Frankford Shower

This past week my awesome Frankford family (my school) threw a shower for us! The shower was also for two other first time parents that are expecting around the same time as us. We were so blessed by the generosity of the staff as they helped us prepare for Camden's arrival. Here are a few shots from the shower!

Cam's First Shower

Last night we were blessed to have our first shower! Our dear lifegroup friends threw an adorable shower that had the surfer/aloha theme like Camden's room. From pina coladas to Hawaiian chicken skewers to a personalized surfboard cake, everything went with the theme! The food was delicious and the decor was perfect...I now know who to call for future birthday party help. :)

We were also blessed with getting so many great gifts! It was so fun to realize that the presents are for our little boy that will be here in just a few months. All of the couples have kiddos 2 1/2 or younger so I know our gifts will be useful in the coming months.

More than anything we were humbled to see the love and support of our friends. The Lord has truly blessed us with the rare gift of close friends to share life with. We can't wait to see Camden grow up with such a good group of Godly people. Thanks to all for sharing in our exciting time!

Nursery Sneak Peek

We've been working hard on getting Camden's room ready for his arrival! We were so thrilled that we love our bedding and furniture even though we had only seen them online before arriving. What a blessing! The only big bump along the way is a paint mishap. Keeping with the Schulte painting tradition, I picked the wrong color first, so we have to change it. Toby loves this about me! More pics will follow soon, but these pictures should give you an idea. I actually felt a little crafty this past weekend and made the letters. I typically have ideas in my head that never come out quite right, but we were happy with how they look!

Quick Update...26 Weeks

I can't believe how quickly time is flying by! We went to the doctor again today and everything is looking good. I had to take the ever so pleasant glucose test and we are praying that everything comes back good. We should know in just a few days. The doctor is predicting that he will be a fairly big baby, as he already weighs 2 lbs. 3 oz. Crazy! The picture shown here is from a sono we got at 25 weeks since he was asleep at 21 weeks. All the organs look good and he has become very active!

Nursery decorating is in full swing! We have the furniture and bedding, which we love! We chose paint today and will probably paint in the next week. The other big news is that we officially decided on his name...Camden Lloyd Schulte! It makes it so real to call him by name.

It's Beginning to Look a lot like Christmas...

It is hard to believe that Christmas is only 4 days a way! Even though it was 60+ degrees today and sunglasses were needed, Christmas festivities are under way for the Schultes. We finished the semester on Friday and will be heading to Nebraska tomorrow to spend the holidays with Toby's family. I'm sure we will get plenty of "Christmas" weather there.

We've gotten to attend several great Christmas events already this year and the highlights are included. We hosted our lifegroup Christmas party this year. We went to dinner at Brio and then came back to our place for annual ornament (girls) and White Elephant (guys) exchange. As usual, it was a great night! We are so thankful for such an amazing group of friends to share life with. Though the guys were there, I only got pics of the gals from the night.

Last night, I hosted my Baylor girls for our "Girls Night" Christmas Party. It is such a blessing to have five of my close college friends in town. We try to get together often and always have an awesome time at our Christmas party. Dinner, a gift exchange, and a little Mexican train kept us entertained for the night!

Today Toby and I celebrated our last Christmas as a family of two. It is hard to believe that this time next year we will have an 8 month old little boy...we can hardly wait! We exchanged gifts, went to lunch, and watched a movie together. I am so thankful for such a Godly husband who will be the most amazing dad! As usual, he spoiled me with too many gifts.

Merry Christmas to you all!

It's a BOY!!!

We are so excited to find out that we are having a BABY BOY! Wednesday morning we went to Dr. Sadler's office with my parents for our 21 week sonogram. Within 3 seconds, the technician announced it was a BOY. Everything looked really good, but our little guy decided to sleep through the whole thing, even through the poking and bouncing. Because of that we get to go back next month for another sonogram so that they can finish measuring all the organs. We won't mind seeing our sweet BOY again! The tech also said it looks like he has long arms and legs...no surprise seeing that we were in the room with me (5'11"), Toby (6'3"), and my dad (6'4"). My mom was there too. :)

After the appointment we headed to Babies'R'Us to pick up a couple of things for our BOY. Although it was tough, I practiced self control and only purchased 2 sports-themed items. My mom bought a cute puppy set! We then enjoyed a celebratory lunch at Uncle Julio's before we headed back to work.

I feel like knowing that we are having a BOY has made it all feel real! We can't wait to meet him April 2010 and are anxious to start decorating the nursery. Enjoy the pictures!

Big XII Championship

Last Saturday night Toby & I were lucky enough to get great tickets to see Nebraska play in the Big XII Championship. We were unlucky enough to witness a last second, one point loss to the Longhorns. The game was close the whole time and a HUGE defensive battle.

Our seats were awesome and Toby even made national TV! He got like 15 texts at the beginning of the game that people had seen him when Texas ran out of the tunnel. My uncle also sent us a link to us in the background of a picture in the Austin paper. It is found at http://www.statesman.com/sports/mediahub/media/slideshow/index.jsp?tId=204637, picture 112.

Even though the Huskers lost, we were glad to go support the BIG RED!