38 weeks

2 weeks away...here is the belly shot Thad took yesterday before church. Don't judge...at least
you can't see the cankles! Ha!

Warning!! Lots of nursery pics

This is the picture I ordered off of Etsy.com to hang in the bathroom. So adorable!

Well, it is finally finished! The pictures still don't do it justice but it feels so great to be done. And just in time! Only 2 weeks left! I have only one more thing to add...and it is currently being made. A friend of mine is painting a canvas to hang in the room that will match everything and have a sweet verse on it. I can't wait to see it. Her website is to the left if you are interested in checking it out!

Lastly, a couple pics of the boys!!

Getting Close

Well, we are officially 37 weeks as of tomorrow. I can't believe it is almost here. We had a doctors appointment on Thursday and everything is going great. I am 50% effaced and not dilated as of yet. We had our last sonogram of our little one and he has the chubbiest cheeks ever! It is so wonderful. The sono estimated about 6.5 pounds but the doctor thought he was closer to 6 or just a little over. If this turns out to be correct, we could end up having an 8-8.5 pound baby on our hands! I just love chubby baby cheeks so I am thrilled.

Here are a couple of pics of the sweet things that Sam will be wearing at the hospital and as he comes home!

This first pic is of the outfit he will wear for the hospital picture. It is the sweetest gown given to us by our friends Brad and Jessica. I just love it because it is so soft and cuddly!

This is the outfit he will wear home. It is so precious to me. It has the hand stitched stork on the hat and on the onesie. The entire outfit is outlined with satin and it is so delicate. He also will be wearing hand knitted booties made by a sweet lady that my mom works with. The blanket that is beneath this outfit was made by my great aunt Rachel. It is beautiful!


He is all packed and ready to go!! Anytime now!!

New easy posting

Finally, our new computer is set up! Woo hoo! This post will contain many pictures of our two last showers. We are so ready for this baby! Only 3 1/2 weeks left. I can't believe it! The last piece of the nursery will be here next Wednesday and then I will post the completed pictures. I am so happy with how everything turned out.

So, this shower was hosted by the pharmacy. We had a great time! It was held at my manager's house...who is from Iran. His wife is from Morocco...so needless to say...the food was amazing and very different. I absolutely loved it! We received so many wonderful things! I miss all of those people already!

Our last shower was hosted by 7 of my closest friends from church. We are all in the same small group and have really become close over the past few years. Everyone was so generous. They got us our McClaren stroller that we wanted so badly and many other precious things like personalized stationary and monogrammed overalls!
My mom, myself, and my grandma

Thad's mom and myself

The hostesses!

Dana and myself

We have started our weekly appointments now. We went last Thursday and found out that baby Schaefer is no longer breech. Praise the Lord! We have a sonogram tomorrow to confirm his position and hopefully get an estimate on his weight! Here are the latest belly pics...sadly about 3 weeks ago! I'll do a more recent one soon!

Bad blogger

It has been forever! We are in the process of switching everything to our new laptop and blogging on this old computer takes forever. I have tons of pics to post once that happens. We have had 2 more showers since the last post and little Sam's room is completely ready! I can't believe we are only 5 weeks away from meeting him. We had our childbirth class this past weekend and it was actually very good. More importantly, I won a free baby sling that is adorable at class so I can carry that little man around with me whenever. We start our weekly appointments this week so I will blog again on Friday when we know how he is doing.

I completely forgot to mention the most significant thing about this past week....I'm officially retired!!! Well, at least for a year...Thad always reminds me of that very important detail. I am loving being off of work, especially now that the dreaded side effect of retaining fluid has set in. I have to say, looking like an oompa loompa isn't the greatest thing but it does get me great foot rubs now and then!

I also think that "nesting" has set in just a bit. I seem to be in such a hurry to make sure everything is perfect. I have done all of the baby's laundry (towells, blankets, clothes, socks) and have his bag all packed. I figure if I go into sudden labor and Thad needs to come and grab things, I would rather him guess on my stuff rather than Samuel's! I mean, baby needs to look great for his debut! Today is the day for finding room in the kitchen for the massive amount of baby items that will go in there. This is a huge task...we'll see if it gets done!

Showers bring May flowers!

Over the past 2 weeks, we have had two very wonderful showers for the boy! They have been so wonderful and the generosity of so many people has made us feel overwhelmed with love. The first was on February 28th in my hometown. It was a very cold, snowy morning but very warm with love inside. It was hosted by 5 of my cousins and my aunt Linda. The decorations and food were so great and it was wonderful to see so many faces I know and love. The shower was held at the church where I grew up. Samuel was spoiled for sure. We got SO many personalized gifts as well as our swing and a lot of other necessities. We received 3 hand made blankets made by family and friends which I am so excited about. The four runner was absolutely packed headed back to Dallas. I don't think anything else could have fit in it. Here are some pics!







Claire was such a big help!

Andrea made us this incredible scrapbook calendar!


On March 7th, my stepmom Dana and some girlfriends gave us a shower here in Dallas. It was gorgeous! Once again, they went overboard and spoiled us even more. The shower was at my dad and stepmom's house. We raked in some more great personalized gifts and so many precious things. I think everyone did completely too much! I am still amazed at the love when I look at everything we already have. We still have a shower to go! Whew!















Unfortunately, we still do not have any of our furniture yet! 14 weeks and counting...ridiculous! I finally decided to put some things in the closet today to get them out of gift bags and feel a bit more organized.




Just a FEW of the special "Samuel" things from both showers. Don't know why blogger flipped the pic.

Looks like all we need now is some furniture....and a baby of course!