More 6 Month Pix

We had a baby shower in Forest Park, on a beautiful Sunday afternoon, and we were already dressed up so.... I thought we should do a more formal 6 month photo shoot. The turtle's name is Titus. He lives in our garden. Sorry no captions this time. Just use your imagination. BTW, doesn't Tim take great pictures?

The Last of the Baby Showers

Two weeks ago we had the last of the baby showers. Our friends the Sweeney's and Warren's from church threw us a co-ed shower on a Saturday night and the next day Lori and Christine threw me a shower for Tim's whole side of the family. We were surrounded by friends and family, prayers and generosity all weekend, and got some great stuff for Arie Alex. The biggest blessing about this pregnancy has definitely been the excitement and celebration by the people in our life. We are so thankful for the love of our community and family. It gives me strength and a renewed excitement about our baby girl. It keeps my mind off the pain and fatigue, and is a constant reminder that we have amazing blessing and a life to be thankful for. Here are some of the pictures from the that great weekend. I know I probably say it a lot, but thank you, thank you, thank you for all those surrounding us and holding us up in prayer.

Baby Shower at Lori's

Lori, Christine, and Bonnie made my baby shower look like a page out of Martha Stewart. It was beautiful!

Baby Shower Columbia

This past weekend, Liz her mom, and my mom and sisters threw me a baby shower. Liz started off the weekend on Saturday afternoon, by surprising me with a massage and pedicure at Kalani. It was amazing. I've never had a professional massage before, and I can safely say, that if I were a millionaire, I would keep a masseuse on staff. We then went to Booche's for dinner and stopped by a new art gallery in Columbia. It was one of the coolest things I've ever seen. Liz and I then ruined our massages that night by playing a few... 3 hours of Wii with Tim and Jon. Another first for me, and I'm pretty much addicted. I kick tail at bowling. :) My Mii girl is pretty cute too.

The shower was perfect. Fun and competitive games, friends I rarely get to see, and Italian Wedding Cake from Upper Crust. Not to mention the high was 75 degrees on the 6th of January. It was amazing! Charlie woke up from her nap just in time to see all the presents Arie Alex received and stole the show with her adorableness.

It was a perfect weekend, with fond new memories. All the new baby stuff motivated Tim and I to come home and organize Airawen's room a little better. It is hard to believe my due date is less than two months away!