A Baby Shower for Peyton

On June 18, 2011, my sweet friends, Jessica & Dawn, threw a baby shower for Jon, baby Peyton and I.  They did such a wonderful job!  The decorations were beautiful, the food was delicious, and we were surrounded by so many of our dear friends.  It was the perfect day!

As soon as we arrived, they had this shirt for Jon to wear and a sash for me saying "New Mom to Be"

Me & Baby Peyton

Isn't this the cutest cake you have ever seen?! I absolutely loved it! And it was so yummy!

Monkey Cake Pops for the guests!  Cute!!

The decorations!

Limoncello Sangria - I took a tiny sip and it was delicious!

Feed baby Petyon cornhole boards. 

We played a game where each guest had cup with a plastic baby in an ice cube in it.  And the person who's ice melted first had to yell "My water broke!" 

Bailey passing out the cups with the baby ice cubes.

Jodee, Dawn, Sierra & Brandy

Tiny guest, Avonlea.  (She & Peyton will be such good friends!)

I am so glad to see everyone having a great time!

Thank you to everyone who shared this special day with us.  A great big thank you to Jessica and Dawn for being the best hostess' ever! (So sad I didn't get a picture with them.)  Jon and I appreciate everything so much!  We love you all!

~gina

Week 37

I am 37 weeks!

Only 3 more weeks or less until Jon and I meet our sweet little angel!  We can't wait!  This is probably going to be the longest 3 weeks of our lives.  I have a doctor appointment on July 6th and I am hoping for good news.  :)

~gina

A Painting for Peyton

I knew I wanted to paint something for Peyton's room.  So, I went to Hobby Lobby and purchased these items:

Then one afternoon, I picked up the paint brush and started to paint something for my little monkey.  And this is the finished product. 

The inspiration came from my cute baby shower invitations.  I hope Peyton likes it.

~gina



Baby Bump Update

Again, I fell behind on updating pictures of the baby bump.  I have a feeling that it's always going to be like this........not enough time in the day to get everything done. 

Here is the latest on the baby bump:

Week 35:

Week 36:

As you can see, the bump is still growing.  I am feeling very large and my poor feet look like balloons.  It is all worth it though.  I am counting down the days until I get to hold my little bundle of joy.  :)

~gina

Happy 35th Anniversary!

Happy 35th Anniversary to MeMe & PaPa!

To love and to cherish, for richer or poorer, for sickness and in health....

Thank you for setting such a great example for Jon and I.

We love you both so much!

Happy 35th Wedding Anniversary!

~gina 



34 Weeks

I am 34 weeks!

Only 6 more weeks or less!

Jon and I are still working on the nursery.  I am hoping to post pictures of the finished product soon.  I am so excited about it!  It is close to being finished.  :)

Our baby shower is on the 18th of June and I am so excited!  Saturday could not get here fast enough!  I look forward to spending some time with our friends!

I hope everyone has a great week!

~gina

The Nursery....A Work in Progress

Jon and I have been working really hard on trying to get Peyton's room ready before his/her birthday.  It seems like we have been working on project after project.  I am very pleased with what we have so far.  It is slowly coming together.  I still have to get a few more things in there, but it will be finished soon.  I promise when the nursery is complete, I will post pictures. 

Jon and I searched and searched for an end table to put in the nursery that wouldn't break the bank.  We finally found this one at Garden Ridge.  The only problem was that it was red.

But it was nothing a little primer, paint, and stain couldn't fix.  It matches the nursery so well now.  It couldn't have turned out any better.

For a few months now, I hav been googling growth charts.  I didn't want to mark on the wall because I know we are not going to live in this house forever and I wanted something we could take with us so we can see how much Peyton grows over the years. 

Well, I found this one on someone's blog and fell in love with it.

So, I thought I could make one for Peyton's room too.  So, off to Lowe's Jon and I went.  After a few hours of staining and painting, here is the final product of Peyton's growth chart.

I absolutely love it!  I think it's one of my favorite things in the nursery!

~gina