Maya 3 months

Maya is 3 months old and the newborn phase seems to be over... she has really chubby feet and legs and her skinny little face is gone. I love this chubby stage but I'm sad to go through them so quickly. There's something magical about snuggling a teeny tiny baby and I'm glad I got to experience it one more time!

Valentine's Day

We sure love Valentine's Day around here but this year Afton was old enough to really love it. She started decorating the front room just after New Year's. She started cutting out hearts to hang up and drawing pictures to tape on the walls and pretty soon every wall, plant, and door was decorated. Grandma Sandy is always good about helping with paper and stickers and every Wednesday when Afton came home from gymnastics she had more fun stuff!

With the excitement of this holiday approaching and Afton's confinement due to baby girl I finally agreed to let her have a party. I told her she could invite 3 friends and she was in charge of planning. She was so excited!!

She planned and planned and planned....

She invited Brooklyn, Annie, and, Savannah

The itinerary - 

1. Crowns

2. Bingo

3. Cookies

4. Heart toss

5. Animals

Our practice crown

The girls laughed so hard playing this game. Each girl had a different colored piece of paper and they took turns trying to throw it into the heart. It was fun to watch! Lots of giggles!!

Annie

Savannah

Brooklyn

Afton's decor. She worked so hard on the decorations!

My sweet Mom came over to help in case Maya woke up (which she didn't) and as always she took some amazing pictures! Thanks Mom!!

Maya is 1 month old

We are so excited to celebrate Christmas with you here! You are the best gift we could have received and we love you SO much! It's hard to believe you're already 1 month old!

Maya is 2 months old

I can't believe Maya is 2 months old!! I can't believe I have a BABY! :)
We are amazed at how well she sleeps and can't believe how cute she is!! We are in heaven!

I love the frowny face and Brett loves the tongue sticking out! Afton loves the one of Maya talking!!

Baby shower

I was so lucky to have a baby shower and so thankful for my great friends who put it together! I felt so loved and know this baby is already so loved. We loaded up on diapers and received so many thoughtful, wonderful gifts.

The food was delicious (I couldn't eat much because of my diabetes) but it looked really good, the decorations were so cute and many friends and family came!

Afton had so much fun. She acted as if the shower was for her. She opened all the presents, loved putting little favor bags together for people and really loved the yummy treats!

Thanks to my friend Jess who took these fun pictures!

  By the end of the night I couldn't help myself with these pretzel bites. I finally ate a couple and boy were they delicious!

 The girls had a basket of diapers along with markers to leave messages for me or Brett... very cute!

 Mindy and Becky - what would I do without these two??? Love my face in the back. Boy am I happy!

 Crystal is the best. She is my amazing visiting teacher and has worked with me in Beehives. She also made me the most delicious peanut butter cookies to eat during my diabetic pregnancy!

 Ranae, Ashley, Abby and Mindy are all amazing and supportive friends and I was so glad they came!

 Seriously love these two!

 My sweet mom came for a bit as well as Grandma Karen and Tiff! So grateful for a supportive family!

 Lisa and Candi

 Belly shot

 Julie and Jill - those smiles just make me happy!

 Diana and Mary have been so good to me. Diana has been Aftons' primary teacher and Mary is my amazing visiting teacher!

 Jessica and Lisa are wonderful. Jess took these great pictures and is a great friend. Lisa and I have worked together in YW and I hope to still see her!

 Liz is my amazing visiting teaching partner (I am not a good partner) and her daughter Abby is one of my sweet Beehives.

Afton was so excited to have so many diapers and proceeded to organize and rearrange throughout the day!