Our Little Valentine

Lindsay's Baby Shower

Lindsay Chance & I have been good friends since middle school when her family moved to McKinney.  Lindsay & I have seen alot together over the years... I could go on and on here, but for the sake of time I won't.  She is such a sweetheart & I consider her a blessing in my life.  I'm grateful that after having been in Las Vegas for 5 years the Lord brought me back "home" and back to my friendship with Lindsay.  She & her husband Clark are also AWESOME youth group sponsors for us-- the kids LOVE them & they have such a heart for youth ministry.

More than anything I'm so excited that we've been able to share pregnancy together, and that we'll both have little girls that will, Lord willing, get to grow up together like us.  My prayer is that my sweet Sawyer and her precious Hattie will be good friends-- and not just because their mommies were, but hopefully because they'll find friendship in the Lord.

So..... needless to say- I was super excited about getting to help host Lindsay's baby shower.  The girls that worked on her shower are amazing & super talented, and we had a fun time putting it all together.  I wanted to share some pictures with you, because I think it all turned out too cute not to:

Drink station

Homemade flower corsages for Lindsay, the future grandmothers,  and the future great grandmothers---  they also had places on the backs where you could put a clip, so Lindsay could keep them as hair bows for Hattie. 

Sign in table..... we used an old changing station table.

Food table

Sign in table.

Front porch to welcome guests

Incredible onesie cookies that Andrea made!

Close up of the yummy mini cupcakes that Andrea also made!

Lindsay & her hostesses (excuse my huge self.... I didn't realize that sweater made me look so massive.) There are 5 pregnant girls in this picture!

Kennedie's Cuteness!

I have a few pictures of my big girl that I wanted to share with you before Sawyer arrives & I forget to post them up.  Here is my sweetie just being adorable:

The next picture makes me happy.  Kennedie loves it when we make homemade biscuits in the morning.  I mean, this girl really loves her some biscuits.  She will walk around saying, "Biscuit," in this adorable high-pitched kind of voice.  On this particular morning she got her own plate out and was standing in front of the oven waiting for the biscuits to finish cooking.  So cute:

The next two crack me up.  If you are friends on Facebook with the Chick-fil-a here in McKinney they give something away free every Friday.  Well, last Friday we got some free chicken strips. Kennedie was loving them way to much.... well, not so much the chicken as the barbecue sauce.  She had it everywhere..... notice the second picture where she bent over and started licking it right out of the container... priceless!

Look closely at the next one.... last Sunday after church Lantz had Kennedie while I went home to get ready for Lindsay Chance's baby shower (pictures soon).  He was getting ice for me in our cooler and letting Kennedie ride on it back to the car.  Well, he got distracted talking to people and she fell right off & busted it pretty bad.  Her lip and chin really took a hit, & she was bleeding.  She's all smiles in this picture, but bless her heart.

Kennedie likes to have her picture taken when Mommy takes a belly shot.  The first is her attempt at smiling at the for Daddy (and like Daddy she manages to close her eyes for the camera), and the second is her watching Mommy pose for the picture:

Finally, our silly little girl..... Here she is being a ham.  She is wearing a wig that her cousin left at our house at Christmas.... she thinks it's so funny to wear or to make us wear.

That's all for now folks!  Hope you enjoy looking at our little sweet pea as much as we do!

Belly Bump Update

So..... here we have it.  This may be the last of the belly bump this time around.  If Miss Sawyer decided to come early we will never know what the belly looks like at 40 weeks this time around.  If, however, she waits and we induce her on her due date we may get to see the belly at 40 weeks.... it just depends on if I have my act together enough to remember to take a picture before we head out the door to the hospital.  Enough jabber.... here's the belly at 38 & 39 weeks:

And just for fun.... here is my 39 week belly shot when I was pregnant with Kennedie-- for comparison:

What do you think?  I definitely gained more weight with Kennedie than I have so far with Sawyer.  I am up to 32 pounds with Sawyer, but I gained a total of 44 pounds with Kennedie.... hopefully I won't gain 12 pounds this last week!  Ha!

I can't wait to meet Sawyer Sue!  It's crazy to think that this time next week I will have at least a 2 day old baby.  Ahhhhh!!!!  SO exciting!

Sawyer's Baby Shower

Last week some of my amazing (and super talented) friends hosted a baby shower for my sweet Sawyer Sue.  Let me tell you-- I was completely filled with gratitude after the event.  Everything was so beautiful and thoughtful and there were so many guests who came to "shower" Sawyer with new goodies and love.
It was such a fun time!

The girls throwing the shower knew that Kennedie & Sawyer would be sharing a room, so they decided to host the event around our room theme.  The girls' room is black and white damask with Tiffany & CO. turquoise accents... we like to refer to it as the Kennedie & CO. and Sawyer & CO. room.  The party was so pretty & it was so fun because I got to take home several of the decorations to add to the girls' room!

Here are some pictures.... sorry for the overload!

Such a pretty table!!

Allison made this & I got to keep it-- it's hanging above Sawyer's crib in an empty black frame.

Andrea made these!  She is so talented!

Check out that awesome cake stand that Erin made!  Andre made the cupcakes to look like Tiffany boxes- so cute, and super yummy too!

Erin made these, and they were SOOOO good!

My awesome hostesses (left to right): Rebecca Russell, Amanda Varvel, Lindsay Chance, (me), Erin Owens, Andrea Johnson, Allison Booth

Tasty punch!

Adorable sign in table!  I got to keep the "S"-- LOVE it!

Beautiful wreath to on the door to welcome people!  Erin made it, & I got to keep it.  It's hanging on the girls' door and it looks awesome!  I mean the flowers on this thing are so pretty!

Loved how they had these tissue paper balls hanging with crystal beads hanging with them- it added some bling!

These were my hostess gifts that I gave- I used black & white wrapping with a Tiffany & CO. inspired name tag.

Hostesses with their gifts- I gave the girls monogramed aprons! 

My sweet big girl and me- we matched for the shower!

Awesome gift basket my sister and mom put together for baby Sawyer!

This was such a fun shower, & I'm so grateful to everyone who came and "showered" Sawyer with gifts!  My heart is overflowing with appreciation!  SO excited to meet my second baby girl and introduce her to all the special people who have already shown her so much love!