Little Girls!

I figured I'd catch people up on what's been going on lately (I've really been slacking!). On April 17th, my mom came into town for my Arizona baby shower and my wonderful Aunt threw it for me. It was so well put together and she did an amazing job. There were decorations of flowers, a chocolate fountain with fruit cut into flowers for dipping, a home made cake, and other fun goodies.



The cake was home made by Brenda and Doug. They just recently started making these amazing cakes and they always have such cute ideas!

Once again, I was amazed at the out-pouring of love from all the friends and family that came. Audrey got so many things that Lyle and I are ready for her to come-supplies wise.

At both showers, she was showered with clothes...she is going to be a well dressed baby! I took pictures of some of the little outfits she got:







And of course I have to throw a picture of this in because my sister did such an amazing job on this for the nursery:



Thanks to so many, the nursery is ready, the supplies are stocked, the bag is packed and we are ready for her to arrive!

Speaking of arriving, I went to the doctor today and she is as healthy as can be! Her due date is May 7th but due to a VERY uncomfortable rash that I've developed (they call it PUPPS-a rash pregos get at the end of the pregnancy that's VERY uncomfortable that they can only give meds to suppress the itch and discomfort about 50%. The only way to get rid of it is to deliver the baby.), we are scheduled for induction Tuesday night, May 4th. I am not a huge fan of inducement...but maybe she will surprise us and come naturally before then. We'll keep you all updated and for sure post pictures of our new bundle soon after!

Weighing In

Lyle and I got to see Audrey today at our last ultrasound appointment. It was such a fun experience and I think the ladies doing it enjoyed it just as much as we did. They would get a good view of her profile and then just sit there and watch her and laugh. Lyle thinks we are having a cat. In the profile views, she would lick her right hand and then suck on it and then return to licking it. We were all laughing! They also said that she has a big head (ouch!), and we all could tell quickly that she already has a personality and ornery.

This is a profile of her (facing left) with her hand heading to her mouth to suck.


And this one is the same profile view but her tongue is out licking the hand she just sucked.


We are SO excited to see her!! They told us that her original due date was May 12 (they wouldn't give us a specific date at first in the last appointment) but with her development they've bumped us up a week to May 7th. She is healthy and her heart is beating like it should and she weighs 5 lbs 14 oz.

It's Soon Time!

A month away! We can't wait!

We started collecting dates back in January for when people thought she would come and only got a few and then forgot...here's what we have so far:

Andy-May 15
Heidi-May 9
Norma-April 26
Lyle-April 28
Dave-May 7
Keri- May 10

What's your guess?

Many Pictures Catch Up-ABQ Baby Shower and Trip

At the beginning of March I was able to fly to Albuquerque for a visit to see all the Van Vleet girls together. It's been a while.
Erin, Keri, Jill and Mom put so much time into a shower for me and did such a wonderful job!! Thank you to all of them!

The wonderful person who made it all happen (with the help of the rest of the girls)



The Shower set up-Garden themed...many little details!







The guests:







We got so many cute clothes and especially ones that read "My Daddy Loves Me!" and we also got beautiful blankets and bath supplies. One that I am REALLY excited to use is a newborn swimsuit and sunglasses...since summer will be knocking at the door when she is born! Thanks to all! It was SO enjoyable and great to see old faces!

The other part of the fun was the time I got to spend with family at the zoo.











Lastly, just some cute random pictures that were taken...












It was such a wonderful getaway and I was sad to go, but was happy to see my hubby after a week.
He surprised me with these:



No, he didn't miss me either. :)

Valentines and Birthday

My sweet husband surprised me with a weekend getaway to a friends cabin for Valentines Day. This was such a surprise and a very welcomed break because Lyle has been working 24/7 lately and busy season hasn't even started yet. So we left with some friends Saturday night and drove up to Pinetop, AZ and began our wonderful three day weekend. We played so many games, took walks, played in the snow, watched movies, and even relaxed in their jacuzzi bath tub-ahhhh! On the way home Monday, the boys couldn't resist the awesome sledding hill and so we stopped and Jen and I watched while to boys went crazy.

The next weekend was my birthday and even though Lyle kept telling me that the getaway was also for my birthday, he surprised me in the morning with BEAUTIFUL pink roses (and I mean these were GORGEOUS) and CHOCOLATE!

Then he allowed me to drag him around town and go shopping for multiple things (this doesn't happen often at all!-PLUS he was getting sick and didn't feel good. He was SUCH a good sport!). We then had dinner at Red Robin and finished the perfect day off cuddling in our pjs on the sofa with a good movie.

He really went out of his way to make both weekends special and I am so lucky to have such a wonderful husband!

Audrey's Nursery

I have been staying busy at home growing a baby (hard work!), babysitting cute kids and working on decorating Audrey's Nursery. I love working on her room because it reminds me that she will be here in no time!
We decided to go with a bright color, nursery theme and it's so fun because there are SO many options! With the amazing help from my wonderful sisters and mother, I have gotten CUTE ideas! One such was to decorate her name to hang on the wall.

I don't have too many pictures yet of the nursery because it is still in progress but some fun things I have found waiting to go into the nursery I do have pictures of.







I must admit that I swore I would NEVER have pink in my little girl's room (I'm not a huge fan) but then I started into the decorating part and I've fallen in love with HOT PINK! I can't get enough of it! It just has attitude and makes a statement and I LOVE it!

Pouring cats and dogs!

This week we got pounded with rain! We got more rain in our first storm on Monday (2 inches) than we did all last year (less than and inch)-and then we had rain Tuesday night, Wednesday, Thursday night and some on Friday. It was so much rain that Lyle's company shut down half of Thursday and all of Friday AND our parks turned into lakes. It was beautiful to see the 'fake' lakes and if you didn't know any better you would think the lake was always there!

We took Jaz for a walk Saturday after a full day of no rain and the park had drained a bit but there was still a good amount to water...Jaz definitely enjoyed it! She was our prancer.




The white line of grass on the right is how high the water was the other day.







Even though I really enjoyed the moisture and the cloudy days, it sure is nice to see and feel the sun again!

Oh and just for the record, the storm was so windy and crazy the other night, Scottsdale actually had a tornado touch down. When does AZ EVER get tornadoes? Or for that matter when does AZ ever get this much rain in five days? Never...until now!