Week 37

We have about three weeks to go until the arrival of baby Addison! We will keep everyone updated as the due date gets closer!

Favorite Craving!

For those of you who know me well know that I am a HUGE fan of Ice cream! Since being pregnant I have LOVED taking advantage of it. I think I have had a small scoop almost every night!
I do love all types of ice cream but what I have craved the most since being pregnant is vanilla ice cream and fresh fruit. Every time I am at a store to buy raspberries or blueberries I can't bring myself to buy them because they are SO expensive..... but guess what? Today a sweet older lady at our church called and said that she had some fruit for us. I was even more excited to find out that it was FRESH from her garden raspberries and blueberries!
So I had to take a picture of my favorite craving so far! I REALLY enjoyed it!

Baby showers

We have been blessed with two baby showers! One that the church family put on for us and another that my sister hosted. I felt so loved by both of the groups and we received some really wonderful gifts.
At the church shower we had yummy white cake with strawberry creme filling and chocolate frosting! They were so sweet and decorated with pink and brown. I was overwhelmed by how generous all the ladies were. One of the ladies even brought roses from her garden and let me keep them for my office. They smelled so wonderful.
Here is a picture of the cake and one of my sister-in-law Lesley and I at the church shower.


My sister's shower was full of friends and family. It was really special. Michelle had the great idea to have the guest decorate white onesie's with fabric paint. Now we have about 12 uniquely designed onesie's for Addison to wear!



The food was super yummy! There was cheese and crackers, fruit, bruschetta and strawberry shortcake. I stuffed myself!
Here is the food spread.

We played a couple of cute games that Shelly had planned and then dove into the gifts! Again I was so blown away by how generous everyone was. Our little Addison is going to be so well dressed and taken care of!
Here is Michelle and I!


Some of my special girlfriends came and it was so good to see them! I am the first in our group to be pregnant and it has been fun to have them so excited for me. Here is Sarah, Terra, Maia and me!


It has been such a special time preparing for baby Addison! Kyle and I feel so loved by all the friends and family who have blessed us with gifts, time and wonderful words of advice and encouragement!

Baby Addison's Room!

We have been working on getting her room ready and it is looking beautiful! Today my sister came over to help me organize all the clothes and gifts we have received from the showers. Here are a couple of pictures of the room before Michelle and I clean/organized it.


Here is the end result! It is so beautiful! We are so excited to bring her home to this room!

Week 36!

Here I am at week 36! Taken exactly four weeks from the due date of August 14th!

I am feeling pretty good, and I'm starting to get more and more uncomfortable; but that is to be expected at this point. We had a Dr's apt on Wednesday and she said that everything looks good, we should be on time. I was excited to hear that because I really don't want to go overdue. At the same time the baby will come when the baby wants to come. I think it is pretty great that the exact date and timing of a birth of a baby, for the most part, remains one of life's last mysteries. So much the world tries and works to control things, I like how this little baby gets to control things. Again I know that there are many situations where a mother has to be induced or there is a planned c-section, but for the most part it's a surprise. Who knows how our situation will turn out.
I'm excited for the journey and to find out how our story of baby Addison will be told.

Beach Vacation for our 5 year Anniversary

We celebrated our 5 year anniversary on the 26th of June. It landed on the Free Methodist Annual Conference so we celebrated a couple of days later by going to the beach. We had three beautiful days of sunshine in Lincoln City. This is the great view of the beach from our room. (ignore the dates on the pics.... we didn't change it yet)

We found a great local coffee shop and enjoyed yummy coffee in "for here" mugs. Coffee always taste better in "for here" mugs! (Decaf for me of course :O)) Kyle loves his black coffee!

I had visions of us spending tons of time reading and playing on the beach but when we got there the wind was SO strong even I didn't want to stay out long! The beach is always windy but this was crazy! We ventured out once or twice and our feet were pelted with sand and we had to keep our heads down or we would get a mouthful of sand! It was an adventure!

Each day we relaxed, read books, ate good food, took naps and just enjoyed being in one another's company! It was so wonderful for us to get away and concentrate on each other. It was slightly bittersweet celebrating five wonderful years together but also realizing it was our last vacation as a couple. We are thrilled to become parents and can't wait to meet Addison yet there is a piece of us that will miss our years without children. I am so excited for the ways that God is preparing us and getting us ready to have her in our lives.
Kyle, Thank you for being such an amazing husband to me! I am so thankful for you, the memories we have made and life journey we are on together! Here is to a lifetime of more memories! I love you!

33 Weeks and Baby's Name!

This is me 33 weeks pregnant! We are really anxious to meet our little girl! The next six and a half weeks are going to go really fast I am sure. We have a lot to do and it feels like not enough time but I have faith that we will be ready when we need to be.

We have decided to call our little girl...... drum roll please......

ADDISON GRACE!

We love it and and are so excited to begin life with her!