So many pictures this week so I'm just going to get to it!

The only thing I've craved thus far into my pregnancy is juice, but not the store bought kind (thank goodness). At one of our favorite restaraunts, Por Que No, I love to get the agua fresca and after having it (and craving it for days afterwards) I decided to make my own. 

It's incredibly easy to make, as there are no exact measurements. Everything is to taste and all you need is a blender! For this strawberry lime agua fresca I added a bunch of strawberries and the juice from two limes and about 1/2 cup sugar * then poured in water until it reached the top of the blender and blend! You can use any fruit combo you think sounds good...the possibilities are endless!

*our strawberries were very tart so we needed the whole 1/2 cup of sugar, though you may not! 

So besides forming a human (which has given me horrible morning all-day sickness and has made me super tired), another thing has been (happily) taking up my free time...

I've been busy putting together a baby shower for my dear friend Lauren!

  (and her sweet baby Fern)

Last November Lauren, Kira, Lindsey and I went to a workshop at Anthropologie to help them get their Christmas displays ready. We chose the fingerknitting station and we've kind of been obsessed ever since. I thought it would be such a fun idea for a large impact shower decoration that is actually really cheap to do! 

This was the first thing people saw when they pulled up to our house. 

Kind of like a sneak peek of what's to come...

Unfortunately, I didn't get a good picture of the centerpiece but it was just jars filled with different kinds of pinecones and layered with moss from our backyard apple tree. We randomly placed a bunch of tealights around them for ambiance.

Lauren is also a big fan of ginger ale and I had pinned this tutorial for homemade ginger ale over the summer. Chris took charge of making the ginger syrup from scratch and it turned out really well!

  Shower games are always cheesy and lame.

This non-game was not.

I made this calender (straight lines engineered by Chris) for people to guess Fern's birthday.

Chris made some french press from his freshly roasted beans and we kept it toasty in our very appropriate Stanley thermoses:

To make present opening less awkward, we had people fingerknit if they wanted to. Lauren was able to take the garlands home to decorate the nursery with!

Here is Jamie explaining how to do it:

And here are all of us with Lauren!

Thanks for putting up with my butt-long emails filled with ideas and more ideas for the shower ladies...everything turned out even better than I had imagined thanks to your help!

And also a big thanks to Chris for helping me out in so many ways and for not thinking I'm crazy for wanting to (and actually helping me) make 70 pom stick flower things! 

This weekend was super crazy/busy but also completely fun!

Thursday it was cold but beautiful so Kaitlynn and Truman (our walking buddies) joined us for a really long/cold walk though Summerlake Park. Love that place.

We met a squirrel that was not afraid of us at all:

(it sat there and stared at us for so long!)

Saturday morning, Lauren, Kira and I met up for a crafty time with some other Portland bloggers.

I ended up working on things that I needed for Sunday which was Lauren's baby shower! 

Here's a little sneak peek:

(full post coming soon!)

Oh and also this has been happening...

#2 is on the way!

I realize that you probably can't see much of the pictures below but there really is nothing to see yet!

I'm almost 15 weeks and just started showing within 

the last few days! 

I've been super sick (way more so than the first time around) and also super tired which makes it even more difficult with a busy toddler running around.

I have had two normal-feeling days in a row so hopefully this means I'm on the road to feeling normal all the time since I'm in the 2nd trimester now!

Anyways, that's our happy news and what has been making me be such a lame blogger lately...most days I choose between a new blog post or a nap. I always choose the latter.

Happy Monday friends!

This past weekend we did absolutely nothing...

and it was bliss!

We haven't had a weekend without Chris playing at church/working/other family commitments in months.

We pretty much stayed at home all weekend.

I even broke out the good ol' DSLR.

(I forgot how good that thing is!)

Last night was Bennett's third Halloween, but it was the first one where we actually did anything.

I was excited to see all of the trick or treaters but I also was excited to take B out trick or treating...it's a delicate balance. 

We handed out Play-Dough until about 7pm then turned all of the lights off while we trick or treated for about 45 minutes.

 We pulled B in the wagon so he could sit under a blanket and stay warm between houses. I don't think he would have lasted as long if he had to walk the whole time. 

our treats:

(I thought I was being lame for not handing out candy, but the kids seemed really excited about it) 

He definitely scored extra candy due to the "cuteness factor."

We practiced saying"trick or treat" over the last few weeks, but when we got up to the doors I would prompt him and say "what do you say Bennett" and he would respond with "please."

He stood there and smiled at the people as they kept putting more candy in his bag.

When they were done, he would say "thank you" and walk away.

Now he probably thinks that if you walk up to someone's house he'll get candy now.

Awesome.

I also don't know if I can bring myself to give my 2 year old any of the candy he got last night.

He thinks organic, fat free, Fig Newmans are cookies...and I'd kind of like to keep it that way. 

(I'm talking to you mom!)

What's a mom to do?

Note to self for next year: get glow sticks for each of us so people don't pity us and give us theirs. 

We are such amateurs.

So I guess you guys wanted to see more of us in our 80's attire.

Unfortunately, I didn't even think to take a shot of my whole outfit.

This is the best picture I have of us and (most of) our outfits.