Preggie Piggy Party

There are quite a few pregnant girls at church right now. It is so much fun to be surrounded by friends going through the same things you are. I am one of the only ones expecting my first, so it is nice to have lots of friends to get advice and ideas from!

My friend, Megan, came up with this fun idea to have a party for pedicures and snacks to pig out on. Our sweet non-pregnant friends washed and massaged our feet and then painted our toe nails. I will admit that I was a little nervous about having someone else take care of my feet for me, but it was a fun night with a great group of girls! We laughed, ate, and shared lots of fun stories. Thanks Megan for your great idea, and thanks Kaylee for a great pedicure!

Here is a picture (in order of due date) of some of the preggies from a shower a few weeks ago.

Britney (August), Amber (September), Keri (October),

Me (October), Mindi (November), Julie (December)

Man's Best Friend

Mat loves having a dog (most of the time) and George loves Mat. When Mat leaves in the morning, George grabs his leash and sits by the door waiting to go too. He loves to be chased around the house by Mat, and he loves when Mat sits on the floor with him and scratches his belly. George is in for a rude awakening when Baby comes home, but I think he'll adjust and love having someone else to play with (eventually...). Here are a few pictures I've taken of George and Mat over the last few weeks.

George watching Mat work in the yard. I open up all the blinds, and he moves from window to window following Mat around the yard.

Mat holding George's bone while George chews. I love how George puts his paw on Mat's arm just to make sure Mat isn't going anywhere.

Waiting for Mat to come out of the bedroom. The other day (while Mat was at work), George fell asleep by the bedroom door waiting on him.

Playing before bath time

Happy Birthday Mat!

Mat loves to try new things around town and experience Austin. For his birthday this year, he wanted to celebrate by eating at one of his favorite Austin restaurants- Shady Grove. He loves anything with Green Chile sauce, so this is one of his favorites. We don't eat there very often, but we enjoyed it!

As Mat was getting ready for work that morning, we were talking about how birthdays just aren't the same when you're older and have to go to work on your special day. I said something about how you don't even get to take cupcakes to work with you (like you do in 2nd grade!). We decided this was a perfect time to try a new Austin favorite, Hey Cupcake, for a birthday cupcake.

Mat ordered 2 cupcakes- a Standard (white cake with chocolate icing) and a Red Velvet- one to eat there and one to save for later.

Baby Kelso enjoyed his share of the cupcake too! He was doing flips after I finished my Michael Jackson (chocolate cake with white buttercream icing) cupcake.

After our cupcakes, we drove around downtown and even stopped to see the bats fly out from the Congress Avenue bridge. We were a little late and ended up having to watch them from the parking lot, but it was still impressive! My mom was here for the night, and I know she enjoyed getting to celebrate with Mat and see a different side of Austin than she is used to!