Baby #2 Room

David worked really hard yesterday painting and putting together a crib for Baby #2's room. Here is a sneak peak.

I'm in love with blue and brown together. Just hope the little one really is a boy!! David came up with the idea of stripes and they turned out great! It's a good thing he is a perfectionist. I am not and would probably have had some interesting "vertical" stripes had I been the one to paint.

This room used to be green and we called it "the green room". If you click on the picture, you can see the green on the insides of the window. We are debating if we make that blue or white. Bye bye "Green Room"

Unfortunately the crib was not what we thought. The side railing doesn't come down and with me being a bit shorter, I'm not sure if that will work out for my back. I'm debating on contacting Target to see how we'd return something we already put together. If anyone had a crib out there and didn't lower the sides at all, let me know how that worked for you!

Thanksgiving Pics

We had a nice Thanksgiving this year. Very simple and laid back. This is exactly what I needed.

Lily with her Grandma. Grandma held Lily while David and I got dinner ready.

Lily hung out with Grandpa after dinner!

Family pics. Darn, I didn't get one with just David, Lily and me. Pregger brain! ha ha

The day of Giving Thanks

Happy Thanksgiving Everyone!!

Today I am thankful for many things. I feel very fortunate with the life I have.

I'm thankful for:

My Family
David: I love sharing my life with you. You are my best friend and I can't imagine life without you!

Lily: You are one of the coolest people I know. You are so sweet and lovable. I love you more than I could have ever imagined.

Baby to come: I'm so excited to meet you and welcome you into our family. Love you!

Parents: You are the best parents anyone could ask for. You just love your family no matter what and I hope that I can be just like you with my kids.

Siblings: I'm so lucky to have all of you! Life would be quite duller if you weren't in it. I love when we are all together and I can't wait to see everyone again.

And to all my extended family, love you lots!

My Friends
I am so blessed to have many really great people in my life. If I could see all of my friends all of the time, that would be awesome. I'm grateful for the internet to keep in touch with those of you who live far away. *hugs*

People are what make my life. I am grateful for the things I do have, but they do not compare to the people. I hope all of those whom I know, whom I have bumped into, whom I haven't met yet have a wonderful Thanksgiving Day!

Thanksgiving Day Prep

Lily helping me make homemade rolls!

Today I am prepping for Thanksgiving. I have my homemade rolls rising and will bake them in about 2 hours. I am cleaning the house (with the help of my awesome husband). I'm also starting to feel a bit tired, okay, exhausted. Being 36 weeks pregnant with a huge belly and chasing an almost two year old around is quite tiring. Lily is going through this phase of whining/crying when asking for things. Oh no! We must put a stop to this now. I told her today that when she whines/cries, I will be leaving the room until she can ask me nicely. It worked this morning, so perhaps she will learn soon that whining gets no where in this house!

Anyways...Thanksgiving tomorrow will be nice and simple. We have a simple menu and only my in-laws will be joining us. Had I been thinking ahead, I really would have preferred to go out to eat somewhere. I have almost never thought that would be fun to do on Thanksgiving. I normally enjoy all the cooking and family and friends coming over. It just seems a bit much this year. Thankfully, David enjoys cooking and will be doing most of it tomorrow. Thanks husband!

School Days

Lily had school today and I'm happy to report that the last three weeks have gone great. She shows up to school and will go play without any tears! Hip hip hooray!

David and I got to hang out today. We went to the hospital to pre-register. I know myself in labor and this lady is not signing paperwork while in labor. So, happy to have that completed. Then we ran a few errands and had lunch at La Baguette.

Last night I had my monthly bookclub. We read Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen. I haven't completely finished the book, but I know the story from watching the miniseries with hunka hunka Colin Firth. I was a Jane virgin and may pick up a few more of her books. I hear Mansfield Park is a good one.
I'm contemplating reading the Twilight series as several of my friends are raving about it. It took me quite awhile to read Harry Potter. I think the 4th book was out before I actually started. So, perhaps Twilight will be like that for me too. I'll think "What took me so long?"

No big plans this weekend. I do get to hang out with some of the girl friends on Sunday for coffee and I'm looking forward to that. I haven't hung out with them in a good long time.

Sorry no new pictures. Although, I did promise my friend Nicole a picture of me at the end of my pregnancy with Lily.
Here ya go Nic - Check out that Lily ball! ha ha!

Warm Days

The last couple of days have been so warm here! Today the highs are in the 70s. What? In Mid-November? Welcome to Colorado! Anyhoo. Yesterday Lily and I played out on the porch with bubbles. Today we went to the park. I actually sought out some shade as I started to get sweaty. I even took our dog, Maya to the park today and wore her out by throwing the ball for her. A bit of a challenge with a toddler and a ball crazy dog, but we got through it.

Excuse the no-pants. Lily enjoys her afternoons sans pants. She will say "Legs?" when requesting to be pant-less.

I have been really bad about belly shots this pregnancy. This is me today at 35 weeks!

Hanging out at home

I feel like the last few weeks/months have been a roller coaster with health. I got hit with food poisoning this weekend. Thursday night David and I went out to dinner and I think I got something bad. I was sick all that night and all Friday. Still not feeling the best today, but am able to keep food down and I'm up and about.

David is having guy night tonight. Lily is in bed and the house is nice and quiet. Doesn't happen too often around here. I have a few administrative things to work on, then I think I may try to watch a movie.

Last Tuesday, Lily and I went to Subway. She loves their ham and cheese.

After Subway, we went to the park! Lily could be on the swings for hours if we let her.

I finished my blanket! This was a simple knitted square pattern. I originally bought this yarn when I first found out I was pregnant. At that time, I didn't know I was having a boy and I think this looks too girlie, so I may give this one to Lily and make baby boy one down the road. I have plenty of knitted blankets that he won't be in need.

Finally feeling normal again

Today I finally feel normal. The last few days have been a bit crazy. Saturday night I had a Mom's Night Out with a couple of my girl friends. We went to Rock Bottom and had a really nice time. I come home that night to find out Lily had been getting sick once an hour since about 6:30pm. She continued to get sick once an hour until 6am. We were a fairly mellow family on Sunday. Then I had insomnia on Sunday night. Therefore, Monday was a very hard day for me. I was so very tired all day long. I finally got some sleep last night. I feel like a person again!

Just showing off my latte skills again. My foaming skills are so varied. One day it's awesome, the other, not so much. I still don't know how to make it consistently foamy.

Since David and I are big coffee drinkers, Lily like to pretend she is having her coffee too. We give her an espresso cup, fill it with foam and she has a ball.

I bought myself a new baby sling. It holds kiddos up to 35lbs. David tried it out for me and Lily seemed to enjoy it! I plan to use this quite often with Baby #2!

These are pics from my Mom's Night Out on Saturday:

Tonya and Denise


Sabrina and Tonya

Kristi and Nicole

Nicole and me

Don't you love girlfriend pictures? We can never be alone in the picture, must have a friend to get a picture. hee hee!

Scratching Backs and Coco Ryan

A few weeks ago I gave Lily a little back rub/scratch. Now she requests them. Every day! She asks "Scratch back?" I love love love back massages, so I can't blame her. The other day I was attempting to do my prenatal yoga while Lily was awake. On a few of my poses, she scratched my back! Sweet girl. The rest of the time, I was a jungle gym. So, no more yoga with awake child.

Lily is speaking really well lately. She is putting more and more words together. When she wants something, she puts the color of the object along with with name of the object. She may ask for her "white blanket" or "pink spoon" or "red Elmo" or "purple shirt". She is also using more verbs/nouns together. I came downstairs the other morning and had just washed my hair. Lily asked "Wash hair?" The best was when I was making coffee and making quite a bit of noise in the process. Lily asked "Mama, doing?" I'm really enjoying this stage with Lily. It's like having a little buddy around whom you can actually interact with now! That being said, I still need my adult time and sometimes miss it greatly during the day. Thank goodness for playgroups and bookclubs and going out. Speaking of, a couple of my girl friends are taking me out this Saturday to celebrate the up and coming birth of Baby #2! I can't wait!!


This is David's good buddy, Ryan. He stopped by this weekend. Lily calls him "Uncle Ryan" but sounds like "Coco Ryan" to me. So, Ryan, this is your new name: Coco Ryan! Lily was fascinated with Coco Ryan's phone and was reluctant to return it.

I'm feeling pretty good right now. I'm 33 weeks pregnant. This pregnancy is flying by. My only symptoms right now are feeling like a walking watermelon and insomnia. So, if anyone is up between 3am to 5am, I may be up with you!

YES WE CAN!

I must admit I am enormously relieved by the choice America made last night. I feel like a weight has been lifted off my chest. I didn't realize this weight was there until 9pm MST last night when I found out my next President will be Barack Obama. I have new found hope for our country to turn around and fix many many problems of the last 8 years. I know not all my friends were supporters and please know that I believe you will find Obama to be a good President and we will see many good changes. I don't think the country will go crazy liberal, just a bit more moderate again. We need balance and the last 8 years we have been out of balance.

Side note: For that person who stole our Obama/Biden yard sign. You may steal my sign, but you didn't steal my vote or my hope for this country!

Go Vote!!

Halloween

Lily, David and I had a nice Halloween. I couldn't get Lily to wear her angel dress, but got her to wear the wings and halo for a few minutes. Unfortunately, David is dealing with a cold, so instead of trick or treating, Lily and I had door duty and passed out candy. Lily's favorite costume was a devil with red eyes. She talked about the red eyes all night and even this morning! I'm just glad that she didn't realize that was supposed to be a scary costume.

At least she tried the wings and halo!

Lily's favorite yard decoration! This was next door and Lily would talk about "Kiki-stein". When he was deflated, Lily would say "Kikistein sleeping?"
When they inflated him Lily said, "Kikistein up? There he is!"