Today we went to Visions of Love for a 3d/4d Ultrasound session! These pics below were from the very beginning of the session. We got a few good face pics but then she decided to first put her feet up and then her hand in front of her face. She was awake at the beginning and then went to sleep and we couldn't get her to move anymore. We will go back again next week and see if she isn't so camera shy! It was great to see her with some fat on her cheeks! She didn't look like an alien, but like a baby. Chris was finally convinced that she is in fact a GIRL and we picked her name..... Introducing: AVERY JO RHODES!!!

Love her cute nose! Think the dark thing to the right of her face is her umbilical cord

Kinda hard to see but if you look close you can see her smiling!

Hand under the side of her face

Love her! She is also head down which was a relief to me! Lets just hope she stays that way!

31 weeks 1 day! only 8 weeks 6 days to go! :)

We can't wait to meet you Avery!

Party, friends and family!

This weekend was my Edmond baby shower! Thanks to mom and sissy for making it one amazing party! I think we ended up having more than 30 people show up. Such a blessing! Here below are just some of the pictures my camera got. There will be more to come! My sister made an amazing cake that was even better tasting. Mom and sis decorated the house all cute in pink and brown! Baby Jo got some of the cutest outfits and I can't wait to dress her up!

Melissa, Me, Brooke and Teresa

Thanks to Mel for the games! wish we had had time to play them all! Thanks to Brooke for the veggie/fruit platter, I'm still in love with the veggie dip! Also thanks for the cute, pink bootie party favors! They were so cute and so creative!

Thanks to sissy for the fabulous cake she made herself!! It turned out really good!

Sissy also made this cute diaper cake!

Here is me with all the yummy food! :) imagine that!

Family pic! back row: Dad, papa, mommom, aunt Karen and aunt Pam

Front row: Mom, me, Chels and Haley

Thank you so much to the Ft. Smith crew for driving all the way over just for the shower! They drove all the way in for the shower and then drove home! It was great to see you all and made my day! Family pic! Me, dad, mom and Chels!

LOVE YOU GUYS!! thanks so much!

29 weeks!

Well, since this week is the only time this month that chris is home for more than 3 days at a time so we had a few projects to try and cover. The main one was PAINT! Chris and I spend 2 days, 3 trips to Home depot and 5 paint samples trying to find the right shade of pink for the baby room. I didn't want to go too bright. I think we have finally made a decision and tomorrow chris will begin painting her room. Here is a pic of our paint tries:

The one we chose is the bottom right color. The far left was too bright. Middle one had a purple tint to it. Top right was also a little too bright. Middle right was almost white, didn't have much pink in it at all. The winner was bottom right and I can't wait to see how it turns out!

Our plan is to paint above the chair rail and then either leave the bottom the color it is now or paint an ebony/beige color. I will post more pics when we get it all done!

Our 2nd task for this week was to try and decide what to name her..... This is much easier said than done. Its a big decision and not one either of us want to rush. We have a few ideas but nothing concrete! For now we just call her Baby Jo (Jo will be her middle name, after Nanny, my grandma on my mom's side). I would have liked to have this decided before my Oklahoma shower, this saturday, but thats not looking very likely! I will definitely update if we do decide!

Today marks the beginning of week 29! that makes me 7 months 1 week. Hard to believe she could be here in 11 weeks (give or take a few). Here is my week 29 belly pic:

Looking forward to seeing everyone at the shower this weekend! Plus I get to go wedding dress shopping with my mom and sister! Hard to believe she will be getting married next year! June 12, 2010!!!!! What a busy year!

27 weeks

Today is the end of the 2nd trimester and the beginning of the 3rd! hard to believe we're only 13 weeks from meeting our little girl! that's if she arrives on time! :) Her furniture has arrived and chris put the bed together, it looks great! I went ahead and put her bedding in for pictures! Hope everyone has a blessed day! Enjoy

27 weeks!

Her dresser

Her baby bed; I decided to go with the pink and brown elephants and I love it!!

Airplane Pics

Just had to take a few pics with the airplane before I started maternity leave! It wasn't the best day to do it, but the only day it hadn't been raining in shreveport (and my 2nd to last weekend of work). It was a bit windy so I am a little windblown!! :) My captain was nice enough to take them for me! 26 weeks pregnant (aka 6.5 months)!!

Kinda dorky, I know but I think it will be cool for baby Jo to see someday!

Furniture

Thank you to Chris' parents for our new furniture!! We ordered it and should be able to pick it up in about 2 weeks!! We are very excited!

Her Baby Bed

Her Dresser

It took Chris and I a long time (well it sure felt like a long time) of searching to find furniture that we both liked and that wasn't too expensive! Now we can't wait to set it up in her room! Now I just need to decide on her bedding.....

The pic below is of my friend Karisa and I from our bunco night last week!! She is 3 weeks behind me, due Nov 19!

so fun to have friends to share this experience with!!

25 weeks!

I have been very hesitant to share any belly pics... but here is one, I'm 25 weeks (6 months 1 week), she has definitely been growing, I am getting BIG!!