Diaper Cakes

You all know how I love to be crafty (or maybe you don't) and the fun new thing I've discovered is diaper cakes! I had seen a few before, but then at my baby shower in Houston I was lucky enough to have two made for me. My good friend Sumer made this one:


She did such a great job! It matches his nursery (or what his nursery will look like eventually) really well and I love how she added his name in. Very cute!

Then my friend Melu made this one:

Also very cute! Love the little shoes on top :)

So, of course, I decided I needed to try to make one too. I went to Melu's (who, btw, is have triplets!!!) baby shower a couple of weekends ago. So I decided to make one for her. Turned out pretty good if I do say so myself:



I can not wait to make more of these. All three of these look better in person than they do in the pictures, but you get the idea. I need more baby showers to go to! :)

Baby Showers

Wow it's been a long time since I've posted. I've been so busy lately! I have a lot of catching up to do - let's start with baby showers! I've had two since I last posted.

The first was here in Houston. It was so great and so much fun. It always makes you realize how many great friends you have when people come out to celebrate something like this with you. Really makes you feel loved :) My dear friends Amanda, Jenny and Connie threw the shower for me. We had it at my house, which everyone thought was strange but I really wanted it at my house. We never really have people over so I thought this was a good opportunity, plus then you don't have to transport all of the gifts or anything like that. Here are some of the pictures from that day:


Amanda decorated the mantel so beautifully!


There were 5 pregnant ladies at my shower! This is Wendy, Melu, Jenny and I. The 5th didn't make it into the picture.

Unfortunately I didn't get as many pictures of that day as I would have liked. I just was having such a good time I wasn't thinking about documenting the day properly!

Then I had my shower in Albuquerque with all of my friends and family there! Kathleen threw that one for me and she did a fantastic job! It was really so sweet of her to do, I know how much work these can be. Again, so many of the wonderful people in my life were able to make it and I was so grateful to be able to see them all and celebrate with everyone. Here are some pictures from that one:


Amanda and I with our soon-to-be cousin baby bumps. So excited for these two to play with each other!


Wesley, Jenn and Suzy. I just love this picture because they all look so beautiful!


Brandy, Heather and I

Again, I didn't get as many pictures as I would have liked. I didn't take any of the cute decorations that Kathleen put up. And I didn't get one of she and I. Nor did I get any with me and my mom or my grandma. Again - I was just having too much fun!

I'm so grateful to have such great friends and family to celebrate with. I am truly blessed.

My Wonderful Husband

I just wanted to take a moment today to talk about my wonderful husband. I love him so much and he truly is my best friend. I feel so blessed to have found him and to be spending the rest of my life with him. I always knew I was lucky to have him, but being pregnant really makes me realize that even more. I'm a very domestic person. I really like to cook for him and that sort of thing. But then the pregnancy comes along - and suddenly you have no energy and the last thing you want to do is cook or clean. And though I probably shouldn't, this made me feel guilty at first. Like I was neglecting my husband. But really, he could have cared less. He likes cooking a lot too - and all of the "fend-for-yourself" dinners we've been having for the last 6 months haven't bothered him one bit. And, although he complains about it to no end, he gives me nightly back rubs to ease the pain of carrying around all of this extra weight. These are just a couple of examples of how great he is. And how he takes wonderful care of me. I'm am so thankful everyday that I have been lucky enough to have this wonderful man in my life. I can't wait to see him as a daddy, because I know he'll be great at that too :)

Happy New Year!

First blog of 2011 - and it's only the 3rd! See? My (non) New Year's resolution is going well already :)

I had a doctor appointment last Tuesday. First (minor, hopefully) glitch in my pregnancy so far. I'm measuring 1cm too big for how far along I am. This is probably just because I'm having a big baby. I've expected to have a big baby really - Justin is 6' 4" after all and I weighed 8lbs 12oz when I was born. Plus, at the 20 week ultrasound he weighed 13oz, which is normal but it's on the big side of normal. However, measuring too big could also mean that I have too much amniotic fluid which is bad. Various things could cause too much fluid. My doctor didn't seem too concerned though, so, while I was very worried at first, I've decided to just calm down about the whole thing for now. Stress does no good for the baby anyway :) So we just have to wait until my next appointment to see how I'm measuring then, and then we will determine next steps. Happy thoughts and prayers are appreciated :)

We rang in the New Year pretty quietly at my house, as is the usual for two homebodies like us. The long weekend from work gave me time to get caught up on some things around the house. I almost have the entire craft room cleared out so that we can start on the baby's nursery! So wonderful to be making progress on that finally. I'll post pictures once we get it started of course, it's all very exciting!

Maybe the reason I blog so little is because when I write blogs closer together I don't feel like I have that much to say :) I'm sure that will all change when the little one arrives.

Christmas Fun and Other Things

Merry Christmas! And almost Happy New year!

It's a boy! Wow - I've really started out with a lot of exclamations today :) So yes, it's a boy and we're very excited. And even better - he appears to be very healthy and right on track developmentally. We've know this for quite awhile now - but as usual I'm late with the news to the blog world. If I believed in New Years resolutions, mine would be to blog more. So instead, let's just agree that I'll make an effort to remember that I have blog - deal?

We had a really nice Christmas. Justin's parents came into town and we pretty much just did the normal things you do when family is in town. Spend time with each other, play card games, cook, etc. I think the most noteworthy thing that happened was Justin and his dad changing the porch light.

Porch light backstory: It went out about a year ago I would guess. We have not been able to figure out how to change it due to the fact that it's about 25 feet up in the air. Both ladders that we own do not reach it. It was kind of a joke that every time someone would come to the house we would ask them "Can you think of a way to change that light bulb?" So of course, we ask Bonnie & Andy. And this was the brilliant idea that Andy came up with:









Yes, we backed the truck up onto the porch, set up the ladder in the back of it, then Andy climbed up and changed the light bulb. Quite hilarious. And also quite effective. I expect the neighbors to be calling us to ask if we can change theirs any day now.

It's been awhile...as usual

Ok, I really have got to get better at this blogging thing. Not only do I consistently forget that I have a blog - and therefore forget to post anything - but I also have no idea how to use this thing! I see all of these cool things on other people's blogs yet I can't even figure out how to put a picture of the fam at the top. Perhaps if I spent more than 30 seconds trying I would be more successful.

Anyway, a lot of things have happened in the month since I last posted. I took a cute picture of Sam on Halloween wearing devil horns with the intention of posting it on here to wish everyone a "Happy Halloween!" But at this point that just seems silly - maybe next year. And I don't have a turkey costume to put her in for Thanksgiving :(

Thanksgiving was nice; we spent a few days in Las Cruces with Justin's family. We got to meet Amanda, our new sister-in-law and her son, Tristan. They both are wonderful people and we couldn't be happier to have them as a part of our family. And, as usual, we got our fill of delicious New Mexican food while we were there. Justin more so than I because I was a little bit afraid of eating the chili while pregnant. It was a wonderful trip but we're glad to be home.

Other than that nothing really noteworthy has been going on. Both of us have been working a lot and trying to make room for the baby. By "trying" I mostly mean I occasionally walk into the room I need to clear out, look around, and decide my time would be better spent on Facebook or perhaps eating some waffles. Justin has this week off of work and he's spending it doing "yard work" (aka playstation). I guess it runs in the family.

Tomorrow we get to find out if the baby is a boy or a girl!! And also if all of it's organs are healthly and if my due date is accurate. It will be exciting - wish us luck! I'll update everyone on the status - hopefully before the baby is walking.

Blogging Forgetfulness

So....I forgot I started a blog. In my defense, I haven't been on the computer much at all lately. Not even Facebook (Gasp!). I've been exceptionally busy at work these past few weeks, and after being on the computer all day at the office coming home and getting back on the computer is not exactly first on my list of priorities. I've also been feeling a lot better lately, I have a lot more energy so now I'm feeling like I have to get caught up on all of the things I put off doing when I was feeling so sick and tired!! Love, love, love feeling better though. Now it's really a joy being pregnant. Not that I haven't always been happy and excited and grateful for it - it just that now I actually enjoy it as well. Which has caused me to start baby shopping!! So fun. We don't find out if it's a boy or a girl until Nov 30th though so there is really only so much I can buy right now. But it's still fun to look :)

My mom came to visit last weekend. It was very nice to see her, but of course I didn't take one picture while she was here. I really need to get better about that. Soon I will post some belly pictures as well. Tonight I'm going to a Halloween party (Justin, of course, is not going with me. Parties are not really his thing, and it being a Halloween party on top of that makes him want to go even less) so that should be a good opportunity for me to take some more pictures. I resolve to take more pictures! I'm sure once the baby comes we'll be overrun with pictures.

Like I said, we've been very busy lately, off to Albuquerque next weekend!!