A "surprise" baby shower!

Even though I had several offers (and thank you to all of you wonderful people), I wasn't having a baby shower this time around. It hadn't been that long since Cole was an infant, I'm a hoarder, so I kept everything from when he was a baby. In other words, we didn't need anything, plus we are expecting another boy, we didn't even really need clothing-that's how much I hoard.

I want to add that I love my military family. You meet so many people in this lifestyle that you would've never had the privilege to otherwise. I'm grateful for every single relationship (the good and the bad ones) that I've made as an Air Force spouse. Each one has taught me something that I will be able to take with me the rest of my life. 

My newest friend, Shelby, decided that she wanted to throw Josh and I a fandom baby shower. She worked, in secret, with my mom for a few weeks putting this shower together. Even the people in Josh's shop knew about it, and we were none the wiser. About a week before, Shelby let us in on the big secret. She wanted to make sure we didn't make plans and miss our own party. Seriously, could she be any sweeter?! I love you, Shelby, you have the biggest heart, and I'm so happy to call you my friend!

I'd say it was a pretty successful shower, especially considering we were there for 5 hours! We had so much fun, I didn't remember to take my normal million pictures-oops! After this weekend, I'm even more excited for baby Stormageddon to get here and feel the love that surrounds him.

Cupcakes with so much nerdiness, it made them taste even better than they already did!

 I thought Cole was going to take off with the silverware bucket, he's really into Spider-Man right now! Even while I'm typing this, Cole saw, and came up to me yelling "Spider! Spider!"

 Okay, so this isn't actually a party decoration, but I love the Lanning's cookie jar so much, it needed to have its picture taken! 

Before we knew about the shower, this was supposed to be hung on our door for us to find!

How cute are these two?! I showed Cole this picture of him and Sophia, and he said "Look! It's Phia, it's PHIIIIIAAAAAAA!" P.S. How cute is Sophia's "Doctor Who" dress?! Love it.

I can't believe it's May already!

Holy smokes! I'm due this month. I just can't believe it. This is unreal, in a very short while, I'm going to be someone's mommy, and I can't stop smiling when I think about it.

Josh and I had our 36 week appointment yesterday, and it went beautifully! Major Pam said that at this point they're considering me term even though I'm not 37 weeks, which I took to mean she thinks it could be any day now! Will it be? Probably not, but it's giving me hope! Major Pam also told us that she thinks the baby will weigh in just over 7 pounds. It's amazing how much she can tell just by holding my belly a certain way.

I'm pretty confident that by our next appointment for centering (which is just 2 weeks from yesterday) Josh and I will be the only ones left. Our group isn't that big and a majority of the members come and go as they please. Really there are only 3 of us that constantly show up, one of the ladies has scheduled her c-section (she's had a previous c-section otherwise she'd be waiting it out like the rest of us) for the day before our next appointment. The other lady is already experiencing contractions, they're just not close enough together to do anything. That leaves me. Oh well. This babe is coming when he chooses to and that's okay with me. I'm dying to meet him, but I'd rather do it on his terms.

In other news, I had my second baby shower Saturday, this time around there were no "life-threatening storms" in the area. Oh Nebraska, how I miss you sometimes! Josh and I are so grateful to everyone that showed up. I'm so excited for this baby, he isn't even born yet, and so many people are showing their love for him. He's one lucky kiddo. I think out of everything we received (thank you to everyone by the way) I was most touched that Gina, Josh's mom, sent us a bunch of his old baby stuff. I would've never thought to hang on to some of Etcha's baby clothes, but I know I'm going to now!

T-minus 6 weeks

To begin, Josh and I would like to say thank you to everyone that took the time to come to my baby shower. I know the weather was crummy, and I appreciate that you risked it for me. I hope everyone had a great time, and was able to get home safely. Thank you cards will be headed your way shortly!

It's a little crazy that yesterday's shower was for me. I've been to a ton of baby showers, but this one was for me. I know that we're going to have a baby, I've been aware of this fact for quite some time now, but it really hit home yesterday when I got to see everyone joining together to honor Etcha. Thank you, thank you, thank you. I can't say it enough. Thank you.