Shower and Nursery

Well on the weekend of December 5th- my wonderful friend Nichole, with the help from Marjorie, Kathy and my mom, hosted a very wonderful baby shower for me. It was such a special day!! The theme was 'A Baby Girl is Blossoming' so my mom had some wonderful decorations to follow the theme. A friend of mine from work, Betty, made a beautiful layered cake that also had the blossoms theme. It was very exciting that Jeanne, Matt's mom (aka Uma) flew in all way from North Carolina to come to the shower!! We were so happy that she came, and made the day so special to spend it with friends and family. Thank you to everyone that chipped in for such a wonderful event! The day was topped off at the end when Nichole announced to me that she was pregnant....with TWINS! How exciting that I get to go through pregnancy, and then motherhood with such a close friend. Here are some pics from the shower....

The hostesses with the most.... (not pictured Kathy!)

Granny and Uma

Anthony came for a little bit!!

Betty with her beautiful cake!

The Book Club Girls

Betty, Me, Pam and Lydia

(Girls from Advanced Programs)

And, The second part of this post, I know I mentioned the nursery... so before the shower I was hoping to have the baby's room all done being painted! Well Matt definitely worked hard to get the purple and yellow complete, not to mention putting together the crib and sanding and refinishing the dresser. Then my dad came down from Silverthorne to paint animals on the wall to match our bedding. It turned out AWESOME! Every time I walk in the room I feel like I am part of a cartoon. Hopefully you can tell by the pictures how awesome the painting is. We still have a little bit of work to do, and some final items to purchase before the room is ready...but we have definitely made some great progress.

And as for the pregnancy....well... 6 weeks 2 days and counting :) The third trimester has definitely been the hardest for me. I feel more tired, and of course the aches and pains are starting to settle in. Every time I look down at my ankles I get surprised at first and think "ohhh I don't remember spraining my ankle" but then I remember that I am just swollen! ha! Other than the swelling, and added fatigue I feel pretty good, and I know it is all worth it for when we get to meet our baby girl. Anyways, here are the pictures of the adorable animals in the nursery.

Thanksgiving...

Yeah I know, I am a week and a half behind of posting about Thanksgiving. And well... I blame it on the exhaustion of being pregnant :) ha ha...

Anyways, the Friia household had quite the busy Thanksgiving. And it was a blast!!!! We are so thankful that we had so many family members come to spend to the day/weekend with us. It is always hard for us with Matt's schedule to be able to travel on holidays, so it is so special to us when we have guests. We had Auntie Cheri, Uncle Troy, Sophie, Lainee and Jess come down from Upton, my mom came from Cheyenne, my brother Anthony and his wife Abbey with their son Jayce came from Nebraska, my dad came down from the mountains, and Rob and Kathy came over. It was a full house but like I said, we had such a blast. After cooking way too much food, and eating way too much...wait I think I was the only one that ate too much, in fact the table got cleared while I was still eating! Anyways, after the feast, Kathy sang and played the piano and my dad played and sang to the guitar. It was so great having everyone sit around and sing all the songs. And after every song Jayce would say "More again". He just loved hearing all the music, and he even sang along to some of the songs. We were just so happy to have a house full of so many wonderful family members.

Then after the dinner me, Cheri, Lainee and Sophie, and Matt for a little bit, drove down to Castle Rock for the Moonlight Madness shopping sale. I went crazy in the Carter's store, and bought all kinds of clothes ranging from newborn to 18 mos! The sales were great, but we were pretty worn out after getting home around 1:30AM.

Friday night we all went to the Nuggets game and watched them beat the Chicago Bulls, with a buzzer beater, game winning shot by Carmelo Anthony! Needless to say it was an exciting and very eventful weekend!!

Here are some pics from Thanksgiving Day!