Sprinkle for baby Ben

At the beginning of October my sister, Melissa, sister in laws, Bonny-Kate, Sarabeth and Sara, and friend, Kristin, threw a cute baby sprinkle for little Benjamin. It was precious and so fun to celebrate his upcoming arrival! He got some really cute things and it was fun to get some blue to add to the house. :) I can't wait for him to arrive so I can put them to good use and dress him in them! 

the cute decor

lots of yummy food!

Me and the hostesses!

{BK, Mel, Me, Kristin, and Sarabeth}

My friend Revekah drove all the way from Waco to come celebrate! Thanks Revy!

Lulu, Me and Mel

Some of the friends that came to celebrate!

Thumbprints for the road.

I'm very thankful for dear friends that came to celebrate baby Benjamin and him joining our family. It was so special!

Naples, Florida "Baby Moon"

At 33 weeks Jere and I decided to take a last minute impromptu baby moon to Naples, FL. We figured it will be the last little vacation for just the two of us for a while. It was so fun to just hang out just the two of us, chill on the beach, get a massage, relax and reconnect. I love you Jere!

Breakfast with view!

Toast to Benjamin James Marshall! We finally decided on a name while we were there and we love it! We both have always loved the name Ben and James is after my dad. :)

Relaxing

Enjoying beautiful sunsets!

Documentation and giving Jere a hard time about his girly drinks!

The last day we went out to the sand bar and found SO many sand dollars. I think we counted and had like 70 something. Crazy! I would find them with my toes and Jere would dive down to go get them. Every time he came up I had found more. It was crazy! We returned the "alive" ones back to the sand bar after we took pictures. :)

Pretty view of downtown Dallas as we were flying in.

Here's a little bit of what Lillybug was up to with Lulu and Jpop while we were gone!

She loves her hat and mittens and insists on wearing them even while reading and on the potty!

Lulu and Jpop took her to Little Gym before heading to Longview.

In Longview she played with Mommy's Samantha doll and fed her and dolly lunch.

She loves Lulu's fuzzy socks!

Playing dress up with Jpop... "Like my earring?"

Baby #2 in 4D

At 30 weeks we had a 4D sonogram of Baby #2. It was so fun to see him! He really was a good sport and we got some good shots and movement. His lips and nose look so similar to how Lilly looked in her 4D sonogram! We can't wait to meet you sweet boy! We love you!!!

a little foot

1st Day of School 2012

Lilly's 1st day of school 2012 was a huge success! I can't even begin to tell you how much this little one LOVES school! She is super social and loves to make friends and she adores her teachers Miss Bridget and Miss Michelle. 

I love this picture! It is so rare I capture one this perfect!

It's possible she loves our kitty cat Sam, whom she affectionately refers to as Sammy, more than school... but the jury is still out on that one!

It was quite fitting that Sam was present for the first day of school pics since her backpack is a kitty cat!

Rocking her orange and pink! I honestly didn't plan for her to be so color coordinated... especially matching her backpack. I must say she looked precious though!

I can hardly get her to take her back pack off. I had to trick her and hide it in order to get her in the car so I could buckle her into her carseat.