Uncomfortable? Me???

We are officially in the home stretch. I can't believe we are a little over a month away from meeting our little man! I have been one of those annoying pregnant women who constantly say I love being pregnant...because it's been true. I never understood the women who complained about pregnancy and didn't love it. I now know that they must be in the last month! I've never been so uncomfortable in all my life. My feet and ankles are completely swollen, my back hurts, my stomach feels like it's going to explode, and I can't sleep. Other than that, I love it:). Don't get me wrong...nothing compares to feeling him roll over in my belly and watching him switch from one side to the other. The bruised rib feeling sort of gets old though! I will be happy when he is here and I can breathe again!!!!

We have a little over two weeks before we close on our house, which gives us roughly two weeks before the baby's due date. Uncomfortableness aside...please pray the baby holds off until after we move in!!! Here is our new house, well, will be our new house October 8th!!

We are appreciating all prayers that the closing goes smoothly and we move in without any water breaking! God has been so good to us...we are just so thankful!

We do have a name picked out for the little one...I know...I hear you all gasping that it FINALLY happened! We have "decided" but agreed not to set anything in stone until we see his face and know for sure. We are still keeping a top 2 or 3 just in case, but think we've settled on the one! We will be taking a few 34 week pictures, much to my dismay as I now feel like a whale, but here are a few 32 week pics I never posted.

6 and a half left to go...

Could it really be that I only have a little over 6 weeks until this baby is here? Most women in my position are ready as can be, but I'd like to extend this time a little bit! I'm due on the 29th, but we close on our house in Hickory as WELL as our house in Atlanta on October 8th. That only gives us a few weeks to get the house in order and the nursery ready! I know it won't all be perfect, but we have a pretty awesome God who answered our prayers to let us be in a house before the baby was here.

We have so much to do leading up to the day, and it feels like our heads are spinning!!! I had another shower in Hickory this past weekend. Sue was sweet enough to do that for us! It was absolutely beautiful and so wonderful to see so many great friends! Also, we got to see Ella and bring her back with us to Atlanta for the week. Lindy is missing her something awful, but we are thankful to have this precious time...and she could not be a sweeter, more precious, more beautiful baby!!!! We just adore her. Here are a few little snapshots from the other day with her.

See, I told you...perfection! I can't wait for her to meet her cousin!!!

SOLD!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Most of you, if not all of you, know that we have had our house on the market for over a year now. We happened to move at the best time...right before the market took a nose dive. We got an offer on our house last September that we didn't take due to the amount of money we would have lost...well, a year later we received just about the same exact offer. I wish we could say that we got what we needed out of it, but God provides!!!!! This was such an answer to prayer. I don't think it's a coincidence that we've been praying "Please God...just let it sell by the end of August!" Our movers are paid through Taylor's company through October, so this is such a blessing...and two months before the baby arrives! God has a plan, and has taught me so much about prayer and trust this past year. We are so thankful that He works in the ways He does!

So this is a bit bittersweet as we are THRILLED to have the house under contract, but a bit sad that we will be moving the stuff out of our first home together! It was a great house! On to the next chapter...

Sweet Max!!!!

Max is feeling a little left out. We have this blog all dedicated to the baby, and he was the 1st baby we had. I get a little sad when I think of the attention he will be missing when the baby gets here. I know that when Ella was here for the week, well, let's just say the dogs weren't 1st priority anymore!!! We will have to make sure to pay special attention to him and give him lots of love! Here's a picture of our sweet Max:)

Baby Shower #2

Last Sunday I had my baby shower at church....so much fun! Cindy went all out and did a fabulous job of decorating and making the food. We had a great time of socializing and opening cute baby gifts! Some pictures are below:

Looking forward to the shower in Hickory with all my girlfriends in a couple of weeks!!!:)

Quick Belly Update

Just a quick update to post the latest belly shots. I'm officially 30 weeks, but took these at 29. It's amazing what a week can do! I feel like I can't possible stretch any further, but I'm told I will be shocked at what the belly can do toward the end. Let's hope my skin is up to the challenge:). So here are a few 29 week pics:

3d/4d Ultrasound

This was quite possibly the most amazing experience I've had thus far in pregnancy. There is absolutely nothing like seeing your baby on the screen and getting to see his facial features and expressions. He was not too fond of being pushed on so he would move his hands away from his face, but it made for some precious brow furrowing...I'm so in love already!!! I felt so connected to him in a way that just grows each week...with each movement and kick. It's as though I can sense him developing a personality already. I know maybe that's strange, but hey, I'm carrying him so I can feel what I want:). Anyway, here are his precious pictures!!! Oh, and I will spare him from putting up more pictures confirming it's a boy...but he is definitely all boy! I also have some 29 week belly pictures to come...man that thing is sticking out now!

I love that the last one looks like he's praying...since the music playing during the session was Jesus Loves Me!!