Out of the park baby shower

Another wonderful baby shower that blessed us with more needed baby items. This one was hosted by Andrew's aunts and grandmother.  The theme was baseball, one of Andrew's all time favorite activities. He couldn't be at this shower because he was on a job at the time.  I know he would have loved all of the decorations and food.

Special gifts from special people.

Another attempt at a "cousin" picture.  Sure can't wait until Colton gets here to defend himself against the girls.

Baby pictures of Amy and Andrew

Colton's Baby shower

 Blessed!  We already knew WE loved Colton, but didn't know he was loved by so many others.  What a delight to see and share this event with so many family and friends.  I was extremely excited and thankful for all of the wonderful treasures and much needed supplies.  One of my favorite parts of the baby shower was instead of bringing a card, guests were asked to bring a book to add to Colton's growing library.
Thanks to all of my hostesses for the wonderful shower. Becky Cortez,Greer, Peggy Given, Aunt Pam, Erin Luce, Lisa Luce

 Trying to get a picture with the "cousins" Bailey saw Kayleigh's bottle and things went downhill from there.

Babies R Us...registration fun

Baby supplies are essential! After researching the right products/brands and compiling list of suggestions I thought I was ready to find just the right items.  Sitting down to fill out the paperwork was the easy part.  Parent's names...due date...message for the registry.  As the lady handed us the scanner from Babies R Us, I realized how overwhelming it could be with so many items.  Walking down each aisle I checked off the items I had listed as we scanned the barcode.  The fun part was finding those "extras" that seem to make having a little one all the more fun.  My mom and sister

were able to go with us, one to give wisdom for needed items, the other adding excitement to the moment.

All of those decisions are a lot of working and very tiring.  It's a good thing the gliders were nearby for Andrew to try out.  We love having ours in Colton's room.

The BIG announcement!!

Feburary 13, 2011 was an exciting day, it was the day we planned to announce to our family we were pregnant. Earlier in the year (January 11) I told Andrew I was going to the store only to come back with a "my dad is the greatest" outfit.  Needless to say he was very excited about becoming a dad.  We then waited with torture until after my first doctor's appointment to tell the family. That morning we showed up at my mom and dad's house to drop Hook 'em off before church.  My sister goes to the evening service, so she was at home.  It was a special moment when we gave her a "Valentine's bag" to open and she discovered the oneies that announced "My Aunt's the Best" Hugs and congratulations were in order before we headed off to church.  We had to wait through the whole service in which I am sure neither one of us paid attention to the sermon because we were so excited.  Once we returned to my parent's house, Lisa and I took Bailey and put on the onesie I had made.  It said "This little monkey is going to be a cousin."  The plan had worked well because as we walked back in everyone wondered why her outfit was different as my dad grabbed her out of my arms.  I said "Well read what it says."  My dad tried to read it out loud, but didn't have his glasses on, eventually the meaning was pieced together and tears/congratulations were in order. Here are some fun pictures of the day.