Baby Shower!!

I am so blessed. I was given another awesome baby shower this weekend.
My great friend Bernadette and Nanny Bethany hosted this amazing day.
They always do an excellent job at parties.
I loved, loved, loved everything.
My sis and mom also helped, they were secretly exchanging emails, texts, and phone calls with Bernadette and Bethany to assist with any little details or anything else they needed to be taken care of. I felt and still feel very special.
It was such a fun time.
The food was awesome, the friendships were a breath of fresh air , and the fun was long overdue!
We all had such a great time.
The decor was black/red/white with ladybugs.
Here's a look at the great time we had....

Here's some pics of the food....

The decor....

The baby's cradle. It was used to put the presents around.

Some more of the counter decor...

Gorgeous display...

One of my favorites...

Who am I kidding..these were a favorite too. So yummy!!
I didn't stop with just one.

Cute pails with the silverware...

Ladybug cupcakes...So cute. Thanks mom!!!

Beautiful...I love everything.

This cute fat lady bug was the party favors. Under that beautiful ladybug foil was a lady bug made from amazing Belgian chocolate with little baby ladybugs inside. Perfect for the occasion.
They had them individually wrapped in cellophane bags with a tag attached with the baby's name. Gorgeous!!!

This adorable little book "Ladybug Girl" is so special.
My ever so favorite Doug, read the story to everyone while gifts were passed around everytime he said the words..."ladybug", "ladybug girl", "bug", or "LuLu". If you still were holding a gift at the end of the story, it was yours to keep.
Then every guests signed and wrote in the book for our baby girl.
Of course, Doug reading the book was so amazing!!
I love you Doug and so does little Dougalina!!

This is my great friend Bernadette.
We have such a blast together, no matter what we are doing.
Thank you my good friend for the gorgeous shower you gave to me and our baby. I appreciate it sooo very much!!
I love you and am thankful everyday to have you in my life!!!

What a beautiful group of women.
From left...Nanny(ours)Bethany, Gma(Bernadette's mom),
Bernadette(hostess with the mostest), and my sis, Sheri.(So, so happy she could fly in from Nashville).
You all are amazing women of God and
I am so very thankful to have you in my life.

The girls!!! What a fun group this is.
From left..Alisha, Bethany, Me, Ashley, Shine.
Crazy Girls!! What fun we had.

Robyn and September...I love pictures of people laughing.
So good to see them both.

Little Amelia...So adorable. I loved to squeeze her cheeks.
Amelia, we were supposed to have your little playmate in attendance that day but she decided to stay warm and snuggly inside.
Very soon the two of you will play together.

What an amazing group of women..I love each one very, very much.
Bethany, Bernadette, Me, my mom, Ashley, Shine, Sis, Gma, Aunt Betty.
I was so happy to have all of these women together in one spot...finally!!

Look at this adorable present. All ladybugged out.
Thanks Darlene...you did an amazing job wrapping it.
Now let's go to New York!!

The lovely Doug...I am so glad you came to my shower Doug.
Of course, I had to have a picture with you and your gorgeous present.
Little Dougalina loves you very much!!!

Sis and Robyn...

Doug reading the "LadyBug Girl" Story.

This is me and my dear friend Lori. We have known each other since we were about 16 and have stayed very close over the years, unfortunately, it has been over the phone mostly. But we are changing that as we speak.
God put us together years ago, and we both know it was forever.
I love you my friend!!!

Julie, me and Kathy.
Love you both so very much!!

Me and Grandma Alves.
I love her so much..
she has such a sweet spirit about her and such wisdom.
She has taken my family in like her own.
Love you dear Gma!!

So happy to have this lady in attendance. I haven't seen her in so very long.
Me and Janice. We have very kindred spirits.
We have learned that God has created us quite similar and we talk to God in the same manner. We just KNOW he loves us the same!!

Renee and Sis...what a great reunion this was. These two are like two peas in a pod. Seriously!! I was so very happy to see my sis interact with all these people again. They all love her so very much and I personally know the feeling is mutual from her towards them.
She has not seen any of them in over 2 years.
Needless to say there was a lot of laughter and tears.
Everyone was so very happy to see her.

Me and Terri..So glad you could come Terri..I know we both wish your darling Cindy could have been there too.

Me and Sis..
I cannot tell you how happy I was to have her here for a visit.
I can't believe all this lady does for me and my family.
It's completely overwhelming.
This is THE best present I could have received that day.
However, I really wish she could have seen the baby. As she is still waiting to come out to see the world..she is taking her own sweet time to greet us all. I know that is so important to Sis and to me for the two of them to meet.
Still can't believe she came and left already and never got to meet our baby girl. There's nothing like a sister.
I love you so very much Sis!!

Me and Darlene..This lady makes me feel completely normal.
By that I mean...we think the same thoughts or the other one thinks worse sometimes.
I love you Dar, and glad you came into my life. I know God put us together just to give Kevin heck!! I just know it!!
He called me in because although you were doing a great job, he thought he would give you a break once in a while.
It's especially fun when we tell Bernadette on him, then just sit back and watch the fireworks.

Me and Sweet, sweet Bonnie.
This is one of the sweetest ladies I know.
I don't think anyone could ever be mad at her.

Jocelyn and Sis.
These two are my camera/photography junkies that I continually learn from.
Jocelyn is my photographer that took all my maternity pics on my previous posts. Well, she has taken a lot of my family pics over the years.
She's amazing.

Me and Robyn.
I was sooo happy to see her again. It has been awhile.
She is an amazing lady.

Well, I know that was an extremely long post. Sometimes there are things you just can't leave out. I opened presents for quite a long time and have many of those pics as well. I didn't really post any, but for all those in attendance just know that her closet/drawers and bins are full and then some.
She has everything she needs at least for the first 6 months or so.

I appreciate everyone that attended.
It was great to see you all and visit with you.
I loved that I got to see you, you got to see each other and my favorite, that my sis got to visit with each one of you. It was a very special trip to her and to me.

Bernadette & Bethany...thank you for opening your home to me and my friends. Your generosity was way more than I could have ever asked for. I know you both spent a lot of time and thought on this shower.
It means so very much to me to be blessed with such great friends that are really like my family.
I love you both very much!!!

Sis and Mom...Thank you for all your help for the shower too. The invites were gorgeous, the tags for the favors and the cupcakes were amazing.
(There is one more thing that I didn't share here yet. Sis made an amazing birthday box for our sweet baby.
I will post that as soon as we reveal her name. It is gorgeous. She did an amazing job!!)
I am so glad the two of you and Ashley got to come out for a visit. I am so sorry to say that our guest of honor was not here for the visit. I can't tell you how disappointed I am that you haven't got to meet her yet.
However, we will make that happen very, very soon.
Thanks again for all you did to come here for the visit.
I love you all so very much!!

I think that's it for now...I think this is the longest post I have ever done.
Thanks for stopping by. Now I sit here and wait for our baby to show up.
I am currently 41 weeks as of Tues. March 9th.
She will be here soon. I just know it.

Til next Time with T!!

Teresa Collins Blog!!

Wow!!! I am sooo honored!!
When I took the last session of my maternity photos, I created the tag for one of the belly shots. The paper I used to create it was Teresa Collins new Bebe Girl line of papers she just released at the Jan 2010 CHA.
I immediately fell in love with her designs of this new baby line.
Just like she said when she created it, you go into stores out there and it gets terribly frustrating when you can't find the style you like.
I can totally relate to that when I go into a baby store. That's how she created her line, she went looking for baby paper and couldn't find what she wanted so she went home and viola!!!

Look what she did...
Teresa Collins Blog

We met last year in Nashville, TN at a class me and my family was taking and I so clicked with her. I understood her, what she was saying made perfect sense to my brain and she really spoke to my heart.
Now if you have ever met this lady...boy you sure can't forget her passion, excitement and the pure love within her heart.
We have chatted here and there ever since then.
Conversations or not, I have always been one of her biggest fans.
I love all her designs..seriously. All of it!!

Anyway, all that said, I sent her a pic of what I had made with her adorable paper line. The tag on my belly.
This was one shot I wanted my photographer to do.
Thanks again, Jocelyn!!

I was so honored when she asked me if she could put it on her blog.
Big belly and all!!
The tag came out so cute.

Thanks Teresa for all your hard work you do.
Your designs are amazing and really do help us all tell the story of our lives, with cute stuff at that.
It's so great for you to have the courage to share your life with us all.
I'm one of many, but your greatest fan!!
Thanks for the honor of showing my belly on your blog!! ;)


BTW...if you don't see me post for a bit..I could have gone to the hospital..or maybe I am just still nesting..I have been cleaning all weekend. My husband keeps looking at me with bugged eyes, when I say, I am cleaning this or that.
That's one of many good things about being pregnant..you're house is clean!!

Til next Time with T!!

Maternity Photos-Part 2

We had another photo session with our photographer, Jocelyn.
The day we took our first shoot it was raining and we really wanted to have some outdoor shots.
Well, she did an amazing job!!

Here's what we got....

If you like this tag...it was designed by Teresa Collins.
You can find it here. I love her work.
She does an absolutely amazing job on all her designs.
Not to mention she is the sweetest person you would ever meet.
Love you, Teresa!!

We had a great time with Jocelyn and her family. Again here is Jocelyn's blog to see more of her amazing work.

Thanks again Jocelyn for all you do!!
We love you!!

Til next Time with T!!!

Maternity Photos!

Did I tell you how much I love "my" photographer.
I know we are not the only people that she takes pictures of but I do consider her mine. haha!
She has taken our pictures forever, and like I said before, I always love them.

We got together recently to take our maternity photos and once again,
I love them.
I had asked her if she broke Photoshop in fixing them to make us all look so good, she laughed and said she didn't make changes like that to them.
So then she just takes great pictures.

Here's a peek...

I told you she does an amazing job. I love her.
We are getting together again soon to take a few we missed, it happen to be raining the day we did them so we couldn't take any outside.
So I will post more soon.

In the meantime, go take a look at her work. Here's her blog.
Thanks again Jocelyn. You do an amazing job!!
Me and my family love you dearly!!
We know Brooklin and Delaney play well together, no guessing there.
We enjoyed having you in our home and visiting with you.

Til next Time with T!!!