Showering Truett!

We have the sweetest and most wonderful friends and family who have simply been spoiling us rotten. Truett has already been showered with so much love and so many gifts that it is just overwhelming.  We are so very, very grateful for all of you.

Baby Shower #1 was in my hometown, and it was so sweet. Most of the women were family friends who have known me since I was a baby, so it was nice to see them all, and they were so generous to our family.  I forgot my camera (fail!), so I only have a few pictures from this shower, but it was just lovely.  We appreciated it so much!

With my cute mom!

Baby Shower #2 was a work shower with all of my sweet co-workers. We had tons of yummy food, and it was so fun to all get together outside of the office and hang out.  (Opening sweet baby gifts was also pretty fun, too.)  And once again, such a generous crowd! I couldn't believe how full my car was packed after an evening with those sweet ladies.  The bad news?  I forgot my camera AGAIN.  (Are you noticing the trend??)  So sadly, I have ZERO photos to document this fun occasion.  But it was wonderful, and I will just have to treasure my mental pictures from that night.

Baby Shower #3 was thrown by some of my sweet, sweet friends from college and beyond back in Arkansas, and it was an absolute blast. And so very special. It was so fun to have all of these people in one room.  It was ridiculously hard for me to sit and open gifts because all I wanted to do was go around and chat with my favorite gals. Such a wonderful and priceless afternoon.  And, true to form, these ladies had everything looking SO precious! Naturally, I forgot my camera (of course), so I had to borrow one from the hostess.  But thankfully, that worked out, and I have some pictures to share from that fun day with my sweet friends!

Look at this precious table! Loved the outdoor, boy theme!

With some of the sweet hostesses!

More hostesses who are little preggos too!

With sweet ACH work friends.  Miss them dearly!

So fun to catch up with Les!

With Truett's sweet grandmothers!

Thank you again to all of our precious friends and family. We are certainly blessed beyond measure.

Chicago Babymoon!

I am always terrible about updating the blog, but I really thought I would do better during this pregnancy.  I actually have something going on in my life worth documenting and remembering, and I have done nothing of the sort.  So my goal in the next few days is to catch up a bit and post about some memorable times during this journey before it's all over.  We'll see how that goes.

First things first, Austin and I decided we wanted to take a little trip before our sweet baby boy arrives and fills our hearts.... and our schedules.  So at my 30 week mark, we took a little jaunt up to Chicago for a few-day getaway.  Although it was FRIGID and rainy, we managed to have a great time!  It was so nice for both of us to have time away from work and day-to-day life stuff to play and enjoy each other's company.  We did all of the touristy things one does when they go to the windy city-- The Art Institute of Chicago, Shedd Aquarium, The Field Museum, Willis Tower (aka Sears Tower), John Hancock Observatory, Second City, and, of course, the Magnificent Mile.  We loved it all, but our favorite thing was definitely the improv show we went to at Second City.  So so funny.  Definitely will be going back next time we are in town.

We didn't do the best job of taking pictures (it's always tough when it's just the two of us), but here are a few from our little babymoon!

The bean in front of the bean!

Taking in the skyline by night!

Bad lighting....but proof that we were in the front row.  Knees to the stage.
Definitely got called out by the improv actors for a little fun.

Skyline by day!
Don't look down.

Thank you for the hospitality, Chicago! We will be back soon...Perhaps when it is warmer.