Weekend of showers

We decided to have a weekend where Ashley could have a bridal shower and I would have my baby shower to make it easier for out of town family and friends. It was a crazy weekend.

We started out with Ashley's shower on Saturday, October 24th from 2-4pm at the Savannah Greens Clubhouse. It was hosted by me and Mom. Chris and Ashley are going on a Disney Cruise in the Caribbean for their honeymoon.

Ashley and her cake

Appetizers

Punch and drink table

Ashley and her gifts

Group shot #1

Group shot #2

My baby shower was on Sunday, October 25th from 1-3pm at the Savannah Greens Clubhouse. It was hosted by my future and current sister-in-laws, Ashley Cruze, Lindsey Hitt, and Kami Logsdon

Party hosts

Gotta have a bow on the baby picture

Side view - 31 weeks

All the Grandmas: Doris Derry, Sandy Derry, Me and Baby, Carol Logsdon, Joanne Logsdon, and Judy Kipfer

Kelsie, Kamille, Sherry, Mom, and Karissa

Ashlea, Grandma Derry, Breanne, and Joann

Janel Reed, Jessica Woods, Kelly Elgin, and Brooke Grieder

Melanie Schaafsma, Kristen Strom, and Megan Prentice

Carol Logsdon, Molly Stillwell, Susan Rogers, and Joanne Logsdon

Carol, Audrey, Judy, and Lindsey - 4 generations

Gift table

Diaper cake made by Ashlea Heier-Derry

30 weeks

I am now 30 weeks and I can’t believe it. I love feeling her kick all the time. It just seems like she is moving so much. The doctor gave me a pamphlet on movement and asked me to count her movements per hour. He said on average a baby will move or kick about 3 hours a day. Our baby is well over that average. She will move and kick for a long period of time.

30 weeks

Here is my favorite baby quote from my brother, Chris. I was around 24 weeks or so and Chris wanted to feel the baby move. He put his hand on my belly and she kicked. He got a smile on his face and looked excited. He then asked, “Are you flexing your muscles?” I laughed and said that there are NO more muscles there to flex at all. Yep…my belly is hard, but it is all baby!

Candi at 25 weeks

Mom saw me and decided that I needed another picture of my baby bump. The shirt really showed off how big she was getting. She is definitely getting a lot more active. Last weekend, she was kicking really hard. I lifted up my shirt to look at my bare belly and could see exactly where she was kicking. It just makes it so real to not only feel but now see how much she is growing. It has now become my favorite past time to just watch her move. I am enjoying pregnancy so much.

Candi at 25 weeks

Candi at 23 weeks

We decided that I am definitely showing a cute little baby bump. People at work have been commenting that I am looking pregnant now.

Candi at 23 weeks

It's a GIRL!!!

We went to the doctor on September 1st to get another ultrasound for a second chance to see what gender the baby was. The doctor said he was sure it was a girl this time. Yay!!!! She wasn't very active during this appointment. Her knees were at her nose and her feet were over her head. It didn't look like a comfortable position to me but it helped the doctor see exactly what her gender was. I thought the doctor would give us another cute picture to share on the blog this time. Instead he took a close up of her with an arrow pointing at her girl parts. I figured for sake of my baby not post that one for the world to see. We are excited to welcome our baby girl into the world and can't wait to take our first family picture.

Candi at 20 weeks

Here is an updated picture of me at 20 weeks. We took one a few weeks ago, but there really wasn't much change from the first picture we posted. I am sure my bump will grow a lot more in the next few weeks.

I have been feeling baby a LOT lately. Joe got to feel the baby last Friday for the first time. He was so excited. Mom and Grandma felt the baby on Tuesday night this week. It is so much fun to feel the baby moving!

It's a girl...we think...

The doctor said the cord was in the way most of the time so he tried his hardest to look around and see if the cord would move. After 20 minutes, he finally looked up at us and said he thought it was a girl. I asked him what made him think it was a girl and he showed us one picture with three small lines that usually means girl. Hopefully you will be able to see the lines in the picture below. It was only on the screen for a short period of time so he scheduled me for another sonogram on September 1st just to make sure. I don’t think the doctor would have said anything if he wasn’t pretty positive about the gender. I will keep everyone posted, but for now we are buying girl stuff and saving the receipts.

The doctor put his curser on the left side to point out the three lines which usually mean it is a girl.

You can see the baby's arm in this picture

You can see a little hand here

You can see the face pretty well here