Monday . . .

I made some shower favors for Jennifer's baby shower.  

Little Logan Marshall will be arriving in about a month.  

Time for a new little boy in your lives.

I am truly feeling this today.  

My weekend just flew by . . . I wasn't ready for Monday to come this soon.

It's Monday.

I'm alive.

I'm breathing.

I'm living.

I'm blessed.

Life is good!

shower stuff

Abbie wanted a coffee bar for the shower . . . this was before we decorated with tissue paper balls and paper lanterns.  This turned out so cute after I put pictures of Luke and Abbie on the old window.  I hope someone got a good picture of it.  I had intentions of getting more pictures than I did - but got busy.  Below are the pictures of Luke and Abbie.

This picture of Abbie is sooooo cute!!!!! 

And Luke J . . . Of course I am his mother - so I think he is cute too!

We tried to find similar pictures of the two of them . . . sort of fun how similar they were.

This kid always woke up so happy when he was little.  LOL

Christmas Abbie . . .

 . . . Christmas Luke

So I didn't get too many pictures - so hopefully others did and will send me some.  Just a few pictures that I did take.

Coffee favors . . .

 . . . with the label Luke made.  This was one of my favorite things.

Kasey turned out to be quite good at making the tissue paper balls.  I don't know what I would have done without her getting ready the night before and getting the food ready.

And what would I have done without this guy!  Three trips to the grocery store and he ended up making the fruit salad for me. 

He not only made the watermelon cradle and baby . . . but made all the melon balls.

It really turned out cute.  So funny watching him work so hard on it and making sure the ears were just right.  It was a fun day!!! 

Party favors done!

Kasey helped me put together the coffee bags last night.  I saw some small foil bags of coffee at Party Works - but couldn't really spend the $5 each that they wanted on them.  So decided to make them myself.  Isn't that better anyway?

My favorite thing about these is the label . . . Baby a Brewin'

I had asked Luke to come up with something for the label.  Originally we were looking for pictures of a baby for on them, but I like what he came up with so much better.

I am having so much fun getting ready for this baby shower . . . lot's to do today.  I better get going!

day not going as planned

This is the label that Luke made to use on our favors for the shower - the favors being bags of coffee.  I think they turned out so cute.  I had to smile when he pointed out that he made the steam from the coffee pink.  (It's all about the details)  : )  I will post another picture after I get them all put together.

With Stella's help of course - we got them printed.  Her reaction to the printer was fun to watch.  After printing one page - she would look where the paper fed in and then walk around to where the paper came out after printing.  I think Stella is too smart for her own good sometimes.  : ) 

Today isn't going quite like I expected.  Richard brought home a great carpet cleaner from work - so we should be cleaning carpets - Right? . . . The wand fell on the floor and a brass connector that has everything to do with feeding the water broke.  Just what we didn't need to happen . . . but I don't get too shook up about things like that because he can fix about anything.  It does delay cleaning the carpets though.  I have been dusting and cleaning while I am waiting for the carpet cleaner to be fixed.  Dusting and cleaning would be so much easier without all this junk that I like.  I have eliminated a lot of the clutter in my house the last few years - but there is something about a shelf filled with my favorite stuff that I like - hate the dust though! 

I can't think about everything that I have to get done before Saturday morning - and here I sit on the computer . . . time to get busy!

Just a spoon full of chocolate!

 This is the first time I've ever made chocolate spoons.  Now I want to make more of them.  Not because I am big chocolate fan . . . it is just that they were so easy and fun to make.  And with the huge selection of colored spoons and sprinkles - you could make any combination of anything.  I am going to have to find a reason to make more of them.

 Just a spoon full of chocolate . . .

. . . a little cellophane and ribbon - CUTE!

Give me a C . . .

 I finished my Charlotte pennant for Abbie's shower.  (While I was stringing the pearls through it I was wishing that they had picked a shorter name.)  I had to hang up the pennant right away in case Stella would take an interest in it and tear it up.  So I started putting up a few things for the shower.  (Instead of a diaper raffle - I included a poem with the invitations that asked guests to give Charlotte a book in lieu of a card.)   I thought it would be cute to include some books with my decorations. These are the books that Richard , Luke, and I am giving Charlotte.  Richard picked out Go Dog Go! and Luke's favorite Where The Wild Things Are.  Time to get busy . . . I have a lot to do this week!

Stella Helps

I started putting together a quilt that Abbie asked me to make for Charlotte.  I am so excited about her choice of fabrics and the colors.  It really is much brighter than it looks in this photo.  I was excited when she asked me to make and it and even more excited when I saw the fabric that she had picked out.

Stella . . . as usual is right in the middle of it all.

 Just as she was when I was cutting out the invitations for Abbie's baby shower. 

Really?  She can make doing things slightly more difficult . . . but who cares.  : )

So . . . is she really that interested in what I am doing . . . or has she figured out that all this fuss if for someone that may just interfer with some of the attention she gets?  : )

Shower invites

Finally came up with these invitations to use for Abbie's baby shower.  I printed the poem on a pink paper though - had to have more PINK!  The poem may be too small here to read - but it basically asks the guest to bring a book for the baby instead of a card and start a library for her.  I loved that idea!

I included a book mark with each invitation.  I found these templates on Martha Stewart's site - liked the book idea and the simplicity of them.  They decided on a name . . . Charlotte.  Before that Luke and Abbie were calling her Bito (bun in the oven).  They used that enough - I'm wondering if that won't be a nickname that sticks once little Charlotte is here. 

Baby Shower

I had one of the teacher's at work make this sign for Jennifer's baby shower. At the last minute I thought I better have something outside - so people knew they were in the right place.
... the Lily banner that I made. I love the colors! The little outfits that she got - the colors were beautiful. Not all pastels - but great shades of pink and purple.
These are the favors we made. Thank you Jennifer and Kasey for your help. I could not have done everything without Jake and Kasey's help. They helped me with the food, decorating, picking up the cake - and running to the store for last minute stuff, and hanging up the sign - then making sure the wind did not ruin it.
I love this picture of Jennifer. I don't know if Josh was too excited about being in the middle of this baby shower - but he did come out and join us when Jennifer started opening presents. She received so many cute things - which I think is making them more anxious for Lily to arrive. I know it is me.
Some more decorations. If you can guess how many M&M's in the jar - you win!