Baby Shower!

Gifts

The cradle is a family cradle that John's Grandpa built. Baby Holmes will be sleeping in the same cradle as John.

"Sand" cake

"Dirt" cake

Centerpieces

Last weekend we went over to the Quad Cities for a baby shower at John's family's church. We had a wonderful time. John's mom made tons of food and some cute bucket cakes that were "dirt" and "sand" cakes. Baby Holmes received many wonderful gifts. I can't wait to put him in the cute little baby outfits.

Sweet Treats

There was a wonderful treat in the mail for me the other day at work. John sent me some really good chocolate covered strawberries! What a nice surprise. The photo is of the berries when I got home after I ate one!

More Nursery Progress

Nursery Progress

We went shopping for the baby's nursery this weekend. After searching for bedding at every store, we still couldn't find anything that we loved. We decided to put our own set together by picking separate sheets, bumper and crib skirt that all coordinated with cute animal curtains and mobile. We want his room to have several colors. We still have a lot to do, but we are having fun starting to put it together.

Belly Pictures

23 Weeks

21 Weeks

Shopping for Baby

Last weekend we found some great garage sales. I found so many adorable baby clothes. We also found a nice tummy time mat that has toys hanging over it. John's favorite purchase was a stuffed character called Handy Manny. It is a little stuffed doll that has a toolbox of stuffed tool characters. There are 8 little stuffed tools for the baby to play with and help John when he is fixing things around the house.

Nursery

We have been working on getting the nursery together. We found a great crib and dresser/changer at Target that was perfect! it is dark brown and looks great. It even came with a free mattress. John put them together and the room is starting to look like a nursery. We are thinking about how to decorate and I have been searching for a good bedding set. I think we might be going with some cute animals for the decor. John finished the shelves next to the closet and we have been filling them with books. My mom has been working on filling those shelves with great baby books and she is doing a great job. I can't wait until we get to sit in the chair and read books with our baby boy. I really hope that he will love reading.