And one more shower...

More gifts for Baby Lucia! Rachel Tatum had a 

sweet baby shower for me with my Nashville friends! 

What a joy!!!

Once again, our little girl is showered with gifts!

Another Baby Shower

On March 21st Paul's Mom and Sister, Cathy put together a wonderful BBQ Couples Baby Shower for us!

Cathy had everyone at the shower "pass the BBQ tongs" to give us ADVICE on having our first baby. Here is some of the advice:

"Nonna" (Grandma Erbel) and Grandma Helen at the Baby Shower

Paul and I were overwhelmed with gifts. This is one spoiled little girl.

How Cute is our BBQ themed party and our Cowgirl Cake!

Surprise!!

Yummy Pink Cupcakes

I went to visit my dad for Valentine's Day in Miami and to my surprise he and Victoria had put together a baby shower for me. I was overwhelmed and I am still in shock. My dad picked me up at the airport and took me to lunch on South Beach. Then we "ran errands". I knew something was different, but had no idea. To my surprise when we got to his house, there were a few of my old friends and lots of baby decorations and gifts !!!

Above are all the party guests! Courtney, me, Becky, Aunt Lauren, Lucinda, Julie, Monica, Victoria and Aunt Leni. 

I opened a million gifts that were all so precious! Can't wait for Baby Lucia to arrive so I can dress her in so many cute clothes! 

I think my dad and Victoria cleaned out my registry. My dad bought his new granddaughter everything he could off the registry. :) 

Here I am with my Aunt Leni. I am about 7 1/2 months pregnant here.

 

clothes, clothes, and more clothes

Here are her first new outfits. Our wonderful neighbors Alison and Brian gave our little one her first baby gift...new clothes! Three beautiful baby girl outfits. 

This photo may not look like much, but as a new mom this photo is huge! Rachel and Jason Tatum passed down their daughter Eva Louis's outgrown clothes, shoes and toys! 

What a huge help!!! Thanks guys. 

Officially in the 3rd trimester and we got our Bugaboo!!!

We are so happy our Bugaboo came in the mail! Yeah! Paul couldn't wait and immediately put it together when he got home from work. We can't wait to put our baby girl in the bassenet and roll her around for walks. We got the stroller in black and tan!

Check out our baby girl! she is growing! I am officially 27 weeks and now in my 3rd trimester.

She is dancin' and movin' all the time, however, I typically don't pay much attention until I sit still. I love to take time in the morning and evenings to be still and just give my attention to feeling her move around. I am in the car a lot too for work and that is a good time for me to give her my attention. She gets quite active when we play music on my belly. It is so fun to watch her and feel her moving around.

She's a GIRL!!!

I was so surprised on Christmas when we opened up the envelope from the doctor! Paul and I waited until Christmas with his whole family (and my family on the phone). I was certain the paper inside the envelope would read "boy", but boy was I wrong! It read GIRL! We are having a little girl and we are very excited. It was hard to wait those few weeks/days after our ultrasound to find out, but we are glad we did. It was very special to have everyone find out together. Now we have to decide on a name for our little girl. We think we have it! But will wait a little longer to make sure it sticks. She has been moving a lot and kicking quite a bit! She is an active little monster. We are so happy and can't wait to meet our baby girl.

 

We had our big ultrasound on Wednesday. Our baby has 10 fingers and 10 toes and a 4 chamber heart. The ultrasound tech was very encouraging that our little baby is healthy and measuring perfect! The baby's hartbeat is 158, weight is 14 ounces and length is 18cm, almost 7 inches!!!! The two photos are of me at 20 weeks, 8 lbs heavier...and counting. 

We also bought our baby's crib yesterday from a couple in Nashville who listed their used crib on craigslist. We still paid more for it than we wanted to, but is is so beautiful.  In our defense it was 1/2 the price it would have been if we had bought it in the store new, so that is good. Our baby is going to have a beautiful bed to sleep in.