31 Weeks and Our Family Baby Shower

How Far Along? 31 weeks, 4 days…60 days to go, and what’s even more exciting is my due date is 2 months from today!!

Maternity Clothes? I scored a few things on sale from Old Navy yesterday, and I can tell I am slowly but surely thinking my comfort level outranks style these days. I can’t lie, I am getting SO excited seeing all the gorgeous spring colors out in stores-soon enough, I’ll be buying “normal” clothes again!
Weight Gain? 24 pounds…it is ALL belly my friends. When I saw my doctor last week, she said “wow my dear, your have grown.” My “fundal height” is measuring right on track at 31.5 centimeters
Stretch Marks? Not that I can see, yet…
Gender? Sweet Little CC 😉
Sleep? I’m sleeping a lot better at night than I originally expected to at this stage-sure, there are routine bathroom breaks, but once my head hits the pillow, I am out for the count all over again
Food Cravings? Anything sweet, cereal, tangerines, and Diet Coke
What I Miss? Being able to get up off the couch by myself…it’s either a “roll out” or a hoist where Jeff picks me up-lovely I tell you
Symptoms? Achy muscles, irritability, tiredness/lack of energy, odd cravings, and NESTING!!
Belly Button: Now I know how people with normal “outies” feel…I miss my cute little belly button
Best Moment of the Week? As if this is hard to guess-our first baby shower for Miss Caroline was this Sunday…full recap below!

On Sunday afternoon, we headed to my parent’s house for our first baby shower…this one for family! We arrived and when we walked in, I knew Mom, Aunt Denise, and Cousin Lauren had outdone themselves-pink, pink, and pink everywhere! We immediately went in for all the desserts they had baked the past few days…mini cheesecakes, baby brownies, chocolate dipped pretzels, mini cupcakes, champagne salad cups, strawberry cake balls, cream puffs, and white chocolate covered strawberries-am I making you hungry yet? 
Then we all played games, yes I said baby games, even with the boys there! We did a customized baby word search and then played Baby Bingo, complete with gift cards for prizes…so much fun.
Next came present time! {The best part, right?} To say we racked up would be an understatement, but we just couldn’t have felt more loved and blessed…Caroline is so lucky to have a family who cannot wait to meet her and are counting down the days until they can spoil her silly.
We received so many incredible gifts… our stroller and bassinet attachment, our car seat and extra car seat base, hooded bath towels and washcloths, diapers, blankets and lovies, bibs, socks, adorable outfits, pacifiers, onesies, infant toys, gowns, layette sets, bathing/grooming necessities, a silver piggy bank, plenty of wipes, and money for little miss! {specific items from our registries to come in another post}
All in all, it was a fantastic afternoon spent with the people we love most. Jeff and I just couldn’t stop grinning thinking about how close we are to the home stretch and life changing for the better forever. To our families, thank you for loving us, supporting us, and being there to welcome our baby into this world…we love you all and know we are incredibly lucky to have you!

 present time!

 adorable pink socks from rh baby and child

 a gorgeous monogrammed blanket perfect for outside walks

 jeff’s favorite…daddy’s girl bib and sweet outfits!

 a basket full of goodies for feeding/diapering/grooming/play time

he’s such a good helper

 one of my favorites…the bassinet for our stroller!

 another bag stuffed with fun treats!

 jeff was saying “it’s my turn to open something” 😉

 we love our VOLS

 a new blanket to match our glider!

see my enthusiam? it was our stroller! thanks mom and dad

 yummy royal icing cookies for shower favors