Jude vs Gidget

Gidget has been trying to adjust to the new little man in the home. She has done this by taking over all of the items he spends time on. She also insist on sitting on the lap of whomever is feeding Jude. (And yes, I sanitize everything she gets on and they don't share the cradle)

Gidget agreed to let Jude have the crib if she got to sleep in the cradle.

Back to the Future Part 1: Annual Pond Pics

I know, I know. I have an obession with taking pics of my plants. I wanted to show some pics of the growth that my new plants had this summer. Can't wait to work on it more next summer.

I fertilized my pond plants for the first time this summer and the growth was unreal. Every time I turned around I had to climb in the pond to trim the lilies.

The other result of fertilizing my plants for the first time, is my Thalia grew flowers. I didn't even know it had flowers to grow.

The flowers are my favorite. They sit on a stem that is about 3-4 feet tall and last all summer.

My cute hubby picking up the slack since I couldn't help out much this summer with the clean up.

I did manage to get my 9 month pregnant body into the pond to cut the lilies down. Check out how scary all the octopus stems are. The crazy thing is it was only 2 plants that created that many lilies. I might back off on the fertilizing next year.

Back to the Future Part 2: Garner Baby Shower

Cherie and Amelia got together and through Jake and I a family BBQ baby shower. It was such a fun way to celebrate Jude with our family and friends on the Garner side. (Super cute invitations right.)


Cherie went all out with cute decoractions and

one of her adorable cakes!

We had about 60 people come. What a party to organize and feed! They did such an amazing job!! Thank you so much!!!!!! We feel so blessed to be surrounded by such a loving family.

I made Cherie take the "classic" pregnancy shot. I could hardly stop laughing but we finally got a shot. Hee hee.