Wow. I'm really bad at this.

I can't believe that I haven't updated in so long!

Everything has been going good so far with the pregnancy. I'm 27 weeks now. Less than 100 days. Scary! We finally got the bedroom downstairs done so we could move most of the stuff out of the baby's room. Now we just need to move the computer and we'll be set! We got the crib and one of the dressers (the other one is on back order) so we can set that up as soon as we paint, which will probably be this weekend.

I have been feeling good. Finally started feeling the baby move last Sunday. The placenta is in front, so it makes it hard to feel movement. I'm really tired today, but that comes and goes depending on the day. We just got back from four days relaxing at the cabin, so I should be well rested! Oh well!

I'll post pictures when we start on the room.

Blog Change

It's pink for a girl!!

Ultrasound Pictures

We went to have our 20 week ultrasound on Thursday. We had hopes of finding out if the baby was a boy or girl, but the umbilical cord was in the way and the baby was moving too much. It make it hard to get all of the pictures they needed, but finally the tech was able to. We got to see the 4 chambers of the heart, the brain, spine, femer, and a bunch of other stuff.

Here's a picture of the face - which is on the right.
Profile shot
The arrow is pointing to a foot. She estimated them to be 1 inch in length.
Another profile shot
Both feet
Face shot
Looking down at baby, on the right is the head, two arms, and then probably the knees.
Profile with a hand in the air.
Looking down on baby.
We're hoping our doctor will bring us in for another ultrasound to find out if it's a boy or girl, but we'll have to see. Our next appointment is next week.

4th of July

Wow. I can't believe I haven't updated for so long. Not much going on here. Still pregnant. Getting over the being tired all of the time, which explains the lack of updates. For awhile there, I was lucky to get changed into pj's let alone blog. Things are looking up now!

I'll be 20 weeks on Sunday - half way done! I'm guessing this was the easy half. And what that also means is that on Thursday the 23rd - we are going to find out if the baby is a boy or girl. Well, that is if the baby cooperates. I really don't have a feeling either way yet. No dreams or feelings of what gender the baby is. I'll definitely post when we know what's going on.

So, 4th of July.

It was great. We went up to the cabin with about 50 of my relatives. Okay, maybe a couple less than that, but it was at least 30. The weather was great after being cold that week. We got there Saturday. Dh had to get out the squirt guns he got at Cabela's the week before. He was SO excited. Of course, he had a double barrel while all of the kids had a single barrel. He didn't even wait to get his swimsuit on. Clothes and all, he started the water fight. The kids loved getting him, but didn't like when he got them! Here's the meanie in action!:
After that, we took the little cousins out tubing. They loved it. After dinner, we took the little cousin's picture that we do every year. This one didn't work as well. Too many squirmers. Uncle Dave and Cousin Dave put on a great fireworks display with Auntie Kaye providing the music. Now we just need to cut down some trees for next year! Hope you all had a great 4th as well. I'll update more next week once we find out!

New Pictures!

We had another Dr appointment today. The Dr said we were lucky to have so many ultrasounds already! I guess the next one isn't until week 20 - that's in July!! I don't know if I can wait that long!

Baby was 1.5 inches today. I can't believe how much it's grown, and how small it still is!

Here's a picture of the baby, front view. I rotated the picture so the head is on top. The small dots to either side are the arms. We didn't get to hear the heartbeat today, no doppler on the ultrasound machine, but we could see it was going really good.
This is a picture from basically the waist up. The thing on the left is it's arm! It's either waving or giving a high five - we couldn't quite tell! This is my favorite shot of the day.
Here's from the waist down - you can see two legs sticking out. No, you can't tell if it's a boy or girl yet!
Here's the last picture the Dr took. It's just a closer up of the baby. You can see the facial bones a little bit - they are the brighter white spots on the head.
So that was our big day today. We don't have another appointment for a month.

Finally Back!

I know, I know. Even Dh said it's been a long time since I blogged. Well, it's been hard to come up with posts when I can't talk about the biggest thing going on in my life. If you couldn't tell by the ticker on the side of my blog, I'm pregnant!

I found out right before my birthday, April 4. I am due December 7. Right now, I'm 11 weeks, and will be 12 weeks on Sunday - which means I'll be done with my first trimester! That's so crazy! I can't believe how fast it's going already!

Here's an ultrasound I had done at 7 weeks, the baby was only 1.63cm long. I have another appointment on Friday, so hopefully I'll get better pictures then. It's too small to see much, but it's still cool to see it. We got to hear the heartbeat at that appointment too. It really makes it that more real!


Everything has been going good - no morning sickness or anything. Just tired, hungry, and I have to pee a lot! Both Dh and I are really excited.

Well, I hopefully will be better at blogging now that I've made the announcement. I'll be sure to post the ultrasound pictures from Friday either that night or when we come back from the cabin after Memorial Day.

8 is Great!

Today is Baron Darvel's 8th birthday! It's been raining a little today, which is not his favorite, but he did get a bone, so I think he's enjoying his day! Here's some pictures of him:

This is the first day we brought him home. He was so tiny!! Orion was about a month older than Baron when we got him, so we weren't used to a puppy this small. He stunk because all of the puppies were living together in an old chicken coop. Maybe this is why he doesn't like water too much?! I love that you can see Orion's nose - checking everything out.
Another picture of Baron as a puppy. That bone's almost as big as him!Here's the two brother's sleeping, it's interesting to see what a one year old weimaraner looks like compared to a puppy! They grow so much in one year!This is Baron now. He always sits like this with his legs out - actually, he's doing right now as I type!And a cute glamor shot of Baron! He always looks so sad! So happy birthday Baron!

9 Whole Years Old

Today is Orion's 9th birthday. I can't believe my puppies are getting that old! He's not great about letting me take pictures of him, so I got a few a couple of minutes ago.

Here he is protecting the yard from all of the walkers.
Standing next to the fence we share with our messy neighbors.
And then sniffing through the fence with his brother.
No cake or anything (he already weighs 100 pounds!), but I'm sure he'll get some extra belly rubs. And that's all a dog can ask for, right?

Hoppy Easter!

I've wanted to do this project for awhile now, but kept forgetting florist wire. I finally got it last night and made these button flowers. I'll have to collect more buttons to get a bigger collection, but I think for now they look cute with my other flowers.

My Mom made me this quilt runner for my birthday. It's really beautiful. Here's a close up of it. I love that she sews and quilts. She so good at it. I wish I knew how, but I just don't have the patience for it.

Tomorrow we're going to my brother and sister-in-law's house for dinner. It should be fun! Hope you all have a great Easter!

Birthday

I had a great birthday! My family came over that night for dinner. Dh and I had a bet on how quickly our nephew would ask to play the Wii. He barely took off his shoes and was asking to bowl. He did that a couple of times, and then he noticed our Legos Star Wars game. He LOVES Star Wars! After that, that's all he wanted to play. I think he and Dh played it for 6 hours! Here's a picture of Dh, nephew and niece playing the Wii. It was very funny to watch! Dh tried to get him to play anything else, but he wasn't having it! By the way, don't you love our niece's tights? So cute!

So, thanks to everyone for the birthday wishes. I had a great weekend!

Happy Birthday to Me!

I can't believe I'm 32 today! My family just left from helping me celebrate - now I'm just going to enjoy the rest of the night.

Good Things

This week hasn't been much fun with Dh and I both sick (him more so than me), so I thought I'd do a blog of some cool things I've found recently.

1. Doily Clocks - I love this! I couldn't tell that it was a doily at all. Gives me ideas for the hundreds my Grandma has made me over the years. But I really love this circular one too.
You can find them here. 2. My friend Beth just started selling Tastefully Simple and at her party last week, she had us try one of their new seasonings for summer, Green Tea Peppercorn. She had us try a little on some beer bread - and I wanted to eat the whole container! It's SO good!! I'm going to make these potatoes next week for my birthday. I CAN'T WAIT!! 3. The cutest rubons from Hambly. I want to own these in every color. For no reason at all. I think they'd make the cutest decorations for a baby or kids room. I guess I'd have to work on that for this to be relevant! 4. I must be hungry - but this looks awesome! Parmesan Crusted Chicken from Pioneer Woman. It looks good enough that I think Dh wouldn't even know there's mayo in it.
5. This one's kind of a DUH! for me - Google Reader. WHY haven't I been doing this for years? I just set up every website I go to the other day - it makes everything so much easier! I mean, one place where you can check if the sites you visit have been updated? Too cool. I'm finally with the times!

6. I haven't brought it up yet, but next week is my birthday! I'm always super excited for it! My family and Dh's family comes over and we hang out, eat, and eat some more. This year, I'll have lots of good stuff from Tastefully Simple to serve them, which means we'll all be stuffed and I'll have too many leftovers! Oh well, that's what it's all about, right?

Legally Happy

I'm so excited for this!!

Princess Party

So yesterday was the niece's 3rd birthday. We went to their house early to help them get ready for the party. My niece wanted curly hair, so her mom and I put it in rollers. She looked so cute with them in!
The curls didn't last much longer than taking them out of the rollers! Oh well! We tried. She also dressed up in her Tinkerbell outfit, which was so cute. I tried to take some pictures of her with the princess balloons, but she just wasn't having it!
Here's my niece blowing out her candles on her princess cake. I can't believe she's 3 already! We had a great time yesterday, and it was so nice to spend it with my family.

Mid March Update

I can't believe how quickly March is going! Not much going on here, just work really. We got a couple of inches of snow earlier in the week. I'm sure most of it will be gone by the end of the weekend.

I was able to do some scrapping the other weekend. I'm finally getting caught up to Christmas!

Heidi's going to kill me for this one, but I love how it turned out, so I had to share.
Dh and the nephew at Christmas. I had a hard time with the layout, so it's a little boring, but I'm okay with that.
The niece at Christmas with her kitchen. I love that I was able to capture her unwrapping the box in every stage. And then her happy dance - so cute!
The nephew playing the Wii. I had all of these shots that weren't that great, but really captured him playing. So after I cropped the hell out of them, I think it worked!
My crazy niece at Christmas with her dress-up clothes.
Tomorrow is my niece's 3rd birthday. She's going to have a Princess party. It should be so much fun. I'm really excited for it!

Creative stuff

I did a lot of shopping this weekend, trying to get some healthy food in the house. But Saturday night, I had to try the butterfly thing that Alli Edwards featured on her blog on Friday. Here's my take -
I used the Anthropology catalog that came on Saturday. It was really fun to make. Here's a close up:
Here's some layouts I've done in the past couple of weeks:

This is a picture that I glittered around because the background was too distracting. And because Marni is just that fabulous!
Dh's Grandparents anniversary:
And some old pictures of Dh and his Grandpa.

Can anyone else believe it's March already? Crazy!