Monday, May 22, 2017

Tea with Brie

This past Saturday I was honored with a baby sprinkle by a few awesome friends, Nikki, Callie, and Molly, with valuable contributions from my sister in law, Katie, and friends Audrey and Sandi.  My parents flew in to help and to celebrate with us, which was so wonderful.  All I had asked for was that there be peonies, and boy were there!!

The theme was "Tea with Brie," and so we had a lovely luncheon with tea in many forms.  We wore fancy hats and ate finger sandwiches and tea.  Everyone got a vintage teacup as a favor, as well as a tea bag and a little honey straw.  It was just so amazing and perfect!  The activity was for everyone to write thoughtful letters to Cubbie, to be put in a teapot time capsule for her to open when she's older.  Yeah, there were tears.  So, so many happy tears.


A sign specially made for our girl


Willa and I made her a fun fabricator to wear to the party




A table full of sweet treats and tea



The most beautiful cake I have ever seen, thanks to Katie!


Our place settings

The whole table

A close up of the dark pink peony centerpiece

Vintage teacups galore!

The gift table

Fancy hats!

Thee masterminds






Raspberries in the ice cubes!

Chick Fil A lemonade, yum!



Such a fun group!



The most beautiful diaper cake, that will keep Cubbie covered for the first month, I'm sure!















My parents decided to get Willa a big sister gift so that she wouldn't feel too left out when I was opening so many gifts.  They found her the absolute perfect match in an American Girl doll, down to the name!  It had her same eye color, hair color, teeth spacing, and was named "Willa"!  I bought the doll some purple glasses to match Willa's, and she was smitten.  When she opened it, she said, "Can I play with me?!"  Love it.



Perfect match!

She was enamored.

Overall I was so thrilled with the whole day.  Everyone was so sweet, and every detail was so well thought out.  How lucky I am to have such an amazing group of women around me.  Also, that I have a Dad that was willing to come just to work and take pictures for me!  I can't stop counting my blessings.






At the end of the party, Willa got some good big sister practice in with baby Eric.  She was a little startled by him poking her face at first, but after Nikki hooked his arm under hers, she was smitten.  She kept giving him hugs and kisses, and I thoroughly melted.






What a precious day <3.

Thursday, May 18, 2017

Magical maternity shots

A couple of weeks ago Willa and I got to have our pictures taken in heaven on earth, also known as a peony farm.  Pink peonies have always been my favorite flower, and to be surrounded by them while dressed in a flowy white dress seemed just too good to be true for my maternity shots.  That Willa cooperated and looked adorable was a fun bonus.  Between the light, the wind, and the amazing kid next to me, they turned out really well.  Behold and enjoy!








Wednesday, May 10, 2017

Those three magic words

She's head down!

Hallelujah and huzzah, Cubbie is head down!  Today I had my 32 week appointment to check all my and Cubbie's vitals.  Everything went very well, my belly is measuring perfectly, I actually lost a couple of pounds (which is ok because of how much I have gained already), her heart beat was strong (155), and she's in the right position!  I am so excited about this because I really want to go for a VBAC.  Obviously, I am happy with whatever method gets this little girl into my arms, but I prefer not to have to recover from major surgery again.  I'd love to be able to eat right away and avoid the catheter, leg cuffs, and general laying in one position for 24 hours after I deliver.  I think it'll also be hard not to be able to pick up Willa for a couple of weeks either, especially in the sensitive transition time.  So, fingers crossed!

Now, to dig up all the birthing class information I got three years ago...