Maternity Photos

Hi again!

On Saturday, Andy, Wayne-Dog, and I all headed out to a local park to take a few maternity photos before Baby John makes his grand arrival! All the credit goes to Andy for taking some great photos! Yes we're amateurs, but I was still happy with some of the photos we got! :) We did have to get creative and use the ol' timer to take photos of the whole fam, but it worked well enough! Just wanted to share these... boy, we can't wait to meet our little bun-in-the-oven!









All 4 of us! :)
Had to take a few photos of my boys...


Hope you have a great week! As for a baby update, we go back to the doctor tomorrow to see if we've made any progress! Sure feels like it, but we'll see! Take care and God bless!

Love,
Abby, Andy, Baby John, and Wayne-Dog :)

Lubbock Baby Shower

Sorry that photo turned out so dark, but what a great spread!! This blog post is also overdue, but I wanted to share some photos from the Baby Shower here in Lubbock, back on March 20th! It was so nice, and I want to thank all of the hostesses for throwing such a wonderful shower! Unfortunately that Saturday morning, the temperature was 28 degrees, the roads were icy, and everything outside was covered in snow! Besides that, it was a great time! :)

Here's another photo of the main table with better lighting - the food was DELICIOUS! And the decorations were awesome! Alley made the CUTE diaper cake (with Baby John's first Texas Tech outfit to boot!) :) And Mandi made the awesome letters hanging on the window that spell out "John"! We hung those up in the nursery yesterday -- they look GREAT on his wall!!
The beautiful hostesses! From left to right: Erin Johnson (it was at her home), Alley Seifert, (me), Laura Asumssen (my sister-in-law), and Mandi Bergman (also my sister-in-law). Thanks again y'all:
A close-up of the cute letters Mandi made (she also made us some cute burp rags, a hooded towel, and a super cute shopping cart cover... so talented!!!):
The clothes line with little monster outfits... LOVE it!
A few close-ups of the diaper cake! It was LOADED with little goodies all around it and inside of it... Alley did a fantastic job! So creative! :)

A few of the guests/hostesses... (L to R) Alley Seifert, Tina Latimer (one of my good friends and co-workers), and Lisa Myers (another great friend):
Laura and her Mom (or "Pinkie" as John will call her one day) ;)

Some of the Gaschen Sisters: Mimi, Terry, and Lulu. Thanks so much for coming!
The great foam blocks that Laura made for Baby John -- she is so darn creative with that sewing machine!!! Aren't they cute?!

The basket of homemade goodies for Baby John from his Aunt Laura (yes, Laura made just about everything in there!)

The awesome monster hooded towel that Mandi made - she says it'll fit him when he's about 20 years old ;) haha. So it's a little big, but still SO cute!
My niece Shelby... what a cutie!
My other niece Kinsey, with Laura and Lisa:
The girls playing with their mama (Mandi) at the end of the shower:

Well that's about it! We were showered with SO many wonderful, generous gifts! Thank you so much to everyone! We are so blessed - thank you for helping us prepare for Baby John's arrival (which is supposedly 20 days away still, but my OB says he'll be here sooner... and we agree! So who knows, it could even be any day now! We'll see! And we'll keep you updated...) :) Take care and God bless!

Love,
Abby, Andy, Baby John, and Wayne-Dog :)

Houston Baby Shower

This post is WAAAAY overdue (the shower was on March 13th), but I wanted to share it with you anyways... :)

During the first weekend of Andy's Spring Break (boy do I miss that!), Andy, Wayne-Dog and I drove down to Houston to visit our families and for the Baby Shower that my sister Jenny threw for us! We had a BLAST and are SO grateful for the wonderful, generous gifts we received! The shower was great fun (serving wine and margaritas at the shower probably didn't hurt either)! ;-) And Jenny and Mom worked so hard with all the food, games, and decorations! It was jungle themed - even the invites were super cute!

We just wanted to say a special THANK YOU to Jenny and Mom, as well as all the guests who showered us with an abundance of love and gifts! It had been a while since I had seen some of the guests - I sure enjoyed catching up! Here are some photos to enjoy... Thanks again!

The cute sign-in table with a signature mat that read "Welcome Baby John" for everyone to sign:

The SUPER CUTE diaper cake that Jenny made for us made a great centerpiece for the gift table! It was filled with all sorts of goodies!
The clothes line... can't wait for Baby John to wear these!
This one shows the main room with all the decorations and the abundance of gifts! Thanks again to everyone!
Check out this SPREAD!!! yum!
Cute decorations...
I had to get photos of all our guests... these 3 lovely ladies travelled all the way from San Antonio! Nicki (far right) and I were best friends in elementary school and hadn't seen each other in years! She came with her mom and sister, and our moms are still the best of friends.
More of our guests, including my mother-in-law and aunt-in-law from The Woodlands. So glad so many friends and family could make it!


We played some great games - definitely entertaining! This one was funny - it was making fun of pregnant ladies running/waddling to the potty... :) Everyone was a good sport!

Here, Pam (middle) won the prize for winning the "mystery diaper" game... it was pretty gross but funny at the same time! ;-)

Check out the BEAUTIFUL baby quilt that Mom made!!! Baby John will LOVE this special quilt from his Grandma! It has all these cute animals all over it, and she even made the puppy dog look like our very own Wayne-Dog! :)
Mom and me with the beautiful quilt -- she is SO talented!
Jenny and me with the super cute (and loaded!! the photo doesn't do it justice) diaper cake she made!
The Bergman Girls - thanks again, Jen and Mom!
A little belly photo... our profile shot at 31 weeks:
How handsome is this little guy and his mama! Our nephew Ethan was instant entertainment at the shower - all the ladies loved him (and his shirt)!
Playing with Grandma in the tissue paper after the shower -- so much fun!
Here he is the morning of the shower... what a cute kiddo!
Uncle Andy and Ethan up early on Saturday morning... Aunt Abby was jealous that Uncle Andy got to snuggle him!
And of course Wayne-Dog LOVED seeing his cousins Mia (below) and Zoei!
All the pups running and playing together:
We had such a WONDERFUL weekend down in Houston! Thanks again for EVERYTHING! Hope this finds each of you doing well. Take care and God bless!

Love,
Abby, Andy, Baby John, and Wayne-Dog

P.S. Our countdown has just one month to go!!! :-D