Dallas Weekend

I have been looking forward to this trip all summer long! One of my best friends, Heather, is having her third baby and Britni, Carrie and I threw her a baby shower this past weekend. I wanted to see Britni's little boy, Pierson, so I left last Thursday and drove to Britni's house in Weatherford. Steph and Ross are on the way, so I stopped in Waco and spent the night with them on Thursday night. It is always so good to get to see my sis and Ross...they always make me feel so welcome. On Friday, I left and drove to Britni's house.

Here is my little birthday buddy (he was born on my birthday). He is so cute and has changed so much since I have seen him last. He is walking now and talking more. He says" go-go" when he wants you to take him somewhere, "bye-bye" and waves, "mama", "dada", "cookoo" and points to the cookoo clock on the wall (Britni says that he has to show the cookoo clock to everybody that comes over), and he says "hi car" to all the cars on the road....too cute!

I love this picture that Britni got of me reading a book to Pierson. He hadn't seen me in a while so I thought it would take him a little while to warm up to me, but he immediately came to me and brought me a book to read to him...it made my heart smile :)


Friday night, Britni and I went out to eat at this really nice restaurant in downtown Weatherford. It was so good to get to catch up and get some good girl time in. Saturday morning we headed to Carrie's house in The Colony. It is about an hour and a half away from Britni's house and Jan rode with us. Jan was my roommate in college for two years and she lives 30 minutes from Britni. It was so good to see her and catch up with her too!


When we got to Carrie's we got busy setting everything up. This was the food table with sausage balls, fruit, and tortilla rolls. Heather's colors are brown and pink.



This was a framed prayer for baby Karah that we used for decoration and was part of our gift to Heather.


The cake was so good..it was a white cake with a white chocolate cheesecake filling

Carrie made this diaper cake and it was so beautiful....this was also part of our gift to Heather and part of our decorations.

The Cake Table

Britni had the idea to get a book and have people sign it instead of a traditional sign-in book. That title of the book was, "God Gave Us You" and I thought this was such a great idea.

Heather, her mom, and her girls (Hannah and Sara)

Heather and I met when I was in college. She and her husband were the college group leaders at the Church I attended. Sara was crawling around in diapers then (I feel so old). As long as I have known Heather she has wanted to have a third baby so I was not surprised when she told me she was pregnant. There will be a gap between their youngest and this new one, but Sara and Hannah are going to be great big sisters and helpers..they are so excited about the new baby! I am too and I can't wait to hold her! Heather is planning on having a natural birth at home like she did with Hannah. Britni and I wanted to be there and she said we could. I have always wanted to be there for a home birth because it is something I think I want to do someday. If it works out I will get to be there....I might change my mind about wanting to do that someday afterwards :)

Carrie, Heather, Me, and Britni

Heather and her cute baby belly...she isn't due until November, but we had to do the shower now because of everyone's schedules.

Heather, Britni, Carrie, and I all met when we were in college at our church and it was so good to get to see so many of the girls that were in the college group with us. Our college group was called, "Reality Check" and it was such a special group. We met together every Wednesday, had small groups each month, took many trips together and hung out all the time. It was a tight-nit group and almost everyone is still in touch today. They hold such a special place in my heart and I know everyone feels the same.

Heather, her Aunt, and her Mom


There was such a good turn out and it was so good to see everybody!

Marianne and Me

I love this picture of Stephanie and Jessica with their sweet babies.

I had to show you one more picture of baby Jacob with his mom, Stephanie...look at that cute face :)

Stephanie and Nicole introducing their babies

Heather opening presents...I made her the blanket she is holding. I love how it turned out...it is really simple and I am going to put the directions on how to make it on my blog soon.

Britni and Pierson

After the shower we all sat around and talked and talked for hours. I am so grateful for good, Christian friends!

I spent Sunday at Britni's and then left to go home. Here is another picture of Pierson with my keys..he LOVES keys and it is so funny to me the things that kids like to play with....he has toys everywhere but all he wanted was my keys or my cell phone to play with :)

This was my first vacation of the summer and so I had some fun on the way home. I love this little barbecue place and I stopped there on the way home and had the best chopped beef sandwich and lemonade..it doesn't take much to make me happy :)

Then, I stopped at this cute little ice cream shop in Huntsville and had a cookies and cream ice cream cone while I walked around the town square and shopped at all the cute shops. I was loving it and then to top it off I found a pair of Seven jeans at the resale shop for $15 that fit me perfect....that just makes me smile and was the perfect ending to a great weekend!