Happy Birthday Baby Bennett

We want to congratulate Dave and Catie Pilkington on the birth of their adorable baby boy, Bennett Pilkington! We look forward to getting to met the little guy in person as soon as Mommy and Daddy are up to having visitors :D

I told Nate earlier today, before we found out the Bennett ("The Flash") had made his arrival, that he was going to have a new friend to play with named "The Flash" to this Nate smiled and then let out a little giggle!

Woo woo

I saw this swing today at Babies-r-Us and it reminded me of Catie. I showed it to Dan who also thought it looked like Catie. Well, first I had to show him the cute little notebook that she made for her baby shower, but then he saw what I saw! The collection has this swing, a pack and play, a car seat, and a stroller! The funny thing about this collection is after it reminded me of Catie I looked at it's name and it is the Catalina Collection, too funny since Catie's first name is Catalina!!!

Lily Jane Macbeth

Just wanted to say congratulations to Heather and Ben Macbeth on the birth of their beautiful little girl Lily Jane! She is an absolute doll, I love her hair :D Congrats again!

Catie's Baby Shower

I had the chance to go to my friend Catie Pilkington's baby shower tonight and I had a blast. I have to honestly say that I really enjoyed myself and really liked all of Catie's friends! I do not really have any married, LDS, friend's with kids out here in UT and it was really nice to be able to talk to people that I had things in common with and feel at ease with them! All of her friend's were really down to earth and friendly people. I know that might sound silly, but sometimes I just feel like people out here are NUTS! I really miss having my friends around and it was so enjoyable to be around other adult women and just enjoy their company. I was saying to Dan yesterday that it is strange to think that the person that I talk to most to in the day can not even speak. I can understand how women can go nuts staying home with their kids. I crave adult interaction. I think that now that I have had Nate that I will have to put more of an emphasis on making friends and making time to go out with them. I just wish that I could feel like Dan and I were where we are going to stay put for awhile because I almost hate to invest the time into getting to know people and then leaving, silly, I know! Anyway... I LOVE CATIE'S FRIENDS :D While at the baby shower I realized a few other things. One of which is how lucky I have been with breastfeeding! The other women were talking about how painful breastfeeding was for them and how their nipples cracked and bleed and they needed special creams or tea bags for them. AGH! I have had literally NO pain with breastfeeding, ever. No cracking, no bleeding, no creams, no ointments, no chaffing, no tea bags, no frozen peas... just a baby that likes to eat! I did get engorged when my milk came in, but it was not painful, it was just plain insane how big my boobs got! I mean, one boob is already bigger than Nate's little head, and when engorged they were like watermelons. TMI, I know! Anywho. I am exhausted from a long day, but I just HAD to blog (I don't know why) and say what a wonderful time I had tonight!