11.03.08

I love these pictures, even if they are grainy. I'm so in love with this little girl.

trying to figure this out.

bear with me as I figure out what you all already know. big pictures and a blog page that actually doesn't make your eyes sick. I don't want to get too technical with this blog. I don't want it to be too fancy. Just trying to figure out how to have a side bar and a big picture. And how in the world do you make a different header? I'm sure there are options here on blogger, haven't figured it out yet though. :)

trying something new.

one hundred percent inspired by allegra. what do you think?

The baby shower

My big project for October and November. So much fun. Once it was over I thought, "now what?" It was such a lonely feeling. :) I love having projects. "Something to love, something to do, something to look forward to." That's what Brian always says. Now, if only I put this much effort into everyday of motherhood--It's exhausting but so worth the effort!

I had zero memory left on my memory cards, so all of these pictures are courtesy of Jackie. Thanks for capturing the memories for all of us! :)

THE CAKE

My first time making a diaper cake. Colorful, fun, simple. fits me. I love how it turned out.

(all images on a CD, so I couldn't rotate).

THE CLOTHESLINE

Love it! What I love more is all the clothes were on sale at old Navy! My favorite? The Super Ninja!

THE TISSUE PAPER CURTAINS

Hilarious, I know. But I'm learning to be resourceful while living away from most of my belongings!

THE MAIN DISPLAY

This girl has nothing. O.K., she's alive so she obviously has something. But, you get my point. She literally has 3 pictures of this pregnancy (all of which were taken in the first 15 weeks--not showing phase), and about 10 other photos of her life. I wanted to spoil her. No, I'm not a photographer (want to be, not creatively there yet). So, I thought it would be a good photographic opportunity of growth for me and a great memory for her. A HUGE shout out to Allegra for editing the picture for me. It was a good shot (good thing I took 200 pictures to get this one--hahaha). But seriously, photoshop is the way to go. So, she antiqued the picture for me and wrote "baby of mine" (with the date) on the top right. It turned out so nice.

She's a country-ish, rustic type girl, so this was a fitting choice, but I also loved this other one. I love how bright the colors are. Allegra, that was a hard choice, but that's a good thing! :)

THE LADY OF HONOR

THE PRICE IS RIGHT

My and Brian's gift to her, besides the shower. So much fun watching her open up all the gifts. Even more fun to have everyone guess the average price! I love this game.

THE PRIZE

For winning "the price is right" and also 2 other drawings we had. (1 raffle for bringing diapers, the other for bringing gift receipts). DVDs! I loved this idea. The funny thing is, Jessica (the one in the picture), is the one who helped me pick out all the chick flicks (had a great assortment to choose from, the rest I'll be returning), and she WON! That's why I'm laughing.

THE HOOTER HIDER

This was Christina's gift to Kristin. She bought the fabric, I sewed it for her.

THE HOODED TOWELS

I loved the one Diana made for me, so I called her for directions. So easy! One blue with green polka-dotted ribbon and one green....well, you can see...

THE PHOTO ALBUM

Not the best pictures (worst ones at the end--hahaha). But, memories nonetheless. Now she has a little book of herself! :) She's VERY photogenic!

THE POM POMS

I love these. They're so simple to make, just time consuming. I was up with Jackie and Christina until 1:30am the night before the shower making and hanging these! I would have made more, but we ran out of time. :)

THE CUPCAKES AND BEAN SALSA

I stayed up until 3:30am decorating the cupcakes. I wanted to make the mini cupcakes, easier and less messy to eat. I thought I'd get 24 minis (since you get 12 reg. from one box of mix), but instead ended up with 48! Whew! (multiplied by 3) That took a LOT longer than I expected. Not a good picture of them, they're in the back...And that bean salsa? Best in the world! Fresh pineapple? Only way to go. The rest of the food provided by her mother-in-law and 2 sisters-in-law. Thanks girls! What a help. and Yummy!

And to top it all off?

Brian was gone the whole week prior to this shower! So throw in cleaning, shampooing the carpets, taking care of the kids, and our traditional "Pizza and a movie" Friday night, and it made for a busy week while he was gone! In fact, the shower started at 11 and Brian walked in at 11:30 Saturday morning! Boy, I lucked out with him getting home in the nick of time!