Sunday, May 15, 2011

1 event down... 2 left to go....

a look back in pictures of Calista's garden shower (thanks to cold weather we had to move the "garden-esque" theme indoors, but it worked beautifully!) ... thanks to flawless teamwork (courtesy of hostess with the mostess yvonne and her friend adrienne- our behind the scenes miracle worker) we managed to pull off a beautiful shower for a beautiful bride!
sporting her fabulous bridal garden hat (complete with embellishments from her guests)
pretty sure this bride-to-be is so over my picture taking (i told her to consider it "big day conditioning")

love that we are each looking at a different camera

all set to go!

another look




dessert

"dirty baby" wins best embellishment (bride and bride's cousin inside joke)



the bride-to-be and all her fabulous gifts!



not a single hat disappointed!

now on to the bachelorette planning....

Sunday, May 8, 2011

a first of its kind -mother's day....

my first being a mom and ryan's first without his mom. i was anticipating a bitter sweet kinda day before it even began, so we more or less had an ordinary quiet sunday, just the 3 of us. my morning started with a present (a diaper) overflowing with love (not sure poop equates to love, but i was trying to throw a positive spin on the situation)... we let the man of the house sleep in while jayme and i shared some toast and coffee (i feel the need to clarify for those who are gonna have a smart comment about a baby and coffee- obviously only i had the coffee) and imagined the whole wheat to be an apple fritter... once daddy got up (8:30ish) jayme had a playmate while i got to work on my to-do list starting with dinner in the crock-pot (chicken tacos), laundry, dishes, vacuuming, crafting shower decorations and phone calls. fast forward to an afternoon nap (both mom and baby)... when i woke up i found the most precious card and treat waiting for me at the bedroom door!
overall it was a special day in that it was ordinary, uneventful (sometimes that's a good thing!), and just the 3 of us relaxing in pj's all day.

this was waiting for me after my nap (with 2 oreos on top)
apparently she spent some time learning how to scribble instead of eat the crayons... saving this forever!

Thursday, May 5, 2011

11 months...

i cannot believe 11 months has flown by since jayme entered our lives! soooo much has happened within that 11 months, and i can only imagine what we have to look forward to in the coming months! less than 4 weeks until her first birthday (and an excuse to celebrate something great this year- ryan our family everyone could use a good celebration these days)... in the meantime here are some 11 month pics... i couldn't get her to stay still for the life of me until i gave her a book (then i couldn't get her to look up- doh!)






giving me the "i'm done with pictures for today" glare