Tuesday, January 15, 2013

January Photo-a-Day Part I

#FMSPHOTOADAY

Day 1: Today
Watched the Rose Parade - LOVE this years theme - Oh The Places You'll Go!

Day 2: Something New
My new Mickey bag! Perfect computer bag!

Day 3: Heart
One of my many heart necklaces

Day 4: The View From Here
Watching A&M BTHO OU in the Cotton Bowl - Not a bad view if you ask me!

Day 5: Movement
Lots of movement in the kitchen today preparing for Ashley's shower! Here are the cupcakes I made :)

Day 6: Mine
A new jewelry box from Ashley...it's clearly MINE :) Love it!!

Day 7: Street
Our street on the way to work

Day 8: Something Beginning with a "T"
Lots of thunderstorms today! Much needed rain here in Pville!

Day 9: Paper
My new planner - haven't had one of these since college and man did I miss it! Plus it's pink chevron!

Day 10: One O'Clock
Back to work

Day 11: Water
Water in my new favorite cup!

Day 12: Surprise

Justin's Valentine's present came in the mail today!

Day 13: Circle

Followed a google+ circle all day to track Christine's birth progress!! What an exciting day!

Day 14: Something Yellow
Okay there's nothing yellow in this pic but how could I not share the day we met Tenley & Caden??

Day 15: An Ordinary Moment

Cuddling with Hunter before work - a normal occurrence :)

Tuesday, January 8, 2013

Ashley's Baby Shower

Remember back in November when I shared Christine's Baby Shower? Well now it was Christine and my turn to throw Ashley's baby shower! Yep, I live between two preggo ladies :) Again, before we knew the gender of Ashley's baby, Christine and I were in full planning mode and decided on a Hawaiian theme since Ashley & Cory love Hawaii!

The Decorations







The Games
We decorated Take-N-Toss cups!
We guessed Colton's arrival date
We wrote notes to Colton in some baby books

We wrote wishes to Colton on surfboards!

We played a game where you had to come up with words using only letters in the baby's name - turns out this was pretty hard!
Finish the Nursery Rhyme - also harder than it looks!
We also played a memory game with lots of baby products - it was hard but fun and played guess how big Ashley's belly is with ribbon - her sister-in-law Ashley won and was crazy close! 

The Food
We went with a Hawaiian theme for the food too!
Vanilla Cupcakes
Oh so yummy fruit skewers...thanks pinterest!
Shockingly good fruit for January!
BBQ Chips
Veggies & Ranch
The spread


BBQ Chicken Sliders with Hawaiian rolls
We had citrus water & virgin margaritas!
We ended the shower with Ashley opening her gifts! I love seeing all the cute little baby things!
Awesome diaper cake Ara made!


Ashley's mom made this quilt with fabric Ashley got in Hawaii!





Christine, Ashley & I
Pregnant mommas!

I must say I think Ashley's shower was a success! Lot's of food was eaten, fun was had, and she received lots of great gifts for baby Colton! Again, I'm so lucky to have these two as friends and soon to be down the street neighbors! Can't wait till Colton is here!!