Baby Shower 6.4.11

This shower meant so much to me because so many of the ladies who came to celebrate all were there for me throughout the years of living in Wrangell and waiting to have baby. They all played a part in being an encouragement to me. They all have such special places in my heart! I was so thankful to spend this time with them!

I collect giraffes, so there was this beautiful giraffe theme for the shower! I loved it! The cake top was adorable!

Friend, Host, and Helper 6.4.11

I felt so thankful and blessed that my friend Joy put together this baby shower for me!

I had joked right before I turned for this photo that we should show off our bellies. Not showing is the next picture where we are laughing because of my comment since I'm the one pregnant and she is not. Ha!

Janet was so kind to open up her beautiful home for the shower.

Joy's daughter Grace was a big help!!

Special 6.4.11

These are two of my favorite ladies from Wrangell, Jeanie and Dutch. They were some of my best customers when I sold Stampin' Up! And they are just so much fun to spend time with! I miss them so much!!

Susan and I believe this is Savannah sitting on her lap.

40 came to the shower! I am so blessed!

Bubble Gum Babies 6.4.11

One of the shower games played was taking a piece of bubble gum and transforming the gum into a baby in 5 minutes.  After the time was up, I had to judge and pick my favorite baby.  It was hilarious!

Jamie creating her bubble gum baby.

Paula

Carrie

This one cracks me up!  Muscle baby!

So cute!

Here is the winner!  Go Becca!

And here is Becca's baby...I loved the little bow!

Paula & Olivia 6.4.11

I thought these pictures were really precious, so I have to include them in the baby shower posts. They are of Paula Rak (she was on the Stikine River trip with us) and baby Olivia (no relation between the two). Olivia is adorable!

Opening Gifts 6.4.11

It's always kind of awkward opening gifts in front of others. I was so touched by everyone's generosity and thoughtfulness. We got a lot of cute stuff!

There was laughter...

And there were tears...
And more laughter!

Thank you everyone! xoxo

Laura & Everett 6.4.11

We had a wonderful visit with our friends!

Baby Everett is just over a month in this photo.

Clara & Ander 6.4.11

After the shower we spent the rest of the evening visiting with our friends James, Laura, and their sweet kids, Ander, Clara, and Everett. We always enjoy our time with them and are sure to have a lot of great laughs! We sure do miss them!

Serenity 5.22.11

A couple of pictures of the inlet right outside the cabin at 12 Mile Arm:

POW Part 1 Mid-May 2011

Toward the end of April I came up with the idea of going over to Prince of Wales (POW) for a weekend getaway together. It would be like a mini-vacation before baby comes since we wouldn't be going on any big vacations this year. We took the 3 hour IFA ferry from Ketchikan to Prince of Wales and drove about 45 minutes to the 12 Mile Arm Road and cabin. It was a beautiful, isolated spot. The cabin is one of the most beautiful cabins I've ever seen. It was spacious and the skylights provided a lot of light in the cabin. And the best thing was that it was sealed, which means there were no little critters visiting us! I wasn't very comfortable sleeping at night, even sleeping on 3 layers of sleeping pads. On the ferry ride over I developed some weird right rib discomfort (which continues still 3 months later because of baby--ha!), so I was learning to deal with that. We stayed 3 nights at the cabin.

The first morning we walked around while the tide was out. We found all sorts of sea creatures and plants.


Quent found this cute little crab.

Starfish

We brought our canoe, so we did some canoeing when the tide was high. It was such a beautiful area to canoe around. We have some hilarious memories of one evening when we went out.

Quent making breakfast one morening. He took such good care of me! We had such a great weekend together!

POW Part 2 Mid-May 2011

Some English muffins warming on the stove for our breakfast sandwiches.

One of the reasons we wanted a weekend getaway was to read through some books. This book is by Kevin Leman called Making Children Mind Without Losing Yours. I had read the book years ago and we thought it would be fun to read the book together just to get some fresh information on raising children. I like to be prepared... Also in the picture is some decks of cards; we played lots of 3-13.

I didn't realize Quent took this picture of me standing on the front deck until I was looking through the pictures on our computer. I think it's really neat! We really enjoyed the cabin! It was such a beautiful and peaceful place!

Quent set the camera up and took some pictures of us the last night we were at the cabin. It was bittersweet to leave. We really enjoyed our weekend together.