Janell's Baby Shower

Janell's baby shower was a great success! I couldn't have done it without my mom. She was the brains behind the beauty of it all. Her creativity never ceases to amaze me. Thanks, mom! You're the best.

The steps say "Bien Venue Bronson"~ "Welcome" in French

Front porch

Mom made this. Super cute.





The shower favors. A little robins egg scented soap in a nest. I stamped the Bs on them and tied the boxes with jute.

This was on my nook light fixture. We spent 1/2 of a Saturday making these Pom-Poms. It was fun and super easy. Johnny wanted to help us so he took tissue paper and folded while he sang, "We're making decorations for the shower la la la..." It was so cute. Then he tore it up into tiny pieces.

This was the nook table. We went with the "Nest" theme. Mostly neutral colors with some robins egg blue. I loved how the table cloth matched the paper on the invitations.

Little bird on the dining table

Nest under a cloche on dining table. Also the crepe paper hanging mom stitched on her sewing machine to make the gathered/ruffly look.

The food~ fresh fruit with creamy dip, cheese and berry filled croisannts, breakfast quiche, baked ham, cupcakes, and mimosas.

Stars of the show: Mama and Baby

Janell & Meredith

Erin & Stephanie

Janell & Shelby & Max

Janell & Jody

Jill made this sign. So cute!

Janell is so happy...I wish this pic wasn't blurry!!

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Erin & Bronson

Janell & Hether

Janell with her sister, Jill

Janell & Sharon

Stephanie & Janell & Bronson

Mom and Bronson

Thank you notes I made for Janell

My dear sweet Janell. My Best Friend. My confidant. My secret keeper. My soul sister. You had a new sweet baby boy, Bronson D. Waples, an angel baby sent straight from Him. Seriously. Bronson is the cutest most precious baby boy. I'm so happy for you and your family of little men + one amazing mama and awesome dad (gotta give Chad a shout-out:) I feel your coveted mama is watching over you and your special little guy from heaven. I love you, Janell.

Happy Everything!

Christmas Morning

It's all about LEGOS

Scooby Dooby Doo!

He asked Santa for this shirt. He was very happy to get it and has not taken it off since.

Christmas Day with my happy son

Grammy and Happy John

Merry Christmas!

Look at my boys' faces. Can you say HAPPY?!

Z & E

Josh and Sarah

Us

Mom & Dad

Grammy & Emma

Richard (Elizabeth's Dad) & Mike

Emma & Reese

Tate

Uri & Megan

Zach w/ Ava & Tate

Sissies

Me & Killian

Me & Anahkin

COUSINS!!

Killian w/ Megan & Tater

Emma & Anahkin

Jake w/ Killian :)

Grammy & Killian. So sweet.

Grandpa w/ Killian & Anahkin

what the??

it's odd to me, that in the several weeks before Santa's comin' to town the boys have been naughtier than ever. every two seconds someone is screaming, yelling, fighting, running and chasing, wrestling, jumping off furniture, jumping on the bed, climbing up the walls, throwing food on the floor, splashing water all over the bathroom, trashing their rooms, taking all their clothes out of the closet, whining, crying, tantrums, ripping pages out of books...

and the potty talk.

oh my good lord the potty talk is so so so frustrating. when they think i'm not listening/watching it's-- 'my wiener this and my butt that. look at my butt hole. kiss my butt. i'm gonna pee on you. listen to my fart.'

'i'm gonna pee on you?' really? the sad thing is, when they were in the tub, i think they did. pee on each other. (insert gag reflex here)

another bad one is when one of them comes running from the other room as fast as they can just to stick their bum in my face and let out a fart. this infuriates me. they run away laughing hysterically. this is what my life has come to. cleaning pee off the toilet, listening to wiener talk, and getting farted on.

all day long i have to remind them that Santa is watching them, he knows when they're bad and good. he knows when they're lying. they shape up for a few minutes and then it's back to driving mom insane. the other night, i put them in their room for timeout and i didn't go back to get them. i just let them fall asleep in there. is that bad? i just couldn't deal anymore.

i can yell and scream, send them to their rooms, threaten no Christmas, no prizes, no juice, no candy, no nothing. and yes even spank their little fart butts. do u think any of this works? no. we are now trying out push ups as a punishment. they seem to like doing them. not much of a punishment.

as i write this, the boys are in their room in timeout for potty talking up a storm in the bathtub. i took them out of the bath and made them sit in there naked...your cold? well get dressed in your jammies by yourself little hellions.
just a moment ago john is telling to Jake come out and "tell mommy we're sorry." Jake ventures out only to see the scowl on my face and he ran like the wind back to his room. still naked. then john yells through the door, "mom we love your heart and we're sorry for potty talking. all day. and we forgive you, mom."

ok. start the clock. how long til the next battle? i'm guessing at least one more before they pass out.