11/11/11

What were you doing on 11/11/11 at 11:11? Did you make a wish? Clearly I was on Pinterest... no surprise there! :)

Family

What a classy group of people.

{Baby} Love

One evening Chad and Janet sneak attacked us with a mini baby shower. I say mini because it was just us and I say shower because we were showered with love! You guys spoil us!! We had a little helper to help open everything up. Thanks Violet :)

Some of our treasures included a hand made hooter hider! Thanks for keeping me modest Janet!

And the most adorable car seat cover! This was a total surprise, I thought we were going to make them together and here she had it already made! Thanks Janet, you rock!!

A few days later a Sister in our previous ward asked if she and Mare could throw me a baby shower. I felt so excited yet overwhelmed having only been to one baby shower before in my life! There is something with me and showers... I had never been to a bridal shower before my own either. Janet suggested that we register. Once again I was super thankful to have her experience with me, having never registered for our wedding I was lost! I had no clue what I was supposed to be looking for, what brands, how many?? It was such a relief to have her by my side... and super fun! :)

Date Night

One fine evening Chad, Janet, Jakob and I headed down to the strip for a night on the town. We went out to eat at Claim Jumper and were treated like royalty. We had so much food it was absurd. After finishing our meal we were so full we couldn't do much but wander the Botanical Gardens at the Bellagio.

The Bellagio is by far my favorite hotel simply for these gardens and the beautiful fountains outside which we didn't get to look at because it was once again too cold! Do you see the size of that pumpkin? Some of those bad boys are over 900 lbs!

I've never understood a bond between sisters having never had one. Janet was so sweet as always and we had so much fun shopping, laughing and sharing stories. I am truly blessed to have married into such a wonderful family where I not only have one sister but 4!

Chad and Janet looking classy as always!

What a cute scarecrow!

Thank you to Chad and Janet for a night out on the town. I promise next time I won't feel so horrible and we can go dancing!! Jakob and I are in desperate need of some new moves!

One Big Apple

I just couldn't believe how massive this apple was. It was the size of Violet's head!

What a pretty little girl! I love her to bits!!

Fun With the Girls

If there is one thing that is definite, it's that we had a lot of fun with our nieces! Grandma had serveal fun activities planed to keep these busy girls just that... busy. There was cookie decorating....

... and maybe some cookie tasting.

Grandma bought the girls some new pajamas and a book that had a pajama dance in it. This is the pajama dance :)

What precious girls!

Lucy Lou just rocking away! That little horse was just her size and she could rock all on her own! She did run over her toe a time or two hence her feet up on the air.

Uncle Jakob introduced Violet to Gummie Bears the TV show. I'm not sure who liked it more Violet or Uncle Jakob.

Some days we started off playing in the dirt. I have yet to figure out why children always seem to want to put a fist full of dirt in their mouths yet will refuse perfectly good food?? Go figure!

Of course no evening is complete without playing in a box or two.

Grandma even thought for us to go to Red Rock to go exploring. We hadn't planned on it being so stinking cold though so we stuck to the visitors center. There were a lot of fun things to look at and climb on though.

Riding Max. Unfortunately Mojave Max was hibernating already so this is the closest we got to seeing a turtle.

Peek-a-boo!!

Kisses for the snake! We had so much fun with the girls! They are full of energy. Uncle Jakob is looking forward to seeing them come December 3rd!!

Connections To Royalty

Since Grandma Tobler has special connections with a wide variety of fairy tale princesses we decided that a very special someone should come and visit Princess Violet.

It's Princess Aurora (or more formally known as Aunt Stephanie) but our little princess was none the wiser! We had so much fun being all dressed up!

We painted faces...

... did some dances...

Grandma sneaked Sleeping Beauty a cupcake for the magic trick! Thanks Grandma!!! We had not only one happy helper but another little princess who was simply entranced by the magic cupcakes!

We then made a little mermaid balloon!

I love this picture! Not only because it's super sweet but it helps to hide the fact that I was a 6 month pregnant princess, which really isn't all that cute :) I think I'll have to hang up my tiara until our little lady arrives. Thankfully Violet didn't judge!

It was a wonderful party! Princess Aurora left and returned as a very hungry Aunt Steph! It's so much fun having little princesses around to play with! What a lucky aunt I am!

6 Months!

I can't believe it's time for our monthly update already!! Good gracious, Can you believe there's only 6 more weeks until Christmas??

How far along? 24 weeks

Total weight loss/ gained? 15 lbs (135 lbs) Thanks to Halloween candy and several trips to In n Out with the family :)
Maternity clothes? I seriously need some jeans!! Do you see those pants pictured above?? HOME MADE MATERNITY PANTS BABY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! WOOOHOOO!
Stretch marks? Nada!
Sleep? I fall asleep as soon as my head hits the pillow. It's lovely! I still toss and turn, however I'm sure that will be permanent until the end of the pregnancy.
Best moment this week? Just feeling her dance. Whenever I think of her she kicks. I'm sure it's not connected but it's neat.
Missing anything? Putting on socks has become quite difficult!
Movement? Lots of movement! It's wonderful!!!
Food cravings? Milkshakes, Hawaiian haystacks, and Red Robin still. I want Chinese too! Salt is the way to go! I do have mad cravings for chocolate! Thank heavens for Halloween.
Anything making you queasy/ sick? Nada! Hurray!!
Name? Ethnie Lauren Tobler
Labor signs? No sir!
Belly button in or out? Out, no longer just flush, but out!
Wedding rings on or off? On baby!
Mood? Sleepy. I'm super happy for the most part :)
Any fun symptoms? Aching back. Seriously I am one lucky lady!! I feel wonderful!!
Looking forward too? Shopping for the princess. I bought her a few things this week! It was so exciting!