We're back............

We're finally back into a groove of our normal routine, since being back from Dallas. Madeleine had no problem getting back to a routine. I on the other hand felt like I needed to sleep for at least two weeks. But, Morgan and Madeleine insist on me being awake....bleh.

Our trip was great and successful! We saw tons of family and friends and I still fell like we didn't get to see everyone (I told Morgan I needed a whole month in Dallas, and he just looked at me like I was crazy). I was a little nervous that Madeleine was going to be super shy around everyone, and basically attached to my leg or hip, but she surprised me. She let people carry her, hold her (for as long as they could, she's a wiggle worm), and even let people take her out of sight range from mommy. Hallelujah!!!

One of our main highlights was going to Klyde Warren Park, in downtown Dallas. If you haven't gone, GO! It's a great park for kids of all ages and they have food trucks! Delicious ones! They had the fountains/splash pad open and I completely forgot, so we went a little hillbilly side and let Madeleine play in her clothes. Thank goodness I brought an extra set! Homegirl had a blast! I used to take her to the splash pads in Austin every week since she was about 9 months and I think she misses them! Oh well, she has the beach here :)

Besides seeing family, two of the main reasons for going to Dallas were for my best friend's baby shower and wedding dress shopping with my bestie. Both were great! I'll start with the dress shopping. We started off our day with getting our hair and make-up done for the day. We didn't want to spend an arm and leg to get it done, so we went to the Ogle beauty school. The hair part was great, some curls and we were good! Then, we got to the make-up..........It took FOREVER!!! Now, I understand that they are in the process of learning and aren't professionals, but good lord, 1.5 hours for make-up! I really wanted to ask the girl if I could do it myself because she was so slow and wasn't exactly the best. At the end I found out that I was her second person EVER <side eye>. Anyhow, after we were finished, Lindsay's mom, Cyndi, picked us up in the "bride-mobile." She decorated her SUV  with cute paper wedding decorations and played "Here Comes the Bride." HAHA. Cute! She also had champagne! HALLELUJAH!! From there we went to see the top contender for her wedding venue. I won't give it away because not sure if she wants me to share that, just yet. Lets just say it was beautiful and I hope she picks it!!!

Now, for the most important thing..... dress shopping. We went to this cute little boutique called, Patsy's Bridal Boutique. It was just the right place to slowly let the bride dip her feet in. She tried on about 10 dresses, and I fell in love with two, or at least the style. And there were a few times that I definitely teared up as I saw her standing there. I'm going to be a hot mess on the wedding day! She did not find THE dress, but I think she got a sense of what she liked and didn't like. Success!!!! It was the best bestie day!!!

The next day, we were on our way Austin to celebrate baby girl Rojas and April. I will admit I was a little concerned about how this was going to turn out. There were 5 of us that were hosting the shower and we were all planning this via text and email. I'll admit that there were two of us that were a little more controlling and the other three were more laid back. I won't mention names ;) However, it all balanced out! It was fantastic and most importantly, mommy-to-be was happy! We had it at Z-Tejas and they served us appetizers and cocktails. The food was great and did I mention they had queso...... lots and lots of queso!!! So much queso that I took a to-go container, hahaha. Here are a few pics....

I do have to do a shout out to Reel Popcorn for providing the strawberry and vanilla flavored popcorn for the favor bags. People were breaking into them before the shower ended! I even saved me some while I was filling the bags, haha. Also, Batters Up Cupcakery for the awesome cupcakes. She made some that were banana pudding flavored and they had real bananas in the middle!!! OMG.DELICIOUS.

Before the shower we had all been trying to get out of April what the baby's name was going to be. The only thing she told us was the middle name, Grace, after her mother. So a few weeks before the shower I asked her, "If Madeleine wanted to get her future best friend a monogrammed gift, what would be the initials?" I am not above using my daughter! She replied "K." I immediately replied back, "Kennedy is singing to me." Her reply, "Keep singing." So, I started calling the baby Kim Kardashian, hahaha. Fast forward to April opening her gifts at her shower. She pulls out a blanket that she had made with the baby's name, and it's, Kenadee Grace Rojas....... I WAS RIGHT!!!!! I got the spelling wrong, but I was right!


I wish I would have taken more pictures but my phone was running out of space and I kept having to delete pictures. UGH! Next time I'll back up my pictures before I leave.

I'm going to wrap this one up because I need to shower because we have mommies night out with the girls from play group! See ya'll soon!