okie thanksgiving

we flew to ok wednesday

hazel did awesome on her first flight!!!

we met up with mom, david, kim, derek, carole, and ed and ate at the iguana lounge for dinner

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then we headed to gram's house

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thursday morning we woke up to this

3 deer in gram's front yard!!!!

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then dad & maggie came over to meet hazel!!!!

it was love at first sight!

then we headed to okc for lunch at carole and ed's house

in addition to the people at dinner wed night, we added haden, maureen, antoine, gayle, & calvin

don't they look like triplets?

derek, haden, and mom

mom & haden

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then we ate and ran

to gram's house for her dinner

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it was:

dad, maggie, gram, mark, judy, lauren, brad, ben, des, and baby g (in the belly)

and me, cam, and hazel

ben was so sweet wanting to hold H and give her the pacifier

Lo was practicing holding a girl (there is a chance G could be bigger than Hazel is NOW!!!)

(H is only 9.5lbs)

Gram was soooo cute with H

she hasn't had a great-granddaughter since 2000

After dinner & pie, we just hung out, watched football and talked

the boys were sent to dad's house to move furniture

Lo and I caught up

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we were all exhausted so we decided that the boys would watch the kids while we went to get

pedicures & coffee friday.

so cam, h, and i drove to the schatzel house and Lo and I headed out.

we were hoping it would put Lo into labor (she's 39 weeks)

but no such luck.

BUT it was mighty relaxing!!!

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then we headed to Edmond and ate a late lunch with

dad, maggie, and gram at 501 cafe

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then we headed to the Froese house

to see laura and andy

andy with baby H

andy, h, laura, & eli

the pic we never took when Laura was here 3 weeks ago.

if anyone is wondering, i have known laura since

our freshman year of college

then the next 3 years we lived together

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then it was time to see mom and david

mom really knows how to keep 'em entertained :)

jk mom, i love that you put her to sleep!!!

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then our last stop of the night:

to see gabs (and hudson) and andy

we met at their awesome nyc loft inspired house

and then headed to Big Truck Tacos

to fill Gabs & Hudson's bellies

she's 24 weeks, but you can't tell...

doesn't she look HOT?!?!?!??!

cam wanted us to do an action shot...

in case you were also wondering...

Gabs and I have known each other since 7th grade

we met at 1st presbyterian church

and have stayed friends over the years

it's hard to be close when you're out of state, but seeing her again

was like picking up where we left off without missing a beat.

love that girl and her husband (and their baby)!!!

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then we went back to gram's

and had to wake up at 3:30am for a 6:50am flight

(stupid me)

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we arrived home all in one piece, but SOOOO tired.

cam was GROUCHY. if you can't tell. :)

H scored this cute outfit from kim and DD

it also has eyes on the butt :)

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it was a great trip, we wish it could have been longer

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We love our OK family!!!!

swimming baby

we strategically placed bubbles in areas

so Cameron wouldn't get taken to jail

for naked baby pics on the computer...

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isn't she the sweetest?

she LOVES swimming.

like LOVES it.

picture montage of H

 outfit from grandma ra ra

 how she sleeps sometimes

with her arms sticking out

 every month we will take a pic of her in front of this quilt

last month

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i have the cutest baby in the world

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we are flying to OK tomorrow

any tips for flying with an infant?

stockings

stockings i made last year

i had to make a new one for hazel

and i saw this on pinterest

so i kinda revamped our existing stockings too

i used some foam stamps that i already had

and some black fabric paint i had

and some muslin i had

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i just stamped the names on

and then sewed them onto the stocking

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i love how they look

and how cam and i are now "mom & dad"

Ahh!!!

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any ideas for stocking stuffers for hazel

(homemade/cheap)?

copycat

i saw this bracelet on pinterest

(see last image)

and i wanted it

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i went to ace hardware

and got some hex nut thingys

(the gold colored ones weren't small enough, so sadly

i had to get silverish)

these were 6 cents each

and i got 18

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and some multi-pupose twine $3.99

pretty much an exact match

i may look at home depot another day for the goldish ones

cameron even said he might wear one!!!!

it only took like 10 minutes!

hazel dedication at church

hazel got dedicated on sunday

she wore what i did when i was baptized

how adorable is she?

she was really fussy during the dedication

and right when they started she had a HUGE spit-up

then was crying the whole time...

but at least we can blame it on her having a cold

homemade sugar scrub

i decided it would be wayyyyy cheaper to make my own body scrub...

so i did.

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all you realllllllly need is:

sugar

some form of oil, i used grapeseed

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you could add some essential oils

(i used jasmine)

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here are 5 different recipes

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but i just got an old bath salt container

and filled it with suger

then added the oil until it was dampish

then added several drops of jasmine essential oil

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i used it in the bath last night

and it worked wonders

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i think it's better than the store-bought kind

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and it really exfoliated!!!

yippee!!!!

my 30th with lauren

lauren took me out for a special suprise birthday

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all i had to do was dress cute

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she picked me up and we had to be at our first

destination at 6pm

 had to get the boots in the pic :)

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we arrived...

at

Elway's!!!!!

 i had never been

 we had grilled artichoke & truffled-beet fresh motzarella salad (pic above)

i got the ahi tuna & lo got the chilean sea bass

 we had mashed potatoes & mushrooms as sides

 lo had them suprise me with the "classic ding dong" birthday cake

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next stop:

strata bar

it's a sky bar that overlooks downtown denver

 we got champagne!!

super cool view!

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we had a great time (kid-free)

but we were beat!

she took me home, where i proceeded to go directly to bed :)

Thanks Lauren for the best 30th birthday ever!