I Became An Aunt Again

Earlier this week I got a phone call at 6am in the morning. It was my brother, even though I was still half asleep I groggily said "oh boo, congratulations, right" He laughed and said not yet, but that Brynne was at the hospital and in labor. It was all surreal, my little brother and his beautiful young wife were soon to be a mommy and a daddy. Truthfully, now don't laugh, it brought tears to my eyes and it still does. I was and am so happy for them. Well it was a long day of labor for poor Brynne. Her water broke at 1:30 I think it was Thursday morning and I didn't actually get the text that she had their little girl till 3:30 California time. So I think it was about 16 hours of labor, but it was all worth it because a beautiful baby girl was born. She has dark curly hair like my brother and I think they said she has blue eyes -like me! She was 6 pounds 3 oz I think and 19 inches. She was long toes like her dad, ha ha! I am so excited to have my first niece. I can't wait to meet this little baby girl. It took them a day to pick out her name. They had one picked out but when she arrived and saw her the name they picked didn't fit her. They finally decided on Emme Kate Higley. I think it's adorable!

Meet my new niece Emme...

Quick Trip to Utah

Last weekend was all about the girls. For those of you who don't already know, my sister-in-law Brynne is expecting a little girl in October that's only 3 weeks away. WOW!! Well last weekend my mom and I made a girls trip with my aunt and cousin to Utah to see Brynne and Jared and to celebrate with her at her baby shower. Lauren met us down there as well. And it was a great weekend - quick, but so much fun. (I tried to make time in Vegas to visit you Lin & Abby, but I just couldn't do it :( - next time) (and for all those locals in Utah, I'm sorry I couldn't meet up with you either, Kelly, Lane, and the Nays' - once again next time) Love you all though.

So Friday we drove all day long, but it went by so fast it was amazing. Man, can a car full of women talk and we didn't stop when we arrived. We checked into our hotel and continued to visit well into the night. So fun :)

Saturday was the shower. We went over to the Higley's to say hi before Brynne had to leave with her mom and sister to set up for the shower. They have the cutest place! Lauren had some news too that day. She's expecting her 3rd little one. I'm hoping its a girl and she will be arriving April 7th 2010. I'm so excited. By next year I will have 2 nephews and 2 beautiful nieces. I'm the luckiest gal ever. The shower was beautiful and I have some pics to share.

On our way to the shower in Alpine. Me and my sis.

The delicious spread, it was amazing. Good job Brooke, Katie, and Brynne!

Brynne  got some pretty cute stuff. Her little girls is going to be stylin'.

Byrnne's mom made this quilt, it matches the bed set for the crib.

My mom made this quilt. It's a rag quilt and also matches the colors of the baby room

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We played this fun game where we broke into groups and each group were given a couple of magazines. The goal was to create a picture using the magazines of what Jared and Brynne's little girl would look like. It could correlate to any age. Then Brynne picked the one she liked most. She picked mine group's pic. It's the cute little girl in the left hand corner with the big yellow bow. :)

The Fam

Here's the Bates Ladies

And then the Higley, Yearsley, and Bates ladies. :)

 

Here's Boo with his man pack on. It's a manly diaper bag, how great is that!! Ha ha ha. Man,  times sure have changed. 

 

SO....

It's been longer than forever since I posted anything and really I don't have much of an update. I don't have any pictures to share because my mother has had my camera for the past few weeks and although I had many opportunities to take some snap shots I couldn't.

I've been doing great! I have camped in the Angeles Crest Forest, that before the fires of course, I have been to the beach recently which is always fun, I have also been to Disneyland. All picture worthy. I now have my camera and I will be carrying it with me from now on.

Oh yeah! I have also moved once again. This will be my third time in less than a year. Crazy huh! I promise I think I have found somewhere I want to stay for a while now. I love my new roommate and I love the city. It's called Montrose, sadly it's right next to La Crescenta and La Canada so it's on fire right now, but luckily for me we haven't been evacuated yet, and most likely we won't there's quite a bit of space from me and the mountains. But I do know a few people who have at least been evacuated, hopefully the firefighters can keep their houses safe. Besides the fires, the place is absolutely wonderful. It's a cute little town full of ma and pa shops and cafes. Tons of trees and family oriented neighborhoods. I love it. I can go running in the mornings and not feel like I'm in danger and walks at night knowing I won't be shot.  I will try and get a few pics of the place soon. I am waiting because I am still working on getting my room all decorated and organized. As soon as I get that all done I will snap away and share.