baby shower, beach days, baby buddy boy

My mom and sisters threw me a lovely baby shower a couple weeks ago. It was a lot of fun to see my friends, sisters, aunts, cousins and a bunch of the ladies from my family's ward that I haven't seen in a while. They gave us such adorable little outfits and blankets, and I feel like I got the perfect amount of everything that I'll need in the very beginning. That nesting instinct finally kicked in right after I had my shower! I didn't really care too much about making his bedroom all cute and it seemed more stressful than anything to get the storage room cleared out to become his room, but as soon as I got all these outfits and his bedding, I couldn't wait to get it all ready! Well after a few days of clearing things out and getting things washed, his room and his clothes are all pretty much ready. Now Matt and I go in there all the time and just sit and stare at the crib and all the teensy little socks and onesies and we just can't wait to see him!

Here are just a couple of pictures from the shower. Jessica (Pace Bowers) came down for the shower which I was so happy about! I have a picture of her from the shower but she thinks she looks AWFUL so I'll spare her and not post it. She so does NOT look awful though :)

Ivy and Violet came into town for a couple of days for the shower and one of the days we went to the beach. Violet is too cute!

And since summer time started, we've been getting visitors more often since we're so close to the beach. Baby Lainey a.k.a my mom's foster baby a.k.a. my second cousin a.k.a. my soon-to-be baby sister is one of our favorite visitors :) She's so freaking cute and lovable and she gives us a good baby fix when we're desperate. And of course, the baby belly shots. I'm about 37 1/2 weeks in these two pictures.

I hadn't ever taken a bare belly picture and thought it was about time. Sorry if this is more than you wanted to see :)And that's about it for now. We really want this baby boy to get out so we can hold him and kiss him and play with him! Through all my complaining about how uncomfortable I am and everything, I am really trying to enjoy these last few weeks, though. It's pretty nice going about my life so leisurely right now and I know that this last couple weeks of freedom is an ever fleeting luxury... but still, we can't wait!!! oh and Matt's good too :) Little Buddy and I just love him!