Missouri

For twelve days at the beginning of July, I got to spend some quality time with my family and friends in Missouri. I spent the 4th of July weekend at Tablerock Lake with extended family, then came back to Kirkwood for a week. I did all the important things... went swimming, ate IMO's pizza, went to the Custard Station, relaxed, and read Harry Potter.

Here are some pictures from my adventures. Enjoy!

cousins feeling the baby kick

good friends who came to my shower in Kirkwood

the ladies who hosted the shower

Colleen tie-dyed onesies!

the delicious spread

sitting by the pool with the sister and Lucille. Life is good.

Showered with LOVE

Thank you so much to my wonderful family and friends for such a great baby shower! Kat and Danielle (in the pic to the left), some of my closest friends, planned a shower for me. They had all the guests bring some money to help us buy our car seat! (Such a great idea) Also, each person brought a children's book for us to read to the little one when he or she arrives. I am truly blessed to have these people as friends. Oh, and we plan to buy the car seat within the next two days. :)

The most hilarious gift of the evening... "denim" diapers from my bossy friend Sarah.

Aren't these owl cupcakes adorable? My friend Lindsey made them out of Oreos. Very creative!

This is the lovely lady who gave me the stylish denim diapers :)

This is the delicious spread. They worked hard to make it so that I could eat/drink just about all of it. Hanging in the background are baby pictures of me and Austin.

Some of my dearest friends in the world all came together to celebrate with me. One traveled all the way from New York City. I am amazingly blessed.

Double the Showers, Double the Fun!

Many people know that I am a Pre-K teacher. What many people may not know is that I teach at two different schools every day. I start my day at one campus, and then at lunch I drive to a different school and teach PM Pre-K there. This can often be very challenging: twice as many classrooms can often mean twice the work. I organize two sets of materials, coordinate with two different Pre-K teams, am responsible to two different administrations, etc. However, last week, I was verrry grateful to work at two schools, because I was given TWO showers! What a blessing! Austin and I were overwhelmed by the generosity of my friends from work. These are some of the pictures from my shower at West Elementary:

the adorable baby blanket that our secretary Janet made

my good friends who hosted the shower

the cake

a bouquet of white onesies!

And these are some pics from the Liberty Elementary shower.....

the women who hosted the shower :)

the cake (my good friend Gloria knew that our nursery is going to be forest themed, so she got us a forest cake!)

the diaper cake :)

Thanks to everyone who made my TWO work showers such successes. Austin and I appreciate you very very much.