bridal shower cake

i made this cake and the cupcakes for the best friends bridal shower. the top tier was a conffetti cake with vanilla buttercream and the bottom tier was a triple chocolate cake with chocolate cream cheese frosting. it was super delicious! congrats carissa and dallen!!

still growing.

maddix turned 8 months old on saturday. AND guess what else? he said his first word! “DADA”. sooo precious. we love hearing this little guy talk.  8 months also means..crawling a lot faster now, loves to feed himself, clapping, almost sleeping through the night {i feel like i’ve been saying this for awhile now}, another haircut, still has lots of chub, can now take a bottle when needed, can drink out of a sippy cup, had his first trip to the zoo in 105 degree weather, overly-friendly with babies {lets hope its not a big bully coming out in him!}, loves bath time, loves being outside, and last but not least..he is a major mammas boy! {don’t let his first word fool you :) jk he absolutely loves his daddy too.} i will be talking in the other room and he will follow my voice and crawl across the house to find me. smart kid!

  
  

this kid keeps us pretty entertained. he has such a fun personality! we love him more than words can explain. such a good boy!
i finally took a picture of our house with the grass AND flowers. and please notice the amazing rain clouds in the background..dont you just love days like those?

training

so training’s going well! besides the the fact that i have crappy knees and an owie on my hip. my sister in law katie & i wake up at 5 two days a week to run. i dread these days. its a love hate relationship. love to run, hate to wake up to darkness. and saturdays i run when ever i can wake up..or whenever maddix wakes me up. :) the farthest i've run so far is 6 miles. i am proud to say that i beat my record time yay! i was going for 8 min miles but i think it came out to like 8.5 min miles? you do the math. i did it in 52 min. i am hoping to do better than that in the turkey trot though. 5 weeks until the half marathon! i’m excited and nervous. but mostly excited :) my motivations will be 1. to drink a large chocolate protein shake when finished. 2. to wear the shirt around and say that i did it :) 3. to burn 1300 1800 calories in one day {1300 from running 500 from nursing. SCORE!}. 4. to hopefully enjoy a nice dinner out to eat..yeah brig?? 5. to be in good shape of course!
thats all for now.
love, shelby
p.s. did i mention that in 21 days i will be riding the waves in hawaii with my lovely husband? not to mention i get to run a 5 mile & 9 mile there and i am STOKED! and yes, brigham will be joining me for those as well :)

pss. it wouldnt be a complete post if i didnt post a picture of my darling maddix. so here he is with his cheesy, but adorable smile, enjoying the AMAZING weather.