September 10-11
Brandt's mom and sisters hosted a baby shower for me in Burley with his side of the family as well as some close friends. They did such a good job putting it together. The decorations were beautiful, the food was great, and I definitely was spoiled again with tons of gifts for the little guy. Unfortunately, I put Brandt in charge of capturing the occasion and thus ended up with only two decent pictures. No pics of the cute food table, or the other decorations; no pics of the gift table, no usable pics of those who attended, etc. *Big Sigh* I'll have to yell at him later.
This is Brandt's cousin Mandy and one of her sweet little girls. We went to high school together as well as roomed together our first year of college. It had been too long since I'd seen her so it was great to catch up. (sidenote: I really like the shirt I'm wearing; doesn't it camouflage the prego belly nicely? I don't think I look half bad in this pic, if I do say so myself :) I won't mention the fact that I had to do the rubber band trick with my skirt - let it suffice to say that this shirt should be worn more often in the later months of pregnancy :)
After the shower, Brandt and I headed to Twin to do a temple session with my family. My cousin, Jill was receiving her endowment and we wanted to be there to support her (plus we usually go out to eat after these types of events, and we didn't want to miss out on that ;) It was a good session; we hadn't been to the temple in awhile (despite our New Year's Resolution - oh well, there's always next year) so it was good to go and it was fun being there with so many family members.
It was a big weekend for the Olsons because the next day was Kyler's homecoming. It was great to see him again. It seems like he just left; it's crazy how fast time flies. Afterwards we had lunch, hung out, and had a little impromptu bridal shower for Jill so I could watch her open her present from me since I wasn't going to make it to her actual shower (I don't think she was too crazy about her gift, but I'm sure Chris will like it ;)
Here's a pic of some of the family in attendance (courtesy of Jill's blog). Aren't we a good lookin' bunch? (sidenote: this shirt does NOT camouflage prego belly AT ALL. It looks like I have a basketball under my shirt. I totally should have had Taylee stand in front of me for this pic. Note to self: this shirt should NOT be worn in the later months of pregnancy :) Oh well.
6 comments:
I soooo wish I could have made it to your shower, which I appreciated the invite by the way. We had switched places and gone to Driggs :) On the plus side, I almost have your gift finished!! I LOVE that Baby Wise book too, btw, that was the key to getting my kids on a schedule...I hope it works for you too!
that first shirt really does camouflage your little belly...i was thinking you did not look far enough along to be having a baby in just mere weeks! you look great! hope you guys are doing well!
You look fabulous pregnant...I hope when my turn comes along I look half as good as you!
You don't even look pregnant in the first shirt. I don't think pictures should be taken when pregnant women sit down...nothing can camouflage it then. I loved the Baby Wise book as well. It helped immensely and had my little girl sleeping through the night at 6 weeks.
That shirt really is camo but I like the pink one...I like to see prego bellys...
Cute pics! And thanks for coming when I went through the temple. p.s. I did really like my present, it was way cute-and Chris did too!!
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