HAPPY MOTHER'S DAY, JULES!!

You are and always will be a wonderful mother to baby!! I love you!!

sugar coma

so today i needed something sweet...i mean NEEDED it. it is kind of unusual for me to feel this way about sweet things since i have been pregnant. i do enjoy a scoop of ice cream now and then and it helps with my heartburn but as far as sugary sugar, like candy i just can't handle it very well...much too sweet for my pregnancy palette. today was another story, i was going to die if i did not get something SWEET. i am lucky my friend Jessica had a pink cookie in her car and after eating about half i am blissed out in a sugar coma. i don't think i have eaten one of these my whole life, they have always been too sweet for me. i don't feel the need for something sweet now though...

Thanks Jessica!

girl's weekend

this past weekend i was in virginia with my mom and my sisters and sister-in-law angie to have a girl's weekend. it was so much fun to spend time with everyone. we went shopping, lunched, went to the movies, watched mariah's play and michaela's soccor game, went for a picnic, went to mimi's for a baby shower brunch for audrey jane, ate delicious meals made my some very talented chef's, enjoyed melissa's yummy coconut cake, all piled onto my parent's bed to play board games, watched videos and had many fun, girly conversations.

after our facials courtesy of angie and rachel, in our fun aprons rachel made us all for mother's day before our waffle breakfast



pretty pedicures



picnic at burke lake park, where i finally got to have boston market...thanks dad and truman for picking it up and everyone else for giving into my craving...



baby shower/brunch at mimi's



at mariah's play



28 week belly shot taken by laura



thanks mom and dad for hosting such a fun weekend, cooking, cleaning and providing meals for us. everything was so lovely. you really went out of your way to make it a great weekend and i really appreciate it!

fun mail for audrey jane

i got a package in the mail tonight from my friend natalie for little audrey. it was so fun to open! look at these darling shoes:






I have to admit, i wish i had a pair of each of these in my size, haha. she will be one stylin' little chica. it is very fitting for natalie to give her shoes since nat is queen of style and always wears cute shoes.



and this adorable bottle that matches the bedding in the nursery...

what a fun package! what girl doesn't like new shoes??

thanks natalie! that was so sweet of you.

saying goodbye...

to an old friend



and saying hello to a new one



i discovered this week(was told by a co-worker) that my water bottle was recalled because of the type of plastic it was made of and how this plastic taints the water it contains and is filled with carcinogens and is particularly harmful to a fetus...

thanks to my husband i now have a bpa-free water bottle, but it is going to take some getting used to. i LOVED my nalgene bottle and it makes me think...before i had this nalgene water bottle, i had one that was identical to it and before that i had one that was identical to that one. i drank water out of that bottle every day...for years.

more baby shower pictures

some pictures of the gifts i received for audrey at the shower...





some pictures of friends and family at the shower...

the group shot taken by the hostess



my friend megan who had to leave early and missed the group picture




my friend ashley who lives across the country and couldn't make it but was so thoughtful to send a gift




the beautiful hostess/photographer rachel

baby shower

my sister rachel threw me a baby shower yesterday and everything was so lovely. the food was great, the favors were so cute and the house was so sweetly decorated with pink balloons and streamers. it was so fun to see everyone and celebrate little audrey's upcoming arrival. thank you rachel for all of the work you put into this shower to make it so fun.


aren't these orange bowl salads so fancy? thanks lindsey for making them. don't you love the cupcakes and favors that rachel made? everything was just perfect.



kim brought chocolate covered strawberries. these are not the strawberries kim made, hers were much cuter and had pink drizzle on them...and they were so yummy!

a big thank you to everyone that came or sent a present in the mail. i truly was "showered" with gifts and i had such a delightful time. dave said i was just beaming when i got home.

thanks again rachel. it really meant a lot to me.