A Trip to the Zoo!

Today we took Eden on her first trip to the zoo! Nick has Tuesday's off, so we decided to take advantage of the beautiful weather and have a family outing. Being a week day, there was not a whole lot of people there and since it was cooler, all the animals were out sunning. We got to see all of the animals and it was so neat to spend the day together. Eden's favorite animals were the big ones like the elephants and giraffes. She also loved the aquariums and the reptile house. I think she liked all the colors and things moving around. We carried her around in the front baby carrier and she kept making these cute noises and kick her legs and flail her arms when she would get excited about seeing something. She also liked seeing all the kids on field trips running around (I think that was probably more entertaining to her than the animals). We had a blast and she was totally worn out when we got home.
Here are some pictures from our fun family day!

Collin & Kristin

I have been meaning to post about my brother and sister-in-law, Collin & Kristin, for a while now and just now have had the chance. Two weekends ago they came into town and we hosted a baby shower for them. We also took their maternity pictures that morning. It was such a great weekend. We had so much fun spending time with them and getting to see them again. As mentioned in a previous post, Collin and Kristin used to be our neighbors, but in October they moved to Fort Worth. We have missed them so it was nice to see them! I made my first attempt at baking and decorating a cake and I think it turned out pretty good. My friend Jenni, who is an official cake decorator, gave me lots of pointers and great tips (I would have had her to do it but she doesn't live near us). The shower theme was "ABC - or alphabet." My grandfather created their baby's name (Cayden Glenn Day) out of wood and it connected like a train - it even had an engine and caboose. We put it up on the mantle and it looked so cute and went well with the theme (I didn't get any pictures of it). As Collin & Kristin opened their gifts we had whoever's gift they were opening to give a piece of advice - but the fist person had to start their advice with the letter "A", then the next person "B" etc etc. It was cute and surprisingly everyone was actually really creative and the advice was great!
We are so excited for Cayden to get here. Just another couple months and we will see his sweet face!

Here are some pictures from the weekend!

Maternity Pictures

The Alphabet Cake


I made these letters for the shower and for Collin & Kristin



Have a great week!!
-Carissa

What I woke up to this morning...

Eden usually wakes up at 4:00 to nurse and Nick gets up to get ready for work at 5:00 so I just keep Eden in our bed until she wakes up for the day. This morning she woke up around 6:30 and I was not wanting to get up so I just ignored her for a little bit. She was talking and playing and when I rolled over to talk to her, this is what I saw!!!




Isn't that so funny! She didn't have any toys to play with so she created some with her socks. She looked like a little puppy wanting to play fetch! Hehe!

-C

Our Little Pumpkin

We finally got a chance to take Eden's 6 month pictures. We figured out that Eden really does not like the grass, but luckily we had an A&M blanket in the car. We didn't have a whole lot of time but we definitely got some cute ones. Here are some of our favorites!

Happy Halloween!

Happy Halloween!
I hope everyone had a fun and safe Halloween! For Halloween this year we went to a block party hosted by our friends from church Tim and Mel. We didn't get to stay long because it was Eden's bedtime, but we had fun helping set up and get ready for it. For her first Halloween Eden was a little ladybug. She was so cute in her little outfit. She wasn't so fond of the hat (her little ladybug antenas) - she kept taking it off and putting it in her mouth. She did pretty good until we tried to take pictures of her. We discovered that she really does not like grass - haha. We sat her down in front of some hay bails and pumpkins they had set up in their yard, and she sat in it only for a moment before she let us know she wanted up!! On the way home from the party she cried pretty much the whole way home letting us know we kept her out a little too late.
When I was growing up, my parents created a Halloween night tradition that we always looked forward to. When we were little, we would dress up and go trick or treating, but once we were a little too old for that - we enjoyed this tradition. We would always go to our favorite chinese restaurant, Panda Garden, then go to Barnes & Noble. At the bookstore we were allowed to get one book. This was always so much fun and a great childhood memory. Since we didn't get to stay long at the block party, Nick and I ordered some chinese from Panda Garden and enjoyed a part of my family's tradition as well!!

Here are some pictures from the evening!

*ps...sorry we haven't posted Eden's 6 month photos, we are in the process of getting those done. We were suppose to do them last weekend, but Nick got sick and then passed his cold onto me, so we will have those up soon. Thanks for staying tuned!