Jen's Baby Shower

In March, Lily and I went to Indiana for another long weekend at Grandma and Papa's house.  The main reason for the trip was so I could attend my friend's baby shower.  Jen is a sorority sister who lives in Georgia so I usually don't get to see her.  But she has family in Indiana and she and her husband made the trip up for the shower.  LeAnn (another sorority sister) lives in Indy, so it was great to see her too. 

Same picture, but showing the bellies.  Jen's due date is about 1 week before mine.  My black dress helps disguise how big my belly is compared to hers :)

 

The week after the shower was my Mom's Spring Break.  So Lily and I stayed a few extra days and had some nice Grandma-time.  Poor Papa had to work. :(  While there, I got a fantastic sewing lesson!  I've had my Mom's old sewing machine and bought a dress pattern (for Lily) and fabric over a year ago, but could never find the time to work on it.  I figured it's now or never because I'll have even less time once Pumpkin arrives.  Plus, with my "nesting", I have a great urge to tie-up loose ends and finish the projects I have looming out there.

The lesson was a success and I made a sundress for Lily and another for my niece.  Grandma took it a step further and made matching bloomers and a hat for Lily.  I am definitely getting a good picture of Lily in all this to document my hard work.  Plus, it may be the only handmade outfit she gets for a while. :)

Visit to Grandma and Papa's house

In February, Lily and I spent a long weekend at Grandma and Papa's house in Indiana.  Sorry I never got the pictures posted.

Washing dishes is fun when Grandma makes lots of bubbles in the sink.  Check out Lily's "Grandma's helper" apron.  We have one for our house that says "Mommy's baker".

This was our first visit without the pack-n-play.  I assumed that if Lily could climb out of her crib, she would climb out of that too.  So Grandma and Papa surprised Lily with this very fancy princess bed.  Lily loves it!  Apparently the cats do too because they sleep on it when Lily's gone.  Aren't they princesses too?!?!

Our visit coincided with a half day for my friend LeAnn, who lives in Indianapolis.  LeAnn and her son, William, came up to play with us one afternoon.  William is about 15 months and Lily liked playing with him. 

I couldn't believe we got them to sit still for pictures!  It was their idea to share kisses.  These will be great for the wedding video if they ever get married some day :)

Mommies and babies

Just the Mommies

The reason for our visit was to attend a baby shower for Kim, a friend from High School.  Almost all my old high school girlfriends were able to attend.  Beth and Mindy came over the night before the shower to visit Lily.  Lily loved being with the "big girls".

It's been a busy month since all these pictures were taken.  At the beginning of March, Lily started potty training.  I am amazed at how well it's going, especially since it started off kind of rocky.  It will be great to have a few months off from buying diapers before we start all over with Baby Pumpkin.