Weekend

We had a great weekend.

 

Saturday morning we spent a little time working around the house. We got cleaned up around lunch time and dropped the kids off at Caleb's parents house.

Caleb and I spent the rest of the day together doing whatever we wanted. We shopped at Target and Belk, ate an early dinner at The Pharmacy, and then shopped some more and at Opry Mills, specifically the new H & M. 
 

It was good day out enjoying each others company. It is so easy to just get distracted and busy with life. It is always a good choice for us to spend some time together away from the kids just being together.

 

Brady and Presley had a great time at their grandparents house. They both love going to both sets of grandparents. Presley watched us leave and didn't cry or fuss. That is a success, my friends. (We usually sneak away from girl friend. )

Sunday was a crazy day. After worship services I helped host a baby shower for a friend's sister. She just moved in with her sister along with her daughter and is expecting a baby boy. They are literally living on top of each other right now.

It turned out to be a sweet, little shower. It was decorated with blue chevron and burlap and we just did a dessert bar since it was Sunday afternoon. Everything was cute and yummy.

(The few iPhone pictures I took aren't the best, but you get the idea. )

 

We were back at the church building at 5 for a Bible study, worship services, and an ice cream supper.

It was a good weekend, but went way too fast as always.

In developing news, Presley is (finally) taking several steps alone. She has been pulling up, cruising, and walking holding my hand for months. She has finally let go and taking more and more steps each day.



Baby Shower

Saturday, My mom, sister, and a some friends threw a baby shower for Presley. It was a small shower at my Mom's house with close friends and family.

Mantle decorations

Everything was so sweet!

The tables. They were so pretty.

They did a lot of work, but I think everyone loved it and had a great time.

Some of the flowers.

 The shower was at noon and they had prepared a full lunch and served each guest. Everything was so good. We had salad, chicken casserole, steamed veggies, cream cheese muffins, strawberry pretzel salad, chocolate covered strawberries, cake, and whoopie pies with water, lemonade, fruit tea, and iced coffee to drink. I think that is everything. It was really yummy!

My friend Stephanie made these strawberries. They were just as yummy as they are pretty!!!

My sister made these, that tutu is for baby Presley. :)

Mason jars with pink straws. so cute.

My friend used to make cakes as a side business.  She quit doing it as a business once she started having babies. She does a wonderful job and occasionally still makes them for "special"  people and events. She made this one for my shower.

There were about 20 people there. We got so many sweet things for Presley. She is already so loved by so many.  Baby girl stuff is so cute and fun!!!

Me with my grandmother's, mom, and sister.~pictures taken from my sis~

A few of the guests. ~pic taken from my sis~

guests observing opening of the gifts. ~pic taken from my sis~

My SIL Lauren, Myself, Mom, and sister Amy.
These ladies worked so hard to make the shower a success.
Thank you so much!!!

Gift table. The framed dress is the dress my mom brought me home from the hospital in.

I woke up at 3 am(my normal wake-up time these days) with one eye swollen shut! I moved to the recliner and finally fell back asleep around 4 am. I woke again around 6:30 with my eye still swollen. I took a hot shower and took some allergy medicine a NP friend had told me would be fine if needed. The swelling went down a lot, but my eye was still irritated and red. I was so frustrated, because it was shower day. I had bought a new dress and was so excited. It takes a lot to feel good about yourself when 33 weeks preggers; a swollen, red, lazy eye does not help matters.

You can see how one eye is smaller than the other in this picture. This is typical for my life. It is a good think I have a good sense of humor or I would have been mortified. Ha Ha!

waiting to open gifts

By the way, it was just irritated from sinus/allergy problems. It is completely better now, but the sinus/allergy problems are not. It wasn't pink eye, in case you were worried. :)

I am so thankful for such sweet friends and family. They love our family so well. Caleb, Brady, Presley, and myself are so very blessed to have some many people who love and care for us. My love language is by far gifts, so I am always left feeling so overwhelmingly loved and blessed after showers.

I made these pretzels as favors for all the guests to take home.

I can not wait for our baby girl to officially join our family and use all of her sweet things.

For more pictures and details you can go to my sister's blog here.

 

Weekend Without Daddy continued

Brady and I stayed at Mom's again, while Amy and Noah went home hoping Noah would sleep a little better.

Sunday morning after church, I helped host a baby shower for our friend Ana and baby Nora.

The mommy to be and all the shower hosts.

Ana is due exactly 10 weeks before me. We are all excited for Presley and Nora to be sweet friends.

We have several friends that have boys the same age as Brady, so it is nice to know that Presley will have the same. :)

drink table

sweet ruffle cake

table centerpieces

opening gifts

some of the bigger gifts

some of the guest reactions. Baby girl showers are so fun!

This picture didn't turn out well, it is so blurry, but I made the poofs. You may remember some of them from the gender reveal party!

Caleb got back around noon or a little before. He and my parents took over with Brady while I helped with the shower.

Brady had ball practice, so Caleb also took him to that and then they came home for the night.(I know I have a wonderful husband!) I helped clean up  the shower and then hung out with my mom until church.

I spent a long time talking after church because I was by myself, a friend was in town I haven't seen in a while, and I didn't have a toddler to watch or get home. It was really nice to get to visit with people and give my full attention!

Caleb and I stayed up way too late talking and sharing about our weekends. It is nice to have some time a part to miss each other and share stories other than work/normal life stuff.

 As tired as I was and as bad as my feet and legs hurt(blame pregnancy), It really was an awesome weekend and I am thankful for every second of it. 

Pretty in Pink

Nearly every one I know is pregnant, okay I may be exaggerating a little, but not much. With that they are pretty much all having girls this time around. When I was pregnant with Brady, every one was having boys until, well, now!



It has been so fun shopping and planning for baby girls. I love my sweet boy, but it has been fun to walk to the other side of the store and look, too. There is SO much for little girls and it is so sweet and frilly.

We had a shower at my sister's house for our friend Jessica, last night. Amy did pretty much every thing, it was also at her house. I did contributed a little by making the bow holder and cake pops.



The lighting/flash made them super bright. They weren't nearly this bright.







Jessica is expecting her second baby, but first girl. Clay, her son, is just a few months older than Brady. I have known Jessica forever, literally. We grew up in the same church, we went to college together, and were bridesmaids in each others wedding. It is fun to have our kiddos grow up together as well.

opening gifts.



 

Jessica got so much cute stuff. Every thing was so cute and fun! I can't wait to meet all these baby girls!