what's new with you?

my life as of late:

• getting to know my nephew jack. he's 34 days old and he's decided to join us in the world now and is really opening his eyes. i love him. 
• i've been caught up in applying for ONE class at ghetto broward college. they just keep surprising me with paperwork and random things that are giving my nerves a hard time. i start my first ASL class this friday. praying that it's for me and ready to have a new challenge in my life.
• works been picking up. really trying to grow my private clientele for massage. support my facebook page by liking it! 
• i need to get back on my cooking game; i recently made eggplant parm and chicken udon soup... nothing new. 
• matt starts grad school today. time to get used to a whole new work week and school schedule! 
• his birthday is this saturday... scheming up a surprise day!
• and the one thing i'm most excited about coming up... a day trip to naples JUST to stock up on trader joe's food. it's sad that the closest one is 2 hours away. 
• that's it. maybe one day soon i'll keep this blog updated, with my favorite thing.... recipes! 
• always remember- shit happens.

love you,

-eve

baby is the new cat

welcome jack elijah!  

on july 17th, at 12:41 PM (negotiable), my bff christalyn popped out a beautiful baby boy(she knew it'd be a boy all along)! 

he's 7 pounds 10 ounce's and 21 inches. his little legs and feet are long much like christalyns and his ears are shaped like my brother iam's. 

happiness ensues!

-auntie eve

mom is thrilled to be a grandma

happy mama

swaddled baby

first foot prints

getting his first chiropractic adjustment by my dad

precious souls.

this will happen one day in my family. 

baby shower... more like WEDDING!

so for a few months, christalyn's mom and i planned out the theme and decor for her baby shower. it was kind of stressful considering it was only the two of us planning, but we made it happen. now we joke about how maybe we should start our own event planning business. NOT. i don't think i could handle the pressure. i definitely pushed my creative buttons for this one. we chose yellow and orange as the colors because no one knows the sex of the baby. we used doilies for some femininity and i think the clubhouse colors gave it more of a masculine feel.

the following photos are off my iphone 4s. i've been patiently waiting for our friend michelle(the professional photographers)photos from the shower, but i decided to just go ahead and post my photos anyway. once i get the professional photos i'll share those as well. (click on photos for a bigger version)

burlap welcome baby banner markena made and the pool table covered in gifts 

wishing tree tags being made and cute photo baby collage of iam and christalyn in a frame i made.

the shower was held in our friend jason's neighborhood clubhouse. it was a huge space and great for the 40+ people that came.

we gathered tons of different glass jars and bottles and made beautiful bouquets in them. 

 grape, lemon, lime, and mint icecubes for the punch that mani and i made.

onesies :) 

sundae bar and cute water bottle labels markena made

 the wishing tree table :) 

and the beautiful preggo :)

overall the shower turned out to be so much fun and was beautiful. we got a lot of compliments on how it was the best baby shower anyones been to before :) i'm glad. 2 more months and that baby will be here... can't wait!