A work in progress

Ok so I have a little over 3 weeks to go and here is a little sneak preview of the not so finished room. If you knew me you would know that I have to have things done atleast 2-3 months ahead of time. I like timelines, agendas, schedules, you get the picture but becoming a parent that all goes out the door. So I have learned to live with the hectic life I live. Working 40 hours a week at my job then coming home to give all my undivided attention to Mark and Colin and soon to be little Aubree. I did buy a mega millions ticket this weekend in hopes to "hit it big" and be able to stay home...well I won...$7. So it won't be happening this year!!!

Here is the bedding that I have promised to get a picture of:




And here is the vinyl lettering that I ordered from Etsy. I didn't stick on our wall so thank goodness for my oh so talented sister and mom who gave me the idea to put it on some plexy glass and frame it. Thanks to Mark for his patience in doing this project for me :)



Soon I am hoping some time this week I will have it all "done" and I wiil have a finished picture of the whole room. Exciting!!!

The crib is here!!

So.....I have always said that if I have a little girl I want a white crib. I don't know what it is about them but I am a sucker for them! Mark and I had been searching everyday for weeks for a gently used crib on Craigslist and after sending many emails of interest in the ones that I thought were the "one" we finally found one in Tacoma. We got ahold of the seller and agreed to meet and take a look at it. We got there and it was what I had been looking for. Very gently used and white...yipee!! We packed it up and headed home. Mark started setting it up and while I did some research on it. It was a Jardine (don't gasp yet)and I knew I could find some info on it. Well you could say I found some info on it....it was on the stupid recall list for "entrapment and strangulation of infants". WHAT THE HECK!!!! Seriously....and there is no way, no way, this lady was going to take it back. I doubt she would have even answered the phone when we called. So I read about the recall wondering if there was anything that we could do. Well there was....there recall was extended because of the number of cribs that were involved (the recall came out July 2008) and it didn't require proof of purchase/receipts/ anything stating that you were the original owner. SCORE!!
So what the heck...you know we sent in an email and not even 5 minutes later we got a reply. Instructions and a prepaid Fed Ex label to send all the hardware back. A week later we got the voucher for a NEW CRIB!!!! Total voucher was for $351.99 and we paid $115 on Craiglists for what I thought was my dream crib. Here is what just got delivered today!!!!!



Colin "helping" daddy



The boys hard at work!



So now all I need is the matteress which we are getting this week and my super cute bedding that is coming from New York!! Which is this super cute set my mom and Jen found for me for only $99!!

My little patriotic man!

This year we spent the 4th of July in Carnation WA with the Breachs. It was fun to go back to the old stompin grounds and see some familiar faces...even though we didn't say hi....were bad!!
But here is a little picture of my little guy all decked out!! He was too cute!!

I'm jealous!!!

So every few days I check up on a few of my "must read" blogs.....Jen and Cheryl. Well I noticed that their baby tickers are dropping daily and mine seems to be at a stand still....well that is how I feel.

Tomorrow is June 1st and it is hotter that heck here in Seattle, yes Seattle, and I am dieing. All this week it is supposed to be in the upper 70's and it is like upper 80's for me. I need a pool!!! Cheryl I am moving to NY for the summer and camping out in your backyard and eating those snowcones. Crazy that I have been craving those too and I can hear the stupid ice cream truck but he NEVER comes down were we live. I think I am going to go to Target and buy a snowcone machine and make them myself. Ahh... the things I have to go thru to make me happy.

My "honey do list" is getting bigger everyday. I don't know if it is nesting or what but I swear Mark is going to get a 2nd job just so he doesn't have to come home and work. We organized our shed this weekend and finished Colins room so those were two big things to cross off the list. Well I wouldn't say that I helped organize but more of a "put that here and put that there, and no that doesn't go there"....Thanks Mark!!

Colins bedroom is completely done and he is now a official big boy. I wasn't in any hurry to get him in his new bedroom until July/August but Mark was very ansy about it. I think he was more excited than I was and that made it easier to keep buying stuff to decorate his room. I didn't get any no's on my shopping trips. Yay for me!! Colin is sleeping is his new bed, with Elmo, and we have now encountered the getting up and running down the hallway routine. Seriously, we put him in is bed at least 8 times last night. It seems to be easier when we go to bed then he doesn't want to be apart of the excitement of watching a movie or helping clean...or whatever we have to get done in those preciuos moments we have to ourselves.

More good news...I am feeling our baby girl move more often now and haven't been as sick as I have been in the past (knock on wood). Hopefully that is past me now and I can get thru these next 3 1/2 months that I have left. Mark starts his new job on Monday at some company downtown Bellevue. Hopefully he will get paid this time :) He is really excited about it and hopefully it will be less stress on him..plus I think he will get home earlier, I can only wish!

Oh and we got a new car...goodbye Audi hello family SUV. I was so sad when the day came when I had to say goodbye to my love, Tom (my car was named after Tom Brady from the Patriots, cuz he is so hot!). We got a Honda Pilot, which I love now, but hard to say goodbye to my fun car. I even cried driving off the lot and Mark thought I was nervous about driving a big car and nope I was sad cuz I left me friend behind. It has been nice having a bigger car though. We can actually go to Home Depot and purchase something and bring it home. Does that mean I can go get a bigger TV since I can bring it home.....hmmm....

4:30am.....really??

So our new rollout (project) at work starts April 13th. We have our test stores starting out right now and with a start time of 4:30am. Really?? I can't barely wake up at 5:30am to be to work by 7am. To look on the brightside....I get off early and can spend more time with Colin..naptime :)
Why can't I be rich and not have to work so I can sleep in until 7am....what a life....

Update!!

FYI.... I accomplished my goals for this week!!!

1. I, well Mark, took pictures of Colin this weekend. High five for Mark!!

2. I took all my pills that I supposed to take and didn't forget any...high five for me!!

3. I went to bed every night, well with the exception of Saturday night, see #4 for reason, at 10pm...before 11pm.

and 4. The watched a movie and stayed awake....the whole entire movie. I watched "Twilight" and loved it (thank goodness I read the books awhile ago so I forgot some of it). So I was up until after 11pm and I sure Mark was shocked because I usually fall asleep the first 15 minutes and he gets to listen to my snores!!

So yay for me and my accomplishments. Also one more thing since I am gloating right now....I did 5 loads of laundry and finished ALL LOADS by last night. YAY!!!!

Now I gotta learn how to make dinner for the family. New post, new explanations, and new goals. Can't keep eating at Mom's and having my little sister and mom feel sorry for the cooking challenged sister. How does take-out sound for dinner tonight?!?!?!? Just kidding..well kinda...

Thank you

I don't know if you every read my blog and that is okay if you don't because you are so busy all the time. I just wanted to let you know how thankful I am to have you as my husband. To come home last night after a long day and hear the vacuum going and the kitchen cleaned, the garbage taken out and the rooms ready for bed (heaters on and night lights glowing!) and not to have even asked you really made me feel loved and special. Especially since you left for work at 7am and didn't get home until almost 9pm. I know I have been REALLY REALLY lazy and not feeling that greatest and your weekends are spent hanging out on the couch watching endless dvr recordings of Rachel Ray and all my crazy reality TV shows....I really do appreciate you. You never complain and never get mad, you just do it.
Colin and I are very blessed to have you in our lives and so is this new little baby on their way into our crazy little family!!
I love you