Diapers, Cupcakes and Baby Grace!

We held a baby shower this past Saturday for my daughter in law Melainie!  She is due around May 30th and it was nice to be able to give her a party here in Southern California for our friends and family..It was not a huge turn out, but a lot of fun…Many thanks to my niece in law Jacqui and nephew Matt for allowing us to use their lovely home (it’s much bigger than mine), also to my sis Cindy and oldest son Dan’s girl Annette.  I could not have done it without them!

I tried my hand at making a diaper cake, using disposable diapers.  I thought it turned out kind of cute for a first time try and not being the most crafty soul on earth:

It was actually quite easy to make, and before the kids left for home on Sunday, we took it apart and now she has 90 size 2 diapers to use!  It’s been forever since I bought disposable diapers, and they are so fitted and much nicer than the ones we used when the boys were little.

Jacqui and Cindy made these adorable displays also using disposable diapers and baby clothes

Aren’t they adorable??  I was so amazed at their talent!

This is the banner I put together for baby Grace

What a pretty table that was!

Here are a few random pictures of the festivities!  Thanks to Melainie and our son Scott for coming south to visit us and let us shower them with love!

Hopefully a good time was had by all, and a big thank you to those who drove so far to make Scott and Lainie’s day so special!

Flirty Apron Swap Spring Fling!

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Pathetic

I guess this picture says it all..

Yes, that would be my car.  On a tow truck.  Sad.  Conked out last night and wouldn’t start again, so had to have it towed home..I think Carl would have preferred to torch it and give it a proper goodbye..It’s a 99 Olds Intrigue, bought new in November 1998.  Oh how I love my car..up until a couple years ago we didn’t put any money into it..then the transmission conked out.  We fixed it..It conked out again this past September but it was within the warranty timeline, so we towed it up to Newcastle to have it fixed.  Now this.  We won’t put much money in it..and according to our internet research last night, it could be a small thing, or could be terminal.  Just wanted to let you know, she is just a tired machine but has been a gem for many, many years.  Sad.

A Desert-y Saturday

I guess I am not too late for Pink Saturday, have been under the weather with a stomach bug since last weekend, today is the first ‘normal’ day I have had all week..Anyway, healthier thoughts!

I sat outside the other evening watching the sunset..I had been stuck inside for a couple days, and we had a few warm days and I just HAD to take my camera, of course..such a pretty sunset..I almost missed it..

I love the itty bit bit of pink in this cactus..so pretty!

If you look REAL close you can see some small pink blooms on the bougainvillea starting to pop!

I am linking up with Beverly at How Sweet the Sound for Pink Saturday..Prayers for those in Japan who are suffering, and my heart breaks for all the animals, also..I am one of those who feel totally helpless and really all we can do is offer prayers for all.

Have a great Saturday!

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Happy Saturday

Today is a much better Saturday than last Saturday, boy was I in a MOOD..I didn’t feel well and that colors my thoughts a lot of the time..But today is better..Thanks to a couple of good friends’ support, I am trying to wake each day with a positive thought and also we are trying to take some kind of walk each day..It’s tough some days, the wind blows so hard a lot of the time, but we have been trying.  No guarantees that each day I will feel as good as the one before, but I am trying to go with the ups and downs.

Ok, lets think PINK.  Our pink jasmine is blooming in our backyard, here is a picture I took the other day (that is Carl and our dal Gracie and our lab mix India in the background).  I am told it smells really good, I just can’t smell much right now due to sinus congestion, but I take Carl’s word for it

Our baby hummingbirds have flown the nest.  I really miss watching them but hopefully the mama will use our tree to build another nest next time…I read that sometimes the mama bird will go back to the same tree over and over again, and that would suit us just fine.  Next time we will fortify the nest to the tree, we had a near disaster this past Sunday night, the wind blew the next and baby birds to the ground..Carl fixed the nest and placed the babies back in it, sort of a makeshift thing

Well the next day one of the baby’s jumped out and started flying a couple feet off the ground, then the next baby, although he was kind of a big chicken..Mama was fluttering nearby..we saw them off and on for a couple days, now they are gone and I assume off to live their life.

Here is the mama bird watching over them!  I hope she comes back!

Well the painting project is finished for now..our bedroom and bath, guest bath and office/studio need to be done but that is another project and another day..I am so pleased with the colors and how well it turned out..Carl is such a perfectionist and it usually shows

See there is SOME pink in my post, more like Cranberry but oh well..

Sorry about the messy bed..one of the dogs had been sitting there..I am going to change up the linens in here, this color is a soft greenish gray..love it!

Well thanks for indulging me and my sort of pink pictures today..Linking up to sweet Beverly at How Sweet the Sound for PINK SATURDAY..Please visit Beverly and some of my fellow pinkies!  Always a treat!