Church night at the Rays game

8/6/11 Our Saturday started out with me volunteering with a lot of other RDHs and studednts from PCDHA.  We gave free dental screenings and fluoride treatments at the Junior League's back to school care fair.  I'm not in this picture b/c I took it.  There's no need to try to fit in this big crowd. 

 Steven took the kids to the St. Pete Pier for some activities.  We met at the Moon Under Water for lunch before I went to a friend's baby shower.  April is due 2 days after my baby is due.  She's getting her girl. 

Then we all went to the Taco Bus for dinner.  I really like the food there and so do the kids! 

 We sat high up in the section that was reserved for members of our church.  There were over 300 tickets sold to the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints members.  Even the missionaried got to go. 

 Walking in, Isaac tripped and scraped his knee.  He of course took a picture of it.  (Don't worry, I can barely see it either.)

 Because it was so dificult to pay attention to the game from so far away, we took a long walk and waited in a long line to go pet the sting rays.  Both boys really got to touch them!

 They ran the bases at one of the main gates. 

 Then we went back to our seats for a while. 

 Sister Pittman took this and I stole it. 

My feet were swollen and my legs were tired after the long day, but it was well worth it:)

a real luau party!

Dylan and Isaac love back yard Hawaii parties, so they were so excited when they heard our church's party was going to be a Luau with a real roasted pig and real Hawaii dancers! 

 Isaac likes to make silly faces for the camera. 

 My young women put on the opening dance number for the party.  They invited some of the younger girls to join them.  Keia choreographed it and thankfully they didn't have me participate!

 Dylan took a front row seat for the entertainment and sat there the whole time.  The "Hawaii girls" did a lot of dances.  Dylan wanted there to be jungle men dancers too, but they just played the drums. 

 We will miss their last Gille uncle.  He's going away to school soon. 

 Maybe I should teach Dylan the real way to do the limbo.  But then again, at least he's having fun and is participating! 

 The boys played with the missionaries, Elder Moffet and Elder Parker before we left. 

It was a good turn out, and a fun part of our busy weekend.

Play date with Ivy!!

8/5/11 The baby swap has begun.  Corrie had her baby first then kept her for over a month before letting me watch her.  Finally - she came over!  Then it hit me.  The kids better get good use out of their choking hazard toys like the marble race track because we're going to have to baby proof this house all over again soon. 

Dylan kept washing his hands so he could help with baby Ivy. 

 Our other friends, the Taylor kids and their mom came over.  I can't believe the summer is almost over.  I wasn't going to have the kids all go swimming with just me as the lifeguard if I had to hold a newborn, so the first time was perfect that my friend was there with me. 

 We broke in some of my new baby toys.  Ivy was just perfect! 

 After hot dogs on the grill and popsicles, I'd say the day was a perfect success.  I really am not looking forward to school starting for my Dylan. 

MY office baby shower (dinner and pool party)

I've lost count at how many office baby showers Dr. Brayer has thrown.  There are at least two babies born/year there, and I've been there 6 years! 

We played baby shower games.

You know the clothes pin game - you can't say the word 'Baby' or somebody will steal your pin.  Zach got his mom by asking if this was a birthday party.  While preparing the delicious food, she replied, "no, this is a baby shower."  Zach was sooo happy!  Zach also asked if his teeth were adult teeth.  I was onto him and told him they were his deciduous teeth:)  Sorry.  Steven had all sorts of questions for him to ask like if his baby cousin, Alyssa, was a big girl. 

We guessed how many jelly beans were in a baby bottle.  Poor Jason, Dr. Brayer's husband, had counted all 200+ of them.

Each person cut a piece of ribbon to the size they thought was the length of my belly's equator. 

Guess what - Steven was exactly correct! 

After delicious food (quite the spread), we had cake!

The kids really wanted to go in the pool, but because not everybody was going to swim, we opened presents first. 

Key word: WE.  The kids were all over me and the gifts.  Thank goodness Bevin was writing down the gifts for me.  And there were a LOT of gifts! Dr. Brayer got me a sit n stand stroller! I got a ton of other things, honestly. We made out!

Warm pool time!

Kaitlyn didn't want to go to me because she was worried it was a swimming lesson.  The other kids had fun though and Isaac and Lexi were even competitive racing back and forth to me and the wall.

Steven's new job is awesome! (His office baby shower post)

Steven has good friends at his new job already.  I guess it's not exactly new any more, but he's been there less than a year.  Jennifer and Sarah wanted to throw Steven a baby shower and made it on a day that I could be there.  Then they asked to make sure I was bringing Dylan and Isaac.  I wasn't planning on it, but OK why not!  How thoughtful!  Here we are in the break room with the hostesses. 

 Real quick, here's Steven's office.  I think I need to print some collages for his wall there, what do you think? 

 The room was all decorated!  There was lace on our table and it felt so fancy!  One friend even volunteered to take over the camera for me.  She took lots of photos for us!

 There was pizza, salad, drinks, chips - a feast!

 Here are some of the presents, they went all out, and it was a day when a lot of people work from home (it's a good job), so even thought there were a lot of people there, they apologized for a low turn out - whatever!

 Dylan and Isaac helped open the gifts. 

 Dylan and Isaac had signs they could hold up if it got too quiet.  Dylan's said "Oooh" and Isaac's said "Ahh." 

 I have to say that one of the most thoughtful gifts was not one, but TWO home made flans!  Vanessa's flan is the best Steven or I have ever had.  She knew it was my birthday the next day, so she made it for my birthday too!  She also gave us a big box of diapers.  Wow.

 Isaac wasn't holding his sign, and Steven thought our high chair deserved some extra crowd participation:)

 Apparently it's a tradition to make baby bonnets out of the bows and ribbons.  We participated like good parents-to-be:)

 Look at the huge cake!  It was actually made out of pull apart cupcakes!  Yummy and messy.

 The party planners thought of everything, they had twistable crayons and brand new coloring books for Dylan and Isaac to keep!  What a perfect idea.  They still color them and LOVE their own new coloring books. 

All of the people at Steven's office are so generous.  We're ready for our baby now!!