a shonnie bear baby shower & dr. g changes a diaper (a success!)

Shonnie Bear and Chris are expecting Baby G early next year - it is SO very exciting! Last Saturday we held a baby shower at Patterson's house for our dear friend. Check it out!

here are the yum yums, and they were yummy

please look at the drink dispenser on the left (it's
mishi's) - i am obsessed with it (must. have. it)

these are the party favors, they are recipes of the dishes we served

quicki quichie made by mishi

shon, chris and trent

brandi and chandra

i took a picture of trent, mrs. graham (grandmommy
to be) and chris taking a picture

shon opening gifts (there were a million, i cannot stress to how much
they cleaned up. family members showed their love by giving big
ticket items and having them shipped to their house - SMART!)

rowdy is with his auntie beth and jo, megan and mary ann look on

brad and mr. cassady make an appearance
(please not cassady's tuft of hair on top - it's awesome)

hahahaha, jo wrapped the card inside the gift

For the first time ever, Chris changed a diaper. Better get used to it - hahahahaha! Anywho, he did a perfect job!

here we go...taking off, cleaning up and putting on

voila! a complete success

We then watched some football and ate TOT, here is a picture of Shon talking to Matt after he made a remark about Georgia.

matt is in troubbbbbble

they make her want to drink (no bowl game this year)

Anywho, I will try to steal photos as they come up. I was busy with the shower and I didn't take as many photos as I would have liked.

I meant to put these up in October, better late than never. Mike ran his first (and last I think) marathon in Chicago. Way to go! When Matt and I lived in Chicago the marathon ran on our corner, we would go out with coffee in hand and cheer on runners. It was so much fun, we would always see people wearing UT stuff. Cool.

run mike, run
(that's 26.2 miles, people)

And here is Harlan in his Halloween costume, he was Tigger.

becce said that harlan went nuts after he figured out trick or
treating, he RAN full out to each house yelling "I NEED CANDY"

And now, a few interesting reads for you...

• No more Santa for you!
• Read a little bit into Jung's mind...
• 'The Onion': Mocking All Who Deserve It Since 1988
• Google keeps getter cooler.
• Note for parents: A Hamster is the Hottest Christmas Toy. Go figure.
• Here is your complete guide to Thanksgiving television. Eat some turkey and veg out for a few days.
• If you like to read or need holiday gift ideas, here is the list to the National Book Award winners.
• Forbes names Hollywood's most overpaid actors.

I am so ready for turkey, gobble gobble. The next time I post it will be from our new iMac. I am so excited! We ordered on and it came with a cracked screen. Bleh. But we should be set up tomorrow.

Have a happy Monday!

homegrown, a baby boy bbq shower, marty jumps out of a perfectly fine plane & mrs. c

Hi all! Check out the tomatoes and okra, these came out of Grandma's garden. YUM! The tomatoes have been in lots of meals and Matt made the okra the other night - it was delicious.

grown with luv

So, here I am at week 35 - gulp. I am now on orders to "take it easy." That means I basically have to stay off my feet (with them up) and have Matt be my own personal butler. He is, as always, awesome - but I am pretty bored and feel like a BUM. Oh well, I will have plenty of opportunities to help out once baby boy arrives.

Anywho...Carrie, Patterson, Megan and Shon threw a BBQ Baby Shower for us over the weekend - it was GREAT! The food (um, enough to feed an army) was excellent, the flowers (by Mary Ann) were gorgeous and a great time was had by all. We also came home with a carload of baby gifts. Here are some photos for you to enjoy...

matt and marty chat it up

chris and chris enjoy a laugh

it's kitty kat! she came all the way to knox vegas for our shower!!!
(kisses!!!)

carrie, moi, kat and shonnie bear (nice baby bump!)

marty and shawn (looking so cute, love the dress)
(ps - marty had plans to jump out of a plane
the next day...more on that below)

lila, marty, shawn, mary ann and megan pose for a shot

carrie, p-dub, moi, kat, jo, amy and shonnie bear
(yes, we know we are cute)

this one cracks us up, jo got caught in the flash

here we have matt opening the cutest bibs ever

carrie bought an outfit for baby boy AND one for lottie sue
(yes, they match - awesome)

jo and patterson laughing at something

shonnie bear and kitty kat, reunited

here i am opening gifts and carrie is texting

it's me, my nose and jo

the boys discuss football or something like that

Earlier I mentioned that Marty was going to jump out of a plane - WELL HE DID. What a nut. I stole these photos from his crackbook page.

superman

he made it! he made it!

i think this photo must be marty coming in for his landing

Alrighty, I am about to run out to pick up baby girl from school. This morning she walked into church on her "tippy toes" - just like a balrina. She is too fun, we love her bunches.

PS - I meant to post a photo on this earlier BUT the one I had was not so good. Lottie Sue had MAJOR stink eye and I was waiting on Carrie to post about it. To my disappointment, Lottie Sue had the stink eye in her photo as well. Oh well, can't win them all...

Carrie's mom was in town last month, all the way from Vegas and we had lunch together. Mrs. Conyngham is an avid reader of our blog and it was GREAT meeting her. She had a gift for Miss Thang, thecutestdressyou'veeverseen - a photo is coming. Thank you again Mrs. C!

our meet and greet

Alrighty, toodles!

a shower for jp and tabby (banana hammock, anyone?) & a crush for lottie sue

This past weekend we threw an shower for JP and Tabitha, it was an intimate affair with the big day coming up in October - it will be here before you know it - WHEE! It was a very nice evening. I regret that I don't have many photos to share, I may steal them from crackbook if any go up. Megan blogged a great post here, and it includes the shower (PLUS the Heartland Series Homecoming event - looked like fun).

Let's get on with the photos! Matt made this photo of the lovebirds, we had it on the table tents - awesome!

jonathan and tabitha, sitting in a tree, K-I-S-S-I-N-G

here is a shot of some of the food

(pardon the blurriness, i didn't have the flash on and
couldn't hold the camera still enough for the artsy shot)

this is a photo of the party favors, i took the leftover
fabric from the garland and made little baggies

patterson, jo and baby cassady party it up

now jo has him all for himself

here we have beth with baby boy (he was quite popular)

megan and amy chat it up

jo, blake and shon hang out while brad munches on the munchies

shon practicing for january

here i am with the bride-to-be, mrs. palmer

As a gag gift we gave Jonathan a banana hammock for the honeymoon. We told him it was a gift for him, but also a gift for Tabby ifyouknowwhatimean...

I bought it on ebay and it's supposed to be swimwear but it's so see-through - I am not sure what beach it's meant for but I'm sure JP will rock it.

jp loves his gift

oh my, and so does tabby it seems

On to more photos!

a group shot with megan doing her patented funny pose

jo and jp are warming up with their
robot moves, dance party to come...

We moved the party outside later on and the regular hilarity ensued (banana hammock dance plus regular dancing)...

a meeting of the minds, finding the
right song in which to break it down

brandon does his karate kid inspired dance move
(please notice beth's admiring gaze)

Then the banana hammock came out again, who knew it would cause such a frenzie? Amy and Megan were equipped with dollar billz.

jp ended up with three dollars and megan's phone number
(don't tell tommy)

And then there was more dancing, if you know us then you know we love to break it down. There is always dancing at parties and tailgates.

beth and brandon win the dance contest, hands down

I'll post more photos as they reveal themselves. Everyone is so happy and excited for the couple, can't wait until October!

This photo came in the mail the other day, Kat sent a card to me but Jasper requested this message get to Lottie Sue.

jasper, the answer is YES. a million times YES.

Alrighty, in other news for you...

• Mourning the death of handwriting...
• NPR asked listeners for their favorite beach reads, here is a list of the top 100.
• Mad Men premieres the new season on Sunday - icannottellyouhowexcitediam. Check out the Vanity Fair spread and then you can read the A.V. club's interview with Jon Hamm here.

Coming up in my next post: kid Matt in leisure suits (ADORABLE), Lottie Sue loves shoes only a hooker would wear and Jo is featured in Skirt! magazine (supahSTAR). Alrighty, happy Monday to everyone. Buh-BYE!