Favorite Wedding Gift to Give

Happy Friday My Friends:)
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I love throwing showers! Wedding Showers, Baby Showers... any kind!!! I know the ladies at our local inviting place on a first name basis! I especially love picking out the invites and picking out the cake!! I always have the invites and the cakes match.... Its one of my favorite things!My husband always says I should be a party planner... but I'll just stick to shower planning:)

One thing I love is buying baby gifts and wedding gifts... Sometimes I go off the registry and get things that are my favorite things... Recently I have gotten a lot of shower gifts at Williams-Sonoma and have done a little "Emily Favorite Things," theme as the shower gift:) Here are a few of my favorite things from there:) In a week I am going to do a giveaway of the punch bowl/cake dome:) Be watching for it!!!

Punch Bowl/Cake Dome

I love this!! It is a cake dome and a punch bowl, just flip the base over and stick the dome in the base and it is a punch bowl! And it is $30.00!! Awesome gift! Then I have them flip it over in a punch bowl set up and put all the other fun goodies inside and celo wrap it!!




Dish Towels

I love their dish towels! The ribbed ones absorb a ton of water and they are soo cute



Colorful Measuring Cups and Mixing Bowls!

I love all the differnt colors and the bowls are the perfect size for all kinds of mixing!!






Spatulas

I love their spatulas and they always come in fun colors and look super cute tied with a bow on the outside of the celo:)



Paring Knives

Best knives ever! I use my green knife for just about all of my cutting needs:) ha!




What is your favorite wedding shower gift to give???
Next week I'll share my favorite baby gifts to give:)

Happy Weekend:)
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Cate & Her BFF Fin & Travel Tips Needed & Prayers Needed

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Happy Late Valentines Day Friends:)
I have some fun photos to post this week of a photo shoot Allison and I did of the girls for their daddy's V Day gifts:)

But first I must show some pictures we took of Cate and Fin on their snow day together!! I love these two little girls so much:)





Traveling with a Baby:)

So my mom, sister, Cate and I are traveling on a girls trip to San Francisco on Thursday morning! This will be Cate's first plane ride!! Does anyone have any tips for this momma?? Any and ALL advice is welcome:)

My blog friend and now real life friend Megan needs our prayers for her and her sweet baby boy Cohen! Please left them up in your prayers daily!!

Hope everyone has had a great Monday!!
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Growing With Our Green Chair

Hi Hi Hi:)
Today my best friend, who I thought never read my blog, asked me why I haven't updated my blog?? Well, my computer has been acting up!!! So now I am back:) Yay!! I have really missed blogging and I have been staying up to date on everyone's blog via my IPhone!! Just hard to comment on the good old IPhone!
I promise (PROMISE) to stay up to date with my blog!!

Cate is really starting to grow into herself! She is soo soo soo much fun!
She:
- giggles
- belly laughs
- rolls everywhere..... like rolls from one end of the room to the other
- reaches out for me
- eats ceral, green beans, peas, sweet potatoes & apple sauce. We tried carrotts but they upset her stomach, so we will try them again in a month or so!
- She can sit up for about one second!! Then she falls over
- Her hand eye coordination is great! She now will see a paci in her bff Finleys mouth and successfully reach over and pull it out of her mouth and put it in her mouth
- She loves dogs....
- She loves target, when we go her eyes get real big with excitement
- She loves to read
- She loves when I make a monkey sound and dance around the room,that gets her belly laughing every single time
- She loves playing peek a boo with her daddy
- She sleeps from 930-630 and then eats and sleeps till 930
- Sometimes she wakes up in the middle of the night for a diaper change, girl doesnt like to be in a wet diaper! I dont blame her
- WOWOWOWOWOWOWOWOW once she started eating ceral and baby food, her diapers have been ughhhh!!!
- She loves to hold onto your face when you feed her a bottle, she kind of strokes your chin, its the sweetest thing
- She loves her best friend Finley, they really do know eachother
- The other night, her cousin Grant had her laughing harder then she ever has, Ryan was acting like Cate was chasing him, chasing after people is her new favorite thing. Good workout for her mommy and daddy
- She LOVES her feet! Always has a hold of both of them at the same time
- She won't keep socks on because she pulls them off
- She loves her taggie blankie and when she is tired she holds it up to her face
- She loves her Sophie the giraffe


Cate is a blessing from above and we do not know what we would do without her. I thank God everyday for her and pray to God and Mary everynight to watch over my sweet sweet girl!!
I have missed you guys and can't wait to catch up with you:) Im on twitter everyday:) And follow lots of you there:)

Here are some fun pictures of Cate through the weeks:)

One Week Old


2 Weeks Old



3 Weeks Old



4 weeks Old



5 Weeks Old



8 Weeks Old


10 Weeks Old


11 Weeks Old


12 Weeks


15 Weeks


17 Weeks


18 Weeks Old


20 Weeks Old




21 Weeks Old



22 Weeks Old


23 Weeks Old


And here is a picture I took on Sunday:)She is wearing a Cupcake dress... CupCate:)


LOVE LOVE LOVE:)