Brooke's Baby Shower {Blog Swap}

Hey y'all!

I'm Jamie 
and I blog over at Life as a Pepin!

I am so sorry for being a slacker, but I'm at my in-laws out in the boonies with splotchy internet service.....I apologize for not having this as promised for Saturday! But- I can't tell ya how happy I am to be here!! I hope you love reading this blog as much as I do!! Considering that Haley is my best friend, I  love reading about what quirky things life holds for her while living on the other side of the world! I enjoy the pictures she posts, the adorable crafts she makes, and her fun personality that shines thru when writing.  

So why am I here? Well........

Haley and I decided to have a little blog swap while we were putting together 

a gift for our sweet friend Brooke a few weekends ago for her upcoming baby shower that unfortunately Haley couldn't attend.  

We had a lot of fun together making it personal in our own way... 

...and now I am so excited to share highlights from the sweet shower for momma & baby Finn!

We had a fabulous luncheon & tea at the

Greentree Tearoom which was

given by these fun ladies

Her grandmother, Brooke, and her mom 

They had a lovely room set up for the shower with cute little boy clothes hanging from a clothesline at the front along with a diaper cake and framed invitation for the shower.

 

We were able to talk and catch up with our friends 

before we began our lunch

We had a 5 course meal consisting of:
Gazpacho Soup, a Coconut Biscuit, Salmon Salad,
mini Finger Sandwiches, and different types of Desserts

  

Hooray!! Time to open gifts!!! 

Our dear friend Bethany (holding her son Jonah), 

made some cute burp cloths & a nursing cover

She received several great gifts! Including a very sweet blanket :)

Another friend of ours, Lesli (holding baby Charlotte),

put together a basket full of necessary baby items

A car seat!

Starting to open the gift from Haley and I

 

Expressing her excitement over the fact that 

we drew inspiration from her Pinterest board :)

The embroidery hoop art I made

  

Showing everyone that she wasn't lying over what Haley 

wrote on the envelope (to read without everyone staring at her)

The sweet frame that Haley made

The little onesies: baby Finn's name, a sailboat, and a photography assistant

 A Snugglebug I made after my visit with Haley since I 

had the supplies and a sewing machine at home :)

(Fun fact: a Snugglebug is a Fitz favorite: a family of 3 boys 

that Brooke, Haley, and I all babysat for in college and each had in our weddings)

A sweet photo clutch was given to Brooke's mom 

to keep pictures of her precious grandchildren

Group picture (minus Doherty)

After the shower was over, we had some 

time to catch up with our friends!!

Ryan (holding Greer), Lesli (holding Charlotte), Brooke, 

Bethany (holding Jonah), and I

What a precious face!

Greer and Jonah

Saying goodbye to everyone

 Love you Brookie!!!!

Hope you enjoyed our blog swap!!!
Please head on over to Life as a Pepin (my blog) 

to read Haley's post about the fun handmade gifts
and leave some love letting us know that you came over :)

A Little Bloggy Swap

So I'm going out on a little trendy blog-world limb here and doin a little blog swap with my bestest over at Life As A Pepin tomorrow, so come share some love. 

 We are celebrating our sweet friend Brooke and the upcoming arrival of her little bundle of joy. 

Me, Jamie, & Brooke at Jamie's wedding last year

So go check it out.... and become a follower too!

Joyfully Swappin,

Lotsa Birthdays!

We're gonna come together, we're gonna celebrate, we're gonna have some fun like its your birthday!

This spring has been FULL of birthday parties! 

Starting in late February when I went to this flippin huge city....

 to surprise this sassy-pants for her birthday...

I loved hanging out with these beautiful ladies....

eating this incredible food.....

and celebrating with this delicious gluten free cake! 

I just love her. 

We made it into a whole birthday weekend together with 2 of my fave girls. 

 and of corse, with some Starbucks. 

FunFunFun. 

Then, a few weeks later we celebrated my sweet friend Hannah's 24th. 

Around here, we get a little bit creative with the birthdays since there isn't much to choose from. Hannah loveloveloves Elephants. So we went out on a crazy limb and had a jungle-themed party for her. 

There were 2 tourists, a lion, an elephant, a cheetah, a panther, 2 zebras, a dinosaur, and a potty-training 2 year old with no pants. 

Per usual, mexican dinner and a giant flaming candle cake.

And some ridic. pictures. 

Mad props to LeeAnn for the sweet decorations. 

And then like a week later.... Ryan also turned 24! 

Yessss. 

We all wore our fluffy PJs again. And then went and played Sardines in the dark scary park. 

The things we do for the people we love. 

Yay for fluffy pjs. 

THEN a few weeks later, our friend Joseph turned 25! 

and we had BBQ! Which was amazing. 

I was a slacker on pictures that night. 

But I did get this one- LeeAnn makes everyone these FUN birthday signs that are super cute. 

And finally, last weekend we celebrated Janessa's 26th! 

More crazy flaming, singing candles. 

And fun gifts

AND Hannah made her Scattergories! I will most definitely share soon. It's pretty sweet. 

This picture is starting to look familiar....

Grady looking a little like mommy. too cute! 

After dessert, we went to the park to dance! 

Its so much fun. Definitely one of my favorite things about the culture here that I will post on soon. Love it.  

We clearly had a great time. 

Then, on our way out of the park everyone decided they wanted to ride the swings. 

We know that this nauseous girl was not taking part. 

But it did give me a fun chance to practice taking pictures. 

They were definitely feeling a little woozy. 

Then we ended the night at our new favorite coffee shop- the snail. 

It just opened about a month ago, and is by far my new favorite. so good! 

We played some Scattergories and then called it a night. 

I looooooove birthdays. 

祝你生日快乐!

{Happy Birthday!}

Joyfully celebrated,