Couples Shower

This past weekend, we were blessed by our sweet friends, Bryan and Stephanie Coy with a couples shower. They did such a tremendous job throwing the shower, and we had a great time. Of course we received more incredibly generous gifts from friends, and my mother-in-law continues to blow us away with her generosity and excitement to meet her granddaughters. I just keep picturing them in all these tiny outfits and diapers we continue to receive. It still hasn't sunken in that they will really be here so soon.

Kyle loved getting to hang out with all these boys again. I know he could have stayed up all night telling stories and drinking beer with all of them.

Thanks again, Coys! :)

Belly Pics

My amazingly talented photographer of a sister took some belly pics of me yesterday. She insisted that I would want some nice pictures to look back at someday. And even though I run in the presence of cameras these days, I'm glad I listened to her. She did a great job! I would love to do a few with Kyle eventually (no, not with us both naked and him grasping/kissing my belly). Anyways, here are a few of my favorites.

Cute Stuff

I somehow ended up on an e-mail list for zulily. I would normally be annoyed to receive yet another piece of junk e-mail, until I clicked on it. They have some of the cutest, normally expensive, baby, kids, and maternity clothing for very cheap. Here are some of the faves I've found:

noo onesie. They also have a bumblebee and cow one. Adorable.

Baby Nay might be my new favorite baby clothing brand. I could literally buy everything on the sale page right now, including this strawberry baby gown.

Do yourself a favor and sign up for these e-mails!

Baby Stuff

If you have an iPhone, this app is a must! (oh, and I guess also if you are pregnant). It's Baby Center's new app. I have had it for 5 minutes and already LOVE it!

So I really think I want to see this documentary. It's called "Babies." Maybe you've heard of it?

Taloga Shower

This past weekend, Kyle and I had our shower in Taloga. WOW. I almost had forgotten from our wedding showers how unbelievably generous people in this tiny town are. It seems as though everyone in town got us a gift in some form. We received more diapers and wipes than we can count and other adorable gifts. Our hostesses had these 2 sweet bears sitting out when we arrived. I just love them! Can't wait for the girls to be able to cuddle with them some day. Here are a few other highlight pics from the shower...

Kyle practicing with the sweet baby dolls Montana (our niece) got for the girls. Gosh, can you imagine how many baby dolls we are going to have in our house someday? Also, I promise I had nothing to do with Kyle wearing a pink shirt to our shower-it was ALL him. Pretty cute.

All NINE of our awesome hostesses!

After loading up the back of our Tahoe with half of the gifts, we realized we couldn't fit the other half. Kyle's parents are having to bring up the rest next weekend when they come for our couples shower. I can't even tell you how excited all of these showers make me for the arrival of our girls. :)

Someday...

I love this commercial, for obvious reasons. Thank the Lord I'm only having two, but it will be fun when they are older and start to have their own personalities. I also hope I'm as happy (and sane) as their cute mom...

Do-do's

Who doesn't like a good donut?



It's no secret to some of you that my most recent craving has been donuts. Well, originally it was anything doughy covered in cinnamon and sugar (think Auntie Anne's pretzels, sopapillas, cinnamon toast, dessert pizza, etc.). So naturally, it spilled over into donuts. Kyle and I accidentally went to Daylight Donuts 4 Saturdays in a row. Oops. I guess I'm just so obsessed with them because they were something I rarely ate pre-pregnancy. I hated the thought of undoing any good I had done to my body with 58 grams of sugar and fat. Plus, I've always been one to need a hardy, protein-ish breakfast. Donuts just didn't cut it. But now I've realized you can have 2, sometimes 3 donuts, and that definitely fills you up. Bonus points for a sausage kolache.

I also now like referring to them as "do-do's" thanks to my precious nephew, Canon. He's a fan of donuts, as well.

I came across this month's cover of Better Homes and Gardens and, of course, became instantly interested in reading it. The only thing better than Daylight Donuts is homemade donuts. Those of you who have made them know what I mean. They might be the most heavenly, wonderful, scrumptious things in the history of deep fat frying. When my sisters and I were little, my mema used to make these with biscuit dough and her mouth-watering made from scratch frosting. Paired with a cold glass of milk, life doesn't get much better. If you have never ventured to make your own donuts, just roll out a package of biscuit dough, cut into whatever shapes you fancy, throw into a skillet of hot oil until brown, strain and let cool. Toppings can be anything from powdered sugar to cinnamon and sugar, to fruit, frosting...the possibilities are endless!



A more intense, yet still delicious-looking recipe can be found here.