4th of July Baby Shower

This will be one of 2 post for the 4th of July. Today, my wonderful cousins hosted a small family baby shower for myself and Maddie. It was sooo nice and a lot of fun. Thank you to everyone who came out and shared this special time. A special thanks to Court, Steph, Tory, Ashley and Ali for hosting this awesome shower for me. I can't thank y'all enough for everything! It was so wonderful! Here are a few photos from the shower, all of Maddie's gifts and a few extra pics.





















love my diaper bag!










All of her amazing gifts




bouncer from cuz Leeanne


LOVE how her baskets turned out!


All of her SUPER soft blankets!


Brant and I love how pretty and soft this blanket is :)


miss Penny


some of her clothes :)


More to come later from tonights dinner :)

22 weeks!

Yay for 22 weeks - 5 1/2 months! Yay....Lets see what I can report this week...

We're still working on the dresser - the outside is done and looks AWESOME! But, just wait until you see the knobs :) -- that will come a little later!

We've also been working on curtains and we may have finally found some, but this is just the 'test' photo -- more of that to come later as well :).

we also got Maddie's first dress in the mail today :) -- its so tiny and cute!

Enjoy the photos!!

This photo you can see the changer that we bought and the dresser! It matches perfectly!










and a look from the last 6 weeks

staining progress

So, the dresser is looking oh so perfect!!! We should have it done, hopefully, by the end of the week! YAY! Here are the latest pics along - I included the changer in one pic, just to see how perfect it matches :).







these still have 1 more coat to go and they should be perfect!



This past weekend we also celebrated the engagement of Jenn and Blanton! Woo hoo! We had a fiesta party and it was so much fun. Here are a few photos from the event -- and our decorations ;).





















Oh - 22 week pics coming soon!

AND, on another note, Brant and I decided to give Tink to his parents this past weekend. After the loss of their puppy, we knew how much they wanted another one. She will be in good hands and SUPER happy there, so we went ahead and took her. Of course, we'll get to see her all the time, so we're happy and know she's happy too! :)

Birthdays and Staining!

Today Tinkerbelle turned a year old!!!!!!!!!!! 12 months ago we helped Gabby deliver 12 puppies and now they are a year old! I decided to share my grapes with Tink and it was too cute to pass up on a photo op. So, here is Tink playing and trying to figure out how to eat a grape.







This is Brant's current project which is staining Maddie's dresser to match her crib and changer. It's been a fun, but hot project for him since he did the hard work (sanding) outside in the heat.....






Hope you are staying cool -- it's times like now I wish we had a pool ;).