Liam's bedding

Today was an exciting day! besides the fact that my parents are in town for a visit (YAY!) Liam's bedding came in! I have been dying to see the finished product and its finally here. We ended up having a custom bedding set made by a lady in Oklahoma City. I found the vintage airplane fabric and she created his bedding set. I am in love with it. I think it looks amazing! Check out some of the pics I took today;

 The opposite side of the bumper is brown minky you can see here!

Too cute huh? Hope he loves it too!

Maternity pictures

My good friend, Nicole Pitcher, took maternity pictures for us this morning. She is just getting started with her own photography business and was nice enough to take some maternity pics for us :). It was a very warm morning and Avery was less than cooperative but Nic got some really cute shots! Check out her blog post;

http://ilovebugphotography.blogspot.com/2011/06/britnis-maternity.html

Thanks Nicole for putting up with us ;) and taking some awesome pictures!!

1 month from today

I won't lie, the end of this pregnancy feels like its dragging on. I'm ready to meet our little guy and have my body back to myself. I'm definitely a little nervous about the transition from one to 2 kiddos, not to mention the newborn, sleepless nights, stage. And of course I worry about Avery not getting the attention she needs/deserves. 

We still have a lot to do before Liam arrives but 1 month from today I get to see his little face for the first time.

I am still working out but have to get up at 6am otherwise its WAY too hot. Speaking of hot, we have already reached over 100 degrees here in Texas and this makes me not want to even leave the house. I don't mind taking Avery to the pool but she doesn't last too long and needs constant attention so its definitely exhausting. I avoid the pool on the weekends though, too many people. Not sure what I would do without air conditioning. I feel bad for Ave, I can't move as fast as I usually do, and definitely starting to have a hard time getting up off the couch :) but I wouldn't trade it for the world. God has blessed us with another little life to cherish and even though it is hard I will make it to delivery day with a smile on my face. I keep reminding myself that each day is a gift, each day is a day he needs to pack on the pounds and get his lungs ready for the real world. I try to count my blessings each time I feel myself start to complain.

I am still waiting for the "nesting" urges to kick in, they never did with Avery but I'm still hoping they will this time. I haven't done much to get ready, no bags packed, haven't washed anything but there is still a little time left right? :)

I did have a doc appt today, Liam's HB was in the upper 140s and I'm measuring right on schedule. In 2 weeks we'll have our last ultrasound and they'll estimate his weight.

On the Avery front, she is becoming her own little person, she loves to communicate and is getting better each day. She loves mommy's attention, she wants me in the same room when she plays, could pose a problem when baby arrives. She likes to say "Mommy come" when she wants me to follow her. She's become such a big helper. I love her so much and its hard to imagine loving another baby as much. But I know its just a different love and I know God is making room in my heart just for him.

We can't wait to meet baby LIAM!

Mommom and Great Papa

Unfortunately, Avery does not get to spend very much time with my side of the family. Our visits are very cherished since they are not very often. I was surprised this week when I learned that Avery could pick out my grandparents in pictures. She also brings them both up now and then in her conversations. Its too cute so I just had to get a video of it... I did not coach her before the video, she knows who her "Mom-mom" and "Great Papa" are;

The picture she was looking at was from Thanksgiving 2010. Little smarty.

Texas shower/swim party!

Instead of a typical baby shower I thought it might be fun to have a swim party for my shower here in texas. Fortunately, my inlaws have a pool in their backyard and were gracious enough to let us have the shower there. My girls made everything look so adorable! thanks to Shila, Nicole, Brandy, Ashley, Teresa and Karisa. Check out the pics Nicole took;

 Such YUMMY food and decorations

 kaden, cassidy, mason, layla and avery

 loved the "its a boy" banner

 nicole and i

 such a cute diaper cake

 all the girls and kiddos swimming

 avery and i

 avery kept saying "go emme go" everytime Emily jumped in.

 belly is getting BIG :)

 avery, layla and emily helped me open presents

 little miss blue eyes

 my hostesses; karisa, nicole, ashley, cindy, me, teresa, shila and brandi. THANKS GIRLS

 YAY, got a pic with Melissa

 chris and i

probably the cutest cake ever YUMMY

New 3d/4d pictures!

We had our last 3d/4d ultrasound session yesterday at Visions of Love. Baby Liam was very cooperative and we got some super cute pics;

 BIG yawn.

 such a sweet face. he looks alot like Avery

 we caught a SMILE :)

 flexing his arm muscles.

such a happy baby. we can't wait to meet him.

Saying her name

Last night Avery said her name just after getting out of her bath. I wasn't trying to teach it to her but was just playing around and she said it. Before now she would only say "A" or "A Jo". Check out the video I captured;

did you notice she can also say "love you"? :) ahh melts my heart.