Too Cute

Here is the best dog ever (Bodie) with the new comer (Milo). Bodie is still not very fond of Milo yet but hopefully he will come around. Milo is doing good health wise but because of the cold weather it is still a struggle to try and do the potty training thing. He does not like being in the crate at night when we go to bed and whines A LOT! He is really good at testing my patience at 7 in the morning when I could be sleeping in.

Paint is on the Walls!

This is the beginning stages of one nice nursery! On Tuesday my mom, Lauren, Hector, and Nora Joy came over to help stripe the nursery. When my mom and I did the first stripe in the middle of thewall where the crib is I was not to sure about it. I loved the solid blue so much I was afraid that is would not be what I was looking for.

I text Matt about it and sent him a picture then called Lauren to come over and get her opinion. After much debate and hearing every one's opinion, we decided the stripes were a go but decided to space out the darker stripe a little bit.

My frustration level went high pretty quick because of all the measuring and then making sure you were taping a straight line. My family had done striping before but I guess when it is in your house you worry about it a little bit more. We finally got a system going of my mom measuring out the stripes, I would tape the stripes, and Lauren would begin to paint the stripes. I would get aggravated and have my mom come help me often, but in the end it was completely worth it. It looked amazing!

After a loaded day of staring at the walls my mom and I went fabric shopping to try and figure out what other fabrics I would use in the room. We went to Jo-Ann's and were successful. We then came back to my house and Matt was home. We got to reveal the room to him and he loved it! It is so much fun showing someone for the first time because it is the shock factor that you see in their face. It will be really fun to show someone at the end who has not seen anything through the process.

Insperation

This is a nursery that inspires me. I found it on a blog called designdazzles. I love how soft this is and how it's so easy on the eyes. It is so simple with the colors and at the same time so elegant.

Nursery under construction.......

Christmas day cluster will soon be cleaned! Tomorrow we clean and paint the new baby's room! My family is coming over to help paint and I will hopefully have pictures up soon of the new paint for the new room on a new day!

One Christmas Down

Tonight we went to Matt's mom's side of the family Christmas at his grandmothers house. Some of the family we only see once a year so the little ones look so much bigger. I was able to keep my niece tonight so it was a little bit of a trail period to see how we both did. Everything went great, but she is an awesome baby so it was not too difficult. I finally got a picture of Matt and I and also of my baby bump! This is at 19 weeks and 5 days.

On My Wish List****

Although I did not take this picture and put it up, it is from the internet and I did it all by myself! This is a crib and changing table that is listed on Craigslist that I really like! I have been emailing with the people and hope if it all works out we will get them on Tuesday. Matt's parents have decided to get them for us for one big present for all of the showers. But since I can't wait I am going to be able to go ahead and put them in the room before the showers begin!! I can't wait!!

Times Flies When You're...Busy?

Once again it has been a little to long since the last blog. I have 2 more days of school and I am out for 2 weeks. Right now it seems like the time has flown by and I am not sure what all I have accomplished. I feel like I have so much to do and am on a count down that seems to be going really fast. We are slowly trying to move things around the house. We are making the guest bedroom into the nursery and the office to a guest bedroom. I know everything I want to do but a week goes by and I realize I have not done anything that I wanted or needed to get done. On a new note in my life....

My husband Matt has been wanting a new dog ever since our Boston Terrier got ran over at the age of 1. So after a year of very stern "no's" I finally gave in to an "okay." He was going to get the puppy for Christmas but it ended up being an early Christmas present from his parents. So we have the puppy now, another Boston Terrier, that is like having a child....I think. Three mornings a week I take him, Milo, to Matt's grandmothers for the day and pick him up on the way home, already a babysitter in the picture. She loves him and we are so glad she is willing to take care of him ALL DAY!

Well we got him at 6 weeks and he is now almost 8 weeks. The other morning we woke up and Milo started throwing up. We did not take him to the vet but watched him closely and he seemed to be fine. Today he started coughing up blood. Not only that but he has worms....one X-ray and 274 dollars later we think he will be okay. And for the record the dog is not something that I really wanted but gave into because Matt is so damn persistent.

On a less expensive note we went to the doctor yesterday and had our first "normal" experience. We met with a new doctor and Matt and I both really liked him. He joked around and just seemed to have time to talk to us. Matt asked every question he could think of and at the end of the appointment I was on a very strict no whites diet.... if you only knew me! Carbs are my life, I would die without them. So I am sure we are going to have to find a happy medium somewhere because 20 weeks on just healthy food might kill me, literally.

One day I will get a cute prego picture of me on here. I don't think I have taken any and that's just sad!

Enjoying Family

I just got back to real life after 9 great days off with lots of family. I went to North Carolina to visit with my sister, brother in law, and niece. My mother and I flew in Saturday night. Our flight was at 10, we landed at 11:30 and had an hour and a half drive.....we got lost. Needlees to say we went to bed really late. Being there with all of them was so much fun! We flew back Monday night so it was a quick trip but worth it.

I also did lots of shopping for Christmas during the break. Including a little for the new one coming. I got the fabric for the room and I can't wait for Christmas break to get started in there.

On Thanksgiving we went to Matt's side of the family for dinner. Matt cooked the turkeys, which he has never done before, and they turned out great. It is so much fun seeing family you have not seen all year. There is so much going on with everyone. On Sunday we celebrated Thanksgiving with my side for lunch. The 3 great grand children were there and I think we all realized how much fun it is to have little ones around again. Isabella is the smartest and cutest thing every. Caleb and Nora Joy pretty much slept and ate the entire time, exactly what new borns are suppose to do.

So now we are back to school for 3 weeks. It was really nice to have a break from everything but at the same time good to be back to the routine of everything. Tonight we go to our 3d ultasound to get a video and pictures of the little one....it's so exciting!