Halloween 2013

Halloween was  fun, busy, stressful, exhausting and full of candy!!  Pretty much, the perfect day!!!

I had been eyeing this Football costume for Maddox since he was 2!!  I just couldn’t bring myself to pay the ridiculous Pottery Barn price for it!  So this year I lucked up and found it for less than half on Ebay!!! Whoop Whoop!

So since I LOVE coordinating costumes…..Ryder HAD TO BE A FOOTBALL FIELD!!  The only problem was….I search online high and low, but could not find the costume.  So that only left one resort….DIY!!  Thanks to my husband for helping me!  He even did a little sewing on the project!!!  Man after my own heart!!!

Maddox was super excited to be a Football!!!

First stop was trick or treating at my Mawmaw’s church…Lander’s Chapel, it is just up the street from our house.  It is a small church and they had about 5 trunk or treat cars! 

Trick or Treat NANA!!!!

The sweetest Strawberry EVER!!!  Miss Stella!!!

I could seriously eat her up!!  Laura wore a shirt with “SHORT” wrote on it and Nathan had a shirt with “CAKE” on it.  So all together they were Strawberry Short Cake!!!  So cute!!

Cousins!!!

Love all the personality in this one!!

PRECIOUS!!!!

Maddox’s Face!

Family Portrait!!

Daddy kicking the Football!!

Love her!!

Nana and Stella

Daddy got home from work just as we were getting ready to leave.

Next stop….Mawmaw Mosteller’s!!

Mawmaw getting her Stella fix!!

My sweet friend Misty!  We trick or treat at her house every year!  She spoils the boys with prizes and cupcakes!!  Not to mention her house is absolutely AMAZING….decked out for Halloween!

There were only about 4 houses with lights on in our neighborhood so we hit them last!  The boys LOVED being out in the dark and getting to walk thru the neighborhood trick or treating!

Ryder didn’t know what to think about the pumpkin that threw up!!

The boys LOVE Breanna!!

I asked for a smile and this is what I got!  You can tell it was getting late and he was getting delirious.

Last stop!!!

Kim came out and was talking to the boys…..Maddox was ready to shed his costume.  He was wearing all brown underneath it so we were picking with him earlier and told him when he took his costume off…he became a terd.  So naturally what did he tell Kim after he took his costume off….”Now I’m a Terd”…..she started dying laughing!  Great end to a great night!!

Celebrating Stella Mae

Yesterday was such a fun and special day as we showered Laura with sweet gifts for her little bun in the oven!!!

I am just beyond ecstatic to be having a baby niece!!  This time of year is when I was pregnant and only had a few weeks to go with both my boys….so I feel like I should be having another baby this June….but…we are done.  So I plan on getting my baby fix with Sweet Stella!!!!  Aunt Kimmie is going to spoil her rotten!!

We decided to theme the shower around the colors and design of Stella’s nursery.  We were inspired by my blog friend Sarah’s nursery.  I absolutely love the combination of the yellow, navy and pink.  The main fabric also has  few other fun colors that she will be able to pull out and accent with too…like red and turquoise!!

Here are a few a lot of details from the shower!!

I found this guitar on the clearance isle at Hobby Lobby.  It was a really ugly bronze metal color so I spray painted it red to match Laura’s red guitar!! And…thankfully her fabric has a little red in it!!

The flower can be taken off and used in Stella’s hair!

My Mom made all the tissue poms and I think she did a fabulous job…especially since it was her first time!!

My Mom also did all the food except for the fruit and sugar cookie bar.  I LOVE the veggie cups….they turned out so wonderful!!!

Make your own sugar cookie fruit pizza bar!!

I have always wanted to wrap the eating utensils and finally had a cute reason to do it….Thanks to Joy for doing all the wrapping and assembling!!

I mean…every good hostess should be soaking gel polish off her fingers 5 minutes before guest arrive…..right?

Paper straws are adorable…but I’ll be honest….I don’t like drinking from them.

The small candy buffet.  Also served as favors for guest.

Tea and punch

The blessings tree!!

The beautiful and glowing Mommy to Be!!!

Yesterday was also my Mawmaws 88th Birthday!!!!  She is just amazing!!

Look at poor little Ryder’s face!!  He got in a fight with the ground.  Poor thing fell off of a swing. 

Stella’s Bedding!!! My talented Mommy also made it!!

Cute little Bass girls…Willow and Laura

My first time meeting little Raleigh…she is the cutest!

Andrea is due a few weeks after Laura with her sweet little girl Annabelle!!

Nathan’s Family

Denise and Becky

Cindy and Ashlie

My precious sissys!

Mommy and her girls!!!  We are all now Mommys too!!

What a wonderful shower….Laura had lots of family and friends that came out to help her celebrate little Miss Stella!!!  We love our Laura and we are so excited for her and Nathan and the soon coming August arrival of baby girl!!!!