One Month Left!

By: Shelsy

My due date is exactly one month from today! My little countdown clock says 30 days. That's so crazy. Ryan and I are a mix of super excited, frustrated that we have to wait, and trying to hurry up and get some things finished up before she arrives. Well, I'm mostly the one with the to-do list--Ryan is just ready to meet her NOW. :-)

I've been feeling great--everyone keeps asking me that question. I've been blessed to have a very easy pregnancy all along, and any discomfort has been pretty minor. Let's hope labor goes the same way!

Some of the women from my church threw me a baby shower this past Saturday, which was very kind of them. My friend Cristina hosted and planned everything. I had a great time and got even more adorable things! It still feels like we haven't been here very long and we're still just getting to know people (even though it's been almost a year!) so it was kind of amazing to me that people even came, haha. There were even people there who I hadn't even met before. I even got things from people who I still haven't met!

So I had a good time and now we have pretty much everything we need, except for just a few things. The baby's room is almost ready, we just need to organize it a little, and decorate. I can't believe it's almost time to meet her!

Here are some pictures from the shower taken by my friend Debi:

Showing off my cloth diapering skills (heh). Juanita and I had to work together each using only one hand. We put this beauty together in only 32 seconds.

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Baby Shower

By: Shelsy

Well, it's been a couple of weeks now, but here's a quick update about the baby shower my family threw for me up in PA. It was tons of fun--I had a wonderful time. So thank you to everyone who helped plan it and to everyone else who came!

We got so much great stuff for Amber--mostly clothes, which were so cute. I went through them all yesterday and we are pretty much completely set for her first 6 months. I don't think I'll even need to wash her outfits, she has so many! We also have some pretty crafty and talented people in the family, so here are some pictures of some of the homemade gifts she was given:

The quilt my mom made for her.

Baby girl blanket Ryan's nana made...

...and a little knitted sweater, also from nana.

Ryan's mom made her pretty much a whole wardrobe of coordinating dresses, hats, diaper covers, etc. These are just a few of the things she made.

Quilt and pillow from Ryan's Aunt Kathy.

So as you can see, she's quite spoiled already. I could go on and on with all of the cute things we were given. I wish I could show all of them, but here are just a couple more of my favorites, from her two aunts:

It's a little hard to tell, but this is a little bikini Shanna got for her to wear at the pool.

A frilly little dress from Mindy, surprisingly her only one so far.

In other news, everything is going well. We're definitely getting close now--just a little more than a month until my due date! We're working on a bunch of random projects around the house, trying to finish things up before she arrives. We're steadily getting the baby's room put together, so that should be ready pretty soon. We're so excited--especially Ryan, I don't think he can stand to wait another month! 

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