Gothenburg Baby Shower

A few weeks ago my amazing Mom put together a beautiful baby shower for me back in Gothenburg.  We loaded up the car and headed out to Gothenburg for the weekend.  It was such a special time because I got to spend extra time with my sisters.  Rita came in from Colorado Springs and Chelsey came from Omaha.  It also worked out because we were able to see Dad before he headed out to California with the bees later that week. 

It was such a cute babee shower!  My Grandma Nana and her dear friend Helen came all the way for Denver to celebrate with us.  It was held at our downtown library and it so much fun.  We had great food, fun games and again baby girl was spoiled! 

I loved being able to see so many special Gothenburg friends that have prayed for our family over the years.  Gothenburg truly is one special place! 

 

It was a beautiful shower and we had so much fun!  The weekend got even better because we all got to cheer on our Broncos to a win in the playoffs together as a family!  It was one very special weekend!

Lincoln Baby Shower

Over the last month we have been so spoiled by friends and family celebrating the upcoming arrival of our baby girl!  Words can't even express how truly blessed we feel.  God has been so good to us!

On January 11th my wonderful sister-in-law and mother-in-law hosted a beautiful baby shower in Lincoln.  The shower was held at Grace Chapel church inside their little coffee shop.  It was the perfect setting for a wonderful morning.  The theme was birds and everyone helped us "feather our nest." 

They had the room decorated so cute and the food was amazing!

These were the sweet party favors.  They were little egg soaps. 

Everyone enjoying the yummy food and girl time.

Marcia read a beautiful book entitled "Prayer for a Child."  I know we will read this book to baby girl many times!

Lots of gifts!

A big thanks to Rachel Rippe who took pictures during the shower!  I love this picture with her new booties and a copy of the game we played during the shower. 

Jaime and I with our baby bumps!  Her twins are set to arrive in the next couple days.  My baby girl has two built in friends. 

The wonderful hostesses!

The Grandmas

It was such an amazing morning of laughter, tears and LOTS of cute baby goodies!  A huge thanks to Marcia and Joy for making us feel so loved!

35 Weeks and Growing

How is it even possible I have not written on my blog since November!!??  Time is flying and before we know it we will be holding our baby girl!  March 6th is quickly approaching. 

Since November we have been busy with holiday travel, a graduation, baby showers, lots of family time and long to-do lists.  We have been busy prepping our house for the arrival of this little peanut.  Is it possible someone so small needs so much??!! 

Before she arrives I wanted to catch up my blog with all things pregnancy and baby girl.  In the beginning of my pregnancy I had every intention of taking cute pictures of my growing bump every couple weeks.  But like most things I start I came out of the gates strong and then totally dropped the ball.  Here are a few of the pictures of my growing bump over the last 35 weeks.

 

 

 

I'm not sure what happened after 22 weeks but I guess I just got busy and never got anymore pictures taken.  Here I am at 34 weeks. 

 



 

Overall this pregnancy has gone really well.  I have been able to continue all of my POTS therapies and have not experienced any major problems.  It has been an amazing experience to feel baby girl move and I can't wait to meet her! 

 

As my pregnancy comes to an end and I am slowing down I wanted to remember all the fun things we have done together as a growing family while pregnant these last 35 weeks. 

 

We found out we were pregnant and got to be part of Rita and Alex's Wedding.

We traveled to Steamboat Colorado with the Henning family for vacation.  We shared our exciting news!

We did lots of hiking in Colorado.

 

We traveled to San Francisco California. 

 

 

We attended the field naming ceremony for Grandpa Papik.

We took Eli to the pumpkin patch on his visit back to Nebraska.

Drew and his buddies took down and replaced our shed.

The Van Dusen's came to Nebraska for a visit.

We spent lots of time with our wonderful journey group!

 

We traveled to Minnesota for the Husker game with the Thimms.  Four adults and three kids on board.  :)

 

We celebrated TJ's graduation from UNL. 

We got our Christmas card picture taken during the only snow of December.

We spend LOTS of time with this guy!

I got to get together with these wonderful cooking club ladies every month for great food and friendship!

 



Looking back over these pictures I think I see why my pregnancy has gone so fast.  We have been so blessed with wonderful friends and family.  With five weeks left I have lots of growing get to do.  It is time for me to now "hibernate" until the big day arrives!  She can't get here soon enough!