The Nursery Is Complete!

The nursery has definitely been a work in progress, but it is finally ready for baby Sophia.  We have all the necessary things (I think!) thanks to all the great gifts I received from friends and family at my showers.  Now that I have less than 4 weeks, I am going a little stir crazy.  Hopefully, Sophia will want to come a little early because we cannot wait to meet our little girl.  Of course, it is not up to us, so we are eagerly awaiting her arrival.  Here are some pictures of the nursery.

Shower #2

Last Saturday, my parents hosted a family shower at their house.  It was really exciting because boys were invited so Scott was able to participate in the fun!  We ate Pappasitos fajitas for dinner and I even enjoyed a virgin margarita:)  We received some really great gifts and it was really good to hang out with my family.  Here are some pictures from the shower:

Delicious chocolate/vanilla cupcakes!

The Glass Family

So glad my cousin, Danielle, could make it!

The parents to be!

Avery giving Lucy some love:)

Thanks Mom and Dad for such an amazing shower!  You are going to be the best Grandparents!!!

Baby Shower Time!

This past weekend my best friend Monique, my two sisters and my mom hosted an amazing baby shower for me. It was so great to spend time with family and friends in anticipation of Sophia coming. I received so many necessary things for the nursery and it is really starting to set in that our little girl is coming soon. Some of the amazing gifts we got were: our car seat (yeah-we can take her home from the hospital!), high chair, diaper champ, bathroom rug, monogrammed burp cloths, swaddle blankets, and a sound machine. I am so blessed to have such wonderful support during this time and I could not have asked for a better baby shower!

My beautiful diaper cake-Thanks Janel and Victoria!

The cake that matched my invitation-not only was it so cute but it tasted AMAZING!

Sophia's block letters that match her nursery:)

Celebrating with wonderful friends and family!

The hostesses

Had to get a belly shot with the hostesses:)

Monique and I

Me and my Mom

My sisters

Sophia's adorable burp cloths-almost too cute to use!

Avery's First Birthday

My niece, Avery, turned one this weekend and we had such a fun time with friends and family.  My sister, Melanie, did a great job of decorating for the "owl" themed party.  Here are some pictures from the party.

Welcome to the party!

A banner Mel made with pictures of Avery each month of her first year.

Funfetti cupcakes-Delicious!

Avery's "smash cake"

Not sure what to do with this big cake

This tastes pretty yummy!

This is the most sugar I have ever had and I love it!

Playing with one of her new toys!

Avery and her mommy

Scott and I with the Birthday Girl!


It is so unbelieveable that Avery is already one year old.  It seems like just yesterday I visited her in the hospital after she was born.  This definitely made me realize how quickly time goes by and to enjoy every minute with our baby girl when she comes. 

30 Weeks-10 More To Go!!!

I am now 30 weeks and cannot believe I only have 2 1/2 months left until we get to meet baby Sophia.  I finally took a picture of my belly(eventhough I did not want to!) so I could remember what I looked like at this stage of pregnancy.  Everything is going so quickly and I know August is just around the corner.  I am now seeing my doctor every two weeks, and my check ups have been going great.  Sophia is measuring and growing just as she is supposed to.  She is super active and I am not sure when she sleeps because she is kicking and hiccupping all day and all night.  I wonder if this is a sign of what's to come-I'm a little nervous:)  I have 2 more weeks of teaching summer school and then I am officially a "stay at home Mom!"  I am very excited to have July free for baby showers and preparing for our little one. 

The Nursery

It has been a long process, but Sophia's nursery is coming along!  We fell in love with the Hayley bedding at Pottery Barn Kids and then started picking out our paint color.  We decided a pale yellow would look really good, so Scott and I put on our painters clothes and got to work!  We then had crown molding installed and the room was ready for her furniture.  I could not wait for my showers to get the bedding so I went ahead and bought it (Pottery Barn Kids already knows me too well-I'm in there almost every week!)  Everything was looking good, but the plain walls were driving me crazy.  We decided to use decals that matched her bedding to create wall art behind her crib.  Being the great team that we are, Scott drew the tree trunk on the wall, I painted it, and then we added branch decals to complete the look.  It turned out so much better than we expected and we hope Sophia enjoys looking at all our hard work.  Above the dresser/changing table we hung her name and three picture frames that will display pictures of Sophia.  Hanging letters may not seem like a difficult task, but it is! Especially when you spell her name Sohpia the first time.  After 3 hours and many measurements, we had everything spaced out how we wanted it.  Can't wait until the frames hold real pictures of our baby girl!  Now I feel like we have a good start on the nursery and I can relax for a little while.
BEFORE:

AFTER:

It's a Girl !?!

During my Spring Break in March, my Mom, Scott and I went in for an ultrasound at 17 weeks to find out the sex of our little one.  We just knew this was only going to be confirmation that it was a boy.  Scott and I were both sure that "he" would play baseball for A&M and many things had been already picked out for the nursery.  When our ultrasound tech asked "Do you want to know the sex?"  We both replied "YES!!! But we already know it is a boy."  She then informed us that we were wrong and it is most definitely a girl.  After the first few seconds of initial shock, we started to get very excited about the thought of having a baby girl (afterall, I come from a family that does not want any stinkin' boys!)  The ultrasound also showed that most importantly she is healthy and everything is how it's supposed to be.  Later that day, we purchased our crib and dresser for the nursery I cannot wait to start decorating.  Being the planners that we both our, we had a boy and girl name already picked out.  So, immediately we started calling her Sophia Kathryn (which I'm sure she preferred over Jake!)