GuEsS WhO????

It must be the crazy pregnancy hormones because when I saw this I totally cried. Seeing Mike's parents, my parents, and our baby pictures together just got me all choked up! How cute is this idea? Lisa Theis, my friend who hosted the baby shower, collected these relic photos and had everyone at the shower guess who is who.

Can you identify these cute baby faces? Take a shot at it.

I will post answers next week.

Baby shower pictures below...

Showering baby McCabe!

I am pretty excited about all the girlie stuff we got for our little one. Let's just say she will be wearing lots of pink (of course!), apple green, black, leopard print, bows, flowers, and tutus! My friend Lisa and my mother-in-law Catherine threw me a fabulous shower. It was so good to have so many of my good friends and family in the same room. Needless to say they spoiled me.

Here are some pictures of the shower.

Heather and my mom

Opening gifts

Heather, Bev Edmonds, Mom, Me, Catherine

Thanks for the wonderful shower. I sure feel loved!

Juno

We had the "prop" so we figured we would put it to good use.

Cravings

"Have you been craving anything throughout your pregnancy?" A question that most pregnant girls are used to answering. In the beginning it was bean burritos from Taco Bell. Then one time a raw onion snuck its way into my burrito and that was it. I can't stand the thought of eating one! I didn't notice I was craving anything else until I realized that everyday I eat one of these items.

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;">Honeycrisp Apples. Have you had one of these? They are the best apple I have ever tasted. The perfect combination of sweet/tart/crunchiness. They are only available during the fall so I have made sure to get my fill before they are gone. It will be a sad day when I can no longer find them in the produce section.

I usually put applesauce in my morning oatmeal or just grab some spoonfuls out of the jar when I need a sweet treat.

Since it has FINALLY cooled down in Denver I have enjoyed sipping on cider in the evening to warm me up. I usually am really sad when summer is over, but since being pregnant is like having a built in heater I am loving the cool weather. Love fall!

One last thing...

I am officially into the third tri of my pregnancy! Lots to get done and to prepare for. I am trying to talk Mike into taking a birthing class with me but he doesn't want to. Have any of you taken a birthing class and did you find it beneficial? Let me know because I need to make a decision soon.

Gettin' my Craft on

Super Saturday. Never thought I would look forward to it so much. Last weekend I went to Super Saturday in Mike's family ward and LOVED it! The crafts in his family ward are 10 times better than the cheesy crap we made in the married student wards. I feel bad saying that because our RS had to cater to poor married college students....but seriously. The crafts they come up with in family wards are delux AND inexpensive. Here is what I made....

This craft can be enjoyed for two holidays! Pretty cool huh?

These pillows are made of a burlap type fabric. Way easy to make. I traced the patterns on to paper, cut the pattern out with an exacto knife, ironed the paper onto fabric, then used a sponge and craft paint to stencil the pattern. I can't remember what kind of paper we used but one side of the paper sticks to the fabric when you iron it on. You can print graphics off on your computer onto the paper if you want. It's way cool.

Have you been in Restoration Hardware lately? OK, first of all I love everything in that store, and pretty much the entire store is fashioned in burlap fabric right now. I mean unless you want to pay an arm and a leg for their decorative pillows go right ahead, but you can totally make your own imitations. Just sayin.

Welcome to the world

Haven Claire Wiley!

Sarah, Mike's sister, had her baby girl at 2:07pm on Oct. 7, 2010. She weighed in at 4 lbs. 7 oz. and measured 17 1/2 inches. She came a little earlier than expected, 9 weeks to be exact, which means she will have to be in the NICU for at least a month. In this picture she is 1 hour old and the second picture was taken today. It is so incredible to be in the presence of a baby who is fresh from heaven. We love her and are so excited to be her aunt and uncle.

Congrats Austin and Sarah! We love you so much!!!!

Here is our new place.



One of my "must haves" before we even started looking at apartments was it needed to have a lot of natural light. I always hated how our last places only had like three windows on one side of the apartment. It totally felt like a cave. This place, however, has tons of windows which makes for a bright and cheery place to live.

We got a new ottoman because our last coffee table was not baby friendly. I wanted to get something that she wouldn't bonk her little head on.

We also got a new kitchen table, which I am VERY excited about. It has a leaf so it will fit our growing family. The chairs are from IKEA and the table is from a furniture store in Denver.

One of the windows I was really insistent on having was in the kitchen. The kitchen also has a glass door that leads to the deck giving it additional natural lighting.

Our little girl's room. I will post pictures of her room when we get it finished. So excited about decorating her room! It is going to have a Paris theme.....

Mike and I had some heated arguments over putting a t.v. in our bedroom. I was afraid that our pillow talk would become nonexistent, and I just thought we needed a no media zone. You know what I mean? At first he wanted to put a 42 inch in our small bedroom which literally would have taken up the entire room. I put my foot down on that one. So we compromised and got a 32 inch. Eventually we want to mount it on the wall. We will get around to it soon.