Mom's 60th Birthday

After months of planning, preparing, creating, worrying, stressing, collecting, calling and inviting, my mom's birthday party officially went off without a hitch (except the major haboob that hit Chandler right at about the moment she was supposed to walk through the door). 

We had about 35-40 people show up through the night to wish my mom a Happy Birthday and celebrate her 60 years of life.  She was touched and shocked to have so many people show they loved her, and she had a wonderful evening with all her friends and family. 

A Journey Down Lily's Memory Lane... we found this great company who actually took real live memories and turned it into a "Memory Lane"and printed it off in a frame and matted. It looked great and she loved it!

Oh No the Big Six-Oh! cake and pictures of her as a baby/toddler.

After months of work, we finally collected 60 memories for her 60 years of life from all her friends and family and put them together in air mail envelopes and tied them up for her to read, laugh and remember when she had the time. 

We hope she loved the party as much as we had fun planning it! We love you Mom!

Chronicles of dieting nightmares...

Being a bride is hard.  Not only is there an immense amount of pressure to look like absolutely perfection on your wedding day, but add that to an already insecure image of your body and a never-ending battle with your weight and you've got a nasty mixture.  Enter: Diet #23423.  (Slight exaggeration.)  I figure at this point, I'll give anything a shot.  Between P90X, spinning and a meal replacement shake or two a day, I'll certainly lose the 15 pounds I need to lose in less than three months, right? One can hope.  I'm just thankful Justin thinks I'm pretty no matter what, but it's hard not to compare yourself to the perfectly proportioned women in the magazines with bright smiles, manicured nails and waists as big as my arm.

I'm trying USANA for meal replacement shakes.  If nothing else, I'll be adding more calcium to my diet because I hate drinking milk by itself.  Everyone wish me luck as I make my way through the next 11 weeks.

If only I could look like the girl on the right after 90 days of this program..

My last resort.

Welcome Savannah Kate Fiedler!

On July 18, 2012, my niece, Emilee, was induced. After a long, painful labor process, she had a relatively smooth delivery and Savannah Kate entered the world!

7 lbs. 4.9 oz and 20 inches of perfect baby cuteness! See for yourself :)

The onesie I had made for her hospital stay!

First time she was held by her favorite Aunt :)

Thinking hard!

I love wrinkly baby skin!

As she grows, more pictures will be added. We are so blessed to have this sweet girl in our life now and can't wait to watch her change and grow over the years.