Highlights from the Weekend!

Relaxing Friday night. Watched What Not to Wear. It was a really good one!

Sleeping in a little :) It's a little hard with a one year old, but she slept a little longer than normal.

Attending a baby shower for Nate & Natalie. They adopted a beautiful little girl, Elyse.

Church on Sat. night. I love the Saturday night option. It's a little bit more laid back atmosphere and Sunday feels like a day off....I guess now that I'm a stay at home mom everyday kind of feels like a day off :) I guess one difference is Jared is home, which is a huge plus!

Our good friends, Mike & Heather, came over after church for supper and a movie.

Attended another baby shower for my good friend Nealy. She's having a baby girl in January. I'm so excited for her! I love showers, so it was fun to have two in one weekend!

I saved the best for last. My mom called me on Sunday morning and said she was coming up to stay with us for the night. Her boss was planning on going to a conference in Ames on Monday and couldn't come at the last minute, so she asked my mom if she wanted to take her place. My mom didn't even hesitate. She was so excited....and I was too. So after the shower she was already here at the house playing with Brenna. It was so fun to have her here, even though it was for a short amount of time.

What was one of your highlights from the weekend?

I'll end the post with some pictures of Brenna.

Brenna's Taking Steps!

Brenna started taking steps on Monday!

It's been hard to capture it on video. This is the best so far.

What Not to Wear

These are the hosts from the show “What Not to Wear” on TLC….a show full of fashion transformations. My 2nd cousin, Michelle, is going to be on the show tomorrow night (Friday 8pm central time/ replay at 10pm)! I don’t know her that well and haven’t seen her for years, but I’m excited to watch it since it’s someone I know. Below is the summary I found on the website.

Michelle is a thrift-store junkie with an obsession with scarves. She loves a bargain - if it costs more than $10, she' not interested! Her friends worry that Michelle is distracting suitors with her crazy façade, so they've called Stacy and Clinton!

I'm kind of a thrift store junkie and sometimes it's hard for me to spend more than $10 too :) Maybe I will learn a little something.

If you watch it, let me know what you think.

Look mom, I can stand up on my own!

Can you tell we're proud parents? :) It's been so fun to watch Brenna learn new things...which seems to be a lot lately. When we ask her where the light is, she looks up. I signed the word "please" a few times last week and now she's doing it regularly....she's still struggling to sign "more". She can point to her head, ears, eyes and mouth when we ask her. And the best is today she stood up on her own in the middle of the room! Yeah Brenna!

Our Cute Little Lion