Baby Shower!

My awesomely wonderful baby shower was yesterday.  I don't even know where to begin with it all, so I apologize if I just end up rambling.  If I don't get it all out now though I'm afraid I won't capture all the details!

It was hosted by my amazing friend Aubrae.  She had tossed out some ideas to me a while back and of course I loved them all.  I gave her free reign on everything so it was all a complete surprise to me.  I'm a cryer anyway but I bawled when I got a copy of the invite a few weeks ago and I bawled when I walked in the door to her house.  

Everything was owl and book themed!  Hubs dropped me off early (and stayed a few minutes to put in an appearance) and before everyone got there I just walked around crying.  It was all so beautiful and it felt so surreal it was all for me. Aubs made everything by hand/by scratch.  I know she's a crafty bitch, but damn!

This was super cute; there were little paper owl cut outs to write messages

on, and then hang them with clips from the burlap wires on the wooden

frame.  Loved it!

Yes, even this was completely made by hand!

Awesome tree with owls and books!

I wish I took better pictures- these don't do justice!

There were cute wooden owls everywhere, cutouts from books, burlap, and beautiful pink and blue accents. I do wish I would have taken some better pics- these do not nearly show how beautiful it all was. Twin/baby facts were posted randomly about.  Did you know babies aren't born with kneecaps?  Neither did I.  Thanks for that creepy fact Aubs!

I think just about everyone brought a book for the babies... I think that was my most favorite part about the gifts we received.  I absolutely, positively just love books!  I could spend hours reading.  We now have a great foundation to teach the babes about reading and that it is to be enjoyed not loathed.

The games were awesome- nothing was forced and nothing was cheesy and if you were luck enough to win you went home with either an iTunes gift card or a little something from Coach!  Dare I say it was a pretty classy affair? Delicious food and drinks.  Which reminds me, I didn't get a single shot of the vintage wash tubs/drink tubs that were placed about full of drinks.  Or the table by the front door with favors.  At least I got one shot with the one we brought home.

We did our maternity shots last weekend and our photographer was awesome enough to send us a shot early so we could take it to the shower to be signed.  I found a nice frame and matte at Michael's to have everyone sign it.  Did miss a few signatures from family that was there (I'm bummed!) but overall it turned out pretty good!  Not sure where it's going to to get hung up in the house yet.

All in all, the day was way more than anything I could have hoped for.  The babies were completely spoiled and we got so. much. stuff.  I loved spending time with everyone and getting to hang out with some of my co-workers outside of work.  Some family came in from out of town, as far at 3 1/2 hours away, just for us! 

Love this wooden piece we got; Hubs already hung it above the nursery door!

There was also a diaper raffle so I think I came home with 12 packs!

OH, and Aubs does custom diaper cakes.  She's pretty much the ish!

You Know You're Pregnant When...

It's 7:20am and you're making instant mashed potatoes to take to work.  For breakfast.  Along with left over pork and applesauce.

And it's not the first time you've done it.

I Am Losing My Damn Mind

Helllllllo pregnancy hormones.  Where have you been hiding the last 7 months?  Little, petty things set me off.  Don't even get me started on crying over sad things... hysterical, hyperventilating, high pitched voice crying. Sniffling, ugly face crying.  

Exhibit A-

Last night I had my plate from dinner on the couch, and the end piece of some garlic bread on a a napkin. Ruxin doesn't get people food and unless you leave something at his level or straight up on the floor; he knows better than to try and eat people food.  He may sniff around but he's never tried to eat something off my plate.  Well, that was until last night!  Rux came over and started sniffing the napkin, then straight up tried to eat the bread!  I yelled "no" at him and swung my leg over to push him back (I couldn't reach him with my arm fast enough or without hurting myself cause of this huge ol' belly).  Instead of my foot nicely reaching his chest to give him a little push back, my heel clonked down on the top of his skull.  It made an awful bone-on-bone noise.  I froze and stared at him while he walked away around the ottoman.  Hubs was sitting there and started to kinda laugh/tease me about beating up the dog.  Ruxin immediately came right back around the ottoman towards me and I just started bawling hysterically.  I couldn't catch my breath, couldn't see through the tears, and started sucking in air like a gulping fish.  I couldn't stop!  Hubs tried asking me what was wrong and my responses were so high pitched and interrupted by trying to breathe he had to ask me 3 or 4 times before he could make any sense of me!  I kept telling him how I didn't mean to hit him and I'm a terrible person and I'm going to be a terrible mom and I was so sorry.  The whole time Ruxin is sitting right there letting me love and pet on him; he was completely fine.  It was awful for me.... I felt like I was about to hyperventilate!  Hubs had to come over and try to talk me off the ledge.  I smeared makeup everywhere, was snotty from crying, and soaked my shirt with tears.  I totally overreacted to it and I know that now. Ruxin was completely fine and just wanted to play but I just couldn't stop crying.  I even told a friend at work about it and started crying when talking to her.

Exhibit B-

Tonight I left my cell phone at work.  I was stressing out because a friend was supposed to be stopping by and I couldn't remember if it was before or after a certain time.  Plus I was trying to make dinner.  Hubs went to go grab his phone so I could text her just to confirm and see if she wanted dinner.  I go to grab a pan out to put on the stove and I dropped it on the tile with this huge crash.  I instantly started crying and going into freak out mode again.  Hubs came down with his phone and had to calm me down once again.  Over a freaking frying pan..  I just can't keep it together anymore.