Rowen's Room!!

My sweet friend Tricia is making Rowen's baby bedding and sent me a sneak peek...couldn't wait to share it with you all :) It is going to look amazing! I will have to post pictures of his room when it is all done!

Wedding Fevor!

Mikel and I laughing at Dave's inability to take a normal picture!

After 10 tries, we got a keeper!

Some of Chad's old high school buddies at JP's wedding

My seriously good looking husband and I

Sweating it out waiting for the ceremony to begin...who knew it could be so hot in March?!?

The past 2 weekends we had back to back weddings for some of Chad's old high school buddies. It was such a great time for Chad to catch up with old friends and an excuse to eat some yummy wedding cake :) The first wedding we went to had a candy bar, which apparently is the new hot thing for weddings and was right up my alley! Wish I would have taken a picture of it, I thought it was absolutely adorable! This last wedding we went to I got the dreaded pregnancy comment...it is the first time (at least first time I have heard it) someone said, "Wow! She is about to pop!" Yikes, I guess my belly is definitely growing!

Way to go Rowen!

Went to the doctor today and found out Rowen is head down!! Now, I know he is going to take after my husband who has a thing for going the wrong way (yes he is that guy in the mall parking lot going against the arrows just because he has to do it his way!) so I am hoping Rowen decides to stay this way, but we will see. Only 7 more precious weeks to go before his due date, which keep going faster and faster. Chad and I are getting so excited. It is fun to watch his room come together and I feel so blessed by my friends and family who are making such special contributions. I love that his bedding will be made by my sweet friend Tricia and the window treatments by Aliesha, who is my superhero with how busy she is taking time to make them and my dad doing all the pictures to decorate with. I cannot wait to see how it all comes together! I will definitely post some pictures once we have everything in!

Baby Shower Time!

Last saturday was my HUGE baby shower and after an hour of opening presents as fast as I could, Rowen is officially set! My generous Grandma and cousins threw a first class shower and I feel so blessed to have such a wonderful family. It is always so humbling and amazing to me to see that many faces who all support Chad and I on this adventure to parenthood. God has been so good to us by providing so many sweet friends in our lives. I had a great time with everyone, although I have to admit, the chocolate covered strawberries were the best part of the day...YUM!

Rowen's First Baby Picture!

Today was our 3D ultrasound and we were lucky enough to catch a glimpse of our little stinker. He loves to be butt up and face down, so I wasn't expecting to see his little face, but he peaked out for a second behind his fist (or flexing his bicep like his daddy) for this shot. I think he looks like a mini Chad, so I can't wait to finally meet him! We were both relieved to hear he is measuring perfectly normal and everything looks healthy. Best news was my due date might get moved back to the original date of May 9th, which sounds good to me :)

The growing belly

I am not one to enjoy having pictures taken of me alone, but seems like since my dad got into using his camera, I have new found sympathy for celebrities and the paparazzi :) But, I guess I will look back and be grateful for all the pictures he takes since Chad and I literally never take pictures of anything.

Anyway, I can't believe I am officially done with 6 months of pregnancy and as of today only 94 days until my due date (can you tell I am a first time mom keeping track?!) I have honestly loved the last 3 months and each day gets better as I feel Rowen move around inside me. One of my favorite things so far is that everytime we are in church during worship, he seems to tap along to the music. This always makes me smile and I end up spending 1/2 of the worship time praying that he loves to worship as he grows older and comes to know the Lord at a young age.

Best Christmas Gift for a Pregnant Chick!

For Christmas this year Chad knew just what would make me happy...a deep dish pizza from my favorite spot in Chicago :) He had a large pizza overnighted on ice and wrapped it up for Christmas morning!