{{Well}}come Ella Marie!!

WE{L}LCOME ELLA!

Today my good friends Chris and Rose welcomed their 7th wonder to the world, Ella Marie!

In honor of this special day, I thought I'd post the pictures from Rose and Ella's baby shower (ha ok I'm a month late).  It was a great night filled with yummy hot cocoa, laughter with friends, cute gifts and even a diy project of hand made onesies.

Our Guests of Honor~~The Lovely Kreslins Women (now + One)

                                                                                 

Reconnecting w/ friends

 

Bicycle Diaper Cake ( my sad attempt)

 

Pretty Onesie Fabric

Little Ella, we had so much fun celebrating your impending arrival! I look forward to meeting you soon!!

A special thanks to all who helped with the shower Lacy for taking the photos, Shannon for the yummy cupcakes and most of all for letting us use her home, Liz for your help in all things planning and Vergie in your help with decor :)

Nesting..

SNOW is in the forecast...

Are you ready?

 I wish it wouldn't start snowing quite yet

However, I'm bound and determined to be prepared...(ha I think I still need some snow boots)

When  weather starts to turn (colder) I, start to hibernate, like a bear.

or as my old roommate, Cecilia termed it I begin Nesting..

CHILI

Recipes are added to the menu (recipe to follow soon)

Cups of hot tea and...

pumpkin cookies are a cozy nighttime snack(thanks Lacy)

Or  I love a special treat in one of these RED cups?!?!

(IMAGE via starbucks and pinteresr

 A fire like this, would be lovely...

but for now I'm happy slipping on these lovelies and curling up

with a good book :)

(fav Old Navy slippers)

What keeps you warm on these frosty nights?!?

I'm off to enjoy my cup of tea and book..

stay safe in the snow and bundle up..

Sunday Summary

What did you do this weekend?!? 

Play in the first snowfall of West MI? 

bake something yummy?

(Pumpkin Chocolate Chip Cookies, recipe courtesy of Lacy)

enjoy a Girls Night Out?

Lots of Laughs with these Lovelies.

 Possibly take a road trip, visiting a family member at school?

Hail to the Fighting Irish

                                    Touch Down Jesus                                       Momma and Me

Mother and Son (we're still trying to figure out where he got his height from)

 

Maybe play like a kid ( or with your kids)

 

Captain Jack Sparrow (Jessalyn) and Captain Barbosa (Dominic)

 Mighty Morphin Power Rangers!! (remember that from the 90's)

I'm Captain Blackbeard (I know it's blurry, playground graphics)

What ever your weekend held I hope it was spectacular!

Cheer's to a new week...

 

Kid-Tastic

Since before I can remember my life has been filled with characters...None of whom are my own :) It started with my brothers (younger) then I became a nanny,  my "God children" (aka niece and nephew),  and now all of my friends have kids the kids.

 MY BOYS

Brothers hard at work

Sweet little boy...right now ")

All smiles, miss this 1st grader now that he's in school all day

SMILEY SCHERF

 ( I just had to add this pic of Lacyinthesky's baby boy and Noah my "boyfriend", always smiling)

Yup that's my BF :)

  THE NIECE AND NEPHEW

 Jack Sparrow, Jessalyn and her "glasses" and the knight and what is that Jessalyn in a dress?!?!

 The Pirate and well the Pirate :)

Maybe someday I'll have kiddos of my own but for right now I'm happy borrowing others :) With all this experience I'll be more then ready for that day, right?!?

Time Flies...

Already 3 days of my vacation have flown by...

Here's a glimpse so far ....

Fall walks with friends...(Lacy and Noah man)

Some shopping...I purchased these lovely Anthropologie drawer pulls for my DIY dresser!

TEAM EDWARD!! Ready for BDPT1 10days...

Some cross country racing..

 

 

 

I've known Anna (above) and her family for quite a few years. This weekend I had the opportunity to watch her race in her first State Cross Country Meet! It was blast cheering for her! Way to go Anna, not only are you an awesome runner but you have become a very sweet young lady as well!

 

All in all it was a great weekend..

Now it's time to tackle the rest of my list of fun things to do this week!

stay tuned, the adventure continues :)

Stay Cation

This week my "faux" kiddos are taking a much needed vacation with their Mommy and Daddy!

Which means this nanny is on vacation, for 10 whole days!

What to do what to do?!?

My list of what to do on this StayCation is as follows:

I will be getting one of these (long overdue)

(pinterest)

Drinking some of this

(pinterest)

Girls Night Out with these Lovely ladies

(Photos top Lacy, lacyinthesky)

Doing some of this

and this:

(that pick represents me reading a book via pinterest)

So while I won't be going here

 (via pinterest)

I will be here enjoying this:

 Pure Lovliness!  (via pinterest)

I think the the next 10 days are going to be just fine!

P.S. How could I forget! My city is opening it's first:

(photo courtesy of lacy)

I'm sure plenty of time will be spent wandering this store (window shopping of course)