Carissa and I have felt incredibly blessed! We had two awesome baby showers that have completely filled our extra bedroom with diapers, clothes, furniture and all the wonderful baby necessities!
Our first one was in College Station, thrown by Erin Mosier and Jenn Bacak. This was a female only shower so Matt and I hung out and ate breakfast tacos in downtown Bryan... wow, I have NEVER seen a breakfast taco so big. Anyways, the shower was a diaper shower and we got around 600 diapers!! We were told that should last about a week...haha! Kristin, our sister-in-law, made an awesome diaper cake, check out the pictures bellow.
Our second shower of the month was hosted by an awesome couple from our church, Curtis and Cheryl Nikelson. This was a couples shower so I (Nick) got to open gifts too... WAHOO!!! Again, we were overwhelmingly blessed by all the stuff that we got. Our little girl is going to be set!
Matt and Erin came in for Spring Break and stayed with us for about a week. Matt was in town working at the National Weather Service for his internship and Erin hung out with Carissa. It was awesome getting to hang out with them for such an extended time. Erin and Carissa took turns making dinner and we all hung out in the afternoons. Carissa and Erin took on the project of making the letters for the baby's name to hang in her room. They turned out AWESOME!! We have two names picked out and we are pretty sure we know which one we are going to choose but have not made the FINAL decision yet... tune in to find out :D
On a sad note, we had to put our little Tucker to sleep while Matt and Erin were in town. He got extremely sick and the Vet. told us that there was nothing that we could do to help him. He would have suffered his whole life which wouldn't have lasted for very long. Carissa and I had a really hard time with having to put him to sleep but we both new it was for the best. We miss him sooo much but are thankful that for the short time that he was alive we got to spend it with him. Just before he started to get sick we took him to the park, here are some cute pics...
We participated in a 5k called Stride for Stroke. You might remember that a member of our church passed away a couple of months ago of a stroke, so Carissa decided to do the 5k in memory of her. Carissa walked it and Connor(Carissa's brother), Chad (Our Assoc. pastor) and I ran it. I was SO proud of my amazing, 8 month pregnant wife for doing this, what an awesome accomplishment!!
Our friends, Krista and Henry got married on March 22... YAY... We were so excited for them! The whole weekend was awesome! Krista and her parents made everything but the actual wedding completely about everyone else. I dont think that Carissa was even spoiled as much on her wedding day as she was on the days leading up to Krista and Henry's wedding. Unfortunately Carissa got VERY sick the morning of the wedding and we had to be admitted into the Labor and Delivery at the hospital. She was throwing up, running a fever, and having lower back and abdominal cramping. We got to the hospital and they determined that she was experiencing contractions because she was so dehydrated and sick. They ran a bunch of test, hydrated her, and monitored the baby over night and we were able to leave the hospital around noon the next day. It took a while for her to recover but now she is doing much better. Sadly, we weren't able to go to the wedding but Carissa sure did have an awesome hair-do at the hospital, she had sucked it up that morning and actually got her hair done for the wedding.
Only 33 days until our due date!! We both think that she will be here earlier but I guess we will see. Carissa has already decided that she has overstayed her welcome!
Hope everyone is doing well! Sorry again for the lack of posting!
-nv
5 comments:
Yay for an update! It's about time you guys.
So sounds like you guys had some awesome showers, but who is this Erin Rogers girl?
I can't wait to find out which name you choose! I hope it's the one we made letters for :)
We hope Mini Vann gets here soon too! We are super excited about meeting our little "niece"!
Love you guys!
Matt and Erin
The 2 of yall are looking great! I hope the rest of the pregnancy goes smoothly and cant wait to find out the baby's name.
Yay for the big post! You guys look so great and it sounds like you're having a blast preping for parenthood.
Carissa, I hear early contractions like that are totally normal, but painful - you are so much braver than me!! You're little one just wanted you guys to have some practice getting to the hospital quickly :-)
I'm so sad to hear about Tucker! Dogs become part of your family so fast; I know that was terribly hard to put him down but I'm sure you'll find another furry friend to love.
We're praying for you guys as the big day draws closer. What incredible blessings you have in store!!
-Jess
awwww soo great! love it! miss you guys.
We are all so very excited here in the office at SCBC. Carissa, you are such beautiful Mommy-to-Be. God bless both of you and we're praying for you.
Love Ya'll
Renay
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