Tutus, Carseats, Weddings, and Tantrums

I'm trying my best to write this weekend post with an overall good mood but it kinda had a rough ending so now that I'm typing it up, that's my feeling.

It was a slow Friday. I went to the gym (been practicing running for my first 5k!) and then hung out with Emily as Michael went to work. Pretty normal.

On Saturday I cleaned the house and then my parents and brother came over for dinner and games. It was fun! They got to see Emily dressed in her tutu outfit my mom bought for her. We also got Emily's new carseat in the mail so I took pictures of her modeling next to/on the box.

It was good to see family. My parents were picking up their dog I was dog sitting while they were on vacation in China for almost three weeks!

On Sunday we went to church. Emily did pretty well in nursery this week. Between that and the excitement of her riding forward in the car for the first time, we were in good moods!

We were in good moods until we made the poor decision to bring Emily with us to a 4:30 wedding. We had to wake her up from her nap (our first mistake), take her straight there (skipping lunch since she fell asleep right after church- second mistake), saw the beautiful ceremony at the beautiful outdoor location (as poor Michael took Emily on a walk away from the wedding because she started to throw a fit), then afterwards she played in the grass but when it was time to go inside for the reception she had yet another meltdown. Poor kid. Poor us. We tried to take her in (as she started running around and screaming, pulling on tableclothes, reaching for candles, etc.). It hadn't even started yet and we knew there was no way she would make it through a nice, quiet, fancy meal. And neither would we. So we had to leave. It's so sad that we couldn't stay to enjoy it. LESSON LEARNED. Don't bring a toddler to a wedding!!!! 

Thank goodness our friends (the newlyweds) just moved into a house down the street so we have lots of time to apologize to them :). Here are some pictures from the wedding that I took, as Michael got mad that I wasn't helping him chase Emily around as much as I should have. In heels. And a dress. Ahem, anyway....

It was really disappointing having to leave the wedding. We were both pretty upset and trying not to blame each other because it really was both of us who chose to bring Emily. Because the groom, Todd, wanted us to. But we should have known better! Next time.

A Whirlwind Romance

Michael and I had our first Valentine's Day together after we had already been married for a couple of months!

Let me explain...

Michael and I started dating in June of 2007, fell in love and were engaged by October, and we got married about six weeks later on December 7th, 2007. I was 20 and Michael was 22. When you know, you know. Once we knew what we wanted, we didn't want to wait to start our life together!

We've been married for over five years now and I wouldn't change a thing about our whirlwind romance!

Happy Valentine's Day!

A Wedding and A Birthday

As I mentioned in my last post, my cousin got married on the 29th! We are all so happy for them. Jacob was my partner in crime as a kid and we had a blast at family gatherings. I am so glad he found such a sweet wife!

After the wedding, we had some time before the reception so we went over to my parents house where all the family was staying. It was fun to see Emily play with her second cousin!

Then it was reception time! I had such a good time. I loved seeing the first dance with Jacob and Alissa, cutting the cake, etc. But seriously? There was the best food ever! Haha.

Emily loved all of the attention and the atmosphere.

It was also my moms birthday that day! Happy Birthday, mom!

It was a long but really great day.

Weekend Recap

We had a great weekend! We went to Orange County to see family and attend a friends wedding. Emily had fun hanging out with her cousin Ellie...

And the wedding was beautiful...

They had a cake for each table, it was catered, Jaime looked so elegant and happy, and I absolutely loved the decor. It was fun to see so many people we know and show off our cutie pie ;-).

First Came Love...

First came love...

Then came marriage...

Then came a baby...

Happy Anniversary, Michael!! A lot has happened in four years and I feel so blessed to have you as my husband and the daddy to our beautiful baby girl. I love you so much!

xoxo,

Shelley

I Can't Decide! More Opinions, please!

Thank you all so much for all the feedback with the last post I did!! One thing I love blogging for is that it's a community of women (and some men) who are all ready and willing to help out! Thank you! I went and bought the beband from Target and I wore it for the first time last night. It was a relief not to have to zip or button my jeans! But then again...nothing is as comfortable as loose PJ pants!! :-)

I'd love to get some more opinions if that's okay! As I mentioned, I bought this dress for my brother in laws wedding next month.

My sister in law, Tiffany, and I bought these heels...

I'm hoping they all fit. That's one reason why shopping online makes me nervous. I hate not trying things on first! I usually wear 7 or 7.5 but the reviews all said they are large in size so I bought a 6.5. Hopefully it works out!

Now, the thing I need your opinion on is what you think I should do as far as a cream colored cardigan! Tiffany found a bunch of options to choose from. I'll show you my top two picks from her list and hopefully you can tell me which one you think would be best for that dress.


There's this one that comes in Stone.


And this one that comes on Cream of Wheat.

We probably won't be buttoning them up, so I am thinking the first one would work better? What do you think?

Family Makes Me Happy!

My sister in law Jocelyn has been uploading some of her wedding pictures and I am loving it!! Go check her blog out if you want to, but if you don't feel like jumping over there, here are a few pictures that made me smile!!

Some of the in laws...I LOVE this picture! It's almost all of us! Once Tyler gets home in December we will have a family photo done. I can't wait! Hopefully he and Sarah (see the girl on the left in the picture labeled 'sisters' below) get hitched soon so she can be in the photo too! Or at least engaged...

Sisters!

Bridesmaids...I love the smiles and giggles going on!

My adorable niece, Aubrey...

Michaels mom and me...

This is just so silly...

I love my family! I can't wait until all my inlaws and my own siblings are married. There's something special about being sealed together forever as a family that makes me so happy!

Sheri + Tom = Forever

Sheri got married on July 9th in Newport Beach!

You may remember me talking about helping with Sheri's wedding planning.

I also wrote about her Bridal Shower.

Here are Sheri and Tom on their wedding day! This is them walking out of the temple...

She looked so gorgeous! I had fun taking a ton of pictures of her and Tom. This is where her reception was held. The trees and pier made for great pictures!

I love these pictures of them!

She decided to have pie instead of cake. It turned out really cute and delicious! There were a ton of assortments of pies to choose from.

Cutting the pie...the peach pie (which was so yummy, btw) was not as solid as cake of course so they ended up feeding each other pieces of peaches!

There was live music, which was perfect and set a great mood for the outdoor wedding.

There was chicken, bread, cheese, and grapes! Mmm!

I had to snap a picture of this adorable sign.

And the presents...

Their first dance!

Sheri didn't know where they were going for the honeymoon because it was a surprise for her. I can't wait to find out where they went! Tom wouldn't tell me! I'm sure they are having fun wherever they went!

Congratulations to the happy newlyweds!