May Flowers and Baby Showers

Our amazing hosts had originally planned an outdoor, late afternoon brunch for us, but the weather did not cooperate.  The shower moved locations due to the rain, but I have to say, being indoors with all of our friends and family felt really special!  The hosts did such an amazing job putting everything together and making it special for us.  I got emotional just walking inside!  Everything was so beautiful!  I'll let the pictures do the talking...

A hand painted  "O" was hanging on the door, which will soon be part of our nursery! 

Welcome!

All of my favorite things! Pigs-in-blankets, quiches, fruit salad, cinnamon rolls, and Petit Fores!

Lemonade, Bloody Mary's and Mimosas (with Tott's champagne - how clever!) were served.

I loved the yellow touches.  The petit fores have a yellow "O" on them as well

Brandon & Sarah, Ed & Haddy

A jogging stroller!  Thanks Mom & Dad!

 Bringing gifts unwrapped was a brilliant idea!  No clean up from wrapping paper AND everyone can see the gifts.  Baby gifts are so much fun - notice the darling Roo and red Tom's shoes!

These are my wonderful hosts (minus two - Denise left earlier and Michele couldn't make it from Wimberly).  They each received a different color monogrammed John Hart pouch.  

Mich, we missed you and I can't wait to see you soon! 

The hosts: Lisa (expecting a boy in October), Claire (getting married in November), Stacey (getting married in June) and Darby (my best friend since childhood).  Such great friends!!

It's a little one sided!  We shall see! 

I love the small caption below that reads "A horned frog"

Darby & I

Onsies from the Moores, inspired lake attire! 

Stacey & I

Darby, my mom and I

Showered with love!

Tommy, Katie, Rob and Matt

Denise & I, playing with the host gift

We are a tad bit obsessed with baby items at the moment!

As you can see, Denise (one of the hosts) is having a baby in July too!   

She is due a couple weeks before me - how fun!

Everything coordinated in yellow and grey, how thoughtful!!

We are really looking forward to evening walks to the ice cream shop down the street! Yay!

A huge Thank You to the hosts for a wonderful shower and amazing gift!

Sean & Jana

Dennis & Lochie

Stacey, Lindsey, Caroline and Claire

Kara, Sarah & Brandon, Hunter & Denise

Logan, Matt and Rob

Logan was sweet to drive in from San Antonio for the occasion - so sweet!!

Bumbo, Boppy and Brica, Oh My!

Christy & Jana

Tyler, Darby & John

Do they make this for adults?  It looks so comfortable!

Madison & John

My Dad and Darby

We are so fortunate and blessed to have such wonderful family and friends!  Thank you for sharing our excitement in anticipation of our little Baby Opitz!  

The Bump at 30 weeks

So many people have been asking me to post a picture of the baby bump so here it is at 30 weeks!  It is getting big and giving me back pain, but so far the pregnancy has been really good, so I can't complain.  I keep telling Baby Opitz that we are running out of real estate, so if he/she would like to come early, we are okay with that.  Just 10 weeks left until baby Opitz enters the world!!!

While I'm not keen on the idea of posting pictures of myself at my all-time biggest size, there will be more pictures to come after our baby shower tomorrow.  The irony is that the weather predition is actually rain!  We are so excited to see friends and family!!!

Russ was trying to make an appearance on the blog, since there has been next to no news about him, here's an update!  He is doing great; he's such a happy dog.  He has a torquoise bandana on from the Easter weekend at the lake.  Always a fashionable doggie!  I can tell that he is much more gentle around me than he used to be.  I noticed that his bark changed from a deep and intimidating bark to a soft high-pitched bark for about 1-2 months.  Now it's back to normal, but I have no idea what changed and why.  I keep telling him about his new buddy that's on the way and I think he is actually excited and curious!  I can't wait to introduce them! 

Getting Excited about our Baby Shower

I have such great friends and am so blessed that they offered to throw us a baby shower, regardless that just over one year ago, we spent countless months and parties celebrating our upcoming marriage.  Matt and I are working really hard this week on getting the study cleared out, deep cleaned and ready to become the nursery.  If only for a month and a half, it will be a nursery! 

My sweet husband, I have to mention, is handling my 'nesting' instinct with patience and love.  I am really lucky to have him there to crack a joke when things get tense.  His support throughtout this pregnancy has only brought out his best attributes.  He is a wonderful husband.  I know he is going to be the best Dad and I can't wait until the birth, when he is the first person to know if our baby is a girl or a boy!  What an amazing surprise!

So I want to brag on my friend, Denise, who is one of my dear friends hosting our baby shower and is also having a July baby (due 3 weeks before ours).  She designed the invitation for our couples shower happening this Sunday afternoon.  I think it's darling and wanted to share her talents.  All the girls planning the shower are creative with cute original ideas; I can't wait to see what they come up with for the shower!