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!

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!