Baby Sprinkle!

We had my baby "sprinkle" last Sunday, and it turned out beautifully. We called it a sprinkle because I already have most of my baby necessities from our first, but I just needed a few extra boy things like clothes, blankets, burp cloths etc. We invited family and a few close friends and had a great time enjoying each others company. My mom and sister threw it for me at my sister's house and the decorations were beautiful, the food was yummy, and I especially loved the cake pops, which I actually helped my sister make. Those are not for the faint of heart! They were fun to make, but very time consuming and a little messy. But they turned out sooo cute and were absolutely delicious! Other fun things were an Ice Cream Sundae station, a college fund piggy bank game, and setting a timer while I was opening presents and whenever the timer went off whom ever's gift I was opening got a prize.

Family...

Some friends...

Clara and her friend Lauren...

My cousin Karina, due in May also having a boy...

Cousin Mindy with her nephew Ashton...

Clara helped me open presents, and got some of her own...

My sister, the wonderful host, and beautiful Ella...

The generations are expanding!

Trying to squirm away from mamma...

Jordan stopped by at the end to help pack things up...

It was so nice to get all the presents, and I definitely am feeling a little more prepared and ready for this little guy to arrive. I received all the things I needed to finish the nursery, like my bedding, changing pad and cover, laundry hamper and lots of clothes and blankets. Now I just need to get it all organized! I just want to say a huge thank you to everyone who helped and came, I really feel so blessed, Thank you!!

Just in case you were wondering, I took some pictures of how to make Cake Pops...

You bake a simple box cake according to directions and allow to cool (we used a vanilla and chocolate cake), then crumble the cake into a bowl and mix with a can of cream cheese frosting (with your hands, it gets messy). Next you roll the mixture into quarter size balls and chill for a few hours. Add the Popsicle sticks, dip into melted chocolate, add sprinkles, and allow to dry upright. We stuck them into a Styrofoam board which my sister later decorated.

...Delicious and adorable!!

Preparations...

Things have been pretty uneventful around here lately. I am just growing larger by the day and starting to feel uncomfortable. This time around the pain in my hips and back has been waaay worse! I feel like an old lady when I try to stand up, and it takes me a good while before I can straighten up and walk normal. Clara even has a walk she does that imitates mine, although I think she exaggerates a bit. We have it on camera, maybe I'll try to post a video of her making fun of me. Speaking of Clara, she has become the craziest goof ball lately. She is such a ham and has so many funny faces and things she does that make us laugh. In these pictures I had some storage boxes out working on organizing things, and she climbs up on them and starts posing and being cheesy for us, so I had to grab the camera. Organizing is pretty much what we have been doing lately. Clearing out Coleton's new room, which has been our office/guest room. Our baby furniture has been delivered, we bought a convertible crib (changes to a toddler bed), and a dresser that will also be used as a changing table. I had debated buying a second crib, thinking maybe Clara would be done with hers by the time Coleton needed it, but I have decided not to rush her. She looves her crib, she sleeps and naps great in it, and I could never imagine her trying to climb out. I could easily see her in it until she is 2 1/2, and that is a year away. So I figure there will be enough adjusting in the near future for her. Anyways, just thought I would make a little post so you don't think I have forgotten about the blog, just not much to post about! I am excited that my shower/sprinkle is this weekend, it will be nice to get more things to help get us ready for our baby, maybe that will help it all sink in more!

Family & Snow!!

I love living near family. They have become our best friends and who we spend most of our time with. Unfortunately, we do not live near Jordan's sister and her family...thankfully we got to spend some time with them during the wedding festivities. We had them over for breakfast the morning after and it was so nice to relax and play with them in an informal setting. They have twin girls only 2 months older than Clara, along with 3 older kids, they are all adorable and so much fun. Clara seemed to hit it off really well with Sophia, she loves having playmates!

I was also able to have my cousin over to have Clara & Penelope play together, and to take pictures of her new baby boy Ashton. He is so cute and such a mellow baby. Coleton and him will be good friends, just like Clara & P.J. I think the pictures turned out pretty cute also!

We went up to the Julian with family last week, as we all know Clara loooves the snow and sledding. My mom was watching Ella that day, and they came along as well as Grammie & Pappy. Clara kept saying "Ella?" "Ella?" whenever we would talk about sledding, and when we got up there she had her heart set on sledding with Ella. We made it work, and if we tried to take Ella off the sled Clara would act like it was the end of the world. She loves her cousin!

Then the big news...it snowed in Ramona! It just doesn't do that around here, we have the occasional morning frost that covers the ground, and hail storms here and there...but nothing like this!! It was heavy snow coming down for a couple hours last night, that stuck and made it look like a winter wonderland this morning! I had my family over for breakfast, and to play in the backyard with Clara before church. We took turns pulling her around, she doesn't know when to stop though, and always asks for more. My brother was even home for a quick visit with his girlfriend, it has been a year since my dad passed away and we went and visited his earthly resting place after church. He would have loved to be here sharing in these moments with us, we miss him a lot!

Such fun times with family. I am so thankful for them!