Time to Catch Up!

Ok.... here is my "catch up" post. All the things I've been needing to post but haven't for whatever reason.

Baby Shower -
Here are some pictures of some of the wonderful gifts we received. Again, it was such a blessing in so many ways. I am so thankful for my friends and family. Note: If you don't see your gift in these pictures it is probably because it was in the laundry or already packed in the diaper bag or maybe already in the closet waiting on Miss M to use it!

Check out my new diaper bag in the top left of the picture - I am IN LOVE with it! It totally makes me feel like a cute, stylish Momma (and I've been needing to feel like that lately!)

I love all the monogrammed things we got! I am totally in the mood to monogram everything since I know I won't have to save it for another baby :) I'm trying to restrain myself though.

Red shoes - need I say more!

A sampling of the sweet outfits M gets to wear soon! The little brown sleeper actually matches some PJs the big girls have so you know I'm thrilled to see all 3 of my girls dressed to match! LOVE IT! I love it all, I really do - thank you all for the sweet gifts!

And the car seat cover from Aunt Whit Whit - we weren't sure if we would need it with the weather being so warm last week, but thankfully it has turned cold again and this will be perfect!

Baby News -

We are packed and ready. I went to the doctor this morning and guess what... NOTHING! There is nothing at all going on. This baby is going the distance. I'm ok with it now. I have been frustrated because we were expecting her to already be here. BUT I am embracing the fun of getting to plan out her arrival. Only 10 days left and I'm going to do my best to enjoy all of them!

Haircut -

My children, bless their hearts, had no hope when it came to their hair. J's hair is full of cowlicks and grows all crazy and my hair is very fine with a nasty wave (that isn't cute no matter how hard I try to work with it) and a lot of cowlicks. So our poor girls have the craziest hair. Well, P has been needing a haircut for a while. Her hair was so stringy and blah and I finally got sick of looking at it so I cut it!  I am just not ready to try to fight with her at a salon to get her hair cut so I decided to cut it myself. I am no hair dresser, but I did an ok job. I just took a few inches off all around so she has a sweet little bob to match her sweet little personality.

I am so proud of her... she is really growing up and it is so fun to watch! Oh how I love this girl!

** I would have taken pictures of our re-arranged living room, however I have a huge wall that is blank because I haven't figured out how to fill it up yet and we are still working on sorting through the toys and finding them all a home somewhere in our house. So it really isn't picture worthy yet! Hopefully soon...

Hope you all have a fabulous start to your week!

A Wonderful Weekend...

I know I should have posted this on Monday but I've been working like a crazy person trying to get things ready for this baby!

I had the most wonderful weekend!

Saturday we cleaned and did laundry and it felt so good to make some progress on my list of housework! J was home so he was able to help me with the girls so I could get SO MUCH done! Thanks baby!

We had planned for his parents to keep the girls overnight Saturday night so we could have an Anniversary Date (a couple days late). The girls were being awful before we left and we called to cancel but my sweet Mother-In-Law wouldn't let us! Thank you!!! And much to our surprise, the girls were angels for them! It makes me so happy when my babies act right for other people.... it really does!

So we dropped the girls off and headed out for our date.... We had planned on eating at our favorite restaurant, Benihana, but when we got there we were told there would be an hour and a half wait if we didn't have reservations. We apparently missed the memo about the rap concert down the street - I guess Benihana is a popular place to dine before a rap concert. Who knew?! So we left and decided on a Plan B.... Outback. We used to eat there all the time but we haven't been in ages. And we both love some Outback bread, so we headed that way. Luckily we found a booth in the bar area so we didn't have to wait and we had a great meal and a great time together!

We came home and put in a movie. Have you seen The Hangover? Oh my gosh.... we laughed through the entire movie. It was so stinkin hilarious! It is definitely not a movie for everyone, but we loved it! I love just spending low-key, quality time with my husband.... and I'm thankful we got to have that this weekend.

We got up Sunday morning and finished our housework and got ready to have a special day. My mom and Nanny came into town Sunday morning so they could go to my baby shower that afternoon. We had a great time together just hanging out. They are so great and I am so blessed by them!

We went to the shower and of course I forgot my camera. But if you want to see a couple of pictures you can go here. It was wonderful and I felt so loved and so blessed by my family and friends. And Little Miss M got some GREAT things! I can't wait to show it all to her :)

Speaking of the Little Miss.... I have our bags packed for the hospital and her room all ready for her. This is the most prepared I have ever been for a baby so I just know she will hang on until the last possible minute. And while I'm beyond excited to meet her and have her here with us, I won't mind her sticking around until she is ready to come. We'll see what the doctor says tomorrow! I need to take some pictures of her cute things.... maybe I can get that done this afternoon and post them tomorrow :)

It was a great weekend and we've had a great start to our week! Hope your week is going wonderfully as well!

Busy Weekend...

This weekend was a BUSY one! And it was so much fun!!!

I have been planning and preparing for a special baby shower for weeks now and we held it Saturday afternoon. I hosted it, along with my other S-I-L's for our S-I-L who is expecting her first baby in November! We had good food and good company. It was a lot of fun! I hope it was special for J and Baby A! We love you! I didn't have my camera so I don't have any pictures. I was too busy and I had my two girls with me so I'm sure if I had brought my camera I wouldn't have been able to take any pictures. But you can go here or here to check out pictures!

After the shower, the girls and I came home. The hubby had some guys over to watch the Hogs game..... we lost, so sad. :( But we managed to have a fun time, despite the loss. I made tacos so we had a taco bar! Yummy yummy! Seriously, that is my biggest pregnancy craving - homemade tacos. I will not embarrass myself and tell you how many tacos I can eat at one meal (7). I had also made a banana pudding Saturday morning that we brought out for dessert. It was a fun time and I think all the guys got their bellies full! :)

By the time we got the kids in bed and got ourselves ready to go to bed, I was exhausted. But it was a good tired... you know the tired where you have just accomplished so much that it wore you out. Yep, that was me! But I actually slept GREAT these past two nights so that helps A LOT!

I really wish I had some pictures from the weekend but I was just too busy to think to get the camera out.

This week I have a lot of things planned... I'm hoping to actually get most of them done! And I would like to post some pictures this week.... I've been so bad about that lately.

Hope you all have a great Monday and I hope we can all be productive today!!