Denver Baby Shower

My friends in Denver threw a baby shower for me a couple of weeks ago...I am cheating and backdating my blog posts so later on when I finally get to my scrapbook I'll be able to remember the right dates. :)

Brooke, the hostess, and her little man Hudson
Clare...and Hudson...he's a ladie's man!

Bri, Crystal, Helen, Sparrow, Clare, me and baby T

Sparrow made this cute cake (they all know I love angel food cake!)

and Bri made this cute cake! I had no idea how much work these are until I started taking it apart the other day and realized every diaper has to have a rubberband around it!

and as if the diaper cake was not enough, Bri cranked out these little bird's nest cupcakes as well!

We REALLY lucked out that the weather held out for us because Brooke has such a cute backyard setup.

time to open some gifts...

Oh the places you'll go is the theme of our baby room...more along the travel lines with some Seuss stuff here and there. I will post pics of the baby room soon...just finishing it all up.

never too early for some Sox gear!

I don't think Sam will have a problem carrying this diaper bag?! :)

The whole crew...thanks to whoever thought to take this picture I am so happy to have it! It is so fun to have my oldest friends together with my newest friends!

And the two that have known me the longest...mom and my sister Kate.

Thanks to all of you gals for such a GREAT shower!!!

Goodbye Orsborns!!

Our "supper club" had to say goodbye to another couple last night. The Orsborns are off for a new adventure and will be greatly missed by our group.

Best of luck Ben and Catherine!!!

32 weeks...2 months left!

32 weeks marks the beginning of bi-weekly doctor appointments, the two month countdown, and the frantic final push to get everything ready for his arrival!

SIX years!!! Time flies...

We celebrated our 6 year anniversary on June 14th. It is crazy to think it has already been six years, but when we think back of everywhere we've lived, and all we've done it seems crazy it has only been six years!

This year we just had a very low key day which was GREAT! I had just gotten back from California on the 13th so we slept in, walked to the farmer's market, Sam had to work for a while...blah, and then we made a great dinner together.

We know this next year will be our biggest year of change yet, but we are both so excited to welcome the little guy!!

Redondo Pier...WOW!!!

My last night out in LA Jen, Travis and I went down to the Cheesecake Factory in Redondo Beach. We sat outside and watched the sun go down over the marina which was gorgeous. Jen and I shared the appetizer sampler which was HUGE...but yummy. We then decided to class up the night a bit and head to the Redondo Beach Pier. (For those of you reading this blog that don't live in California or have not been to this pier...you may be missing the humor to that statement...but I have a few examples to prove my point)

we will call this example A- your common claw machine where you can try to win the stuffed animal prizes inside...the bear in front being the main goal of anyone trying out this machine I am sure!
in case you couldn't get a good look at the bear...here it is up close

the next set of examples (above included) come in the form of some of the amazing prizes you can win with tokens or tickets

I thought these red flower lamps were pretty amazing UNTIL...

I saw these!! They come complete with a fairy and beautiful base!
We are pretty sure this guy would take about 5 years to earn, but would be well worth the wait!

Example C comes in the form of rides...well I should say ride as it is the only one. Travis convinced Jen to go on the Tilt-a-Whirl, I sadly am pregnant and could not participate because I would have for sure been on the ride if not! (NOOOO way!!)

Jen, as you can see, really enjoying the ride!

YUCK!!! Do keep in mind we had JUST come from the Cheesecake Factory which is known for its very small portions!

Jen with her brave face...Travis showing how they truly felt.

But alas...time to win some tokens/tickets for those amazing prizes awaiting us! Skiball is always my go to...that and the basketball game which I found I was not so good at pregnant since the belly throws me off!!

It sure is a good thing we played because we were able to walk away with THESE!!!

Pretty sure that's MC Hammer on the front! Don't worry...I came home with one extra and one lucky friend/family member will be getting one for some special day!

CA Shower

Some of the gals in LA got together to throw a fun baby shower while I was out in LA.

Megan (on the left) hosted the shower at her place...we lucked out because they have a great backyard area and the weather ended up being nice and NOT rainy!!

Ellie rallied the work crew and worked with the gals to organize...

and Jen...mega planner helped put it all together. She was so excited to work with other planners as she ALWAYS goes above and beyond!

We had SO much food! They did a Mexican food theme with bean dips, chips and guac and Tito's Tacos!

and then the desserts...yummy VERY blue cupcakes by Megan

and an amazing cream puff cake from Carly!

here is Jen thinking she is ducking out of the picture...me I know Mandy well enough to know she was for sure going to get Jen in the photo! :) Take a look at Jen's pipes!!!
and the crew...don't know why I never thought to take a group pic!!

Jen and April (with her little baby bump of TWINS!!)

31 Weeks

My friend Megan was my stand in photographer this week since I was out in California...the belly sure is getting out there!

June gloom...but a warm reception!

Well I landed in LA in the midst of "June Gloom" and it was truly gloomy almost my entire time there. However when I arrived at my office on the first morning the whole crew had a HUGE spread of all of my favorite snacks...it was AWESOME!

JP made me a dirt cake

complete with rubber duckies
and they had signs all around

It was a GREAT way to start the trip...we had snacks for days!

Sam's Garden

Sam's favorite part of early summer is getting his balcony garden going...the flowers are already in full bloom and look amazing!

and his favorite...his hops that have just gone NUTS!

30 Weeks (30 down...10 to go??)

30 weeks...which means there should be 10 weeks left...granted I will be just fine if there are say 7 or 8 weeks instead. :)

We had fun today doing a prego photshoot with my friend Christine...can't wait to see how they turned out! Off to LA for work tomorrow...