Friday Aug 5

we landed late in OKC thursday

had dinner with mom & david

then headed to Gram's house

where we were greeted by Gram, Polly, & MariElena

(Pam & Hudson were alseep).

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Friday morning we woke up to breakfast and company!

I FINALLY got to meet Hudson!!!

happiest baby ever, i promise!

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we hung out on the back porch til it got too hot

then headed to Pops

for lunch on our way to seminole!

 polly, pam, cam, chris

 me and the huds

 sus & the huds

 hudson and his momma MariElena

 Pops, oh the choises!!!!

 Fizzy Lizzy & Always Avery.... so appropriate (Avery is Hazel's middle name)

 everyone with their pop of choice

 at the rehearsal dinner at a mexican place in seminole, it was delish and great company..

what cameron was doing, we'll never know.

 me and cousin Lo, she is 7.5 weeks behind me in her pregnancy of Genevieve Lane

 the almost bride & groom....

welcome to the family jess, we love you so much!

 candy, bff of lane, giving her speech

 she was no doubt making lots of people cry

 Lo, Matron of Honor, giving her speech!!!

Cam was feeding Desmond something, but i am not sure what,

i am sure it was not good.

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i will have to wait for others to post pics of saturday and sunday

b/c sadly i didnt take ANY pics :(

31 weeks

it totally looks fake, i think.

but i PROMISE, it's real in there :).

we are headed to the maroon bells today,

i can't wait,

there will be beautiful pics to post!!!

30 weeks

30 weeks!!!!!

we were headed to the airport for laners wedding!!!!

obviously no bare belly shot b/c i was wearing a dress :)

holy balls, this is an awesome shower!!!

i posted a lot of pics of my amazing baby shower.

but i knew kirstin would top it all on her blog.

so without further ado...

KOJODESIGNS blog about me (well kinda).

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make sure to visit her blog regularly for

amazing (and easy) crafts, sewing, and cooking!

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i remember when i was scared to be friends with her

b/c she seemed too cool,

and she is too cool for school, but not to be friends :)

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thanks kirst!

i promise i will post soon

here are some preview pics of the wedding we

attended in OK for my cousins lane & jess

elyse's website

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here are some maternity photos she took for us

elyse's portfolio

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i will post belly pics x2 weeks soon.

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we are headed to MB tomorrow.

babymoon

this is where we are gonna go for our

babymoon

or our first (and probably last) camping trip of the summer

MAROON BELLS

yes, we are taking the dogs

yes, we are camping

yes, the weather will be oh so much cooler than in denver

yes, there will not be fancy hotels or massages

yes, i will be hiking my big fat butt 3.6 miles one day

yes, i can go slow

yes, it is the most beautiful place i have ever heard about in CO

yes, i have always wanted to go

yes, last night hans ate 2/4 of our chicken skewers pre-grill, skewer and all, and then barfed up a skewer at 4:30 this morning and i had to clean it up

and yes, we still love him.

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so i think this will actually be an awesome trip, little stress, not a long crazy hike.

we will hike 1.8 miles and eat lunch and hang out and let hans swim, and then hike back 1.8 miles, and go back to our campsite. it's near Aspen, so we can always go into town if need be. but i can't wait.

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we are going the weekend after Lane & Jess's wedding

and i can't wait for that either,

it's gonna be hot, but with really awesome people!!!!

29 weeks!!!!

29 weeks!!!!!

holy cow!

(that's how i feel :))

don't get me wrong, i love being pregnant, but here are the weird not likey so much things going on:

i can barely get my socks and shoes on

i can't see my feet anymore

my feet seem to be sore and painful

hard to get in/out of the honda

boobs are sore again

can't walk as fast

get out of breath walking anywhere :)

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but things i LOVE:

feeling her move ALL THE TIME

how cute i actually feel

people really are nicer to you (at times)

people can tell i am pregnant, not just fat

my skin is really good right now

i can go to prenatal yoga (i guess i could when i wasn't preg, but that's weird)

i feel empowered

i am gonna be a momma (scary but oh so cool)

i feel like i am not the normal pregnant lady and people can do with that what they want, but i think it gives some people a peace of mind knowing you don't have to be perfect, IE:

i drink caffeine (not a ton, but whatever i feel like)

i ate sushi (really just roe on top of non raw rolls, oh man kill me now)

i eat lunch meat (albeit organic, but still)

i drink alcohol, little sips here and there, but some ppl balk at that

i'm not a worry wort AT ALL

and as many books that i read PRE-PREGNANCY,

i've barely read any during pregnancy

i still haven't picked a pediatrician

i think i am more laid back than i was before.

all that to say:

hazel is growing strong and healthy and measuring 1.5 weeks ahead.

she moves all the time

and i think she likes that I AM HER MOM.

so there.

:)

Indigo Girls 7.16.11 Chautauqua- Boulder

this was a great concert with a great gal

we knew every song

and they played songs off their new album (oct 2011)

it was a great evening

and great seats.

it only seats 1200 people!!!!

Indigo Girls 7.16.11 Chautauqua- Boulder

baby shower de la hazel

i don't know how to even describe this shower.

except for that it was the most amazing shower i have ever been to...

and it was all for me (and hazel) (mainly hazel)

a group of gals from church (also that are my really good friends)

got together and planned this.

so thanks to: Shellie, Jill, Kirstin, Erin, & Katie

 table for favors (little fabric flower pins)

and the polaroid camera guestbook

 gift table

 i didn't even want to unwrap them.

 i.do.not.know

(ps: cameron left with his bro and the dogs right before real people started arriving)

 where people took pics for the guestbook

my door, kirstins fabric curtain thing

 mason jar glasses

and a vintage cooler that i want to steal from shellie

 paper straws with fabric tied at the tops

 yes sir, we had iced hazelnut lattes :)

 are you kidding me?

 the girl knew i wanted a quilt of some sort

so they had people cut out letters and iron them on

to the pre-cut fabric squares

and then i will sew all the squares together

to make the quilt!

 it will say:

she

BELIEVED

she could

so she did

and the small letters are embroidered on

and the BELIEVED is in fabric cut out letters

 the picture area

(the chair i re-did a long time ago)

           that is the most delicious cake ever in the world. hazelnut icing, are you kidding, thank you katie!

                        totally kept that wrapping paper, and the ribbon/bow is actually a headband :)

      what a cute wrapping idea... pull out the clothes line and see what you got! oh yeah pink baby uggs!

                                           i love the watermelon jacket... sus got that for me :)

i am crying b/c her card,

and then saw this amazing quilt.

of course, no pattern.

way to go aunt su su

hazel avery cannon

*mom closes her eyes in every picture :)

and last but not least, a stroller from lauren & the finger monkey

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these pics don't do it justice, and i am forgetting a million things i am sure.

but it was awesome and unbelievable.

dresses for hazel

yeah i went a little crazy.

but she'll be cute!