When All Your Dreams Come True

Baby Webb 

is here!

Born August 4, 2011.

7 pounds 11 ounces, 21 inches long.

He is absolutely perfect and a complete dream come true.

I love watching Marcus just love him and take care of him. 

It is too sweet and I feel like the luckiest person in the world.

Things were a little scary getting him here and really didn't go as I had hoped for. I am so incredibly grateful for modern medicine and realize what a wonderful miracle it is to have my baby safe in my arms today. I love him with all of my heart and will post his birth story along with lots of pictures when I get home from the hospital.

More Playing

Last night Marcus and I went mini golfing.  It took me a little while to get the hang of it with my big belly in the way, but after a few holes I was good.  It was a beautiful night, a little cooler after all of the rain, but still sunny and gorgeous.  Can anyone else not believe it is already August?  I can't.  I don't know where the summer has gone!

It seems like every night when we go to sleep we're thinking, well, this could be it.  This could be our last night without a little baby.  It seems that way with everything we do.  I am pretty sure this is the last time I'll go mini golfing without having a baby. :)

Rainbow Snow

So it's the 28th, my due date, and just so everyone knows, baby Webb has not made his appearance yet.  I am not surprised.  Marcus and I are just hanging out today and enjoying the summer.  It is hot outside.  We decided we wanted to go get a shaved ice, but had no clue where an ice shack was.  We had to drive around for awhile to find one, but man was it worth it.  I couldn't believe all of the flavors they had -- they even had a wedding cake flavor and a toxic waste.  Marcus said the flavors I got were kid flavors.  I kinda feel like all shaved ice flavors are kid flavors?  Not completely sure though. :)

I really love my husband.

39+ Weeks

I cannot believe that I only have a few days until my due date.  My last day of work was Friday, so now I feel like this little baby can come whenever he is ready.  For some reason I feel like he won't be here until after my due date, and probably into August.  I really have no way of knowing though, so I definitely could be wrong.

I remember feeling like I would never be pregnant, and now here I am about to have a baby.  I cannot believe how quickly the time has passed, and I am trying to enjoy every last little bit of this pregnancy.  Even though things are getting more and more uncomfortable, I am still enjoying feeling this little baby move and am amazed at the miracle of pregnancy.  I cannot believe that at this point there is a full-sized human baby inside of me. :)  It is so amazing.  I feel so grateful to be pregnant and for this baby boy that we already love so much.

It still seems unreal that at any point now we will be bringing our little boy home.  It definitely seems like something that I can't really believe until he is here.  I think with being so close I just can't stop thinking about what a miracle it all is, and how grateful I am to be here.

So here it is, possibly my last belly picture.  We can't wait to meet our little guy.

The Nursery

So the nursery is finally finished.  With the exception of a few empty frames that will hold the little baby's newborn photos and a place on a shelf for a darling embroidery my mom is making, we are there.

This nursery has seriously been a labor of love from so many people.  I have had so many people help and contribute.  It really came together pretty much just how I wanted it to and Marcus and I already find ourselves just sitting in there hanging out. 

So here it is, an overload of pictures.

Some of the details:

I absolutely love the way the mobile I made turned out.  My little brother made the wooden part for me and finished it just before he left on his mission.

Tierra made me this incredible quilt and the matching pillow that I absolutely love.  The colors are perfect and it is exactly what I would have picked out if she hadn't surprised me.  I am so lucky to have such a talented, generous sister!

My homemade pelmet box and cute print from Etsy.

We painted this cheap little spice rack from Ikea to make this cute mini bookshelf.

Our favorite little jellycat animals.

I really, really, really wanted this hamper for a long time before we ever got pregnant.  I had told Marcus it would be absolutely perfect for a nursery someday.  Well, of course he remembered, and he surprised me with it on Valentine's Day.

My homemade picture frame, the perfect little wooden car that we found at Pike's Place in Seattle and some more shelves from Ikea.

The giraffe vinyl was a custom order from this Etsy seller and the changing pad cover was also from Etsy.

Now all we need is our sweet little baby!  We seriously can't wait for him to get here.

Seattle: Part 2 {The Rest of the Trip}

We had so much fun in Seattle.  We stayed in a home right on the Puget Sound and had such a beautiful view.  It was gorgeous and so green, and the weather was cool but absolutely perfect.

We loved wandering Pike's Place and looking at all of the stands of fruits and vegetables, fish, and rows and rows of beautiful flowers.  Everything was so bright and fresh!

We loved the crazy seafood at the Crab Pot.  I was honestly a little bit scared of it when they dumped it all out on the table, but it was so delicious!  I loved the shrimp (once I got over the fact that I had to pull off their heads with their little beady eyes...) and the crab.  Jackson was crazy and kept slurping up mussels, clams and oysters.  Scary!

We explored the space needle, science museum, music project, and the aquarium.  We definitely kept ourselves busy!

...and of course I have to include the crazy picture from the space needle...hah, it's awful but it's the only picture I have with all of us in it!  There are so many weird things going on in this picture...

We watched the Atlanta Braves beat the Mariners at the Safeco Field and the boys went golfing at Chambers Bay.

It was so nice to have such a fun trip but I must admit I was relieved when I got home without having my baby in Seattle.  It was so much fun to spend time with my family and a great last vacation before this baby comes!

Seattle: Part 1 {The Race}

{And the reason} for our trip to Seattle.  (June 24 - July 1)

Last fall Marcus and I decided to sign up to run the Seattle Rock-N-Roll half marathon.  We convinced all of my sisters to sign up as well and decided to make a family trip of it.  A few weeks later I ended up getting pregnant, so I knew I wasn't going to be running this race, but luckily everyone else still was and it made for the perfect excuse to take a week long vacation to explore Seattle.

Everyone was nervous and excited the night before the race and Seattle was CRAZY with thousands and thousands of people getting ready for this big event.  It was a weird feeling for me to not be running with everyone but I got up Saturday morning to cheer the runners on with Nate and his kids.  We camped out at mile 12, but with 26,000 runners I somehow missed seeing Marcus, Mike (Elise's fiance was able to take my place in the race) and Tierra and only got to cheer for Katie and Elise.

Everyone did such a good job and you could just tell how thrilled they were to be finished.  I was proud to be there cheering these five on!

Marcus did awesome and said he loved the race, loved running at sea level and that the course was beautiful.  I know he would love to do it again someday, so maybe that time I will get to experience it.