6.23.2009

Baby Shower!

On June 13th, Lisa threw me a beautiful baby shower in Boulder. It was a small gathering because of the distance, but it was a lot of fun and she did an amazing job. Unfortunately, there are no pictures of her in here anywhere! We will need to get better about that! Here is the front door sign welcoming everyone!
The cake she made and decorated. It was key lime, my favorite!
The full table spread in all its glory!
These were the super cute baby cookies she made. They were delicious and adorable!
It was wonderful to have a relaxed Saturday party. We all spent time talking about the plans for the baby and others birth stories, it was great to have everyone together. My sister and i are here talking about birthing!
Amber, lisa's sister and Kayla, Lisa's niece just playing around!
This is a great face...The main activity was to paint onesies using markers and paints and stencils. That was so special and such a fun activity! See more photos of that below!
Whitney's onesie creation, looks beautiful!
My mom painting her onesie...
Amber and Kayla gave a wonderful gift basket (or baby tub i should say) of bathtime essentials, including towels and a fun toy!
My mom showing off her artwork for Zander!
Cheryl and Ken, Ben's mom and dad, sent a big goodie box of necessities. Bibs, onesies, burp clothes, washclothes, the lot! And a bottle sterilizer which will come in handy for daddy feeding baby!
Whit and Seth bought this great onesie, one of my favorites i must say!
Aunt Erika bought the little guy a turtle swim outfit for when he gets a little bit bigger...she was thinking vacation and i couldn't agree more!
And cousin Gaia picked out a cute little alligator stuffed animal and blanket. SO CUTE!
Little G pants and g diaper inserts from Uncle Jeremy and Aunt Karina. We are doing all G diapers, which is a really nice alternative to plastic disposables. They are fabric outer pants with a plastic free, biodegradable insert that can be flushed or thrown away. We also bought some hemp inserts for night time and heavier wetting times. I am very excited to see them in action. Thanks for the starter kit, guys!
Lisa's mom made a diaper bag for us with lots of little fun gifts tucked inside. SO THOUGHTFUL!
All the little handpainted onesies hanging up on the line. I think these are just precious, what a great memory.
And finally, the large bellied Momma at 35 weeks. Goodness they grow! Thank you so much for the wonderful shower LISA!! i loved it!

Week 33...getting bigger!

 

Week 29 belly shots!

None of these pics made it up either in the big Picassa blunder. Here i am at week 29...definitely have a baby in there! This was the super cute belly before the big one started!

Baby Block Nursery- finally!

So, i know i have had that post up for awhile about the nursery and the pics weren't showing up. Here they are! As you may have read but did not get to see, there is a safari theme to the nursery. i didn't want to pick anything super gender specific (and actually fell in love with this elephant print before we knew), so this is what we ended up with!

The elephant sheet i found on The Company Store, bought a king size soft flannel and made the crib bumper and crib blanket. i plan to make pillows as well in my abundent free time coming up! :)
The curtain fabric i found at JoAnne's, it is a fun tropical Tommy Bahama fabric and adds some color to the room. there is additional fabric for pillows here as well...
This is a super cool portable changing table that Brian found at Ikea that went perfectly with the theme. Folds up to take anywhere, our kind of stuff!
And finally, one last look at the crib. Lime green or the green family became the accent colors to the browns, but i still want to decorate the nursery. i feel like it is a little bare and plain. So we are still calling this phase one!

5.13.2009

Easter 2009

Easter found us back in CO for a doctor's appointment and Easter with friends! Ben and Lisa returned from Panama to ham, honey bunnies, mashed pototes and so much more. I even made little easter baskets!
Seth, Whitney and Fabrizio relaxing before the meal
Ben and Lisa surveying the feast
me and B, a holiday shot!
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Trailing building in Missouri!

Early April Brian and i attended a trail building event in south central Missouri to rebuild a section of the Ozark Trail that had been washed out by a flood. The area we were building in is called Johnson's Shut In's and is a beautiful state park. We camped ovet the weekend and helped the Alpine Shop, one of our dealers from St. Louis, gather over 60 volunteers to help rebuild the trail!
Me, Tikka and baby are ready to build some trail!
We hiked about 2.5 miles in to our site to build trail, it was a beautiful hike!
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