travel to Lincolnton this past weekend for Jessie Devine's wedding and while we were there made a trip to Gaffney,SC to visit the PBO. We really had been dying to go there to see what we could find for Baby Girl's nursery. I had the best time because I have never seen Daniel, yes MY husband so excited to go shopping. :):) Haha. He is all about a good deal, so I guess since it was an outlet he was stoked. He was ready to be there when the doors openened that Saturday and you would have thought they had announced a Final Closeout sale where people would be rushing in and grabbing things off the shelf. He told me the night before we could get starbucks that morning cause there was one right on that same exit....well as we were pulling off the interstate and it had just turned 10am... he said are you sure you want starbucks first... ha:) He was really eager to get there! We walked in and did the quick overlook and he made me stand by one dresser we found so that he could go ask about it. I was like guarding the dresser and there were maybe 3 people in the store (it's a BIG store).... :) Anywho... we ended up buying the dresser for the nursery and a new coffee table for our living room. :) We were very excited and overwhelmed after making those big decisions. I was able to get a couple of cute decorative things for her room there as well. I will post pictures soon.

So yeah... go to the PBO... they have great prices and a HUGE selection.

29 Weeks Today

So I don't have an updated Belly pic... hopefully I will get one this week. All I can say is she is getting really big and strong. Her movements are so strong now. She actually woke me up the other morning kicking around. I had my latest Dr's appointment on Friday. Everything was going really well. I had my glucose test, where you get to drink the yucky sweet drink and then they draw your blood to make sure your blood sugar is ok. I PASSED. I was sooo happy because if you don't pass you have to go back and do like a three hour test and possibly can be diagnosed with gestational diabetes. Her heartbeat was really strong and everything else seems to be going well. I have been feeling really good this month, other than getting hot super easy! Praise the Lord for airconditioning. I am starting to get more and more anxious about delivery and meeting little girl. I just become overwhelmed with fear and excitment and have to pray to the Lord and be reminded that He is in control and I am not. :) Please keep praying for our health during the last 10 weeks.

Mema's 80th Birthday Celebration

Two weekends ago we celebrated my Mema's Birthday in Raleigh. We went to Firebirds at NorthHills for dinner and then hung out in their suite at the Regency in NorthHills. :) We really enjoyed the night and know that Mema did as well. Here are some photos from that night!

27 Week Survey!

How far along? 27 weeks

Total weight gain/loss: 18 pounds

Maternity clothes? Yes, yes yes... just borrowed some from Kellie! Yippe new clothes so I don't have to wear the same things over and over.

Stretch marks? No, not yet, keeping my fingers crossed.

Sleep: Still sleeping pretty well, except for when I have crazy dreams... and aside from potty breaks, and sleeping from side to side. That is one thing I can't wait for...to snuggle up on my stomach and sleep again.

Best moment this week: When Zoe Jane hugged my stomach and kissed baby over and over and over and wanted a picture of baby girl so bad. When I gave her a copy she walked out of the door to go home proudly holding her picture of baby. (which she calls by name now... can't type that... we haven't officially annouced yet):), OR when Megan and Jenni sang "I Want it that Way" (backstreet boys) to her with their hands on my tummy trying to get her to move. haha

Movement: She moves a lot!!! Right after I eat or at 11pm she goes crazy... that is her play time. Daniel and I can just sit here and watch my stomach move.

Food cravings: Ummm pinapple, chocolate milk, pizza (always:))

Gender: Its a GIRL!

Labor Signs: NO! :)

Belly Button in or out? In.

Wedding rings on or off? On, I hope I will be able to hang on to them the whole time, but we will see.

What I miss: Drinking caffiene without being worried, sleeping on my stomach. That's about it; this is such a blessing, how could I complain.

What I am looking forward to: Painting and decorating the nursery, meeting our little girl, and I get so excited for everyone else to meet her. Our baby showers! Seeing Daniel with baby girl, I know he will be the BEST daddy.

Weekly Wisdom: This time will go by so much faster than you think. Soak it in and GET READY!

Milestones: First week of my third trimester! Crazy!

From our recent beach trip with the Ward's (I will post more soon) :)