in honor of chicken little

This past Saturday we held Kat's "Chicken Little is Coming!" baby shower. Kat looked just GREAT and everyone is so excited for Kat and PJ - and not to mention the mounting excitement over finally meeting Chicken Little. Here are a few photos of the lovely event...

one hot mama

one of the centerpieces

kat's friend anya pinning on the corsage

these are the party favors (i stole the idea from becce,
she made bags like this for my baby shower - too cute)

these are the cookies we made to fit in with the theme -
they tasted as good as they looked (shout out going
to carrie for baking these guys)

more desserts (these cupcakes are delicious, here's the recipe)

allison, patterson and kat chit chat

here's cutie pie lila

ooh, and another cutie pie - megan

a shot of the room (please notice the flag garland -
i made it myself and it was adorable squared)

carrie posing

Once I saw this photo, another photo of Carrie flashed in my head due to the same exact pose (minus the footed pajamas). I just had to share...

this photo never gets old for me

OK, back to the shower...

here is our beloved shonnie bear

yes, lottie sue was there to "help"

kat opening a gift while lottie sue patiently waits to hold it

kat received many wonderful items

this is one of the six onsies carrie gave kat
(she admitted to a onsie addiction)

shon, carrie, kat, moi and patterson
(notice p-dub's baby belly there, due in april!!!)

allison, kat, anya and brit (she is also having a baby, whee!)

I should get more photos from the other camera there so I'll share with you later. Here are some shots of the behind-the-scenes action.

we all decorated the cookies, these were part of the goody bags

these cookies were out for the shower, they were so delicious

and here we have carrie icing her cupcakes

we made tie-dye onsies for chicken little

The onsies really faded after I washed them, but we sure had fun making them. We had fun doing everyting really, we love Kat so much and are so thrilled for her! Yay! We have just about one month left until he's here, I seriously cannot wait!

personal bests all around & harlan loves la-la-la-la

This past weekend we drove up to Louisville for a visit! Mike and Megan, being the athletes they are, ran the Louisville Derby Half Marathon and Phillip, being the athlete he is as well, ran the full marathon (he did experience a major cramp towards the end but that did not stop him). Here are a few photos from that morning. It was COLD.

Mike and Megan after the race - both had their personal best

Proof it was cold

OK, Mike is in these photos. He is pretty much in the center of both in black shorts and a white shirt.

Speed Racer

Tommy made a sign for Megan (notice a tiny Mike in the background of the poster).

Goooooooooooooo Megan!

Megan is about to cross the finish line

Lottie Sue was well behaved but looked really bored the entire time. I think she would have rather been at home playing with her Elmo.

Ho hum

Things perked up once she saw the mylar blanket.

Oh you shiny beautiful thing, I love you

LS giving me the stink eye

Da Apples

Like I mentioned, Phillip ran the full marathon and this is his wife and kiddies (Allison with Louis and Beatrice). They were there to cheer him on.

Allison hands out the posters

Bea says GO DADDY GO!

This is Weezer with her sign

And I only have one good photo of Harlan, I wish I had more. He would call Lottie Sue "La-La-La-La" and he is all about giving hugs. It's awesome.

Cheeeeeeeeeese!

And now I have a scanned photo for you. This is a photo of Grandma, you might know her as Matt's maternal grandmother. This photo was taken before she was married.

One classy lady

OK, I can hear that LS is awake from her slumber. Over and out.