baby shower

Last weekend, Kyle's mom, Linda, my mom, and my sister threw me a lovely baby shower for close friends and family. It was such a sweet gesture and I was constantly amazed by all of the little details and how it all came together!

Loved the girly, French-inspired invitation:)

Gorgeous, fresh flower wristlets that Linda made for all of the guests to wear.

The food spread was delicious and a combination of American food as well as Chinese food...my poor mom was up making eggrolls from scratch until late the night before. Now that's love!

We played a few baby games that were pretty hilarious and not too painful (thank you Megan), and ate some tasty petits fours...the chocolate ones had a marshmallow creme filling inside...delicious. I may have had two...or three, shhh. 

It was a beautiful baby shower and Kyle and I are very lucky parents-to-be to have such thoughtful family and friends to celebrate with us. If only our baby girl knew how loved she was already:) 

nursery ideas

Right now, I'm in the planning stages of decorating our baby girl's nursery...and there's so much to think about! Since we live in a two bedroom house, we'll be keeping our spare bed, so the room will need to be both a guest room and a baby's room. In thinking about the environment I want to create (since I'm guessing I will be spending a lot of my time in there once the baby arrives), I'd like for it to be calming, airy and bright...filled with white/gray/neutrals and little bits of color here and there. This way, it will be easy to change out certain pieces if I get bored or let's say, if/when baby #2 comes along later ;)

I'll be sure to post a few photos once it's finished, so stay tuned!

(Photos via Sissy+Marley)

baby girl

Last week on Instagram, I told the whole world that Kyle and I are expecting a baby girl! We've actually known for several weeks now, thanks to all the new technology around prenatal testing that's available out there....and while I'm still as excited as on the day we found out, it's only now starting to really sink in. Maybe it's the hormones, but I get weepy inside when I start thinking about her and just how much she will change our lives. I can't wait to be there for her as a mom, to dress her up as my mini me:), to teach her how to bake blueberry muffins (among other things), to help her get over her first broken heart, to see her succeed and fail at various obstacles in life, to watch her fall in love, get married, and maybe even have kids of her own someday. 

At the early stages of the pregnancy, I was mostly scared at the thought of me not being ready to raise a baby...but now all I can think about is how much I wish I could just fast forward through the next few months and have her be here already!! It's funny how quickly things can change...;)

happy 2014!

I'm back!! And with some exciting news to share as you can see:) 
I don't want to blame my blogging absence entirely on my pregnancy, but let's just say it did play a large part. Thankfully, I'm now in my second trimester and the constant nausea and throwing up is no longer an issue, hooray! 

Kyle and I are over the moon about this baby and we can't wait, even with all the general craziness and sleep deprivation that comes with being new parents (or so we've heard). Poor Pancho doesn't know what's in store yet but lately, he's been resting his head next to my growing belly each night...so I'm thinking deep down he knows and is getting ready for his role as furry big brother;)

Wishing you all a safe and happy new year!

baby sweater

Is that not the cutest little sweater ever? I'm always so impressed with Jenny's knitting abilities...she also knits socks, scarves and sews clothing for her online shop. Oh and her blog is just so darn cute too!

(Photo by Jenny Gordy)

baby card

Isn't this baby card from Rifle super cute? Not that I'll need one personally anytime soon...but it seems like everyone I know is expecting or has babies on the brain! Guess I should start stocking up!