BABY SHOWER

On Wednesday, March 26, my great friends Misty, Tami and Lorilee threw me a baby shower!!! I had such a great time. They spent so much time and effort and it turned out absolutely gorgeous (thanks girls). It was mostly women from the ward. It was fun. We played games, ate yummy food and of course opened presents for little Calvin. My mom came and had a great time. She usually shys away from church things because she isn't a member. But after the party she couldn't stop talking about how everyone was so friendly to her and during the party I saved her a seat to sit by me during dinner but she just went and sat down somewhere else and started talking to some of the ladies. Thank you everyone for making that experience great for my mom too. Got to plant those little seeds. I really do have the best friends in the entire world. We are always there for eachother. And it means the world to me.
Me, Misty, Tami and Lorilee (yep I'm the odd one out with the brown hair!)

The cute decorations that they did at Tami's house

Tami and Misty made this adorable diaper cake. Way to go girls

Here I am before the party with little Sydney. She love to kiss Calvin in my belly. So cute!!!

SHOPPING SPREE AND DOCTORS

Today I got to go on a complete baby gear shopping spree. First I went to Babies R Us where I met my in-laws. They bought our stroller travel system for us. Yay for great parents!!!! I also was able to buy all of the bedding for Calvin's crib and a cute coming home outfit for him when we go home from the hospital. After that had a great lunch with my good friend Heather. We ate at the Brighter Side in down town Modesto. If you've never been you got to try it out. Very delicious sandwiches at a great price!!! Then went home and tried to relax, but I'm in a crazy 'let's get everything ready for the baby' mood. So, even though I had huge swollen legs, I didn't really rest. Then I went to my check up hoping for a little progress in the baby department. Well, nothing's happening so far. Not dialated at all and he's still just hanging around. He hasn't dropped. But I guess that gives me a little extra time to get everything in order. Plus, now I won't have to worry about our fun temple trip we are taking tomorrow night. It will probaby be the last time I will get to go for a while. After the doctor's appointment, I decided to go to Target to use some more of the gift cards I received. I bought a glider for the room and Calvin a cute little sun hat to protect his little head. Now I'm back home with my huge swollen legs and I am beat. But I had a really fun day spending a lot of money without really spending any money. Gotta love those gift cards. Thank you to everyone who got us them because they helped out sooooo much. I can't wait to post the pictures of my last baby shower. It was a blast.

BIRTHDAY FUN

This was the only picture I took the night the girls took me out to celebrate a belated birthday dinner. Thanks Misty, Lorilee and Tami (and Tami's friend Alyssa) for spending the evening with me. I had a great time and it was complete when I got to wear the blinking feather birthday crown. You girls are awesome and I had so much fun being with all of you. Check out my sexy pose!!!

WEDDING BELLS

My sister Wendy was sealed to her husband ,Jason, at the Oakland Temple on March 7th. It was a beautiful day as well as a beautiful sealing. Afterwards there was a ring ceremony and a reception. they look so happy.

Here are some fun pictures at the temple. Janelle and I were two of her bridesmaids as well as our cousin, Jordyn and friend Lupe

And yes, It was so much fun being preggers while being in a wedding. Look at those ankles!!! Congratulations Wendy and Jason!!!!!!

WENDY'S BACHELORETTE PARTY

We threw Wendy a Bachelorette party the week before her wedding. Lupe, Katie, Myself, Wendy and Lupe all had a great time. We played games and ate a bunch of junk food. Wendy also got some pretty awesome gifts (wink wink)


This is Fabio. It was the ugliest blow-up doll we could find. He wasn't anatomically correct, but looked wierd without any clothes so we put on some swim trunks. Oh yeah!!!

Isn't wendy sooo pretty in her veil and boa?!

BABY SHOWER

On March 4th, my sisters and cousin, Staci, threw me a baby shower for little Calvin. It was a lot of fun. It was great to have so many friends and family members there. We opened gifts (thanks everyone), ate some yummy food and played some funny games.


Wendy trying to determine what kind of baby food that was.

I got a lot of cute clothes along with some great basics

These are the gals from D'boni's that came. Left to right...Aunt Barb, Luann, Diane, Jane, Me, Wendy, Teresa, and Maria

My family. Back row....Great Aunts Linda, Pat and Barb. Front row....cousin Linda, My mom, and Great Aunt Gretchen

More friends from High School. Dana, Heather, Veronica, Gena and her cousin Addison

PICTURES

My awesome friends Tami and Misty helped me make these pictures happen. I wanted to take some nice pictures to remind me of my first pregnancy. I am so excited to be a mommy and I was trying to find a way to capture that. Tami styled my hair beautifully and Misty was the creative photographer. I love the almond orchard in the backround. It was a perfect day and I am so glad I did this. It was pretty fun too except I was pretty unsure of how to pose for some of the pictures.

YOU KNOW YOU HAVE GREAT FRIENDS WHEN.....

I'm pretty sure I have the greatest friends in the entire world!!!! Sunday I was having a pretty tought time at church. And had to bolt out of sacrament meeting. I am very pregnant, miss my husband, and have a few issues I'm dealing with. It was pretty embarrassing. But I couldn't control my emotions. I wasn't in the bathroom more than 2 seconds when in walks in the greatest friends in the world. Lorilee, Misty and Tami... You guys are the best. Thank you so much for being there for me when I needed you the most. You made sure I was okay. I'm sorry for the breakdown on Sunday. Like I said, it was very embarrassing, but it's times like these when you see who cares the most. I just want you all to know how much I care about you and that I don't take our friendships for granted. Lorilee, I really feel like Heavenly Father brought us together. You have been there so much for me and I hope I can do the same for you. Misty, you always know what to say to chear me up and Tami, you are such a great listener. I really wish we didn't have to go through some of the trials that we do go through. But through this trial, I have found the best of friends. Thanks again girls. I love you so much.