Dennis inspects Alex's gifts.

He says they are okay.

I hope everyone had a wonderful weekend.

Alabama shower

Today was my shower in Alabama. My wonderful friends/co-workers threw this one.

Here is the yummy cake. It was chocolate....too good.

Here is everyone hanging out and watching me open presents.

Here I'm complete with a silly tiara they made me wear that says Mom to be and a flashing button.

Look Dan, we finally got some underwear for Alex.

Here I am with the girls. They all helped throw the shower. The only ones missing are Dee and Elizabeth. This was a different kind of shower. Since I'm not pregnant, we skipped the games and had hard liquor, wine and beer instead. Needless to say, this was a long shower, lasting over 4 hours. Of course, Alex got lots of nice things, too many to picture here.

So we are down to less than 2 weeks until we leave for China. I still have tons to do. Monday, I'm having the carpets steam cleaned. I still need to wash clothes for Alex and decide what to take. I have tons of shopping for the trip left as well. I may not post much before the trip, but rest assured I will keep you up to date.

Mississippi Shower

Well, I finally up loaded some pictures from the shower. I know it took almost a week, but I've been lazy. Tomorrow is my Alabama shower so I figured I needed to get this post done.

This is the adorable home made cake at the shower. Margie and Tammy baked and decorated this cake.

This is my mother in law, mother, sister, aunt, cousin and childhood bff.

This is, of course, Ms. Lilli, Margie's daughter. Isn't she adorable.

Alex's first Mississippi State University shirt. I can't wait for September so she can wear it.

One of my favorite outfits. Alex got a ton of clothes, toys and books. I have great friends and family. I promise I will have new pictures from tomorrow's shower in less than a week.

We're home from Mississippi

We got home this afternoon from Mississippi. This Saturday was our first baby shower. I can't tell you how much fun it was to be on this side of the shower. I've thrown more bridal and baby showers than I can count in the past, but with the exception of my bridal shower 15+ years ago, I've never had another. Thanks so much Margie, Tammy, and Rhonda for everything. I will post pictures when I catch my breath. In the meantime, head over to Margie's blog for a few pictures.

Have a nice weekend.

We headed to Mississippi this weekend. My wonderful friend Margie is hosting a baby shower for us with the help of my mother and sisters. There will be alot of people there that I haven't seen in YEARS (Jill). I can't wait to see everyone...oh and get presents for Alex...ha..ha. I'll be back on Sunday with lots of pictures and stories.

We're Going to China..........

We got our consulate appointment today. It is on July the 22nd. We will leave for China on July 10th and arrive on the 11th. We will tour Beijing on the 12th, fly out to Chengdu on the 13th and get Alex on the 14th!!!!!!!!!!!!! Dan will head to Korea on the 24th of this month and meet us in Beijing on the 11th. We will head for home on July 24th. I can't believe this is finally happening. I am so happy I can't stand it. We don't have all our in country arrangements yet, but that should be soon. I'll keep you posted.

did someone stop time????

This is Dan of the dynamic duo known as DnD....
Did someone stop time????
Still no passports returned with visas????
Still no consulate appointment?????
Still no finalization on some other things.......
And I gotta leave in a week.....

I'm lightin the fuse on the turtle.......