showers

Last week, Josh and I went to North Carolina to visit our family. While we were there our mom's had a couple baby showers for Ava. We had a shower from Josh's stepmom and dad at their church. Then we had a shower from Josh's mom at her house. Finally we had a virtual shower from my mom at her house, we were able to skype with other family members that were unable to attend. We are so blessed to have so many people that are willing to do things for us.

One big change for us has been that we no longer have Petee. We were able to give him back to the lady we adopted him from. We realized it would be selfish for us to keep him. Our lifestyle is changing and we can no longer accommodate all of Petee's needs. Josh talked to the lady that took back Petee this morning. She said that she will be keeping him and not adopting him out, She commented on how well behaved he is and that issues she had with him before no longer exist, I guess we took care of him pretty well.
Another change is that Josh has started grad school. Last night we went out to dinner at BW3's  with a group (about 50) people from the program Josh is entering into. It was awesome and so nice for Josh to really feel a part of something so great. We have some challenges ahead of us but we are very excited about them. God has blessed us graciously and we are ready to take on whatever comes next.

Cake from our first shower

My mom wanted to have everything pink :)

Everything from the showers

The unpacking begins...