Baby Shower Weekend

Sorry it has taken me a couple days to get this up here!

This past weekend was my baby shower. It was GREAT! I had so much fun and my mom, sister and a couple friends did a great job putting it together. I have some pictures from it, but my camera was taking blurry pictures for some reason. So I need to upload the ones from my moms camera still- they are much better and she took a lot more than I did! But for now... here are a couple pictures from the shower! (and again- I apologize that so many are so blurry! I dont know what happened!)

First I will start with Sams outfit. I went to Old Navy and got her a cheap pair of flip flops, and then spruced them up! I think they turned out adorable and Sam was in love with them!







Her matching hairbows (notice the french braids? I told her she got to wear her new shoes if she sat still so I could do her hair... that was all it took! She didnt move the whole time I was doing it! LOL!)





Here is her whole outfit. You cant really tell though because this one is SO blurry. Im not sure what happened :(



Here is the AMAZING cake my sister made. Isnt it gorgeous?? The blanket are the colors of Sadies room! She did a GREAT job on it- and it was super yummy too!





Some more decorations
(I really wanted to use my new Cricut- so I offered to make the banners myself. LOL!)



Each letter was covered in glitter- its hard to tell though


I think I will hang this up in my house after she is here! Might as well get some more use out of it!

Another banner



Some pinwheels scattered throughout the yard



The Thank You gifts my sis made. Delicious Red Velvet cupcakes in a jar. Let me tell you- these are amazing. Sam ate half of mine... she is lucky she is so cute! haha!







Here is a picture of Sam and I... but once again it is blurry :( I know my mom got one of us on her camera- so hopefully I can share that one tomorrow!



And I decided to make myself a little headband! :)




Thank you so much to my mom and sister for throwing me this amazing shower! More pictures to come! It was gorgeous! And thank you to everyone who came!



Tai was gone dirt bike riding and camping this weekend so Saturday it was just Sam and I. We went shopping and then met some friends at the pool for a little bit. Then we just came home and played out back.

Arent you jealous you cant rock this outfit?







Playing in the sand. She is starting to like it more and more.



My pretty girl

Feeling better- Finally

So- Sam ended up having Pnemonia last week- poor thing!- so we had a pretty tame week of just taking it easy. And then on Thursday and Friday I was having a ton of Braxton Hicks contractions, so I stayed home from work on Friday to relax.

After all that both Sam and I were feeling better by the weekend. Sunday was Fathers day so we had my parents and sister over as well as Tais dad and brother over. Sam was back to her normal self by Sunday and had fun playing in her pool AND her sand box. The sand box play was progressive.... at first she would sit on a towel outside the sand box and play with the shovel.. and whine everytime she got sand on her hand or if it fell in her lap. So we moved on to the pool. And since Aunt Re-Re got into the pool with her- she ended up having a blast and got soaked! Of course that was when she decided she would sit IN the sand box... in her soaking wet diaper. Nice. LOL.

















After tub time was done and everyone had left, Sam stood at the door yelling at Louie for biting. So Tai and I went to check it out. Louie caught a lizard. He is taking this whole outdoor cat thing too far... the lizard was missing its tail, so we arent sure if Louie pulled it off, or if the lizard was already injured, but Louie was 'playing' with the lizard in the grass. Sam was not happy that Louie was biting the lizard (he wasn't really, just swatting at it) and she told us how Louie needed to be nice, no biting, time out for not listening.... and on and on for about 30 minutes after we brought Louie in the house!

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4 day weekend

My mom went to MN this weekend to see the girls, so I *had* to take Thursday and Friday off work so I could watch Sam (and I was sooo sad about this. NOT! LOL!) So I had a nice 4 day weekend. Sam and I hung around the house mostly Thursday and Friday because she still wasnt feeling well, so I managed to get a few things made and added to my Etsy store-make sure to check them out! Store link is on my sidebar over there on your right! :) Saturday we ran a bunch of errands and put some new ceiling fans up in the house- I dont know if it is the baby in my belly or what- but I am freakin HOT lately... and it has only been in the 70s... I am never going to make it through summer! LOL! And Sunday we went to our friend Kristen and Jays little boys first birthday party. I cannot believe Zack is one already! We had a great time at the party- but Sam was really upset that Zack ate the cake with his hands. The whole way home she kept telling us that he had cake on his hands, and he was messy, and he needed tub time... over and over and over and over. :) She just does not like messy people I guess!

Overall it was a nice weekend. It really made me anxious for my maternity leave though- I loved staying home with Sam during the day! And it also made it extra hard when my alarm went off at 4:42 this morning. If I could have paid money to stay home- I would have!

Some new items in the store







I had a custom order this weekend too! YAY!



I also decided to make Sam a new bow holder



Sam 'helping' me make her bow holder (love the smile- I think it says "trouble!)



Playing in the couch



She wanted her picture taken



Just hanging out

Awards, Sand and Bellies

So- my mom rocks and remembered to take her camera to Sam's last day of school party yesterday! So I have pics! LOTS of them. She takes more than I do! LOL! Here are some of them!

Patiently waiting her turn



Getting her award! Her first of many I am sure... and I'm not just saying that because I am her mom. She is one smart cookie!! And I am her mom so it is my job to say those things! :)







And- get this- she played IN the SAND!!!! Shocking right?! If you don't know Sam... she is very particular about dirt and crumbs, and everything really on her hands and feet. And she HATES sand. She will be running across the grass, and as soon as her feet hit the sand she stops dead in her tracks. BUT- we had a break through yesterday and she played in the sand! GO SAM! (she told me when I picked her up that she played in dirt. LOL. I guess sand is a little like dirt...)





























They also had a little pizza party at the park for the kids








And I decided to take some pics of the belly for all to see. I am definitely bigger this time around than I was with Sam. But- I still think these pictures make me look a lot bigger than I am. But- here I am.

28 weeks




Sam wanted to give Sadie hugs and kisses





And these are from a few weeks ago- but still cute!