Little baby boys are still wearing the same thing!!! This weekend Lee's family in Montgomery threw me a baby shower, and it was a BLAST! Lee's mom, Mrs. Julie (Lolli), is the absolute master of creativity and "sentimentalism"- if that is such a word. In Knox's closet now hangs ALL of Lee's bubbles and Jon Jons and diaper shirts that he wore when he was a baby. I could NOT believe how cute they are...STILL (and how many she kept)! I had to take a pic to show you how not much has changed since then! The two outfits on the outside are Lee's when he was a baby and the one in the middle is the very first outfit that Lee and I bought baby Knox together. Almost identical! I love it. The funny thing is that when we found out that we were having a boy I think that some people were scared that I wouldn't like this kind of stuff, but I actually love it! I know that its not for everyone (my brother thinks I am CRAZY to put these clothes on my baby boy), but I have really come to love them (O.K...still trying to adjust to the day gown thing, but I definitly love bubbles and jon jons), so I am very thankful that Lolli saved these for me to have (and I am thankful that she has her own sewing room and computer system at her house and is pretty much a genius in the sewing department). She also made the day gowns for Knox to come home from the hospital in! She's amazing:
Not to mention that she completed and gave me Lee's baby book that is VERY detailed. I definitely teared up when I opened these sweet gifts and saw all the precious pictures of Lee growing up. I am really hoping Knox favors his daddy! :) Thanks Lolli! We hope you know how much we love and appreciate ALL that you do for us!
I am waaaay too tired to post the pics from the shower, but I will do so as soon as life gets back in order a little bit. Funny thing is that I thought I was ready for Knox to come (possibly 1 and a half to 2 weeks away), but after family visiting and bringing a house full of baby stuff, along with the baby shower, my perfectly clean, organized, and orderly nursery is CRAZY! I am so thankful my sister was here to take the lead and start the "organization intervention". She is the queen of cleanliness and organization. She has 3 little girls and at any time you could stop by her house and literally eat a meal off of her kitchen floor...it's THAT clean. She is on top of it to say the least, and I aspire to be like her one day. Who knew that there was so much to be "pre-washed" for a baby?? I definitely didn't, but sister did. We busted a move and got a TON of stuff done Saturday night, which made me feel a tad bit better. Robyn is a rock star. I love you, sister! Thank you so much for being the best big sister in the world!
I am waaaay too tired to post the pics from the shower, but I will do so as soon as life gets back in order a little bit. Funny thing is that I thought I was ready for Knox to come (possibly 1 and a half to 2 weeks away), but after family visiting and bringing a house full of baby stuff, along with the baby shower, my perfectly clean, organized, and orderly nursery is CRAZY! I am so thankful my sister was here to take the lead and start the "organization intervention". She is the queen of cleanliness and organization. She has 3 little girls and at any time you could stop by her house and literally eat a meal off of her kitchen floor...it's THAT clean. She is on top of it to say the least, and I aspire to be like her one day. Who knew that there was so much to be "pre-washed" for a baby?? I definitely didn't, but sister did. We busted a move and got a TON of stuff done Saturday night, which made me feel a tad bit better. Robyn is a rock star. I love you, sister! Thank you so much for being the best big sister in the world!
My sweet mother (Ri-Ri) pretty much cleared out the rest of the registry and got us a ton of basic baby things...which is exactly what we needed since this is our first child. Thanks, Missy! It is very overwhelming to look into Knox's room right now with all this baby stuff everywhere. I have become a little weird about keeping things neat, clean, and orderly myself so sitting in here updating this blog is probably the LAST thing that I should be doing (but I had to take a break :) ).
Lastly, I wanted to give a shout out to Aunt B and Jennifer for hosting the shower. All the decorations and preparation = AMAZING! I can't thank you enough for taking the time to plan this for me. I am so thankful to call you family. The Lord has really blessed me by placing you in my life...it has helped the transition to Montgomery tremendously!
On a serious note, before I get back to the craziness, I wanted to ask you for your prayers. I am very excited about having this baby and starting a family with Lee, but I am really struggling with being sad over the fact that my one on one time with my husband is about to be GONE! It has really started to hit me over the past few weeks that life will never be the same...for at least a good 20 something years! I love my time with Lee, and I am a little sad that there won't be much of it in the very near future. I am also very nervous about the transition at home when Knox comes a.k.a. breastfeeding, sleeping, not having any prior knowledge on how to raise a baby, being away from my family, etc. I think that my head knows that our awesome Father will provide for all of our needs for our family, but my heart is struggling with it a little bit. Does this make sense?? Please just pray for me that I would not be anxious or overwhelmed too badly, and that I would just lay my heart at the foot of the cross...and leave it there.
