Whoa! What a Weekend!

We kicked off our weekend with our first baby shower on Friday night. Four of my most precious friends (Abby, Jaclyn, Jennifer, and Natalie) threw us a shower at Jaclyn's house. In true Jaclyn style, the house was decked out with huge pink bows, pink tulips and pink and white boas. I was so overwhelmed I didn't get any pictures of the decorations other than the tables. Everything was so pretty!

Here is the dessert island. We had cupcakes, chocolate covered pretzels, pink chocolate dipped chocolate chip cookies, Kisses, M&M's, rock candy, and jelly beans. ALL candy and desserts were pink and very delicious! The center piece was a collection of a few of my baby things. Or so that is what I was told. I only recognized one thing and that is the baby doll. It was my first given to me on the day I was born by my Uncle Scott. I loved that doll and probably slept with it WAY longer than I should have. I'm pretty sure I remember having a talk with myself about how silly it was to be going to middle school and still sleeping with a baby doll. I know you are wondering when I will have that talk with myself about the baby blanket I STILL sleep with. Not gonna happen! It is a total comfort thing.
There is the food table decked out with pink and green with vases full of tulips. Jac even pulled out the China for the event.

And look at these cute favors we had! Jac had made coasters for us all to use and take home with us! What a clever idea! May have to steal this little idea!

The shower was wonderful and Brent and I brought home a car load of stuff, that yes Jac, got put away as soon as we got home! I couldn't go to bed without everything having a new home. Brent even set up the baby monitors for us. He wanted to test them out to make sure that they worked. He closed Belle's room door and walked around the house yelling at me to talk as I sat in the middle of her floor to make sure he could hear me. He could loud and clear! When we went to bed that night, I noticed he so conveniently put the monitor on my side of the bed. He told me he would move it to his side once I went back to work. And I'm holding him to that promise!!

Here I am with my four hostess. (L to R) Abby, Jennifer, me, Jaclyn, and Natalie

And here Jac and I are belly to belly. One day I will learn not to wear outfits that make me look like a linebacker!

One of the gifts we got was a gift from my mom and Nanny. If you know anything about me you know I LOVE quilts so imagine my surprise/excitement when I opened the box and out came a quilt that my mom had designed and my Nanny had sewed together. I was so shocked! It matches Belle's room perfectly and the back of the quilt is the same material I used for her valance. They made it extra big so we would be able to use it longer. I have a feeling this could be Belle's "comfort" blanket someday! (sorry about it being turned the wrong way. I was so excited about posting pics I forget to edit beforehand)

After all the excitement on Friday, we still had more to come because Saturday was my birthday! Brent and I started the day out with a quick breakfast at Chik-Fil-A. I just love those mini chicken biscuits. I could make myself sick off those things and have! Brent then headed off to work and I headed off to go shopping. I had fun filled morning shopping and looking around. Sometimes it is nice to go shopping by yourself.

When I got home I was pretty pooped so Colt and I snugged on the couch for a little while until my parents came up to take Brent and I out for my birthday. We ate a little local restaurant that only my mom had eaten at and it turned out to be really good! We love trying out new restaurants and it has almost become a thing to go somewhere new on my birthday.

After dinner we came back to our house to dive into these little beauties...

There is this new cupcake place here in BG and after looking at their menu online I HAD to go and try them out! They have a million flavors and they aren't your normal cupcakes. I got a Hot White Chocolate cupcake and it was fantastic!! They give you a 2 inch tall cupcake with about 4 inches of icing! They are a little pricey but well worth it! Thank goodness the store is on the other side of town because if I had to pass by there much I would be big as a house!

Finally Sunday after all the eating and excitement, Colt and I landed on the couch after church while Brent headed off to work. We spent most of our day on the couch and it was wonderful! It was much needed rest for the both of us!