Jax’s room is finally finished!! Dave and his dad knocked out painting the room and then Dave put the crib and dresser together all before Christmas. They both worked so hard to get it done because they knew it was on my to-do list.

There wasn’t much else to do to the room until we started having showers and then we had to find a home for all of the wonderful gifts we received. One of our dear and very talented friends, Susan, painted the murals for us. If Jax is anything like his daddy he is going to love planes and his new room. The only thing we are missing is our little man to get here!!

We hadn’t planned on doing anything to our unfinished basement for a few years. However, we discovered that concrete is very dusty and when we let the dogs downstairs to play they were tracking everything upstairs causing a terrible mess. So…we decided that we would stain the floor. They would have started weeks ago, but were waiting on a week of 40+ degree weather. It’s a week-long process and Friday was the first day of the sealer. When I came home on my lunch break I could hardly breath because of the fumes. It completely filled the house and we had to pack up everything and leave. This is terrible timing, but it’s too late to stop now.

We are currently playing a game of freeze out

At least it’s looking good so far

Hopefully we can air the house out and not have to wash everything we own!

We are blessed in so many ways, but two ways in particular are with a wonderful church family and great co-workers. We’ve been fortunate to attend Hendersonville Church of Christ for almost 6 years now and have made some wonderful life-long friends. I’ve also been working at STR for almost 5 years and can’t imagine having a better job. Both our church and work families were kind enough to have baby showers for us and we’re very appreciative. Jax isn’t even here yet and he’s already got more people than he’ll ever be able to imagine that love and care about him. That makes us even more excited for his arrival!

some of the ladies from church

all of the many wonderful gifts

lunch at the Loews Hotel with some of my co-workers

The last of my ever growing belly pictures that I’ll be sharing…

Grizzly always by my side at 35 weeks

36 weeks

We’re counting down the days until Jax decides to make his grand appearance. My doctor says that it could literally be any day now, but it could also be weeks away so it’s just a waiting game at this point. We’ll be sure and keep you posted!

Disclaimer - please excuse Marley’s bathroom break : )

I can’t even begin to describe how surreal this whole experience of pregnancy has been. It was especially strange (a good strange of course) to have a baby shower a couple of weekends ago. I am so used to attending showers for my friends that it’s hard to believe that I’ve got a little one on the way. It was so much fun to celebrate Jaxen’s upcoming arrival with friends and family. Dave and I are both extremely blessed to be surrounded by people who love us so much.

Here are a few pictures from the shower…

all of the ladies

me and my beautiful mom

adorable blue punch

my wonderful sister-in law and mother-in-law

diaper cake made by Kate & Bethany

Thank you to everyone that was able to come and for the wonderful hostesses who threw such a fabulous shower!!