FUN WEEKEND!

WOW!! What a weekend! The most fun thing was ELLIE'S FIRST BIRTHDAY PARTY!!! YEA! Here's a brief overview of our weekend....
Friday night, I had a girls night out with the girls in our small group. It actually ended up being girls night IN because we decopaged (I have no idea how to spell that....we used modge podge on stuff!) and had lots of fun! Justin and Ellie had a fun daddy/daughter night while I was gone.
Saturday, Meghan and Ashleigh came over for lunch and then we went out for pedicures since we are all pregnant and definitely deserve some extra pampering! It was lots of fun and great to spend time with those girls! On Saturday night, Ells and I headed to Lincoln to have dinner at Mom and Dad's with the family in from St. Louis (Justin was at work!). Here's a picture of Ellie and Isabel together that night. Isabel is SO CUTE and it was so precious to see her and hear her cute little voice (in English and Spanish!) I think that Victoria and John probably snapped some better pictures of them that night than this...I'll post some if I get copies! (hint hint!)
Then the madness began on Sunday...well...where do I begin!? Sunday was Ellie's party and other than that and church, we didn't have anything big on the agenda. That was, until I passed out in the shower! I have to really take my time trying to get ready for things so that I don't overdo it and cause contractions, etc. So, I started early and got in the shower and (like always) threw up while in the shower. And then I don't remember anything except throwing up and I woke up on the ground in freezing cold water! So, apparently while I was getting sick, I passed out and have a nice knot on my head now. So, I went to the hospital and they checked everything out and pretty much everything is okay. I started feeling better by the time I got to the hospital, but they had to check everything out regardless. I'll be fine, Lincoln is fine, I just have a few more restrictions and can't really do much of anything if I'm home alone with Ellie so that I don't have another 'incident'!
Now....onto the fun things...ELLIE'S PARTY!!!! First of all, nothing would have happened were it not for my mom, Nicki, Connie, and many other family members and friends. Knowing the kind of morning that we ended up having, it's a good thing that so many people volunteered to help and really did everything! THANK YOU AGAIN! Ellie had a great party and LOVED her cupcake! She ate ALL OF IT and really likes icing! She also did a great job opening her presents (with much help from cousin Gabbi!)! She got SO many cute clothes, toys and books. She is having a lot of fun trying out her new toys (though we're not getting them ALL out yet!) and I'm having fun playing dress up by trying on her new outfits! As you can tell, everyone had to wear a tiara or a crown since it was a PRINCESS party! It was so fun! Okay...here's some pictures!

Ellie opening up presents! She really liked looking at the cards!
A quick family picture while Ellie was diving into her cupcake!
The little Princess!
Eating her cupcake! She loved it!

And finally, I just got back from the doctor's a few minutes ago and everything looked good! Lincoln grew really well again last week, so thank you for your continued prayers! At this time, we're still looking at April 17th at 7:15 AM for the c-section, so we'll plan on that...but I'm really done being pregnant now, especially after our little incident this weekend! We'll see...but other than that, things are going really well! It was SO GREAT to see family and friends this weekend and realize how incredibly blessed we are to be surrounded by such loving people!

Also, I realized as I was going through pictures that I don't have one of all the cousins together (on my side or Justin's!). I wanted a picture of that! Did anyone get one!? If so, please pass it on! Thanks!