Showering baby Ella!

I've just had the most wonderful weekend!

I've decided there are few things better than sweet little baby clothes, and boy does Ella have enough of them now :)

Some pretty amazing women put together one beautiful baby shower for Ella and I on Sunday at the church where I grew up. It was perfect! Huge thanks to all of the women who helped, but most of all, to my big sister - Aunt Laura. Sister, you are amazing! I know you put so much hard work into making this day special for me and it truly meant the world to me. I have been excited for this shower since I knew I was pregnant! And you did an awesome job! The decorations (all pink and brown) were adorable, the cake was so cute and DELICIOUS! Again, it was perfect and I am so BLESSED and so grateful.

Here are some pictures from the big party. And special thanks to Houston Folmar for being such a great photographer! I was very entertained looking through all of the pictures monday morning while waiting for my dr's appointment - you did a great job!

My sweet sister, Laura, cutting Ella's beautiful cake



My other sweet sister, Megan, being the "gift girl" / "trash girl" ;-)



Some of the beautiful ladies that attended :)



Miss Lily Ann smiling so pretty



Anna Kate Asby really enjoyed her cake!



Miss Lily was the best little helper - I think she might need to help Ella open Christmas presents too!!



"Wet Happens" - One of Cousin Talli's cute gifts to Ella



My beautiful Mom "Grammie" and long-time friend Janet Hecker oohing and awwing at something cute



Aunt Kathy had the magic touch with Anna Kate - 30 minutes later and she was fast asleep



Cute jammies from Anna Kate :)



The softest little newborn outfit



Sweet ruffles from Aunt Kathy



THE cutest diaper bag from the Gardners



My amazing Mom gave me my baby book from when I was born. The amazing thing is how well she kept up with it! I hope I'm that diligent!!



My sweet Mom also gave me a dress that my granny had made for me 27 years ago! Wow -it looked brand new! So awesome :)



A basket full of very fun goodies from Aunt Ann!



Excited to see some good friends - Lora Tyra...



...and Karla Clemons - thank you so much ladies for coming!!



Beautiful flowers from my sister Laura that sadly couldn't fit into my too full car



Again, this was the most fun shower! I was so excited to take it all home and show it to Nolan. He reopened every present and loved them all as well. Thank you SO MUCH to everyone. We truly appreciate the kindness and generosity of all of our family and friends. Ella is one BLESSED little girl already, and she's not even here yet! I can't wait to see her in all of these cute outfits :-)

Waaaay behind

So it's official - I'm a blog slacker! Soooo much has been going on - I promise I have had the best of intentions to update the blog...but you see where that has gotten me.

So here's a quick run down (probably all out of order):

-I've officially ballooned! The belly is out in full force (pics to come soon!)

-We've started going to the doctor every 2 weeks now and have a sonogram (FINALLY!) this next week, the 16th I believe

-I survived an all day trip to Canton - I think I surprised the girls!

-Work has officially gotten busy again and man are my feet and back NOT HAPPY about it. Had to abandoned the cute shoes and take up the crocs!

Flu season must've started early this year - for those of you who know or have witnessed my awesome fainting skills - did you know that I GIVE the flu shots at work?? Scary huh ;-) All joking aside, GOD IS GOOD because He has given me strength to do something that completely freaked me out to begin with. AND my customers say I'm pretty good at it :)

Speaking of work, I had my FIRST baby shower Friday Sept. 11th. It was fun stuff - pics to come as well!

-Ella's room is getting closer to being done, thanks to some hard working ladies and one awesome daddy!

-I've been blessed to have some very special girl time this summer - with mom and my sisters, my sweet cousin Talli, my old roomies from the college station days (Renae and Kristy).

-Nolan's family from Germany was here to visit for 2 weeks and we were able to spend a lot of time with them. PS please keep praying for this amazing, sweet family!!

-My AMAZING mother-in-law sewed the most beautiful curtains/drapes for our living room and wow did she do an awesome job!

-We got to travel to St. Louis for a wedding and stay in an incredible home / resort!

Ok that's all I can think of, more scattered thoughts later :)