Our first baby shower

One of my best friends and sorority sister, Denise, threw an amazing shower for me last Saturday. The food spread was awesome including Chick-Fil-A nuggets. My Aunt Terry was kind enough to bake a chocolate cake with my favorite frosting as well as Italian Cream Cake cupcakes with cream cheese frosting. Yum!
Here's a picture of Denise and I

With one of our gifts....

A family group shot - my Aunt Terry, Aunt Holly, cousin Nancy, my mom and I

A group shot with my sorority sisters, JoAnne is missing though, she had to leave early.

It was a great party and I had so much fun visiting with everyone. Baby was showered with lots of great gifts which all fit into my suitcases and didn't put my bags overweight. I was really ready to come home though. It's no fun traveling this pregnant!

Going to Carolina in my mind....

I went to North Carolina this past weekend for a baby shower with my family and friends. Lindsay, my grand little sister, is the advisor for my sorority chapter. Friday night was their formal night and Lindsay asked if we wanted to see the girls off on the buses. Of course, I was in! We got a group shot in the lounge. It was so fun to see all of the girls dazzled up in their formal gowns. So much has changed since I was in school, it really made me sad remembering just how excited I was for my first Carnation Ball because it was so long ago.

Baby's room

It was with great anticipation that we started moving things into the nursery this weekend. Roscoe watched from outside the door.
Thankfully our neighbor Andy was available to assist as this girl is not lifting furniture these days. Jason has said that movers will be responsible for getting the armoire out. Fonzie and Duke were pretty excited to see the crib....

Jason worked on assembling the crib on Sunday. It actually didn't take too long and he said it was easier than a lot of things we've bought from IKEA.

The big dogs enjoyed the birds eye view. I think I am seeing into the future this summer. Let's hope they don't bark and wake up sleeping baby......

Roscoe found a new hiding place while we were tying on the bumpers.....

The front view of the bedding and the crib.....

Looking down into the crib. And to all of you who may be concerned, I know that you're not supposed to have bumpers on the crib. They look pretty cute and he's not sleeping in there so they're staying for now. I can't figure out for the life of me why the bedding sets include bumpers and a comforter that you're not supposed to use.

I think the room looks great, one more thing to cross off the list. We ordered a glider but it won't be in for like 10 weeks. Shower season starts this weekend, I leave on Thursday for NC to spend some time with my family and college friends. I can't wait!

Posers

The mutts have been enjoying the sunshine quite a bit lately. I grabbed the camera because Roscoe looked pretty cute next to our apple tree. Of course, he took off as soon as he saw me standing in the doorway so that moment was lost. I captured some different ones though.....

The life of a model is exhausting.....

As soon as the previous photo shoot was over, Fonzie climbed into bed and curled up on my body pillow under his clean blankie.

The nursery is painted

The nursery is painted! Check out the color on the wall behind me. I decided I'd consent to a belly shot since people have been asking. Of course, Fonzie had to pose with me. Jason had to get the hat that Fonzie is modeling. We keep getting yelled at that we're not allowed to buy things but this was too irrestible.
If you can't read it, the hat says "I Hunt for Hugs."

Fonzie really was a good sport about the whole thing.