Wednesday, June 27, 2012

Baby Shower

Some of my sweet friends here in Denver gave me a baby shower for this little boy. There's not a lot that we need, other than nursery stuff and diapers/wipes but its great to celebrate a new life and the excitement we have preparing for him. My friends threw a beautiful party and I loved every minute of it! Here are some pics of the event....

 In the middle of high 90s, we had a mellow 80 degree day with some cloud cover-made for a great outdoor patio party. 


 The food was amazing! I want some more cake balls, meat balls and ham sandwiches now! :)


 Some of my friends: Jenny, Barb, nelsy, and Paty....

 My hostess'-Carrie, Meredith and Shawna-you did a wonderful job ladies!! Thank you!

 32 weeks pregnant (while typing I'm almost 34) getting ready to pop!


Carrie (far left), my little helper-Charlie, JJ and Amie (charlie's mom) 

 My bedding from my Dad and Jimmi-thank you! Our nursery feels almost complete after getting that washed and put up. I'll have nursery pics later...

Opening the card with the pic from my Inlaws (Howard, Sandy and Ashley) of the double stroller they got for us-need to get that assembled and figure out how it works.

Thanks to everyone who is celebrating along with us as we await this little guy! Can't wait till I'm posting pics on here of him!

Monday, May 28, 2012

A Wedding in Minneapolis

Jesse's cousin Corbin got married May 5, 2012, in Minneapolis and we all got to go for the big event. We got there on thursday for the pre-wedding events that Jesse was apart of as a groomsmen. I had no idea how Hannah and I would do with a lot of time on our own in a hotel but it turned into a great trip and Jesse got to be there for most of the daytime activities. Our favorite excursion was the Mall of America theme park. Hannah loved it!

 Riding all by herself! Such a big girl!


 We had lunch at the rainforest cafe and got to sit right by the fish!

 Princess Castle in the disney store-she also got a toy Nemo out of this trip. 

 I've never seen someone smile and laugh as much on a rollercoaster as she did!! It was great!

 One of the few rides my 6 month belly could fit into. 

 Riding a hop-hop on the carousel

 At the Wedding! Happy Marriage Corbin and Katie!

Clayburn Clan Celebrating Corbin!

 Hannah LOVED dancing at the wedding! She didn't want to stop to eat dessert or to go home at 10pm!

 Dancing the night away!

Since this night, she has really started dancing a lot more! This awakened something inside of her! :)

2 Year Pics, Finally!!

Hannah turned two at the end of January, but I finally got her two-year portraits made-Better 4 months late, than never. Here are the best of the best. She did great and seemed to have a wonderful time, though she had no idea how to pose. 











Friday, April 27, 2012

A DAY AT THE FARM!

While I have three sleeping kiddos upstairs, laundry in the wash, DVR program playing...I thought I would fill you in on our most recent adventure. We went to a farm with my MOPS group, about 40 minutes east of our house. This was a REAL farm. At first I keep worrying about Hannah getting dirty and then I realized we would just have to wash and disinfect later. Hannah had such a great time! She loved every animal, every moment, and I managed to catch some of it on film.


















Friday, April 13, 2012

Easter, Baby and More (long catch-up)

Here are some quick snapshots of our life lately and a few funny stories-

Aunt Blaire came to visit and we went to the 100+ year old Hammonds Candy factory, the zoo and the aquarium! We had a great time with Aunt blaire visiting! Hannah had a hard time saying "Aunt Blaire" and it came out like "Ah Bah".



Lately Hannah likes to ask for something and then change her mind and go back and forth many times without ever making a decision. I was told by a friend this great motto "You get what you get and you don't throw a fit." So we've been saying this for about a week now. Today she asked for applesauce, then yogurt, then applesauce then yogurt. I told her to pick one and thats what it would be. She said "yogurt" so before she could say anything else I scooped yogurt into a bowl. She started to fuss and say "applesauce" and then stopped herself and said "get get, no fit"! I can't believe she had gotten our lesson! I was so proud of her. She promptly ate her yogurt with no more fuss.

She is also in a fun play stage right now where she loves to "rough house" with daddy, here's a video...




Hannah loves to "see" the baby and talk to my belly. She tells the baby "I Hannah, I two, I big sister". She shows the baby how to brush her teeth, how to eat food, etc. She talks about how she will hold the baby and help mommy with the baby. I  know she really has no idea how much this baby will change her life but as much as she is capable, she is excited about this baby's arrival. I'm excited too!



Hannah had her first haircut! I just wanted to shape it all up though I really don't know that you could tell any difference. We cut off maybe a 1/2" to 1" of her little curls. She loved the haircut! The place was great. They had child sized chairs with seat belts and a movie of dogs playing. After the cut was done they put in pigtails and glitter and gave her a star stamp on her cheek. She then got to walk the runway and see herself in the mirror and on the tv screen. She loved the day!

 before....









We went to Houston a few weeks ago, to see PawPaw, GaGa and Aunt Ashley along with some other family and friends. We got to take Hannah to galveston and the beach. She loved the waves and water! But she also got sick while on this trip and took a random nap in GaGas arms! Very sweet moment. But poor sick girl...





For Easter we did a lot of traditional things. Poni was able to have a 24 hour layover in Denver the day before easter so she got to be there for Hannah's first easter egg hunt and to dye eggs with her. At the easter egg hunt they had little bunnies for her to hold and pet. She loved it!! She also loved the bounce house they had. The easter egg hunt was a little confusing for her but she still did good. I don't think she knew there was candy inside the eggs so she wasn't too interested in picking them up. Once we told her there were eggs inside, she wanted to stop and open them but there were so many kids running around, I had to encourage her to just get the eggs and go-we would look later. Then on Easter morning we talked to her about what easter was about (as we had been doing all week leading up to Easter). We reminded her about how Jesus came to save us by dying for us. Then three days later the tomb was empty and Jesus rose. We then told her that we had hidden an easter basket for her in the house-she loved looking for it then finding it!













Here is a pic of me at 20 weeks pregnant and then again on Easter at 22 weeks pregnant with our little boy.



There's many more stories I could share but I think I've probably maxed out my (and your) time!