Plane, Two Showers, A Baby Blessing and WAY TOO MUCH SHOPPING!!!!!!!!

The girls and I traveled to Utah for a week via plane. It was Lydia's first out of the womb flight and I was so nervous about it. She was my lap child and handled it fairly well considering she had to sit still enough for 2 hours.

 I love the tables that are at the airport for the little kids. The girls made pretty good use of them too.

Me and Lydia enjoying the lap riding... not! Just kidding. The two guys to the side of us (that you can see in the picture) were very understanding.  They entertained her too.  Thank you pure strangers!

 Arlee enjoyed all the snacks, sitting in her seat, taking off, the apple juice, entertaining Lydia and looking out the window. Oh and like any child asking if we are in the air yet, raising her hands for take off, clapping, giggling and just being plain silly. She is really easy to fly with.

Arlee was so excited about all the snow there. I made sure that I brought her stuff so she could go play in the snow. (While we were there in November I didn't even think about packing it. And it was very much missed.) The snow was so deep that they couldn't really walk in it. They opted for sitting and playing instead. Arlee had something in her mouth so she took off her glove. Kasiah tried putting it back on, but wasn't successful. My mom went out and put it on for her. After it was on she decided that she wanted to come back in. They had fun in the ten minutes that they were out there. Now I understand why my mom would get upset at us when we would come in pretty quick after going out. It is a lot of work for that little of play. They had a lot of fun though. I guess that is all that matters.

 We bought Leili a matching outfit and gave it to her when we saw them. I have to say they both look pretty cute! Leili was trying to eat Lydia's hand and Lydia really wasn't wanting to sit there with her. But we managed to get a picture or two worth posting.

 Me with the two kiddos.

The next day was Hans' sister's bridal shower. The house was packed and she got a lot of great gifts.

 Abbie's baby shower was a couple days later. The theme was BABY and it worked out great! So cute. Lyndsay did the invitations, but was unable to be there for it. Kali and I did the shopping for the food and the presents. It was a great turn out and a lot of fun.

 The BABY shower spread.

"Thank you for helping us shower the new mom to be who is about ready to POP!" We gave Tootie Pops for party favors.

 BABY carrots and BABY tomatoes

BABY pizzas (sugar cookies with cream and a strawberry) BABY muffins

 Diaper cake

BABY mush (Fruit dip) BABY skewers

 Diaper Cake

It's a baby girl!

Flower made of onesies, 4 wash cloths- match the hooded towel that we made for her, two pairs of pants and some snap pj's

 Abbie's mother-in-law gave her a soccer outfit for the baby. She thought it was perfect. Abbie is my soccer sister. I miss playing soccer with her. We both love to play and have been on the same teams before after I was 18.

Next up was Ryker's Baby Blessing. Jens did a great job.

Random picture of Lydia sitting on a chair that Stine got from the bridal shower.

Abbie with the girls. I wasn't able to see my niece, Harper or my brother's girlfriend, Sarah (Harper's mom), they were sick and didn't want to risk getting us sick. It is going to be a really long time before we see them again. They are moving to New York this month. : ( Maybe someday we will get to see them. We will wait and see when.

Too much shopping you ask?

Since Hans' sister is getting married I was given the assignment to find a purple dress. Not a big deal right? Wrong! They are so many shades of purple that it is actually really difficult. No place has a basic purple either. Example: It is either more of a blueish, pinkish, lavenderish purple. I hate shopping for a specific thing. Anyway, after several hours of online shopping, two days of store shopping and one dress purchased. It is not the right color purple. You have got to be kidding me. So if you see a "flat purple" dress anywhere that is modest, let me know pronto! The only one that I have found is $250! OUCH.