Annual Girls Christmas Party

This is either the 3rd or 4th year (lost track!) that my 3 good friends, Amber, Amanda, Heather, and I have gotten together to have some girl time before the holidays. It's always a great time to get caught up on each others' lives, exchange gifts, eat, drink, and LAUGH!!! I love these 3!

The Docs

These are two of the Doctors that I not only worked with at Creekside (until I left in Sept. to be a stay-at-home Mom) but the Doctors that cared for me for 9 months and delivered Madelyn!

I cannot say enough good things about Dr. McAlister (left)! He was wonderful during my entire pregnancy and although I wish he could have delivered Madelyn, Dr. Reiter (right) was the one who was there that night and was also really great!

These pictures were taken when Madelyn was 8 weeks old. She had been passed around the clinic to all my friends/co-workers there, so by the time I got over to the Dr's, she was pretty tired...

...as you can see! Although Madelyn is screaming, I still love this picture!
What a wonderful experience to have a baby!

Halloween Costume Party

Finally sharing our Halloween pics...I was Flo, the Progressive Insurance lady & Wayne was a Razorback!

Discount!

My tricked out name badge

Oink Oink
Go Hogs Go!
Our Friends:

Pumpkin Patch Birthday Party

Several weeks ago, Mason & I attended a super fun birthday party at the pumpkin patch for our friends' twin girls, Molly & Taylor. We had a great time...

The whole group of party guests:



We've been going to this pumpkin patch for the last 2 years, so we counted this as our trip for this year~since I didn't foresee us getting our newborn out to the patch!


The kids had potato sack races...


Mason was paired with birthday girl Molly


And then the adults had some fun, too!


The kids got to ride the barrels


And we all went on a hay ride around the patch


We took silly pictures


And then Mason got to pick out his own pumpkin


We then chose a pumpkin for each of us (as we do every year.) I let Mason pick out Madelyn's tiny little pumpkin!


We had such a great time celebrating the girls' birthdays, hanging out with friends, and enjoying a day at the pumpkin patch!

The McBabies

It's been fun sharing my pregnancy with these girls that I work with, Renae & Leslie. Renae is a month behind me and Leslie is 2 weeks behind her. (They make me look really huge!) We kept meaning to get a few pictures of the 3 of us, and finally did earlier this week. We call them the "McBabies" because all of our last names start with "Mc". I really hope to be meeting MY McBaby this weekend! If not, then I am scheduled for an induction next Thurs, Sept 16th!

My Baby Shower

My sister, Angela, and BFF, Victoria (Aka Tori) hosted a wonderful baby shower for me a few weeks ago at my parent's house! My mom & Tori's mom helped out a lot (kind of a second string of hostesses) and it was so beautiful & themey! (I'm very "themey!") Everything matched Madelyn's nursery in pink and green owls & other woodland animals. Some of my close friends and family attended and brought such great gifts for us!

The Entryway (filled with decorations for me to take home!)

Tori made this super cute diaper cake...
And this is the real cake, which was A-MAZ-ING in both looks & taste!
Yummy (& cute) raspberry punch
Me & Mom
Me & Tori
Me with the Hostesses
Ready to open gifts
Wow! I've never seen so much PINK!
Good Friends
Some of the guests


New stroller & car seat!
Does it get any cuter? No.

(Check out the huge box of handmade bows made by my friend Amanda!)
A fun little game...
Favors to grab on the way out (handmade by my mom & sister)
So as you can see, I had a wonderful shower filled with so many special little details! Thank you to the hostesses, friends and family that made it special for me & Madelyn!