POP in and take a PEEK!

This weekend, we had a super-cute baby shower for my great nephew, Reed.  His shower was supposed to be August 20th, but little man decided he wanted to come 8 weeks early, so it had to be postponed until he came home.

(My favorite photo of Reed.  It makes me laugh every time I see it!)

The initial theme of the shower was "Pop and Peek".  You "pop" into the shower, and take a "peek" at Reed. However, the mean ol' doctor decided to quarantine him at home for 6 weeks, so he wasn't able to come.  So, the theme was changed to "Already Popped"...as in Stephanie has already "popped".  LOL

**Totally kidding about the "mean ol' doctor" thing.  If anybody in this world knows the importance of keeping preemies away from germs, it's me!**

Stephanie wanted all the food and goodies to have a "pop" theme.  It was really fun seeing all of the cute "pop" themes they came up with.  Who knew how many things could fit into this category?

I was asked to do the candy bar.  There are so many cute candy bar examples out there, but the one problem I had was, the majority of the candy had STICKS attached to them.

Do you realize how hard it is to display things with STICKS?

I finally managed to figure some things out (Thank you Google and Pinterest), and in the end, I think it turned out OK.  If I had just a little more time, I think I could have made it fabulous.  Oh, and did I forget to mention, I was asked to do the candy bar on MONDAY, before the shower on Saturday?  Yeah, nothing like a little pressure to get me motivated!  HAHA!

Anyway, I think the whole shower turned out great!  If I've learned one thing over the past 25 years, it's that the Hill family can throw one heck of a shin-dig!  

Now on to about 1000 pictures!

This has to be the cutest cake I've ever seen!  My sister-in-law, Candie made this.  It's all edible except for the trailer.  Make sure you see all of the pictures of the cake for a surprise!

Here is baby Reed driving his daddy's tractor.

Uh oh, looks like the trailer lost a wheel and the baby chicks are falling out!  Stephanie to the rescue!

 

OH NO!  It looks like Lance had a little accident!

Isn't this cake the most hysterical thing you've ever seen?

Stephanie made this "Already Popped" banner.  So cute!

Some of the "Pop" related foods!

We also had popcorn chicken and popcorn shrimp, but for some reason, I forgot to take pictures of that.

The drink station.  Stephanie was going to have soda "pop" too, but was told she had enough things.  HAHA!

Not a pop theme here, but really good anyway!

Look at that giant spread!

The slideshow in the background showed pictures of Reed.

The candy bar.

The banner above the table says "Thanks for popping in!"

The boxes were used to hold the candy.

The sign-in table.  Hey, you gotta do what you gotta do. College is expensive!  LOL

The new parents!

Don't they look great?

We had a great time and I think everything turned out really well!

Welcome to our wonderful, crazy family, Reed!

Mama's Mumblings

Hey everyone!  I hope you all had a fantastic Labor Day weekend!

We did, because we did absolutely NOTHING, which is our very favorite thing to do!  Marty has been working so much overtime lately, it has been really nice to have him home for four whole days in a row.  However, as I am writing this, we have having flooding, storms, wind, and lots of power outages....he still may be called in before the morning (hopefully not, though)

We've gotten much needed rain and cooler temperatures.  I almost feels like Fall outside.  I just wish that Fall and the rain didn't decide to come all on one day (as my friend, Tiffany, said on FB).

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I have been working a little bit on my Halloween decor.  I've managed to get this almost ready to go:

I'm going to add some buckles to the shoes (that are on "her" feet) and "plant" the legs in an urn outside.  I found the shoes at the thrift store for $0.98!  Not too bad, huh?  I loved the other shoes (on the chair), but no matter how hard I shoved, I couldn't get those stiff mannequin feet to go in them.  HAHA!  I do have some other plans for those, however!  If the weather hadn't been so bad today, I would have probably put them out already!  So what if Halloween is still almost 2 months away!

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Since we had no plans this weekend, I also decided to get a head start on some Halloween/Christmas crafts I want to make.

I stopped before I attached everything together, because I promised the PTA president that I would help with the Box Tops for Education stuff for the school.  I've never seen so many teeny-tiny box tops in my life!  After cutting, checking expiration dates, and attaching I-don't-know-how-many of them to their papers, I decided to work on the rest later.  Besides, I was totally out of tape and patience.

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I am completely thrilled that we have a new grocery store within driving distance to us!  It opened Wednesday, so Marty and I decided to go by on Friday to see what all the fuss was about.

Yes, I am this excited over a Publix!  I know it probably seems weird to a lot of you, but the only places we have to grocery shop are Wal-Mart, Winn Dixie, and our local, family-owned store.  Don't get me wrong, I love our local store, but when I need to do my "big" shopping, I have to go to a chain store to afford it.  Not that Winn Dixie is cheap, but I can use a lot of coupons and they have a ton of BOGO sales.  I've wanted to try to get into couponing, but don't have much luck at Wal-Mart.  I'm hoping since Publix is within a 20 minute drive, I can learn to coupon a little more and save more money!  We are supposed to be getting our own (10 minute drive) Publix next year.  I can't wait!

Just look at all of that beautiful produce!

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Reed is HOME!  

(He is saying "TOUCHDOWN ALABAMA!")

He got to come home on Wednesday...his Mama's birthday!  Happy Birthday to Stephanie!

So far, he is doing great and growing like a weed!  Stephanie and Lance are so blessed that he is doing so well! Thank you all for your thoughts, prayers, and well wishes!

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Speaking of "Touchdown Alabama!", it's that time of the year again!

SEC FOOTBALL, BABY!

Alabama played a fantastic game against Kent State, on Saturday.

We are hoping for a repeat of the 2009 Season, this year!

ROLL TIDE ROLL!

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I've gotten a few comments about the Discus commenting system.  I know it is a big pain in the ol' booty and I don't have a clue how to fix it.  I am going to try a few things after I finish my work week and see if I can get it to work better for everyone.  I hate it, but I hate the Blogger option even more.  Thanks to all of you who have fought with it, and still choose to stay with me.  My bloggy buddies are the BEST!

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I hope you all have a wonderful week!

Two more banners complete!

I love making things.  At any given time, I have at least 10 or 15 2 or 3 projects going on.  Most of the time, my dining room (the only available space I have) looks like Hobby Lobby exploded in it.  I really need a craft room.  HAHA!

Frequently Occasionally, I start on a project, and for the life of me, just can't get it finished.  I don't know if it's my ADD or just plain laziness, I just can't seem to get my act together.  These two banners are two such projects.

The first is a banner that one of my long-time blog friends, Tee, asked me to make for an upcoming reunion.  I knew exactly what I wanted to do, but I couldn't find what I wanted, or if I did find what I wanted, the price was just too much.  Well, this week, I hit pay dirt at Hobby Lobby!  Not only did they have exactly what I was looking for, but it was also 50% off!  WOOOO HOOOOO!  Gotta love Hobby Lobby's 50% off sales!

The letters are metallic, so that's why they look different colors.

  I can't wait until Tee see's it, and I hope she loves it!

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The next banner is for a very special little man.  I've literally been working on this banner for the past 3 months.  I've changed shapes, sizes, papers....added things, taken away things.....I've spent more time on this banner than any other.  I guess the biggest thing is I really just want it to be special, and am afraid of it not matching, being the wrong colors, size, or the family just not liking it.  I told them that if they didn't like it, just pretend they do to my face, and they can throw it away when I'm not looking.  HAHA!

And if you haven't guessed it yet, the recipient is this little dude:

Who is doing SO WELL, that he may get to come home this week.....just in time for his Mama's birthday!

I can't wait to see his nursery finished with HIM in it!

So, for the first time in a long time, I'm finished with everything that HAS to be done for other people.  Which gives me time to work on something that is really important....

Jameson's birthday party!

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I hope everyone has a wonderful and fantastic last week of Summer!