Baby Coston

Last weekend, I helped host a baby shower in Alabama for our sweet friends Laura and Courtney. Baby Coston is due to arrive mid to late June. This will be baby #3 for their family.

Look at these cute decorations. The nursery is pale blue and green with kind of a jungle theme, so we carried that over to the shower.

Our guests of honor in by the dessert/gift table. The hanging baby items are the ones I made here.

Look at this spread of food. We were all stuffed afterwards, with plenty of leftovers!

Look at this cute diaper bag. I love it!! Laura's mom had it stuffed full of cute baby things. They got a bunch of other cute things too, but I didn't manage to get any pictures because some little boy was sitting in my lap eating a cupcake and using my black pants as a napkin.

And here he is ... how cute are those red keds? These are his first lace-up shoes and I bet he untied them about 20 times before we finally took them off and let him go barefoot.

My cute kiddos, who can't manage to look at the camera at the same time. At least they are both looking forward.

Laura and me. I think this is the first time we have been pregnant at the same time with any of our kids.

The swings were a big hit with the kids.

David loved the slide.

RiRi swinging with the kids on the big swing.

Uh-oh. Claire pushing David on the swing. This could be trouble.

Mattie and Anna Kate on the trampoline. I was walking by and Anna Kate told me to take her picture.

The hostesses.

All the couple friends.

All the big kids. Jacob, Kylie and Emma were already asleep. David just refused to get in the picture and at almost 2 hours past his bedtime, I did not fight him.

Good times!

The Day-After-Halloween Party

Our hosts: Holly, Carter & Chris

Claire and I work on a craft.

Colleen and her girls.

The baseball tee was a big hit. (no pun intended!)

Claire takes a swing.

David kept the lawn mowed ... almost the entire party.

Cute scarecrow in the BIG pile of leaves.

Sweet kitty Cami.

Will with the kiddos.

Who knew that cowgirls could play soccer?

Time to eat! I love that our kids wanted to sit together.

Pocahontas and Minnie Mouse.

Claire and me.

Some girl time on the inflatable. Oops, we lost Minnie Mouse.

Silly girls!

We loved having one more excuse to wear our costumes!

A Baby Shower & A Birthday Party

While Will was at the Alabama/Arkansas game a couple of weeks I go, I partied hard ... at a baby shower and a second birthday party that is.

Saturday morning, we had a baby shower for my friend Kaisha who is expecting baby #3 to arrive next week!

Decorations.

The cake. Yum ... strawberry cake from Edgar's Bakery. The. Best.

The expectant mom ... sitting down as per doctor's orders. {We're lucky she was able to get out of bed to come to the shower.}

The gifts. The cutest tutu onesie ... she made it.

and a bucket full of baby fun. {Another cute gift idea: hot pink tin bucket with ribbon and name. fill with goodies of your choice.}

Kaisha the party hostesses.

After the baby shower was over, I headed to my nephew's second birthday party with a carnival theme.

Here is the birthday boy. The bounce house was a big kit with all the kids.

Little Miss Ava loved the duck pond and she was soaked by the end of the day. Doesn't she have the cutest curls EVER?!?

Uncle Jon & Aunt Ashley. The sno-cone machine was a hit too.

The older girls loved the face painting.

My sweet Claire played hard at the party. She fell asleep on the way home as she crashed from her sugar high.

The birthday boy and his mommy.

Me and Claire.

The scene. It really looks like a carnival.

Hula hooping.

Uncle Jon, the clown.

Popcorn cupcakes. Aunt Ashley always has good cake ideas. Mini marshmallows are very handy.

Time to open gifts. Ian had LOTS of help!

The drum set was a VERY popular gift.