Hailey's bridal shower

Yesterday we threw Hailey a bridal shower, although she is already married! But since alot of people didn't make it to her 1st wedding she is having another one in July. Anyway we had good weather and it turned out pretty nice. We played 4 games, which I did 2 of. They were fun! She got alot of nice things. I wanted to get a picture of what I got her, but didn't get a chance. I got her a personalized picture frame from Things Remembered. It had hearts going up the one side and had their names and wedding date engraved in it. It was very pretty!! All in all it went alright. Glad it's over though!!

My favors are on the left!!

Pre party.

Lindsay and I's gifts for the games.

Lindsay and Hailey. Lindsay is the Maid of Honor. Lindsay is due August 19th and having a boy!

Hailey's cousin Dawn and Hailey. Dawn is another Matron of Honor.

Me and Hailey. I am also a Matron of Honor. It goes Lindsay, me Dawn.

Some party goers!

Hailey's cousin Alexis. She is also a bridesmaid.

Hailey's Mom Jan, Hailey and Lindsay.

Makin favors!

Friday night Erin, Austin and Jamie came over to help me make the bridal shower favors. We whipped them up in no time! We did those while David played with Austin. We ordered supper and then just hung out for awhile. Thanks girls!!
Erin & Jamie.

Pulling Austin around in a box!

Awww...

Why do they love to play with something as simple as a paper towel roll?? LOL!

Getting sleepy!

Finished product of my favors. Turned out pretty cute I thought!!

Babysitting Austin

I finally found a minute to post this blog. We babysat our friends son, Austin this past weekend...overnight! We have never watched a baby before and we did fine! They have never been away from him in the 9 months since he's been born. A much needed and well deserved break!! They had a nice day and a half to spend alone, no baby. He is 9 months old and about 23 lbs. ( I think) When he came I fed him, changed his diaper (showed David how to do it) because I had a dinner for Hailey's bachlorette party to go to. David watched him all by himself and even had to change a diaper while I was gone!! I was impressed! He was very, very good for us. He is a very content baby. My parents came over to visit Sat. night and to see Austin. I put him to sleep at 9:30pm. We had the pack -n- play in our room for him to sleep. He slept good until 1:00am. He needed a diaper change and a bottle. He went back to sleep around1:30am. OK, then at 2:30am, he was back up crying. He just had the essentials a little bit ago so I wasn't sure what he wanted. I tried to maneuver him around and he just kept crying and he was starting to get mad!! So, I took him downstairs to rock him so David could get some sleep. After about another 1/2 hour he fell back asleep. I also decided to turn on our central air because I think he was hot, that's why he woke up. So he slept then until 8:30am for us. Fed him when he got up, took a nap for 20 minutes before 10:00am. I went to get a bath around 11:30am when I heard David yell "Oh my word!!!!" I said "What!?!?" David said "He just pooped!!!" I said "How do you know??" "Oh, I can tell!" he said. I said well, bring up wipes, diaper and a bag to put the dirty one in and bring Austin. He comes up and it smelled horrific!!!!! I was gagging before we even started! David said are you gonna do it or do you want to tag team it? Well considering neither of us EVER changed a poopy diaper, I said "tag team!!" I pulled his shorts off and it was coming out of his diaper!!! Up his leg, on his clothes!! I had David hold his arms down. It was just all over!! I kept telling David I didn't think I could do it!! I kept saying I was going to throw up! The smell was the worst part!! So finally while we both were gagging and laughing I got him cleaned up and changed. We survived. =)
Then off the my in laws for dinner. By this time it was time for him to eat again (they seem to do alot of this!!) Then I layed him down with a bottle and he fell asleep for 2 hours!! Then we carted him off to my parents house to visit. My Mom and Dad loves kids, especially my Mom she got to hog him for awhile! Then back home to have Matt & Erin pick him up. They missed him. They got us a Damon's Grill gift card for watching him. That was nice!! So overall, it did not scare us out of having a baby, but found out they are a ton of work, but well worth it!!!! There are 3 videos at the end!!!! Cute!!
First arrived!!

Me feeding Austin for the first time!

Can't do it fast enough!!

YUM!

Always smiling!!

Messy face!

Crawled over to look out!

Chillin Sunday morning!

Morning face!

What's for breakfast??

David fed him to!!!

YUMMY!

Hungry I guess!

Mmmmmm.....

=)

He did not like his face wiped off!

The boys.

Austin not looking.

Now David not looking!

Crawling around.

~~~Check out a couple videos we took of our weekend!!

Trees

Tonight David planted our 2 trees. A pink flowering dogwood, and a flowering pear tree. I picked up the pear tree tonight from a friend at work, Deb. We had to dig it up and cut the roots down a bit so I hope it survives, but you can't beat free!! Thanks Deb!! I need to prune it up now. We also need to stake them up soon to. Hopefully they take off!
David on the mowers his parents gave us.

Flowering dogwood tree out front.

My baby flowering pear tree.

Out back.

**Also David is trying to quit smoking again. Cold turkey this time. He really wants to quit before we have kids. He doesn't want them to see him smoking. He has smoked for 10 years already so it's not going to be easy. Today was the first day that he tried not to smoke any. He said he had 2 today though. But I still think that is REALLY GOOD!! Just so he can keep that number down and cut it down to 0! I really hope he can do it!! Please keep him in your prayers to kick this addiction! He's trying to do it for him and our future family. I have faith in him that he can do it this time!!! =)

Squint your eyes....

If you squint your eyes enough you can see a slight green haze starting!! Finally the hard work just might pay off! Alot of the broad blades you see are actually oats or wheat sprouting up from the straw! But past those you see the actual blades of grass. I cannot wait until it comes in lush and green!!
Front yard.

Close up! Can you see it now??

Woo hoo!!

There is some!!

Oat or wheat sprouts!!

Out back/side. The very nice green in the back of the picture is our neighbors yard, not ours!!

Here's ours!!

Close up of my flowers. Darn robins keep building nests in my hanging baskets. Grrr....

Coming along to!!

Pansie overload!! =)

Flower mania!!