Mommy brain and maternity pics!

So that last post probably should have said that we had another BABY shower, not another bridal shower. I'm not sure it's good that the mommy brain has already kicked in - although perhaps that means he's on his way very soon!

My friends Elizabeth and Kari from church threw a lovely shower at Kari's house...it was a great time to catch up with a lot of ladies that I don't often get a chance to sit down and talk to. And the food was wonderful (and mostly gluten-free, hooray!). I am so blessed to have helpful friends and moms all around me in this time. We got some beautiful and special gifts too!

A few weeks ago our friend Lisa, who is a photography student and due with a baby boy just a few weeks after us, came to Old Garden Beach in Rockport to take some maternity pictures of us. She is so talented! We had a lot of fun and we love having these beatiful reminders of this time in our life.

We also have the baby's room pretty much as done as it's going to get for now. He's going to be sleeping in our room for a while, but we have lots of his things ready to go in the other room - special blankies people have knit for us, the rocking chair that Daddy fixed up from a yard sale, all the posters and things Grampy and Nana helped put up at their last visit, stuffed animals from when Jonathan and I were little and from family and friends, the little toys Auntie Jarah made...wow! The room looks so much nicer since Auntie Rose and Catherine came and cleaned up the icky mold that had developed in this crazy wet summer weather.

Hopefully our next post will be the big announcement!