The Newest Addition

On Tuesday, June 5th, M and I went over to my cousin John and wife Jen's house in Woodbury to visit their newest addition.  Jen had an emergency c-section on Friday, June 2nd, (about 10 days earlier than her due date) and delivered a healthy baby girl named Alaina Rose.  Jen was getting around just fine and climbing up and down stairs with ease and everyone was happy and well!

It's also John and Jen's 2nd anniversary today.  Happy Anniversary John and Jen and congratulations!

I can't forget about the furry babies as well.  Hi Bucko and Lucy! 

Tiny Tillia

Have you heard of Tiny Tillia? It's a company by Avon that carries high quality baby and children's items as well as for mom.  I picked out some items and they sent them to me for review. 

I picked out something that would be good for a girl, a boy and for mom.  The first is this dress.  When I first opened it, I didn't realize it came with little bloomers until I looked in the dress.  It has flowers around the bottom of the dress and then a cute little mouse in between the flowers. This dress is adorable and would be cute on any little girl.  It ranges in size from 0-3 months to 18-24 months.  And it's on sale right now for $14.99!

Cute!

The next item is perfect for either boy or girl or anyone.  When I received this blanket, I couldn't believe how soft it was.  It's a two sided blanket that measures 30' x 40".  While it looks cute below, I think it's even cuter in person. This blanket was given as a gift to a little baby girl that was born very recently.  This one is on sale right now as well for $14.99.

I know the perfect baby for this blanket!

I picked out this next outfit with my nephew Colton in mind.  The shirt is perfect for summer and so are the pants as they are convertible pants.  The bottoms can be rolled up for a shorter look.  This comes in sizes up to 4T.  This is currently on sale for $24.99.

Perfect for my nephew Colton

The last item I had for review was this super cute diaper bag.  It's cute enough to be a purse and can be converted to a tote bag after your done using it as a diaper bag.  There's compartments for your keys, wallet, cell phone and it also comes with a wristlet.  There are areas to put sippy-cups and bottles and it comes with a removable changing pad.  This retails for $40 but is currently on sale for $29.99.

An awesome diaper bag

Even though I don't have kids, I spent some time on the Tiny Tillia website looking at all their products and I find them to be completely affordable with many cute items and a wide variety of items such as toys for playtime and bathtime, accessories, clothes for babies and toddlers and skincare products as well.  They have almost everything on sale right now for a limited time.

Target Field: Twins vs. Mariners

Tuesday, September 20th was my last Twins game of the year.  My friend Chris had great seats behind home plate so I tagged along and was pretend wife and pretend mommy to Asher while his real wifey Tanya was at work.  I've been to Target Field more than 20 times and I've never had as good of seats as I had on Tuesday but despite the good seats, the fun of being at Target Field diminishes when the Twins are so bad.  Of course they lost 5-4 and when this post is published, the Twins will have 99 or 100 loses for the year!

A lady next to me asked how old my son was and I quickly said, "Oh, he's not mine" and just smiled.  I think it caught her a little off guard and she told me that Asher was staring intently into my eyes. He was a very good baby at the game.  He didn't really cry and he started to get a little crabby when we left because it was almost feeding time.  Thanks Chris for the great seats and decent company!  Ha ha. :)

It was Star Wars night or nerd night or....something

What a cute little family we are!

Yay Twins!

I'm pretending I'm maternal

    

Saturday Night Company

M and I went over to Tanya and Chris' house to hang out with them on Saturday, July 2nd.  We had tickets to the Twins game but ended up selling them.  We watched part of the Twins game at their house and watched the Twins go from a 7-3 lead to losing 8-7 in a period of about 20 minutes.  We just hung out talking, drinking and eating a little and listening to music or watching TV.  We got to see Asher's nursery for the first time and while Tanya and I were looking at all of Asher's cute new clothes, Chris and Michael were drinking and talking on the other side of the nursery.  We spent about 30 minutes all talking about different baby items and hanging out in the nursery before realizing that hey, we're all still hanging and drinking beer in the nursery.  :)  Maybe you had to be there but it was one of those moments where you realize that your friends are now definitely parents! 

Cosmo is still their little girl! 

Pizza Baby

M and I went over to Tanya and Chris' house on June 29th to hang out and eat dinner.  We brought pizza and bread sticks from Little Caesar's.  This was also our second time seeing little Asher since he was born.  We realized that day was also Tanya's original due date but he was already three weeks old.  He's still tiny and skinny but wow, do they grow up fast!

Baby Asher

One of the newest babies on the planet arrived last Wednesday, June 8th.  Asher McVey Zenner was born at 8:46 am weighing 7 lb 8 oz and 21 inches to parents Chris and Tanya.  Little Asher arrived very early as Tanya's due date was June 29th.  Remember that 103 degree day last week?  Well that's the day that Chris and Tanya had an appointment with the hospital for a tour and just before they were to leave, Tanya's water broke.  They packed up some things and went to the hospital where they were asked if they were there for the tour.  Yeah, a little more than just a tour.  Tanya was admitted and about 14 hours later, Asher was here.  Asher's middle name is McVey, which is in honor of Chris's mom.  She passed away from cancer when Chris was 17 and McVey was her maiden name.

We went to see Asher in the hospital the day after he was born and he looks like both mom and dad. He didn't open his eyes while we were there and he was just wrapped so tight in his blanket like a burrito. Both Tanya and Asher are doing well and they left the hospital on Friday afternoon.  Congratulations to both Tanya and Chris!