Owls are everywhere these days and sooo cute!

I know all I do is show ya'll cute stuff lately but I had to share. How cute is the night light that Melanie Phister sent us! It was such a sweet and thoughtful thing to do! And as if it wasn't cute enough on it's own, it is even more precious when it lights up. And every nursery needs a good night light!

And in case anyone is checking out the date...our due date was two months from yesterday! Again, where did all of our time go??? The good news is that today our friend TJ's employees are finishing up painting the furniture for the nursery! SO that means that we can possibly start to put the nursery together this weekend. Which means that these adorable owl items will have a place to live. Isn't this lamp fabulous? I love it and the soft glow it gives off. I thought about putting it in my room for a little while to enjoy until the nursery is ready. But I put it up somewhere safe until I can put it on the shelf in the nursery instead! Carolyn is the responsible party for encouraging more Owl's in my home! She says the lamp is for the baby, as is the onesie, but the Owl hand woven in Kenya is more for me, and as I sat on the sofa last night reading, the owl sat with me.

A healthier cupcake!

Both Katie and Nancy are trying to help me reign in my eating habits! They both have given me another way to enjoy cupcakes withou over indulging in the cake and frosting. Nancy gave "Baby Hoot" (as she and Roger call him/her) this adorable cupcake shaped bank! And KAtie sent me these precious little onesies that came shaped like little cupcakes.

Guest Blogger! Elizabeth Visits for the 4-D Ultrasound

Hi Everyone! I came to visit for Allison's ultrasound and to supervise her life - its what I do best ; ). Anyway, it was a wonderful experience to get to meet Baby Godwin 10 weeks before he/she starts breathing oxygen. (PS How weird is it that the baby is floating in liquid one minute and the next will be outside and no longer connected to Allison's insides? I ask these things because Allison continually forces me to listen to the scary...err... i mean beautiful details of her pregnancy!) Michael and I were quite the entourage at the Dr's office today! (And when the staff asked why she needed so many people in the Ultrasound Room- I let the staff know that "She is just that high maintenance!") OK - enough teasing of my fabulous sister, and on to the precious little one who will hopefully inherit my long legs and my sense of humor.

Baby G is most definitely in for a lot of love when he or she makes their way out of the womb - because i am obsessed. And you will be too when you see this picture:

Hello Gorgeous! Does this say "I am an angel and Obviously I have some EXTREMELY awesome genes" or what? Baby G was fast asleep when the lovely ultrasound tech was shoving the tool thingy in his or her face. Which led to a really unpleasant face which I have seen on Allison's face more than once (mainly in 7th grade when i needed the phone and she was on it).

Next up was Baby G's foot - or what we could get without seeing the "special parts" that we had to avoid.

So there is the "First" footprint and to me it looks like Baby G is lucky enough to avoid the scary IRVIN foot - i don't see a large bunion in the making so YEAH for the Godwin genes prevailing!

We attempted to check out the hands - but Baby G likes to chew on his or her hands... so all we could see were the hands in the mouth. Which is pretty durn cute!

And on to the other baby body parts! Below is Baby G's chest, chin, and arm. You can see the large portion of his or her's 3 pounds 6 ounces! That is the Baby's weight now. Allison has like a quart and a half size baby in her... so the next time you go the grocery, grab a quart of milk or cream and then tuck it under your shirt or pants and then we can sympathize! Plus she has like all that amniotic fluid which she estimates to be couple of pints (so you can grab some creamers for that and tuck those into your pants too) and then we can understand the baby belly! I think i will go do that tomorrow... just to see what kind of reaction I can get... Maybe i will post those for her next week.

So back to the baby... Here is one last shot. And its a good one! You

have to love a baby pic when the nose is smooshed up to the uterine wall (is that how you spell uterine?) and the tiny foot is up to the hand! How precious? This baby is a lamb! And I cannot wait to teach it Raffi songs, and then how to pester his or her mother the way she pestered me as a child and as she does now occasionally!

Well, Allison is telling me that I am done posting and done drinking wine! But I hope everyone enjoys the Baby G pics! Who is ready to meet the little one!! ME!!!!!

I swear this is my very last Bham Post!

But I had to post these pictures! After the shower, Nancy, Sarah Kathryn, Catherine, Shelley and I all got some time to hang out. They had all been together since Friday working on the shower: Nancy as the boss, Shelley as the artistci one, Catherine as the translator for SHelley and Nancy, and Sarah Kathryn as Nancy's B**ch, or as Sarah Kathryn preferred to be known the wild card! But after the shower was over we all just got a little time to go shopping and grab dinner.

Though no one needed to go to the Galleria I dragged them there to hit up Gap Maternity. Oddly Sarah Kathryn, and Catherine decided they would rather run an errand with Shelley then shop maternity, so Nancy came with me. When the rest of them arrived at the Gap this is what they found:

Now I have never actually used the fake tummy in the maternity stores when trying on clothes, they serve as great fun for your friends who are not pregnant! Catherine never tried one on, but her are SK and Shelley. And I will also note that no Gap employees ever came back there to find us playing!

More from Birmingham...

I had so much fun seeing everyone and I got a couple of things that are very Hoot appropriate so I must share a couple of items...there sooo cute.

The above gifts are from Katie Austin and Sarah Kathryn. SK got the adorable owl that is both girl and boy with its pink feet and blue wings. And Katie had an artist in Mobile paint the precious owl and squirrel to go in our Beatrix Potter Nursery! Aren't they adorable?
Now how cute is this Vera Bradley Diaper Bag! Belle said she just had to get it, and I completely love it! As Belle pointed out it is not too girly or boyish and you have to know the new pattern or look up close to see the owls. How cute are they?

Birmingham Shower

So I am getting caught up on all my posting. So sorry but last week was a crazy week at work and at school. And though I think things will remain pretty busy I am now getting a bit overwhelmed about what is to come. This morning I recieved an email from "whattoexpect.com" and they were kind enough to remind me that I have only 10 weeks to go! 10 WEEKS????? How did this all happen so fast? Now as I try to avoid a panic attack I will share all the fun stuff on my Birmingham shower. It was sooo much fun! And even more fun to see everybody. We don't have an opportunity to get together enough!