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Mommy's Little Monster Baby Shower

My main baby shower was a blast and the theme was so cute: Mommy's Little Monster! Sheriece and Cheryl did an awesome job putting it together, with the help of many others! The food, decorations, and games were fabulous! My Mom  got to come up for this baby shower and it was so fun to have her!

Here are some of the details:

The Soup Table.

Devin and I's little Monster Flower ball.

Cheryl's awesome Little Monster Cake!

Cheryl's Little Monster Cake with my flowers to the side. I used a lot of fun textures to make it look monster-ish: protea, billy balls, hydrangea, and parrot tulips!

The cake after it was cut into. They layers made it look like it had a cool mouth!

 My Mom's Little Monster sugar cookies with googly eyes!

Little Monster socks hanging from the chandelier.

The thank you favors: Smelly Monsters!

 I wish I would have gotten more pictures of people, but I was so busy socializing and partying, I forgot. I was able to get a few at the end. It was such a great turn out though, I wish I would have pictures of everyone that came!

Natalie and I. We have the same due date and it has been fun to go through the pregnancy process with a friend. We are both playing the waiting game now! The closer we get to due date though, the more likely we are to be at the hospital together!

Cheryl and I.

Special thanks to Sheriece for hosting and to all those that helped with the food and decorations! It was great!

Baby Showers - Young Women

The Young Women were super sweet and threw me a baby shower! It was so much fun playing games and getting excited about baby Hill with them! The girls have been awesome and so supportive of Devin and I's little baby on the way.

 One of the games we played, guess the baby food! We also played a game where everyone had to cut a piece of  yarn and guess how big my belly was!

The beehive group

All of the Young Women

Baby Showers - Moses Lake

I forgot to take pictures of the Moses Lake baby shower, but I do have these 2 pictures from my phone. Angela did an awesome job putting it together, and as it always is at Hill events, the food was delicious!

Brownie Bites made by Rebecca

Diaper cake made by Anika

Baby Showers - Cokeville

Devin and I feel very blessed because our little baby is so spoiled. In August, we went down to visit Devin's family in Cokeville and they threw us a baby shower! It was a blast! We had to check an extra box coming home (love how 2 bags fly free with Southwest!)

The Breakfast Bar - it was a brunch baby shower.

The cute diaper cake that Ashlee made! 

Before I married Devin, I had no sisters. Now I have 6 wonderful sister-in-laws on his side and 2 on mine!  Missed you Kylee!

The Brower girls even made the trip over from Idaho! It was great to see everyone!

The stash! Thanks to everyone who came!!!

I'm pretty sure I promised not to post this picture, but that was 4 months ago..  3 of the 4 pregnant girls (at the time).

30 weeks

I thought it was about time to post some pictures and give some pregnancy facts:

Size Change: 27 pounds and 11 inches around my waist. 

Wearing: Some maternity shirts and some jeans, but I've boycotted buying maternity work pants; I just wear a belly band with my pants unbuttoned. My favorite shirts aren't maternity shirts, just a larger size gathered shirt from Nordstrom. It's the purple shirt I'm wearing.

Best part about being pregnant: Feeling baby move. He's pretty active. It is kind of weird to watch my stomach roll or bulge in different directions.  Baby is lucky to have so many people that already love and are spoiling him. I also picked out fabric to make him a baby blanket!

Worst part about being pregnant: All the annoying symptoms the come in the 3rd trimester. I'll spare you the details. Also, sleeping is getting uncomfortable. 

 

Food: I haven't really craved foods during pregnancy. I do really like anything cold. I haven't been able to eat as much lately because baby is taking up all the room in my belly. 

Belly button? Mostly out - which is my worst fear come true. It is more noticeable after I've ate or when I am laughing.  

 

Wedding ring? Most of the time it is on, but if it is hot outside or I've been really active, it gets very snug. 

Summer Vacation

I'm a little behind in posting, but in August Devin and I took a trip out to Cokeville to visit his family. It was a nice, relaxing vacation and we really enjoyed spending time with family.

We went skunk hunting with Matthew, Kalen, and Trevor and even I shot a skunk!

Tana and Janae were nice enough to take me out to feed the baby calves. Devin made fun of me though because I was too chicken to let the calve suck my hands.

 Devin turned 28 while we were there

Devin at Pine Creek

Me at Pine Creek

Baby Boy at Pine Creek

M+E Wedding Weekend

We had a great time back in July for Matt and Emilie's wedding! It was so fun to see family! We did lots of fun sight seeing.

The group at Multnomah Falls

Devin and I at the top of the falls

At the fish hatcher

 

 

Inside the Ape Caves - Mt. St. Helen 

 In front of Mt. St. Helen

Baby Hill is a....

Boy or Girl?

??????

Boy!

I also had a reveal party with the Young Women in my ward! It was fun! 

 

 Cutting the cake to see if it is a boy or a girl....

 Boy!