April 27, 2010
April 25, 2010
April Showers bring JULY Babies!
I had two baby showers this weekend and came home with SO MANY great things and fun memories so i thought I'd share a few on here. (and yes, I wore the same dress to both showers!)
My first shower was a bunch of my college friends - this is the FIRST baby shower for our group of friends and I'm hoping it's the first of many. My old roommate Kristen hosted it at her new house and made the best brunch I've had in a looong time! Kristen is one of the very first people I told I was pregnant and has been so supportive throughout the past 6 months. She has been a blessing to me the past few years and I can't wait for her and Jordan to babysit our little guy (hopefully so they are inspired to start their own little family :)
Also, one of my best friends/old roommates/former radio deejay co-host(/skootergrrl) - Sonia, flew in from Oregon to make it. She has a year long internship at a YoungLife camp out there and I haven't seen her for 6 months so it was great to catch up a little bit! I'm sad she's so far away, but we are hoping Baby and Sonj will get to meet sometime this fall.
The rest of the girls are from my freshmen floor at Bethel (E2 Prom Queens), my Bible Study, and roommates and friends that I've been lucky enough to become close with during and after college. It was great to have a house full of girls all together again...especially since I have to get used to living with 2 boys in the very near future so I was more than happy to soak up this girl time! I felt so lucky to have such a wonderful group of girls to celebrate with.
Here are a few pics from Saturday morning that I stole from Kristen and her new camera of the awesome food she made (including I.Am.Baker cupcakes) and a couple of the whole gang...
My aunt Lisa had a shower for me on Sunday for some of my relatives and friends of the family and again, I felt so lucky to have such great people in my life. Everyone wrote down the best parenting advice they had for Derek and I and I think the common theme was "time goes by SO fast!" along with "sleep when the baby sleeps!" Luckily college prepared me to be an excellent napper, so I think I'll have no trouble with that one! :) Here are a few pictures that Katie took from this afternoon...
My sister Megan made a super cute book with pictures of my whole family and Derek's whole family so the baby can study up on all the relatives that love him. (lots of girls to remember!)
We had Kelly and Eric (and Presley!) join in on the shower games and present time from LA. They're planning on visiting their newest nephew sometime in August and I can't wait to see them again! Kelly has sent the baby a ton of cute clothes already - Thanks Kelly!
Um...sorry about the leg shot, I promise I kept them crossed for most of the shower and must have just gotten too excited when I opened these. My mom's friend Nancy got the baby some tiny Timberwolves shoes. The McClouds are lifelong Wolves fans so hopefully he'll follow our lead despite the team being in major "rebuilding" years. (Also, notice my "corsage" of baby socks and a pacifier..super stylin.)
My mom read this little book that they read to Caden and Elli that's so cute. I'm sure it will be a staple in our growing book collection. (which by the way we got a good one going since everyone at Shower #1 brought their favorite childhood book...such a good idea!)
This is a HANDMADE sweater from my mom's friend Judy. You need to see it up close and you will be blown away by how talented she is. There are booties, a hat, and a diaper cover to match and I cannot tell you how cute it all is.
My first shower was a bunch of my college friends - this is the FIRST baby shower for our group of friends and I'm hoping it's the first of many. My old roommate Kristen hosted it at her new house and made the best brunch I've had in a looong time! Kristen is one of the very first people I told I was pregnant and has been so supportive throughout the past 6 months. She has been a blessing to me the past few years and I can't wait for her and Jordan to babysit our little guy (hopefully so they are inspired to start their own little family :)
Also, one of my best friends/old roommates/former radio deejay co-host(/skootergrrl) - Sonia, flew in from Oregon to make it. She has a year long internship at a YoungLife camp out there and I haven't seen her for 6 months so it was great to catch up a little bit! I'm sad she's so far away, but we are hoping Baby and Sonj will get to meet sometime this fall.
The rest of the girls are from my freshmen floor at Bethel (E2 Prom Queens), my Bible Study, and roommates and friends that I've been lucky enough to become close with during and after college. It was great to have a house full of girls all together again...especially since I have to get used to living with 2 boys in the very near future so I was more than happy to soak up this girl time! I felt so lucky to have such a wonderful group of girls to celebrate with.
Here are a few pics from Saturday morning that I stole from Kristen and her new camera of the awesome food she made (including I.Am.Baker cupcakes) and a couple of the whole gang...
My aunt Lisa had a shower for me on Sunday for some of my relatives and friends of the family and again, I felt so lucky to have such great people in my life. Everyone wrote down the best parenting advice they had for Derek and I and I think the common theme was "time goes by SO fast!" along with "sleep when the baby sleeps!" Luckily college prepared me to be an excellent napper, so I think I'll have no trouble with that one! :) Here are a few pictures that Katie took from this afternoon...My sister Megan made a super cute book with pictures of my whole family and Derek's whole family so the baby can study up on all the relatives that love him. (lots of girls to remember!)We had Kelly and Eric (and Presley!) join in on the shower games and present time from LA. They're planning on visiting their newest nephew sometime in August and I can't wait to see them again! Kelly has sent the baby a ton of cute clothes already - Thanks Kelly!Um...sorry about the leg shot, I promise I kept them crossed for most of the shower and must have just gotten too excited when I opened these. My mom's friend Nancy got the baby some tiny Timberwolves shoes. The McClouds are lifelong Wolves fans so hopefully he'll follow our lead despite the team being in major "rebuilding" years. (Also, notice my "corsage" of baby socks and a pacifier..super stylin.)My mom read this little book that they read to Caden and Elli that's so cute. I'm sure it will be a staple in our growing book collection. (which by the way we got a good one going since everyone at Shower #1 brought their favorite childhood book...such a good idea!)This is a HANDMADE sweater from my mom's friend Judy. You need to see it up close and you will be blown away by how talented she is. There are booties, a hat, and a diaper cover to match and I cannot tell you how cute it all is.Thank you everyone for taking time out of your weekend to celebrate with me, I couldn't ask for better friends and family!!
April 15, 2010
23 going on 26
I have roughly 10 more days of being 23 years old. It will be a sad day for me...mainly because it's on a Monday and I have to work. Other than that I guess I don't have any strong birthday feelings of excitement or depression. 24 is just an unimpressive birthday, isn't it? On the bright side, I am almost 26 weeks DONE being pregnant which means Baby gets here in about 100 days.
I had my 2nd to last appointment today at the SLP clinic (where they make you wait 1+ hours for every appt. because they are always so behind!) and released all the cute pics of Baby and all the chicken scratch notes to my new clinic in Maple Grove. I'm switching so I can deliver at (drumroll).......the Maple Grove Hospital. I'm super excited since it will be MUCH closer to our house and my family (not to mention it's brand new!).
Baby's heartbeat has been consistently at 142 every.single.time I've heard it and I have officially gained 20 lbs since Christmas. Baby's about 2 lbs now so technically I'm going to tell myself I'm up 18 lbs and just happen to have him tagging along for the ride. His hobbies thus far include jumping on my bladder like a tramp and punching out my belly button. He's a wild one, but..an active baby is a happy baby. (If I had a dollar for everytime I've heard that....it better be true!)
My little cardboard box that had a few Twins onesies and a stuffed animal in it has now grown to two huge piles. One in my sister's basement and the other at my parent's house. It's been so great to find deals, get hand me downs, and gifts...thank you to everyone who's helped us out so far!
I had my 2nd to last appointment today at the SLP clinic (where they make you wait 1+ hours for every appt. because they are always so behind!) and released all the cute pics of Baby and all the chicken scratch notes to my new clinic in Maple Grove. I'm switching so I can deliver at (drumroll).......the Maple Grove Hospital. I'm super excited since it will be MUCH closer to our house and my family (not to mention it's brand new!).
Baby's heartbeat has been consistently at 142 every.single.time I've heard it and I have officially gained 20 lbs since Christmas. Baby's about 2 lbs now so technically I'm going to tell myself I'm up 18 lbs and just happen to have him tagging along for the ride. His hobbies thus far include jumping on my bladder like a tramp and punching out my belly button. He's a wild one, but..an active baby is a happy baby. (If I had a dollar for everytime I've heard that....it better be true!)
My little cardboard box that had a few Twins onesies and a stuffed animal in it has now grown to two huge piles. One in my sister's basement and the other at my parent's house. It's been so great to find deals, get hand me downs, and gifts...thank you to everyone who's helped us out so far!
April 09, 2010
Born to be my Baby
That's right. Baby had his very first concert last night. My sister Megan and I decided a few hours before the Bon Jovi concert to try to snag some cheap street tix. FYI - even though "Row 7" sounds good, it's actually the LAST row in the 200 level at the Xcel. We literally could not have been further away from JBJ and his dance moves. I knew we made the right choice though when the boys sang Born to be my Baby. Luckily I took a little video clip and will post it later (even though I am probably the only one who will ever watch it). I just thought it to be fitting as it is his very first concert. Although I like to think I was born to be his MOM...not his man.
I can tell you right now that I am either carrying a huge Bon Jovi fan (fingers crossed!) or a very defiant young boy because when It's My Life came on, Baby started to freak. I'm not sure what he was doing in there, but the child has got some kick to him. He has concert numero dos ahead of him tomorrow night and I'm thinking John Mayer might be a little less of a muffled thrill to him than Bon Jovi was. We'll see!
I can tell you right now that I am either carrying a huge Bon Jovi fan (fingers crossed!) or a very defiant young boy because when It's My Life came on, Baby started to freak. I'm not sure what he was doing in there, but the child has got some kick to him. He has concert numero dos ahead of him tomorrow night and I'm thinking John Mayer might be a little less of a muffled thrill to him than Bon Jovi was. We'll see!
April 07, 2010
Cousins!
Baby A has two cousins, Caden and Elliana, anxiously awaiting his arrival! We're hoping they will all become best buds seeing as they will be together 3+ days a week once I go back to work. Here's a stolen video from their blog, http://cadenjon.blogspot.com/ of them finding out the good news.
cousin from Kate Howard on Vimeo.
Easter pic of the cousins-to-be..
April 04, 2010
Welcome!
Welcome to our baby blog!
We are so excited for our little guy to get here, I just couldn't wait to get this thing up and running. There's not a lot to share yet, but trust me, I will keep you all overly informed (hopefully with more pictures and videos than comments!) once Mr. July decides to join us.
The biggest news is we have a place to live (!) and baby will be living the good life having his own room with a gigantic closet for all the Twins clothes he will be sporting. We will be moving in Memorial Day weekend and are SO EXCITED. It is absolutely perfect for what we were looking for and close by to plenty of family, friends, and most importantly, babysitters.
And in related news, my sister Katie found us a great dresser/changing table and is letting us borrow a wonderful crib and rocking chair. She also referred us to a pediatrition who we'll meet in June not to mention the piles and boxes and bags of baby toys and clothes that she had from Cade and Elli. We are so thankful for her and ALL of our family's willingness to help and support us as we get ready for the baby!
We are so excited for our little guy to get here, I just couldn't wait to get this thing up and running. There's not a lot to share yet, but trust me, I will keep you all overly informed (hopefully with more pictures and videos than comments!) once Mr. July decides to join us.
The biggest news is we have a place to live (!) and baby will be living the good life having his own room with a gigantic closet for all the Twins clothes he will be sporting. We will be moving in Memorial Day weekend and are SO EXCITED. It is absolutely perfect for what we were looking for and close by to plenty of family, friends, and most importantly, babysitters.
And in related news, my sister Katie found us a great dresser/changing table and is letting us borrow a wonderful crib and rocking chair. She also referred us to a pediatrition who we'll meet in June not to mention the piles and boxes and bags of baby toys and clothes that she had from Cade and Elli. We are so thankful for her and ALL of our family's willingness to help and support us as we get ready for the baby!
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