OUR FIRST BABY SHOWER!!!!

After our mostly uneventful black friday shopping, we headed up to the mountains. We normally alternate Thanksgivings with mine and Evan's family but this year we got to see everyone because they were throwing us our first baby shower! It was seriously awesome, they went ALL OUT! They made candies in the shape of bottles for the cupcakes, and not only made, but also PAINTED some candies in the shape of ABC blocks, teddy bears, cradles, giraffes, hippos etc. There was so much good food, the whole family is amazing!



Above is a picture of the table where Stephanie made a board with a timeline of mine and Evan's life pre-each other and when we met and after, with pictures. She did a really really good job! Then there was a jar of pink M&M's for everyone to guess how many was in there, and the person who was the closest won them. And there was a sheet for everyone to sign that would go into a photo frame afterwards, another adorable idea. I'm really bad at describing things, I'm noticing that as I'm reading this back, but you'll have to take my word on this ;)

Here is the cake, yes it is a dinosaur shaped cake and it was awesome! Evan had a dinosaur birthday cake when he was younger, and since everything was going to be all pink and girlie, I guess they thought throwing in some dinosaur shaped cakes, and chicken nuggets would help! The table was all brown/pink and cutsie, loved it :)

Here is the beginning of the presents, and the woman in charge of the organizing this fabulous baby shower, Stephanie! She is now telling Evan that although baby showers are typically for the women, Evan is here because it's his family and he will get the honor of opening the first present, but the only stipulation is that he has to wear everything he opens! Here is what he opened:

If you can't tell what this is, it is a monkey suit! It is perfect for a Halloween costume because it's 6-9 months, there's a whole for her head to go in and stirrups for her feet, and even a built-in tummy! It is so cute! Well he couldn't fit that on, but his next present was a black shirt saying "Real men change diapers" and he had to wear that the rest of the shower :)

I won't bore you with the hundreds of pictures of all of the presents we got, but here is something really cool that we weren't expecting. Stephanie got us a bookcase/dollhouse that is really really cute. It will work as a bookcase, and then when she gets older it can be a dollhouse for her. We really needed a bookcase but hadn't really picked anything out yet and this is just adorable. Evan put it together yesterday and it brightens her room and makes it look all girlie, I love it!

Our daughter is going to be one stylish chick, she got so many clothes just at the first shower, I was so amazed. Here is a preview of her closet with all of the clothes hung up and her furry friends above.

Thank you to Evan's family who spent hours preparing for the shower, and for everyone who came and brought us gifts. A special thanks to Stephanie who I know organized the whole thing and spent countless hours preparing down to the very smallest detail. We are so blessed to have so many people who love and support us! We love you all :) 4 comments

Posted by Evan and Jen at 9:02 PM

Where do I even begin?

I have a lot of stuff to update on, we've had quite a few busy weeks. I kept telling myself that I was going to post so I don't forget anything, and I kept forgetting. Now if I update on everything we did this would be incredibly long, so I'll try to spare you and give you the short version.

About a month ago my sister gave us a onesie that was sooo cute. I can't find a picture of it online and my camera batteries are dead so I can't take a picture of it, and I'm out of batteries, so I'm completely out of luck. It's a black onesie that says in pink letters "I can't wear pink everyday." It's adorable though, and Evan loves it :)

My co-worker Dawn gave us a sock monkey! We love sock monkeys, especially Evan, and we were going to do a monkey themed nursery if we were having a boy so we really like monkey! The one she got us is adorable! He has magnetic hands, feet, and hat :) How cute is JoJo? He even has a whole family, and Christmas ornaments and everything!



Thanksgiving was awesome, as usual. This was my family's year for Thanksgiving, we alternate between my mom's family, and Evan's mom's family because those are the only 2 that really "do Thanksgiving". This year was a little different though, my dad decided he wanted to go to his family's Thanksgiving in Reidsville so Evan and I rode with my parents for lunch on Thanksgiving day. I don't see my dad's family very much (none of us do, but he's trying to change that) so I didn't really know that many people but I got reacquainted and that was fun! Then we headed to my Grandmother's in Greensboro for Thanksgiving dinner. Every year the family keeps growing, we're practically running out of room to have everyone eat in the house, we have a big table in the formal dining room, a small table in the kitchen/dining room/living room, and a small table in the family room. We are outgrowing that house very quickly. All in all it was a fun day with lots of food and family, and I absolutely love my family.

Black Friday was almost uneventful for me, I'm usually a hardcore shopper with a timeline and a plan for every store I'm going to hit with the appropriate coupons etc. Last year I went out to Smithfield outlets at midnight to start the night off right ;) but this year, I'm pretty pregnant, and waking up at the crack of dawn just didn't appeal to me. Neither did standing in line or getting pushed around, so there was no plan of going out shopping...BUT of course I had to look at the sales papers, I mean who doesn't? I found a couple things I would love to check out but decided that I would just let myself wake up whenever and if the deals were still there when I went there, then great, and if not, no big deal. I wanted to check out bikes for Evan and my dad, a GPS for my father-in-law, and a Keurig for Evan. Evan didn't like the idea of me going by myself so about 8:00am we went to Wal-mart, CompUSA, and Kohl's, pretty much striking out everywhere. I did buy Evan his Christmas present at Kohl's, which he was unaware of until I walked out of the store with it in my hand as he was picking me up...I said "Merry Christmas, you won't let me go shopping by myself so you get no surprises ;) " He was excited either way, and so was I...I got this Keurig Elite for HALF PRICE! I was so excited and I've yet to see a better deal thus far! If anyone sees it for less, DON'T TELL ME :)


I really like this thing too, I don't drink coffee but they have teas and hot cocoa (which is my favorite!) and it's so quick...so I can just throw my thermos under there while packing my lunch in the morning and I have hot chocolate on the way to work!!! LOVE IT!

I don't guess that was much, but I skipped a lot 1) because I don't remember everything and 2)I don't want to bore you.

Coming up on the next post: OUR FIRST BABY SHOWER! (This one's going to be long and with many pictures, so beware) 1 comments

Posted by Evan and Jen at 6:56 PM