Susan's Baby Shower

Last weekend, I got to attend a shower for my precious friend/family member Susan. She and my cousin Ryan are expecting a baby boy in early November.
Susan's coworkers Leann and Julie hosted this shower. Mom and I had planned to throw a shower for her a few weekends before, but had to cancel because of the death of my great Aunt Jean (We miss you!). Leann and Julie graciously let us "help" host this one too, though our contributions were minimal to this incredibly fabulous shower. No stone was left unturned!

(Above) Julie made this poem with a picture of Ryan as a baby and Uncle Ronnie. Everyone cried when they read it.
(Below) The place settings with china and chocolates.

The gift table with numbered gifts for baby bingo.

We wrote a message on the diaper to give Ryan and Susan a laugh when they were changing Baby Parker.

Loved this idea. They had laminated prayer cards, and each one had a bead attached. We went around and told what we would be praying for Susan about (i.e. "Susan would have a smooth recovery" "Baby Parker's salvation", etc.). We gave the bead to Suz to string together and kept the cards to remind us to pray.

The fabulous hostesses with the mama of honor (who looks amazing by the way!).

Susan with the Moms: her mom Bette on the left and mom-in-law Gail (my aunt) on the right

Mom, Susan and me

Getting the rundown on the amazing food:
Gorgonzola phyllo cups, Chocolate Chip Dip, Cucumber Party Sandwiches, Egg Gorgonzola and Pancetta sandwiches, Parmesan, Basil & Lemon Wafers, Chocolate Hazelnut Dipped Fruit, Finger Chicken Salad Sandwiches, Veggie Tray.

Someone gave her eggs. Just kidding, they had really cute socks inside.

Part of Parker and Rachel's gift. It's handmade by a ministry for people with special needs. She cried through most of opening this gift. Rachel has a knack for giving heartfelt gifts.

Check back later for all the fun Josiah had during the weekend.

Gardendale Fall Festival

The Thompsons invited us up to the Gardendale Fall Festival on Friday night, and the Faulkners were able to come too. I love a small town festival! There were rides and games and food - so much fun.

This was Josiah's favorite; it actually went really fast!

Then they tried the toddler bouncer. This is how Jack played on it.

But Josiah decided to stay close the nice supervisor lady. Jonathan was able to get him to walk around the perimeter, but he preferred to watch from a distance. My sweet, cautious boy.

Our family.

The Thompsons

The Faulkners (Josiah can say Bailey now too).

The whole crew

We tried to get the boys to do this. Thanks to Jack for "wearing" the dress :)

Erin's Baby Shower

I am way behind on blogging now! Last weekend, we threw a shower for my friend Erin here in Birmingham. We had some great food and played two games: celebrity baby name match and a new one where I read the line of a children's book, and they had to guess the title.
Me, Jenn, Erin, Jacque and Victoria.

Erin has been such a precious friend over the past year. We live really nearby, and it's so great to have a friend that I can call up whenever to go for a walk, snag a free deal somewhere, or even just run errands together. Things will change a little when they welcome Baby Grubbs at the beginning of December, but I'm excited for this new phase.

She's modeling this burp cloths I gave her, which happened to match her outfit perfectly.

We hung outfits on a clothesline in the window for decorations.

Overalls

Fall is here! We busted out Josiah's winter overalls, and he looked so very cute that I had to take some pictures.

Spontaneous Trip to Montgomery

We decided spur of the moment to take a trip down to Montgomery to see the Moseley great-grandparents for the afternoon. We enjoyed lunch with them.

Great-grandmother giving him a sip.

Josiah was really sweet on his great grands.

"Wun" With Daddy

One of Jonathan and Josiah's new things lately is running. Josiah gets on Daddy's back, and he runs around the house.

As soon as Jonathan gets home, Josiah is asking him to "wun." And my hard-working honey always obliges.

And then they crash and laugh.

They've been having lots of fun together lately. Josiah is definitely in a Daddy phase.

And they randomly did this: stack up all the pillows and lay on top. Boys are fun :)

Happy Birthday, Aunt Rachel!

Toot, toot! It's your birthday, Aunt Rachel!

I hope your day is just ducky.

I hope I sea you really soon.

We love you!

Rainy Days

Ask and you shall receive. Sorry for the blogging drought, but it's due to the lack of drought here lately. We haven't been doing much fun stuff here with all the rain, although we did have some nice weather for a few days. So I decided to post some pictures of our lazy, goof-around-the-house day. These are from bed time, sort of. Josiah just requested to stand in his crib.

Daddy kept pretending to be scared when the lion roared or the crocodile bit.

And a cute video of some of my favorite things he's saying lately.