A Baby Shower!

The ladies at the church threw me a baby shower on Saturday. It was really fun, and the food was yummy! It sounds funny to say, but I was so excited for this! I woke up the night before and was even excited then- at like three in the morning!

I got some great outfits- even some with little ruffle butts. I love ruffle butts! And some wipes, which will be very useful. I got a home-made quilt with GREAT colors, and even some little treats for myself to relax in the shower or bath. It was fun to have my friends there and get some advice from some of them who have children. I will welcome more of that. A few tips I had not previously thought of.

My friend's little toddler, Hattie, thought some of the gifts were pretty great, too! She was sad when she couldn't take them with her.

Thanks to all my friends for coming, for your thoughtfulness and for your planning and helping. I had a great afternoon!

Spring Break!

Spring Break is over and we are back to the grind. We had a nice break, and I even got to relax and sleep in some. Probably one of the last times for a while! We went to the Carlsbad Caverns in New Mexico. It was really fun and Chris got some great pictures! Some of the only cave pictures I have seen that actually turned out well. Ones that I have taken before just don't look that great. But Chris' look great. I am still waiting for him to send them to my computer so I can post them. So those will come soon, I hope.

We also had my little birthday celebration over the break. We went to a steakhouse and had Texas smoked steak. I had not previously tried smoked steak, but it was yummy! And Chris made me a great looking cake. He sang to me and I blew out the candles. It was a wonderful evening!

We took some recent preggo pics, but we need to do some more because we forgot to coordinate our clothing and I wore a shirt that makes me look fat rather than pregnant. So if the wind isn't too crazy this weekend the plan is to go take some then. It is getting close (3 weeks away) so we don't have all the time in the world!

My Sister's Wedding

Two weekends ago (March 7th) I got to go home to San Diego for a quick trip. My sister, Erin got married. It was so fun to see everyone, since none of them have seen me since I have been pregnant. I got to see friends as well as family, and had a blast meeting my sister's new in-laws. I was the pregnant bridesmaid, and it was a lot of fun, but let's face it...when you haven't seen family in a while you end up staying awake during the nights to catch up. And the time zone is 2 hours different. And oh yeah, there was a time change too that weekend. So let's just say I was exhausted at the end! It took me about a week to get back to normal and be able to function. Thank goodness this week is Spring Break.

Okay, so one of the cutest things at my sister's wedding was my almost 4 year old niece, Keiya. She was the flower girl and her little friend, a five year old, was the ring bearer. Well, she thinks he is her friend. He thinks otherwise. She chased him begging for a hug and he scowled and refused. So, she found another friend. This little boy was one that she knows from Arizona, and they were adorable. He let her hold his hand and put her arm around him and they were too cute! Tell me if you think this is one of the cutest pics you have ever seen of little kids!

So, one more thing I really liked...for the little party for my sister we went to this place for desserts called Extaordinary Desserts. They were delicious! And beautiful! I probably did over-indulge a little bit. I bet the pictures of these will make your mouth water!

This is my sister, the bride. She got the merengue-custard fruit tart. I don't think that is the official name of it, though.Yum! This was the strawberry shortcake! Even the flowers were edible (they told us- I still didn't eat them. Why would you when you had the rest of this dessert?)

Is it Spring?

Here in Lubbock the trees (some of them) are in full bloom. The grass is still mostly brownish-yellow, but the trees look lovely. The weather has been mostly in the 70's and even 80's for near two weeks and it has faked out the trees. It is too bad because now in April and May they won't bloom.

I do like Spring- even though it is not really here yet, and I am so excited to have a Spring baby! Her name will be Hadley, and we love her so much already! Chris took some great pictures last week. We are due in 6 weeks, and even though it doesn't really feel super close, I know it is right around the corner.

We have some things set- her cradle, some of her clothes, sheets, blankets, etc. I am excited to have a baby shower here in the next few weeks, and do even more organizing. Hadley wont really have a nursery, so her furniture is not the top quality, and there wont be everything coordinating. So much for apartment life. But you know what? I don't really care. She is coming and she will just need us. The rest will come in time, but we didn't want to wait until all of that was available.
Here are some things I look forward to this week and in the next few weeks...

-Going to California this Thursday to attend my sister's wedding in San Diego. I haven't seen my family since I have been pregnant, so I am really excited for that too!

-Birthing classes every Monday! These at times are a little slow, but I do like it, and they have the husbands sometimes massage the wives.

-Coaching soccer is almost over (March 16th) and while I love it- it will be nice not to stay after school and have late evenings.

-Dr.'s appointments- I like to go to them and hear her heartbeat and have the doctor tell me that she is healthy.

-My birthday (March 19th). It is over our Spring Break so Chris and I are going to go to the Carlsbad Caverns in New Mexico! I have wanted to go to these since we moved here.

-My baby shower!

-Seeing my family at Erin's wedding! I also am excited to see my niece, Keiya!

Here are the newest projects of mine...little beaded socks. I haven't sewn as many things lately for our baby, but I went to this botique and saw these crocheted beaded socks like the ones my mom used to make for us. The sell for ten dollars a pair. So I asked my mother to make me some, but I also decided to try and figure out how to do it myself. I took a picture of what mine look like. I wish I could sell mine- so if you want to buy a pair I won't charge ten dollars! Now all I need to do is learn how to make those cute baby bows! I have the ribbons, I just need the time and energy. My mom can also help me with this when she comes out. She used to make bows for us too!