Shelby's shower!

My sister Shelby is expecting her first baby on October 1. She is having a baby girl! A couple of  weekends ago Ava and I traveled to Illinois for her baby shower which was hosted by her mother in law Linda and me. Her nursery colors are light pink and brown and we used those colors as the main colors for the shower! Linda did the games and I made the candy buffet.

Here are some pictures from Shelby’s special day!

The candy buffet!  I made this, Ava and I picked out all of the pink candy.  It was a big hit with the kids-ha ha!

The gift table!  Shelby got SO many nice gifts! 

Here's the room all decorated in pink and brown!

Here is a close up of one of the center pieces.  My sister's Mother-in-law Linda made them.  I think they turned out SO cute!

The cake since they don't have a name picked out yet we had their last name put on the cake. 

Ryan's cousin made this beautiful edible arrangement!

Here are the cute little girl cutouts from one of the games we played!

Shelby and Ryan opening their presents.  Ryan wasn't there for the whole shower but he came in to help my sister open her gifts which I thought was nice!  Our Dad and Ryan's Dad also came in and sat in the back for the opening of the gifts!  Ava and her friend Anika helped put away the gifts after they were opened. 

Ava and Anika at the candy buffet

Ava, Anika and Aunt Shelby!

Here are some other pictutes from the weekend.  We went out to eat A LOT and did some shopping at Target and Hobby Lobby!  Graig always says that the only things my family likes to do are shop and  go out to eat-he is SO right-ha ha!

Ava and Anika at our first hotel in Columnus, Ohio.  It had a kitchenette and the girls were so excited about having a kitchen in our hotel room so they wanted me to take their picture!

Ava and Aunt Shelby at Steak and Shake!

Dad, Vicki and Shelby hanging out by the pool!

We ordered breadsticks from Papa John's-SOOO good!

Ava and Anika with Uncle Ryan. They LOVED swimming with him!

Anika and Ava in the pool!

My Dad bought   a new piece of property so he took us on a little tour.  The girls loved riding in the wagon!

Shelby and Ryan with his parents. 

Shelby and me!

Ava and Anika in the little attic space of my Dad's new shed.  It was SO hot up there but the girls loved it!

I am so glad that Ava and I went to Illinois for my sister's baby shower.  It was a LONG drive but so worth it!  We had a ton of fun and we can't wait to go back when the baby is born!!

Babies, Being Busy and The Obamas

I had no idea what to call this post, I have so many things to write about today so I hope you will excuse the weird title :) I know it's all over the place and that's how this post is going to be!

First of all I am so excited this week because 2 of my friends at work and 2 of my favorite bloggers are having (or have already had) baby BOYS!! One of my favorite bloggers Blue Eyed Bride, is going to be induced tomorrow morning and Whitney just had her baby over the weekend. My friend Rebecca at work had her baby last weekend and my friend Robin (whose office is right next to mine) is going to have her baby any day! For a while I thought everyone I knew was having girls but now it seems like everyone is having boys!

Second I feel like the four of us are constantly going in different directions with work, school, after school activities, friends, etc. So I am going to copy Her Southern Charm and start a Home Organization notebook. I just started working on this project and I think it will be a fun one to work on over the summer, I will show you what it looks like when I am all done.

I can't wait to see the Obama special that was on NBC last night and tonight, I didn't get a chance to watch it yet but I DVR'd it and I can't wait to see it! A preview was on the Today show today and all four of us were glued to the TV while it was on! Hopefully, I will get a chance to watch it over the weekend.

I better get to bed I have a full day conference tomorrow for work, I hope to squeeze in a little shopping too after the conference :)

Happy 4th!!

Happy 4th of July everyone! Today we helped our friends Sabrina and Shawn put their nursery together for their sweet baby girl Eliza June who is due on July 26. Graig and Shawn put the crib and corner bookshelf together, while Sabrina and I organized all of the baby clothes. She had four showers so she had a ton of stuff to go through. Her colors are sage and pink they are so cute!

Here is a picture of her corner bookshelf it's super cute and from Pottery Barn Kids

After we organized everything we ordered take out from one of our favorite restaurants Brooks bbq. It was so good and very filling! We were all stuffed. After we left their house, Brock, Ava and I came home to relax and Graig went to his office to work on (what else!?!) Little League stuff, he is organizing the tournament for our town which starts next week.

Tonight Ava and I are going to pick up our house and then we are going to watch the fireworks and tomorrow Brock has (what else!?!) a Little League game.

Tomorrow I am going to have to get organized to go back to work on Monday! I have been off enjoying the summer with the kids since June 26. I also need to start watching what I eat! I think I am going to start Weight Watchers again, wish me good luck.