Ella's Baby Showers

I am really behind on this post :-)  In February on Valentine's Day weekend, we went to Atlanta to visit family and friends and Ella had her first baby showers (and first snow)! We are so blessed to have such an amazing family and group of friends! It was wonderful visiting and catching up with everyone despite the winter storm that made it somewhat difficult to get around town on Saturday.  We are so excited about all her gifts and she is going to have a great wardrobe!!  Thank you to everyone who made this weekend so special for us!!

San Antonio Going Away Party/ Baby Shower

Our great friends in San Antonio threw us a wonderful going away party/baby shower our last weekend in town!!  A group of us took the La Fagata party bus down to the restaurant and everyone enjoyed yummy margaritas, great mexican food and wonderful company!!  We had a great time and are going to miss everyone!! We feel very fortunate to have met such great friends in the short time that we lived in San Antonio and are looking forward to their visiting us in California!  

Superbowl Cake Pops

Here are our the cake pops that I made for the Super Bowl party  - Colts vs. Saints!  They were a big hit with the kids and adults and so fun to make!  They are super rich so Brandon did not want anymore after he taste tested the batter.  Here is a great website that gives the instructions on how to make them - http://www.bakerella.com/category/pops-bites/cake-pops/. I use Betty Crocker cake mix and add oreos and cream cheese frosting.  They are so yummy!

Early Valentine's Day Dinner...

Brandon and I celebrated Valentine's Day a little early this year, because we are not going to be together on the actual V-Day. We had a great dinner at Paloma Blanca which is our favorite Mexican restaurant here in San Antonio. Brandon had a margarita for both of us and Miss Ella was happy with her dinner as well because she was up doing what felt like summersaults at 5 am this morning. We are so blessed that we have so much LOVE that we can celebrate about this year. Hope everyone has a great Valentine's Day!!

Homemade Headboard....

I have wanted a fabric headboard for our 2nd guest bedroom for a while! I finally researched a couple of sites and found out the best way to make one and made it in less than an hour (once I picked up all the supplies). It's so simple to make and so fun to pick your own fabric. I had bought this fabric 2 years ago and never knew what to make with it, so I decided it would make a great focal point for the bedroom. I'm still working on finding the right linens to go with it, but for now, I've just used some extra linens we already had. If you want to get more information about making one of your own, here is the link - http://www.bejane.com/headboard. I would also suggest investing in an electric staple gun - it made it so much more easy and effortless! Next project - a new headboard for our main guest bedroom!

Ella's First Monogrammed Dress!

Ok, I could not resist this little dress, so I had to get it and I thought it was adorable with a monogram. Now that we have something monogrammed, it makes her name official...Ella Katherine! We are so excited and cannot wait to see our little Ella dressed to impress! I absolutely love it and cannot wait for her to wear it later this year (and hopefully next year :-). I am going to try very hard not to buy anymore clothes for her, but have you seen how cute the little girl clothes are? It's very tempting...

Lexi at the Driskoll Hotel in Austin...

Brandon and I decided that it was finally time for us to take a trip to Austin, especially since it's only an hour away and since we are going to be moving in a few weeks. I did some research on hotels in the area and found this cute boutique hotel called The Driskoll Hotel, that would allow Lexi to come with us! She was so excited to make the trip and even went to dinner with us that evening. We enjoyed an afternoon walking around the city and went to one of the largest outdoor dog parks that I've ever seen. Lexi was a little intimidated by all the dogs running around but it was a beautiful day and we had a great visit! If you've never been to Austin, I would highly recommend a visit!

Here are a few pictures of Lexi in the hotel on the bed and with her personal food bowl and treats...which she loved!

Our first blog entry...

We'll it's taken a few months, but today I finally sat down to take the time to get our blog organized! I'm sure there will be many more changes to come, but for now we are up and running. We are excited to start this journey and look forward to sharing what's going on in our lives for many years to come!

This weekend has been an exciting one - we've had a lot of activity on the house and feel like we may have potential buyers. We're trying not to get our hopes up but we are very eager to get this process started and finally move to California! More to come....

We are so excited to have a family blog that we can share with family and friends for years to come!