if you remember, at one of my showers, my small group "made" some clothes for carly. well, they did iron-ons, so they are one of a kind. here's the burp clothes and the ut/um get up. and the socks that look like little mary janes (the socks were not made by small group). and yes, one of the burp cloths says: "if you think i can burp you should hear my mom." i'd say she'll give me some competition, caleb still does.
so, our funny little boy.... he's been putting his hands on his hips. we don't know where he picked this up from, but it sure is funny. he did this the other day and when i got the camera, he wouldn't do it again. we tried to coach him to put his hands back on his hips and this is the best we could get. later he wanted to take some pictures on his own. he likes to see himself in the display after the picture is taken. anyhow, he got some this one of himself... pretyy good, huh. check out that booger in his nose, nice caleb! he actually pointed this out when we got the picture from the camera to the computer.
so grandma turns 78 this week and we had a little party for her. gavin (caleb's cousin) had just woke up and was a little sleepy to start. no worries, he warmed up and tore it up with the rest of the little people. here's grandma and papaw with their cake, which was delicious. and then her with 4 of her 5 children: janet, steve, carla, natalie. aunt karen is in portland, not quite driving distance for the party. then we thought it would be fun to put caleb's sunglasses on and take his picture. by the way, he now says cheese for pictures, and asks for his sunglasses every time we get in the car, and they usually end up up-side-down on his face. 
nathan wanted me to open my bday present tonight, so i did, and it just might be the best present ever! it was our wedding pics! if you don't know, they have been held hostage for several years. a couple was going to look at them to get an idea of what to do with the church for their wedding, and then they disappeared, along with our pictures. we've made several attempts over the years to get them back with no success. i had pretty much settled with the fact that they were gone forever, i kinda figured they had lost them and that's why the run-around. nathan worked pretty hard for the past week, showing up at their house several times and talking with one of their moms, and got them back - that's my dog. unfortunately they smell like a serious ash tray, but the pics are still good and the album is airing out in the garage. we have our wedding pictures!!!!!
we took this picture at gina's first shower last weekend. her belly does appear a little bigger than mine, even though i'm ahead of her, hmmm... maybe carly is just petite, or maybe cause i'm in black, or maybe where my hands are gives an illusion - either way, let's hope in a year from now, we can take the pic with no belly on either of us!
and we measured my belly... as of saturday morning, i was 11 toilet paper squares around!
my diaper cake - if you aren't familiar... it's actually rolled up diapers - totally cute and practical. i just unroll the diapers and can use them.
so, this one says "little sister" and there's a little girl with orange pig tails - cute huh? cause carly could very well have the same look going on.
so, i said there were no food pics, well the sausage balls came in a little late, so i held them for the group - they were a great after brunch snack. you can see more pics of the shower on marta's blog.
and then the next day, another shower, and only 4 more bottles of baby wash!
here's another little red-headed sister onesie, i guess i wasn't the only one who thought that may look like carly
and this was for fav aunt karen whose comments leading up to the shower compelled this picture. but really, what you see in my lap here are some stinkin cute little girl clothes
this is my mom, who toted me and my gifts around this weekend, thanks nana!
thank you to all our friends and family who contributed to the piles of baby stuff now stacked in carly's room. we are truly blessed to have such loving and generous people in our lives.
