Katie's first Bridal Shower

Saturday we attended Katie's first bridal shower thrown by her friends.  They did a great job with the food, mexican ambiance music and games.  It was a lot of fun and she got some really cute gifts.  I got some practice taking pictures in hopes that my skills will continue to evolve before Mexico and the big day!  I can't believe the wedding is so close and I hope that Ben and Katie can just sit back and relax and enjoy the whole trip!  Only 38 days and counting!  

 Gotta love the toilet paper wedding dress game!

Riley's improved room!

I have finally finished and am super happy with Riley's new and improved room.  The last two canvas's I ordered from Ashley at the Busy Brush came on Wednesday and we immediately grabbed a hammer and put them up!  They turned out so cute and Riley points to them every time he enters his room.  The fresh paint and thicker white stripe look great and I love going in there too!  

Ashley is very talented and I can't believe how nice they turned out!  Check her out today under my favorite links down on the right of our blog!  

Avatar

We fell into a date night rather easily Saturday when I asked my mom if they would take Riley overnight.  We had about 42 different plans but finally ended up choosing a movie night complete with nachos, popcorn and 3D glasses.  We went to see Avatar at 9:20 in Andover and we practically had the whole theatre to ourselves!  It was a really great movie and I was shocked that we didn't get uncomfortable or antsy during the nearly 3 hour time slot.  Although when we finally got up we did feel a little stiff and disoriented from the 3D experience.  Driving home D said he felt a little drunk and my eyes were tired but it was so much fun!  It's still very hard to walk into an empty house with no Riley Man.  A little piece of my heart hurt and ached to see him and Derrick kept saying how much he missed him.  Our nightly routine is to go into his room before we hit the sack, cover him up and mutter to ourselves/eachother how cute he is and what a good boy he is and we both painfully missed that last night.  It confirms my suspicions that there is no way we could leave him in MN while we are in Mexico!  We both slept in until 10:00 and feel remarkably refreshed and ready for the big game tonight!  It will sting a little not seeing the purple and gold hit the field but we are cheering Saints all the way now!  Go see Avatar in the theatre!  I do think it is one movie that is worth the big screen!

She's here!

We are so excited to announce the arrival of Baby Girl Leah!  Born at 17:45 tonight weighing in at 7 lbs 11 ozs and measuring at 19 inches long!  She was due yesterday so Rachel and Sorin headed to the hospital last night to get induced this morning.  Must have been a long day for the brand new Mommy and Daddy but one that they have been hoping and praying for-for a very long time!  She did end up coming out via C-section and Derrick was cringing during the play by play from Sorin.  (He insists that he could never see me get gutted and I am pretty sure that if it came down to that he would be right there!)  I am so proud of you Rach and I am so glad that we were able to share the last few years and tears together!  Love to you all!