our newbie life: April 2011

so i was feeling bad that Rich wasn't involved in any of the baby shower festivities...it is his baby too!

so i decided to invite over his closest guy friends, our dads, and my brother. it just happened to be March Madness time! perfect timing!

i had the guys all come over on Final Four night....i told them I would have plenty of beer and food and all they had to do was show up with a pack of diapers and drink & eat!

basketball, beer, and buttcovers!! sounds so cute and manly!!

i spent the afternoon making everything:

pioneer woman's cheese sticks

chicken & steak quesadillas (on our huge george foreman...soo easy! one of our favorite wedding presents!)

Friday's cheeseburger sliders

RoTel queso

chocolate covered pretzels

buffalo chicken dip- super easy recipe from a friend:

2 packs of cream cheese

small bottle of ranch dressing

half a bag of colby jack shredded cheese

can of chicken

hot sauce (as much or as little as you want)

mix all together, sprinkle more cheese on top, and bake at 350 until the cheese melts

and of course....cupcakes!! i made black, orange, and white wrappers to match my basketball theme (available on my etsy shop!)

i even brought the beer/pop bucket into the living room so they didn't have to leave the room!

they didn't wait for me to get pictures though...as soon as the food was out they were all there!

cali really just wanted someone to drop something! and she LOVED all of the attention!

as soon as the food was out, my mom and i went shopping.

about 4 hours later, i came home to a full recycling bin, clean house (he even did the dishes-i was impressed-even with all the beer in him, they were pretty clean!), and a nice stack of diapers...over 400! pretty awesome!!