Our perfect little Jack is finally here!

After a week with Jack, just being his mommy, I am finally getting back to the world I used to know. Life seems so much more clear and yet more fuzzy. Jack is the best thing to grace my life since...well nothing else has ever been so delightful, precious, fulfilling, peace-bringing and life affirming. Frankly, I feel like my life began the moment he was born.

These photos are late in coming from the lovely baby shower my girlfriends Julie, Steph and April threw for me in July. It was such a beautiful day and we had a wonderful time chatting, eating and opening gifts. Before the shower, my mom hosted my aunt and cousins at her home in the country for lunch...we sat in the sun and ate to our hearts content. What a perfect day with the ones I love!

Just before baby...

With our due date only two weeks away now, we decided we wanted some pictures to commemorate our long journey through pregnancy and to have these memories forever. David's sister Amanda lovingly spent the afternoon with us taking these great pictures, some of which we are going to frame for Jack's room and some for ours. We spent time at the nearby our house at a local park and then went to the rock garden grotto that has always been a beautiful place to take photos! I can hardly believe our little man is so close to being here, but when I look at my belly in these pictures...it becomes even more real.
I am going to try to post our last ultrasound video again too, it was being finicky last time. Our little boy was 5.2lbs as of our 36 week appointment and should now be near 6lbs. He is getting bigger, I can almost feel him growing!

A baby shower for Julie!

Yesterday my girlfriends and I threw a shower for our dear friend Julie....we had a wonderful time and had a chance to take some new pictures together too, and compare our baby bumps! She is due within days of our little guy. We think it's a girl, but she's tight lipped! We'll find out soon enough! How wonderful to be having babies together!