Circus Baby Shower

Last weekend was our family/couple baby shower that our parents threw for us. My mom came up with the theme and made all of the decorations, favors, cake topper, etc. We had cotton candy, cupcakes, peanuts, white chocolate popcorn,  and animal crackers all decked out in the cutest containers you will probably ever see. She even chalked the background to the sweets table and the welcome sign at the front door. Yeah, she is kind of good at this stuff. The yummy food, (which was of course your typical circus food... hot dogs, chili, and chips) was provided by my dad and mother-in-law. We had such a wonderful time with our family and friends. Thank you to our amazing parents who put it on for us and to everyone who came over to love on and support us!

Oh! I almost forgot! The last gift that was handed to me to open didn't have a card so I didn't know who it was from, then Robby looked at me and said, "that's from me!" My absolutely precious husband surprised me with the sweetest gift, a pink pearl ring! Ummmm, someone scored lots and lots of points with that one! He's the sweetest! (You can see my beautiful new ring in the picture below where I am holding the cupcake)

Paper bunting banner made out of vintage flash cards

26 weeks

I am 26 weeks and about 5 days now. This picture was taken on the actual day of 26 weeks but I am just now getting around to posting it, and I swear my belly has doubled in size in 5days. We had a doc appointment yesterday morning and this little girl had a bit of a growth spurt (and so did this mama...eeeeekkk).

This has been a super busy week already. I have sooooo much in line to edit, I am throwing (along with three other lovely ladies from church) a baby shower for my precious friend Taylor this Sunday, and my husband's parents are coming in this Monday to stay with us through Thanksgiving. So lots of photo editing, decoration making, and house cleaning is going on this week.

The crib should be delivered sometime tomorrow, and I could not be more excited to see it put together and set up in her room. We are also hoping that the nursery will be getting some new paint on the walls this weekend. I am ready to get her little room all put together. I know this probably sounds really weird, but I go into Violet's room and browse through her 13 (yes I have counted) little outfits she has so far and imagine getting to dress her in all of it in 3 short months. I am ready to have some new nursery items to go look at and daydream about! 

We are now in the double digits of the countdown...whoa. 93 days to go!

Violet told me

she really wants  needs these for her sweet little feet.

 Pleasantly Plump Knits

Gracious May

New pictures

We had a check up ultrasound today, so we got to see our baby girl again! At first we had a student taking measurements for practice and then the actual sonographer came in to take the actual measurements and to give us a really good look at her. Last night Robby said to me, "What if she is really a boy?" He gave me an instant anxiety attack, because everything we have picked out and that is being made for her room is very girly and in no way meant for a boy. So all night and until this morning I was worried that they had told us wrong at the last ultrasound. No worries though, we are definitely still having a girl. 

Towards the end the sonographer said she was going to get some good pictures of her to take home with us. I didn't realize but she switched the little tools (sorry I don't know what they are actually called) and all of the sudden there was our little one in 3D/4D! It surprised us both because we thought you had to go to a special place to have the 3D/4D imaging done. Then we both cried. Yup, we are both pretty big softies. 

It was the best feeling ever to see that sweet little nose and those chunky cheeks. Both of the girls doing the ultrasound commented on how chubby her cheeks were already. I can't wait to pinch them!

24 weeks!

Holy Moly! Big change from the last belly photo, which I guess is to be expected since that was maybe 6 weeks ago. 

Little girl is about the size of an ear of corn. I love the food comparisons! She is about a foot long and weighs just over a pound. 

She is such a little squirmer. Every time we go in for a check up it takes a little while for the doctor to get a good read on her heartbeat because she is either rolling around or kicking the doppler. It cracks me up every time, which I'm sure makes it that much harder. Just 112 days until we meet sweet Violet! 

Robby ran across a couple of things he thought she, let's be honest, we couldn't live without. I have a little feeling that this sweet girl is going to be completely spoiled by her proud papa :) 

Pacifier by lots to say baby

Violet's first Christmas ornament

Why are baby things so cute, and why can't we just put it down and walk away?

My furry little pals

Yeah, so I'm going to be that person blogging about their dogs. I have wanted to for a while, then I saw the most recent post on sometimes sweet and just had to share.

Chewy is my little shadow. He is a mama's boy for sure. We adopted him about a year and a half ago. Everyone told us not to get a dog so soon after getting married. Well, we held out for less than a month after our wedding. We both grew up with dogs, so our new little nest together felt a tad bit empty. It was our first "big"(haha) decision together as a married couple deciding on whether to adopt him or not and we are so glad we did! He is the sweetest, chubbiest thing ever! We're kind of in love with him.

Tallulah is our newest edition to the family. Since most of our attention will be on the baby when she comes, we decided Chewy needed a little friend to keep him company. I went online to look at the adoptable small dogs from the same shelter we rescued Chewy from, and there was Tallulah (formerly known as Shelly at the shelter) looking like Chewy's skinny twin. We went to meet her and found her the exact same way as Chewy a year and a half before; the only dog not barking and in the same cage. It was fate :) We have only had her a little over a month and she fits in just great. She is a major cuddle bug, and has even turned our mellow Chewy into the most playful thing ever. We just love her!

We adopted Chewy and Tallulah at Second Chance Animal Sanctuary. If anyone is looking to adopt, this is the place to go! We really love this organization. We have taken Chewy back several times to visit and they always remember him by name. They even called a couple of days ago to check up on Tallulah to see how she was working out (they really loved her name change). Even if you aren't looking to adopt, Second Chance loves volunteers to come walk the dogs and do all sorts of odd jobs around the shelter. They also have the cutest fundraising event coming up called Wags to Riches. It's a fashion benefit featuring newly made over dogs to be auctioned off and given a second chance at life. Ahhh how sweet is that? Obviously we are all about adoption. The rescued ones seem to make the best pets :) 

Plush Friends

I have always loved handmade plush animals and dolls, and now I finally have an excuse to buy them! I do believe there is more than enough room in a certain little girls nursery for every one of these. 

Owl with the perfect name :) I think it's fate

little girl

sweet mouse

sleepy fox