Nursery update (again) - plus Baby Girl Lowe's name, and a weekend wedding

Here are some photos of our weekend project in the nursery. Ben painted some reen circles (my idea!!) that match her bedding and we hung up the baby's name in pink letters - so yes, we've broken down and are sharing the name with everyone. Her name will be Avery Elizabeth Lowe.

We also had a weekend wedding to attend. My friend from college, Kate, married her husband Jace this weekend at Red Rocks Chapel in Morrison, Colorado. The weather was kinda crummy - cooler and sprinkles, but the view outside the chapel windows was amazing regardless. Here are some photos of the ceremony and then one of me and the beautiful bride at her reception.

I have a doctor's appointment tomorrow afternoon, which starts the weekly appointments until Avery arrives. I can't believe my due date is less than four weeks away!

Nursery update and belly photos

We made some great progress on the nursery this weekend. We got all of her bedding on (gonna have to rewash, but couldn't help ourselves to see it all together...), got the changing table set up and ready to go, loaded up the drawers with clothes, got the diaper stacker completely loaded, hung clothes in Daddy's closet, and hung curtains to give some more separation between our master bedroom and the baby's suite. Here are some photos of where we are at:

For another baby related update, here are some photos from the shower that my mom hosted for us a few weeks back. She did great! It was great to spend time with close friends and my family!

And here is the aftermath of two awesome showers (keep in mind that I had another shower at work and got some wonderful stuff from them as well, so imagine this room even more full than it currently shows below).

Here I am (probably around 33 weeks)....this is usually how I spend my evenings after dinner. I don't normally let my belly hang out like that, but she was moving a bunch that night and we were watching her rock my belly around.

The most recent belly shots are below. As you can see, I've got the double chin thing going and stretch marks to boot. Those didn't show up until about 3 weeks ago, so maybe they won't have time to get much worse??? Not a happy camper about either issue, to say the least.

32 weeks

33 weeks

35 weeks (taken tonight)

According to our blog countdown, the due date is 34 days away - it just doesn't seem possible, does it?!?!?!