A Baby Reunion

As most everyone knows, being a part of Stroller Strides since Cammy was about 2 months old has been one of the greatest things I have ever done since becoming a parent!  It has provided me with a kid friendly workout, a huge network of mommy friends, friends for Cammy (and Hailey now too) and a group of women that I can always count on for getting advice and sharing my struggles and successes with.  This is huge as a new parent (and a veteran one too)!!

It seemed around the time we got pregnant with Hailey that there was just a HUGE baby boom at Stroller Strides.  SIX of us were all due all within a month and a half of each other beginning with my due date of Dec. 7th and going thru mid January.  The group started with getting all the preggos together for pedicures as we prepped for our babies to arrive. We enjoyed getting out for a little pampering and then occasionally doing dinner afterwards.  Having babies so close together and all being our second or third baby really seemed to bond us together.

At our first pedicure night...

lined up by due date beginning with me on the right

Our bellies and toes in no particular order :)

So once we all had our babies I thought it was a must to get us all together again for a little baby playdate reunion.  I invited all the moms and kiddos over to my house and we sat around sharing our birth stories, admiring each other's babies and getting advice (and of course talking about who is on board for another baby in the near future).  And no baby playdate reunion is complete without a picture :)

Babies in order or due date... 

starting with the red and black outfit and going to the right with Hailey

Six babies all born within a month and a half of each other!!

Only the girl older siblings would cooperate for a sibling picture

And the best part about this little group of six mommies and our kiddos....we have already planned for our second baby playdate reunion in another month!

Seahawks WIN the Superbowl!!!!!

The day the Seahawks won the conference championship game against the 49ers, we noticed this entire state come together with tremendous Seahawk pride!!  Everywhere you would look you would see a 12th Man flag flying at someone's house or on their cars, green and blue clothes everywhere, and the Seahawks logo proudly displayed places.  It was crazy how united this state became over just one football game, but we were darn proud to be a part of it!

Seahawks WIN the conference championship against the Niners!!

We are going to the Superbowl!!!!

If everyone was that excited about the conference winning game, we knew the day the Superbowl was here would be INSANE...and we were right!!!  Stores were sold out of almost anything Seahawks related and people were pumped for the game.  It was hard to not become a fan.  I mean this was the first time since 2006 that the Seahawks were in the Superbowl, so it was a REALLY big deal!  I of course had to get this whole family blue and greened out, so I made sure we all had something to wear the day of the big game.

We spent the Superbowl with our friends (and a bunch of people we didn't know) cheering on the Seahawks.  And despite the runaway game, it was still an amazing sight to see our team win and become Superbowl Champions for the very FIRST time!!!

Our little Seagals :)

Our family on Superbowl day

A family photo after a Superbowl WIN!

As if the hype and craziness wasn't enough leading up to the Superbowl, we then had the Seahawks Victory Parade in downtown Seattle on Wednesday, Feb. 5th.  I really wanted to go as a family but realized the night before (when I watched the news and saw people already setting up camp on the streets to watch) that it probably wasn't the best idea with a toddler and a newborn.  I am definitely proud to call Seattle my home as I watched 700,000 people come out for the victory parade and support the Seahawks on their big win!!!

Picture taken from the internet of what Seattle looked like for the parade

In the words of Cammy...

"GO HAWKIES!"