Meeting Sweet Baby Logan

On Friday, May 9, 2014, Alex and I started a weekend of fun. We dropped the babes off at Mom's house early in the morning and we got on the road. We were heading up to downtown Chicago for the weekend. We had plans just the two of us for Friday night and plans with his coworkers (and our friends) on Saturday night.

 

We started early and headed to Burbank to meet Mr. Logan. Tammy had had Logan on April 29th. I was so excited to see his perfect little face! Logan was such a big baby but Tammy is champ and has done so awesome with him since he's arrived.

 

I brought my camera to take a few pictures of this sweet boy. Sleeping is already not something he likes to do very often. Anytime I could grab a quick picture with his eye closed and his hands not in his mouth, I would.

This is my favorite.

 

 

 

 

 

 

We spent a few hours with Tammy, Chris, Logan, and Nicholas just hanging out. Nicholas loved having Alex there to play with him. Chris and Alex tried to kill a snake that was in the dog's pen. Tam and I just talked and admire how perfect Logan is. Tammy is such a great mom. She doesn't get stressed. She doesn't get overwhelmed. She just deals with whatever is going on in the moment. She is so laid back and just does what she needs to to make her babies happy.

 

Congratulations on your perfect babe, Tammy and Chris.

 

We had such a great time just hanging out with them. Everytime I get to just sit and chill with my friends, it makes me wish that we lived in the suburbs and got to do this all of the time.

Meet Collin David

On Sunday, March 30, I got up early, got ready and headed toward Chicago for the day. I met Erica, Amy, and Tammy for lunch in the suburbs at a delicious winery. We tend to meet there if it's just us mommas. Ashley was going to come but was having some issues with her pregnancy so she was unable to come (which I told her she shouldn't come if she was feeling bad. Baby Workman was more important than lunch with friends.)

 

We all enjoyed a kid free lunch. (No offense babies.) We showered Tammy with gifts for sweet Baby Logan that is to be born in 5 weeks. And we enjoyed hilarious conversation and good food.

 

 

 

We then headed into the city. Amy drove us.

 

 

Jennifer lives in an awesome neighborhood. She lives on one of the diagonal streets where three streets intersect right in front of her condo. It's a bit tricky if you don't drive it every day.

 

What do you notice wrong with this picture?

 

Perfect.

 

We made it to Jennifer's alive :)

 

And we got to meet this sweet little man. Collin David.

And I got to take pictures of Tammy's beautiful baby bump.

She really didn't want me to take pictures but I just had to :)

She enjoyed a cold one after.

Just kidding.

It's cream (sp?) soda.

Erica enjoying sweet Collin David. So handsome.

Amy is going to get baby fever holding this little man...

 

 

 

 

 

How cute is this guy???? He was so chill. So tired.

 

Jennifer is such a beautiful mom. She is so great with him. It's so natural for her.

We missed you B and Ash!

Collin's nursery is ADORABLE. Jennifer has such a nack for decorating. (Is nack the right word???)

So perfect.

 

We loved our visit. We could have sat there all night visiting but we all had hubbies and kids to get home to. The amazing part with these girls is that no matter where we go in life, how far we move, how long it's been between visits, we all pick up right where we left off...just like we are 21 again. I've known them since I was 19. (Jennifer I have known since I was 15.) But I love them so much.

 

I made it home by 8:15. Alex had the kids all day by himself. He did so good. I came home to a clean house and a warm supper on the table. Sawyer was asleep and Charlotte was bouncing off of the walls.

 

All was good in the 'hood.

 

Thanks for an amazing day, friends.

 

And Collin, welcome to this crazy world.

Another GDI baby is born:-)

Meet Miss Emily Ann

My best friend from high school had her second baby girl, Emily Ann on Saturday April 21, 2012. We went over and met her on April 25, 2012. She was only 4 days old and her most recent weigh in was 5 lb 15 oz. SOOO TINY.

Doesn't she look perfect???

Charlotte loved her. She kept giving her kisses and hugs.

Ella was very proud of her baby sister... although, she probably got sick of everyone asking her if she likes her.

Charlotte loves her Aunt Jodi.

Love this picture. Momma and babies.

The Heflin ladies. Beauties aren't they?

Charlotte is trying to figure out where she fits into this equation.

Ella showed her some love.

It was fabulous meeting Miss Emily. She is gorgeous, sweet, and such great baby. She looks so much like her dad.  Jodi is great mom and she had wonderful help from her mom and hubby. Charlotte wouldn't stop hugging Ella. It was so cute. Ella was very tolerant of her. It was a wonderful visit. So glad to be in town when she had this baby since I wasn't when she had Ella :)

Congratulations Jodi, Derrick, Ella, and Oscar. Your family is perfect. We love you.

GDI Reunited (Minus Eri and B)

There is just something about your best friends from college. You know, they are the ones I did my craziest, strangest, funniest, stupidest things with over the years. I still feel like we do or say stupid stuff when we are back together even though we all turn 30 this year. (THIRTY!!! AHHHHH!!!) I was so happy to get to go up to the suburbs of Chicago and meet up with them for the night.

Charlotte had her first over night slumber party without Momma at Gigi and Papa's house. She was with Aunt Bare and Gigi all day then Aunt Bare babysat her Friday night. On Saturday she was with Gigi, Papa, and Bare until I got back to the house. 

Friday, April 20, 2012, I got up and got ready and headed up to Naperville to see Amy and meet her new little bundle of joy, Matthew, He was born at the beginning of March (a few weeks early) and I had yet to meet him. And since I had given up Facebook, I hadn't seen any recent pictures of him. I do have to say, he is a BEAUTIFUL baby... and such a mixture of his mom and dad. The funny thing is that I always try to picture my friend's babies in my head when they are preggo. I tried to picture what a mixture of Amy and Brad would be and I couldn't quite picture it. But Matthew really is a great mixture of them. He is really beautiful. He is a good baby that loves to eat :) I also got to bond with Charlie, Amy's dog. LOVE LOVE LOVE HIM. If I wasn't so allergic to dogs, I would steal him. I love him. He was the most hilarious dog. 

So when I got to Amy's, my pregnant self was starving (I mean, it had been at least 3 hours since I had eaten last) so we went to Chili's and completely pigged out. It was perfection. Then we went back to her house and just sat around and talked. It was perfect. Jennifer came and met up with us for a few hours before dinner. I hadn't seen her since October maybe???? She looks beautiful as always. It was hilarious watching her hold Matthew and feed him a bottle... out of the 7 of us GDI's, Jennifer is one of the only 2 to not have a baby yet. She was funny.

Even though I was with him all day, I forgot to take pictures of him. So here is the one I took. Little Matthew Huffman :) So adorable and perfect.

We decided we needed a night away from family life... no babies and no hubbies. Brianne was in the St. Louis area celebrating her 30th birthday and having a FABULOUS weekend while doing it. Erica had her 2 babies for the weekend while her hubby was out of town. She wanted to come so bad but she didn't have an option for child care. So minus a few of the bunch, we still went out to dinner for a few hours without babies or hubbies...just the girls.

We went to Cooper's Hawk Winery in Burr Ridge which was delicious. All of the girls got wine (except me) and delicious meals. 

The two with the youngest babies... Amy (left) and Tammy (right). Matthew is 6 wks old and Nicholas is almost 6 months old. Love these girls. They both came to visit me pregnant back in August in SC. It was hotter than the hubs of hell. We didn't do the beach or anything. It was WAY too hot.

Ashley (left) and Jennifer (right). Ash has a 3 yr old and a 1 yr old. Jennifer is our most recent to wed (a year and a half ago).

Jennifer and I have been friends for half of our lives :) Since we were 15-ish.... crazy, right?

All of the girls got to have wine and such, but my only excitement for my taste buds was dessert. I wasn't going to get one but they told me they'd help me eat it. Delicious looking, right???

Here is my crew... minus 2...

We had an amazing time. We go to dinner at 8 pm and didn't leave until almost 11:30. It was a wonderful night filled with tons of funny stories and memories. Love these girls so very much and miss them more than I could ever express.

After dinner, I followed Jennifer into the city (Chicago) to her place. It's beautiful. I should post pictures.... well, if I had them I would post pictures. It looks like something out of a magazine. It's really really gorgeous. I was able to park my dad's camero into this VERY TIGHT garage spot that she normally parks in down the street from her place. We got back to her place after midnight and talked for awhile. I slept terrible being away from Charlotte. I thought I would sleep amazing... not so much. It was the longest 7 hours of sleep I have ever had. 

Saturday morning we got up and got ready and Jennifer, David (her husband) and I went to get breakfast. We went to this delicious diner in Boystown. I got pancakes... with ice cream on them. I've never seen this as an option and David convinced me that I needed to get the ice cream. Here he is not eating any carbs at all bc he is on a diet and here I am eating ALL carbs and a GINORMOUS scoop of ice cream on top. It was so delicious though. Looooved it. Jennifer tried it...and loved it. After breakfast they drove me around their favorite neighborhoods then it was time for me to get on the road back to mom and dad's.

I got to Mom and Dad's house a bit after lunch time. Charlotte was sleeping but her little face when she woke up and saw me was so priceless. I missed her more than I could ever express. But I totally needed a night away with my girls. It really was perfection.

Another Weber is Born :)

We were so excited to welcome another Weber to the family :) My cousin Eric, the old grandchild on the Weber side, and his fiance, Amanda, welcomed the perfect little Adam Wayne Weber. Adam Wayne (he will go by Wayne) is named after my late grandpa who passed July 1, 2001. He has a good strong name named after a wonderful man.

Charlotte and I were so happy to get to meet him on February 25, 2012. After visiting Grandma and Grandpa Schumann on the western side of the river, we hopped in Aunt Bare's Grand Prix and took the ferry to Carrollton. After a quick hello to Great Grandma Ann, Katie Jean, and Great Aunt Kathy, we headed up to Eric's sweet pad to meet the first of the great grandsons.

Great Grandma Ann

Look at his loooong fingers!!! I think Great Grandma is smitten :)

Sweet little talks

The pictures I had with Wayne were really blurry so I had to choose this as one :) Me and my teething baby. The oldest of the great grandchildren. She loves her mommy...

...and her cousin Melissa. She loves to give kisses!!!