My Baby Shower Weekend

Who knew I would start my weekend out looking like this..........

Well little did I know that for the last two months my friends Candace, Heidi & Leah (along with the help of Ryan) plotted with Nan, Merisa, Anne, Natalie ("The Beatles" for those in the know or my 4 best friends since middle school) & my Mom to come up and surprise me for my baby shower! I was shocked, stunned, flabbergasted, speechless and teary-eyed. It was amazing and soooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo much fun!!

We spent the entire weekend talking, eating, reminiscing, talking, laughing, cooking, sewing, chatting, catching up and more talking (Ryan couldn't believe how long we talked for. I complained that my side hurt and he said, "it's probably sprained from all the talking you did over the weekend.")

The baby shower was totally over the top - I really felt like a celebrity, which was the theme anyways! There was the red carpet that lead into the party, full of dear friends, paparazzi snapping photos and a movie theater "candy counter" with four different flavors of popcorn and candy bar cup cakes. With an Italian soda bar to complete the "amazing" package that was my shower. A HUGE shout-out to Candace, Heidi & Leah for all of their work, planning, plotting and efforts on a very memorable baby shower! Games consisted of match the celebrity to their baby's name: David Bowie - Zowie (who is a boy), Forest Whitaker - Ocean, Woody Allen - Satchel and what is an Oscar party without awards? Candace made chocolate Oscar statues that were presented to 12 winners, some of them being: "Best Actress in a Horror Movie" (gal who lived through the longest labor) = Jalin, "Best Actress in a Drama" (gal with the most girls) = Christy, "Newest Star" (gal with the upcoming baby) = me! And then the gifts... the Steiny Man is set with more than we ever thought could be had!

It was great, wonderful, memorable.......one of the best weekends ever! It was sad to see it end!

Making Babies

So my friend Candace was asked to make a baby shower cake over the weekend and she found these fabulous baby cupcakes in her cupcake book. She's like Super-Chef and I love it when she asks me to be her side kick Food Girl. The cupcakes took a bit of time, but ended up not beeing too complex. I think they turned out great (they tasted really good too!). In anticipation of cooing to my own baby soon I practiced with these little guys.....aaaah, you are soo cuutsie wootsie!!

The Last Weekend Away

So, this was our last open weekend in March and after March it's.......APRIL!! and we all know what's going to happen in April - I have to stay put! So we took this open weekend as our last opportunity to leave town and go to "The Big City".

We went to the temple and did some family names. Then went on our big 3 grocery shopping spree with a list complete with things that we know we will need, but won't be able to get cheaper than here at: Costco, WinCo & Walmart (still missed some stuff, darn it!). Two-thirds into our Costco trip I got really, really, tired. So I let Ryan do the rest of the shopping while I shuffled by the book table and sat on some nice lawn furniture - nobody seemed to mind.

We have added a new addition to "Places to Go in Boise" introduced to us by our good friends, The Johnson's - Good Will. Ryan likes that everything is cheap & I love the challenge of the "Color of the Day". We both scored in the shoe department. Ryan got some new American Eagle shoes for $5 and I got some Neutrilizer knee-high boots....they had the green sticker on the bottom (for those who don't know if you have an item that's the color of the day you get it at 50% off) for $2!! Sadly my swelly legs make a muffin top at the top of the boot so I won't be able to wear them until post-baby.

We are Big! Man vs Food (travel channel) fans & since Mr. Richtman went to Boise, ID for a challenge we went there too! We went to Rockies Diner - a really cute 50's themed diner complete with a DJ booth and skatresses (waitresses on roller skates). It was really fun, sadly I forgot my camera so you'll just have to imagine our heads by Adam Richtman's! For dinner my cousin cooked us a Russian themed meal complete with dessert - honey cake - yummy and culturally enlightening!

Now we are back to the daily grind of work and a long list of To-Do's before Tiny Steiny arrives!!