tanman and merelips: January 2011

January 30, 2011

party time

Boy do I have a lot to catch up on! Last Saturday, both sides of our families got together and threw a little baby shower for me! It was in my aunt's backyard and was so much fun! (Not to mention that the food was amazing!) the weather was perfect for an outdoor get-together and everyone put so much effort into making it so cute! Thank you!

My mom and sisters were able to come for the weekend, which made it even more blissful! We were still missing one because baby W was a little sick but they will be coming for another visit soon!

K and I matched!

All the sisters-in-law and mother-in-law

I’m sticking with a mod animal theme for our little guy’s room (pictures to come) so there were little animal accents everywhere and bright colors which is just my style!

I just loved this diaper cake that sister-in-law made! It is the cutest and even had bubble-b-gone in it! She thought of everything and they did such a cute job with the decorations, favors and invitations!

What a fun day!

I can't believe our little guy will be here soon! I'm starting to feel more and more ready but I know nothing can quite prepare me for the crazy that life will become when we bring home our bundle of joy!

January 25, 2011

Clean Tank!

Tank has always only been an outside dog. She was raised in the mountains on a ton of land. So, needless to say, her mane wasn’t her main attraction. In fact, when she first showed up at our house our hands turned black with dirt from petting her. One morning we eagerly decided that we would wash her ourselves… that did not work. We could not keep her collar on her and as soon as we semi-washed all the soap off her, she booked it to the nearest dirt mound, rolled around and then stared at us for a good 45 minutes. She never got rinsed off. The other day I figured out how to put all 65 pounds of her in my car to get her all dolled up and man has it made all the difference. She is just the cutest and now I’m not embarrassed when people ask to pet her on walks!

January 13, 2011

big news!!!

About 11 years ago, I decided that meat just wasn’t for me. I’m not a huge fan of blood dripping from whatever Is going into my mouth. Of course, everyone pressures you to eat meat as soon as you don’t. I can’t even count how many times my girlfriends and I would go out to get icecream cones and they would ask the cashier if they would hide some meat in my icecream, or the texts from Tanman that go a little something like this: “STOP DEPRIVING OUR CHILD OF PRECIOUS MEATS”. Since the dawn of Tanman and Merelips, I had always promised him that I would try meat again when I was carrying his baby, expecting that I bought myself a few years. He has kindly reminded me of my promise each time meat has been served, but I have somehow been able to resist. It wasn’t until a few weeks ago when Tanman and I went to In-n-out that I started considering going to the dark side. I became obsessed with the cheeseburger that the little boy at the table next to us had. For some reason the baby inside me was begging for it. It took all my strength not to take it from this poor stranger. Well, the other night we found ourselves at Smashburger (scrumptralescent) with brother and sister in law and baby H. Looking at their burgers compared to my chicken sandwich I just had to have a bite! So I took Tanman’s burger and bit into it. I’m not going to lie. It was good! Let’s not get ahead of ourselves, I’m not about to go order an entire burger for myself but I definitely would have a few more bites of that goodness Don’t think I’ve gone completely meat-eater, I still want my food cooked in a separate pan with separate utensils from meat and I’m sure this too shall pass after we meet this little guy. Next time I’ll try a Boca patty and see if he falls for it.

January 10, 2011

be prepared for a gush

Can you believe how time flies?! This past year has been absolutely amazing and I pretty much owe it all to my wonderful husband. He is such a sweetheart and I am so grateful for his love. It's crazy to think how much our lives have changed in this past year but we couldn't be happier where we are. And now I will gush through photos: