Tuesday, August 31, 2010

A Birthday Celebration!

On Saturday night, the girls came over to celebrate my 30th birthday! I am happy to say that I AM NOT 30 YET!! My actual birthday isn't until the 12th, but as you know, Presley is due around that time, so the girls wanted to be sure that we could get our celebration in before she arrives.

Everyone came over for dinner, so I thought it would be fun to all sit together at the table, so I had to set the table and make it pretty for my birthday dinner!

The girls asked me what I am craving and of course I am always craving mexican food, so they brought over Cantina Laredo. It was sooooo good!

The Birthday Girl enjoying dinner!

The Bairds!

After dinner, the boys cleaned up. Thanks Guys!!

Time for presents!

The girls got me an adorable necklace. It has two charms with Kiley and Presley's names on them and then a 3rd charm with 2 peas in a pod.

I have blogged about Gretchen and Hilary's 30th birthdays in the past. We started a tradition to make a scrapbook for each of us as we turn 30. As you all know, I love scrapbooking, so this is the ultimate gift for me!

My Mom, Sister and all 4 girls worked on it. It looks so good. I love it so much!! It is so neat to have a scrapbook that I didn't do.

There are some great pictures. Some old ones that brought back so many memories.

After presents, we went to see what the guys and the little girls were up to. The guys were watching the Cowboy Game and the little girls were playing in the play room. Kiley had so much fun playing with Addie. She was so mesmerized by her and followed her around everywhere!

They played so well together. Addie taught Kiley about the different color balls and showed her how to play with some of her toys. It was absolutely adorable and so surreal to see our little girls playing together when we used to run around like little houligans together so many years ago.

After resting our stomachs and chatting for a while it was time for cake!

It was chocolate...my favorite!

Thank you girls so much for a very special night. I had so much fun spending time with you. I love my necklace and I have looked at my scrapbook a million times! It is well worth it to turn 30 to get a scrapbook!! I love you girls so much!

A Special Dinner

My girlfriends and I have been going to dinner for Restaurant Week since 2002. We have been to some great places and some not so great places. The last 3 years, we have gone to Capital Grill at The Crescent. The food is so good and it never disappoints.

This year, my dinner at Capital Grill was extra special! When we walked back to the table, there were baby gifts on it. My friend Tamra, is having a little girl also, so I thought they were for her. Then, when I realized they were for Presley, I was so excited. It was such a nice surprise and so unexpected. Since Presley is my second, and another girl, I really didn't expect anything. We received diapers at our diaper party which we really need, but it was so nice to take a night out and celebrate Presley. She deserves a few new outfits of her own and the girls also got us a Baby Bjorn!

I didn't bring my camera, but the waitress realized we were celebrating and took a picture of all of us and gave us a copy. She also gave Tamra and I roses and wrote "Congratulations" on our dessert. It was so sweet.

Thank you girls so much for a very special evening. It was such a nice surprise and so sweet of you girls to make me and Presley feel so special and loved. I love you girls and can't wait for you to meet Presley!!

Tuesday, August 24, 2010

Gretchen's Baby Shower

On Saturday, the girls, Mom and I hosted a baby shower for our very dear friend, Gretchen. She always goes so above and beyond for all of us, so we really wanted to make the shower special for her. Gretchen decorated Jacob's nursery with an owl theme, so we stayed with the theme for the shower.

As you have seen in the last 3 blogs, I have to show every detail! Starting with the wreath on the front door.

The Entry Table.

Entry Table Flower Arrangement

The Sign In Sheet

Pictures of Gretchen, Ben and Baby Jacob.

Another Flower Arrangement.

Blocks on the mantle.

The drinks: we had the baby friendly Water with Lemon.

Lemonade

And Iced Tea

We also had delicious Sangria!

The Appetizers

The Table. We made salads and pizza for lunch and everything was delicious!

The cute little owl napkins

A Summer Salad

A Garden Salad

Pizza #1

Pizza #2

Pizza #3

There were 4 of us at the shower that are expecting. We got to eat first!

Presents!

The Dessert Table

Cake and Strawberries!

The Cake

We took a picture similar to this one at my baby shower.

A picture with the Moms. Barbara and Charlese had already left =(.

A close up of the favor!

Kiley won the cutest guest award again! She actually slept through the shower, and didn't wake up until after most people left. She was in a great mood playing with Aunt M. Thanks for letting Mommy host Kiley!

We hope you enjoyed your shower Gretchen. We love you so much and we know you will be a great Mommy to Jacob!!

Sara & Brandon's NMFN Couples' Shower

On Sunday, the 15th, some of the Northwestern Wives and I hosted a Couples' Baby Shower for our very dear friends, Sara & Brandon. Sara is due 9 days before me. They do not know whether they are having a boy or a girl, so it will be a fun surprise when he or she comes! Presley is very excited about a Boy that is a friend, Hudson, or a BFF, Summer.

Presents! As B&S were opening their presents, I realized that when people don't know the gender of the baby, they tend to buy the stuff off of your registry that you actually need. They got some great stuff!

The adorable cake!

Baby, Baby, Baby!

Mommy & Daddy enjoying the cake.

Congratulations Sara and Brandon. We are so happy for you guys and we cannot wait to meet Hudson or Summer!