Baby Girl Shower!

My friend Dana and I were blessed by a Diaper Keg shower on Friday night, March 11!  It was so much fun for the dad's to be involved too!  I never expected a baby shower for our 4th baby, but our friends Megan & Crystal insisted that these little baby girls needed to be celebrated (and spoiled)!  We got so many diapers, wipes and adorable little girl clothes and accessories!  It was such a fun night!  We are so blessed by these friendships old and new!  Jade & Megan graciously opened up their garage for the party!  It was the perfect night for it too!

So different seeing all of the pink decorations!!

This was such a fun idea!  

The ladies planned some very entertaining games!  The first game was a baby food tasting game.  I'm so glad it was the dad's doing the tasting and not the moms!  Derek was 3 for 5 guessing what food was which!  Team Gerdes won this game!

 Bite #1 was peaches.  Not so bad! I could even eat them!

 Then we moved along to some veggies!  Ewe!

I couldn't stop laughing!

 Bite #5 was ham and after Derek made a loud gagging noise, Justin was NOT letting Dana give him a bite!  It smelled like canned dog food or tuna!  So GROSS!

 The next game was a relay race for the men!  The dad's had to blow up a balloon, stuff it under their shirt, run across the garage, bend over and put their shoes on and then run back to their team for the next person to go!  Team Gerdes won this game too :)

 These guys have NO idea whats it's like to carry a real baby belly!

Opening gifts!  I couldn't believe how generous everyone was!  Dana and I's little girls will be dressed so cute, and matching quite often!!

Dana and I

Megan, Dana and I

Some of the crowd!

 The last game was a Snyder win!  Derek is NO good at a pony tail!  You had to put a diaper on a doll while blindfolded, then put a pony tail on the Barbie, and then race around to a chair and drink a baby bottle!  

 Derek was still giving it is best shot!  Thank goodness we have some time to practice!

Megan thought it was hilarious that Derek had no clue how to do a pony!

 Derek was a cheater on drinking the bottle, so team Gerdes lost.  

Moms were up next!

I change over 20 diapers a day most days, so I was quick at this!

I was trying to convince Dana to just call it a tie!  

It was harder to drink out of a bottle than I expected!

I did end up finishing it!

Crystal, Dana, myself & Megan

Both did a great job with all of the planning!!

And we can't forget the men!
Ross & Crystal and Megan & Jade

We needed a log of help loading up all the diaper boxes and gifts!

It was SUCH a fun night!  I can't say thank you enough to everyone who came, and especially to the ladies who did all the planning & preparing!

This gift was just so cute I had to take a picture!
Tied together with an adorable little headband!

 She is spoiled already!  The boys had so much fun looking through all the clothes!

 I can't wait to get up in the middle of the night to change a diaper and see one of these fun messages!
We are bound to get a lot of laughs, just when we need them!

 My favorite :)

Nursery Projects & Boston's Spring Concert

Friday, Feb. 26

Boston had Egyptian day at school!

I decided today was the day to start my project for the nursery:  Painting the dresser and crib with Annie Sloan chalk paint!  It's my first chalk paint experience!

 Seeing my boys around the supper table is just precious!  

 I am loving how it's looking!

Saturday:

The nice thing with chalk paint is that you can just paint right over your finish!  The only thing I did quickly sand down were the teeth marks ALL around the crib!

Sunday, Feb. 28

I did some more work on the furniture and chose a different paint color for the accent wall.  Derek's idea last week of a purple wall didn't look so good!

 Bronx wasn't himself all day, and after nap he woke up a little warm.  Since Boston had just had strep throat a month ago, I thought maybe that was the case for Bronx.  I did notice some white spots in his throat, so I took him right to Acute Care.

 The mask stayed on long enough to take one picture!

 Thankfully the strep test turned out negative and his ears also looked good.  I love & hate when they tell you 'It's probably just something viral.'  Thankfully it was a pretty short lived bug and he was back to himself a few days later.  When we got home from the clinic, I tested out the turquoise color we liked best!

 We love it!  It really goes well with the butterfly picture and makes the off white crib really POP!

2-29

Bronx LOVES babies and he LOVES baby Andi at daycare.  I can't wait to see how he interacts and loves on his baby sister!

3-1

A favorite thing at daycare is being the kitchen clean up crew (because you get a piece of candy!) and playing hair salon!  Even these little ones think it's so fun to comb hair and it's so relaxing for me!

Wed. March 2

Being a daycare provider I have several pack n play's, but none of mine have a working bassinet piece so I found this on a garage sale!  Still in the box even!  Bronx tried it out and thought it was perfect for his little sister!  

 We went and bought a gallon of turquoise paint and got the accent wall done!  It's a quick project when you only have 1 wall to paint!

 Derek is pretty proud of that butterfly picture so as soon as the paint dried he had it hung right back up on the wall!  

 Still have some shelves to fill, and am also looking for a new knob for the drawers!

Thursday, March 3:

Brigham had Kindergarten Round Up!  He got to bring a stuffed animal along to school, so of course he brought his Lion!  It was also fun that he got to be in the same group as two of his best friends, Brody & Gracie!  When he got home he said 'This was the best day ever!'  We are so thankful for Sioux Falls Christian!

Bronx & Blaire are just AH-dorable!  

She loves to hold his hand and will say 'Bronx, you hold my hand?'  

Friday, March 4

Bronx was a crank this morning!  I knew he needed a good nap and I was right!  He was asleep 2 min. after he laid down!

It was another nice day on Saturday, so Derek thought the boys could help him out by sweeping the garage..  they were NOT thrilled but did put forth a little effort.  It needs a few more good sweeps though.  So dirty after winter!

Monday, 3-7

So thankful for the sunshine and BOGS!  Bronx just loves his snow boots!  

All 3 boys have a pair of BOGS and they are the best ever!  

The daycare kids loved the fresh air too!

 Lately Bronx has been coming upstairs saying 'Me go Melmo potty!'.  He usually has already taken his diaper off and left it laying somewhere in the house.  He has even gone #2 a few times and we didn't find out until:

1.  It was smeared on the couch and living room floor!  

2.  The dog ate the poop and Bronx came out to the living room saying 'Puppy eat my poop!'  EWWWWEEE!!

Thursday, March 10

Such a nice day!  We spent a lot of time outside!

 Bronx thought his rest time should be outside!

 Olive graduated from the pack n play! She looks so sweet sleeping and sucking her thumb!

Boston had his spring concert at school!  It was a great program with fun songs.  He did a great job!

I got a babysitter for the two little boys and Derek wasn't able to get off work early, so it was just me watching, but it was nice to give my full attention to B!