The End of an Era

Well, I suppose you can say that :]  I have {in partnership with several great folks} hosted 4 baby showers in the past 6 months! It's been so much fun to create fun parties for all of my friends and families, but I'm glad it's over :]  Most recently my sister's shower went down.  It was a blast and I'm pretty sure I never blogged about it.  All these showers have made me super crafty too!  Here's some of the things I made for Vicky's shower....

{diaper cake}

{diaper wreath}

{diaper motorcycle}

{the baby's name on some onesies}

I loved helping throw this shower with my mom, kathryn, and susan!  Vicky is so deserving, and I can't wait to meet our new nephew in a week or so!  

This past weekend I helped throw a shower for my SIL Amy, and it was super fun too!  Tons of family and friends were there, and I got to make some stuff for this one too :]

{tissue paper pom poms...thanks for hanging the tall ones brit!!}

{diaper tricycle}

{baby luedke banner}

Amy gets so excited, and that's what made this shower so much fun!  It was great to host with Jackie and  Becky!!  The food was great, and the company was awesome!  We get to meet our niece in about 3 weeks, and we can't wait!

These two showers were so special since they were thrown for my sistas!  It was an honor to spoil them, and Johnny and I are so excited to welcome our new family members!!!  

Love you sisters!!!

Mommy, I Want To.....

Mommy, I want to {insert whatever Sam is doing/playing with at the moment}.  We hear this line several times a day from our little miss Joey.  All the toys she's mastered and long forgotten are suddenly new and exciting again and she wants to play with them all over again.  We remind her that those toys are too young for her and that they are Sammy's toys.  We remind her that she has a ton of toys that Sammy can't play with yet and those are for Joey.  If you are unfamiliar with my site "Things Stout Kids Say", check it out ...there's a funny conversation that took place with me and Joey the other day over a toy of Sammy's :]

Joey's "I want too" comments are not only for toys though....The other day I was taking pictures of Sammy for her 8 month update and of course Joey wanted in on the action "Mommy I want you to take my pishure".  I'm glad I let her, she's a keeper!!

Teaching Sister

So Joey is already taking the time to teach Sammy the finer things in life.....for example.....

"Sammy this is the iPad."

"This is the matching game...I'm awesome at it!"

"Hey, don't drool on it....Mommy and Daddy will be mad!"

"You need to concentrate."

"Good job Sammy!"

"Now just sit there and watch me have fun on the iPad....you have fun drooling!"

Sweet Sisters :]

Joey loves to play with her sister any chance she can get and she does such a good job with Sammy! After we fed Sammy the other day Joey dragged a chair over to Sammy's high chair and started to play :]

Sweet sisters!!!  I hope these moment carry on into their teenage years :]