{Life in Pictures}

These first couple are way back from the beginning of November....My lovely friends threw me a lovely baby shower! It was seriously the best baby shower I've been to....Great friends, great food, great everything.

Since I didn't need any more baby girl things [we're up to our necks in pink onesies] they threw me a Book Shower where everyone brought a book as a gift! It was so sweet and so fun to get so many different books! And as you know, we love to read at our house!

The theme for the shower was based on one of my favorite childhood books "The Giving Tree"

I mean, check out this cake! AMAZING! And it even tasted better than it looks - which I didn't think was possible.

And the adorable party favors!

I seriously felt so loved. I have the best friends. I was even lucky enough to have my mom, sister and motherinlaw come out to visit that weekend! It was great!

 On another note....

This is how we get ready for church on Sundays. Sean an I frantically get ourselves ready while Evette reads electronic books on our phones. We limit her screen time so she doesn't have her face glued to the screen all the time, but 15 quiet still minutes on Sunday morning is heaven-sent.

She loves to wash dishes. Seriously. She frequently gets upset when I don't let her wash her dishes after meals or when I put them straight into the dishwasher - I guess it's just not as fun that way!

Gotta have your baby and peppermint hot chocolate during your Christmas shopping!!

One day during joy school I only had 2 other little girls over - everyone else was sick! So I took advantage of the "girl time" and painted everyone's nails Christmas colors. Quality Education right there, my friends.

Also, I have made [and EATEN!] more of these delicious cinnamon rolls than I would like to admit.

For my little brother who is on his mission in Brazil, I made him a Merry Christmas banner outta pictures of the family [Thanks for cooperating!]. I loved it so much I made a copy for myself! Sorry the lighting is terrible.

Evette also loves to play dress up.

A funny thing that she's been doing lately is laying out her necklaces from her dress up boxes and assigning "characters" to them. Her favorite "characters" to use are Baby Jesus, Mary, Jo-fish [Jospeh], and the angel. It's very interesting. She doesn't "play" with them, just lays them all out and starts labeling them. "This is Baby Jesus!" as she points to the white necklace....."This is Jo-fish!" as she points to the gold chain and so on and so forth. Funny girl.

 We had a beautifully warm-ish day earlier this week and Evette and I spent a lot of time playing outside - it was gorgeous - and so is she.

Since Sean's fancy work party was cancelled due to the ice storm, I persuaded him take me out on a fancy date so I could wear my dress that I bought specifically for the party. Best. Decision. Ever. We ate at a delicious french restaurant and sat and talked and ate for hours. Awesome. This also served as our last "date night" before the baby comes! Just 2 more weeks til the "due date" and hopefully sooner than that! It was a great night!!