All smiles :)

Aubree is always smiling at us. When I took her to her 2 week appt. she even surprised the doctor with one of her heartwarming smiles. I thought I would share it with you as well :)

Baby Aubree is here!

Aubree ReNae Tomlinson has ARRIVED!


This is Jen, Nina's Sister. I'm guest blogging for Nina and Mark while Nina is at Swedish.

Aubree ReNae was born at 8:01 am today, September 27, 2009.

She weighs 8 pds even and is 20" long.

She has the most gorgeous dark brown hair and it is long! Aubree looks just like Colin as a baby except for the opposite hair color.

Nina did GREAT in delivery and only needed to push for about 5 sets. She's doing well recovering and should be released sometime tomorrow.

Here are some pictures of Miss Aubree. Enjoy!




More pictures can be found on Nina's Facebook page.

Tomorrow is the day

Well the day is tomorrow...the day that Aubree is supposed to be here by, well atleast in my mind :) I have very mixed feelings about her not being here yet. I always "thought" that when its your 2nd child that you tend to go early. Then I did some research a few nights ago on some mommy boards and that is not the case all the time. There was quite a few others who with the 2nd,3rd, and even 4th child went over their due date. So where did I get this misconception that I was going to go early? Or at least by my due date?

I am definetly enjoying the last few days, waking up late with Colin (7:30am!) and having breakfast together, and watching Sid the Science Kid. I now have a little taste of what a stay at home mom does. It's kinda fun!! But lets see how I feel about it when Aubree finally makes her debut...I might have mixed feelings.

So I will be very surprised to see what tomorrow brings. You never know, since no body picked Sept.24th for my due date prediction, that may be her little trick to come on her day!!

Due Date Predictions

So some co workers and family members gave me their dates on which they think Aubree will be here. I wanted to post them just in case I forget who picked what day. If you would like to put your two cents in please feel free to leave a comment with your date...and remember please be nice and don't go past my due date :)

Mark-Sept.26 (Mark and Don obviously don't like me..hehehe)
Nina- Sept.21
Holly- Sept 17 or 19 ( I am letting her have 2 days because she is so special!)
Mom- Sept.20
Dad- Sept.19
Jen- Sept.21
Morgan- Sept.21
Randy- Sept.22
Don- Sept.26
Rosanne- Sept.14 (I know its past but wanted to give her some credit!!)
Chrissy- Sept 22
Kelli- Sept.23 (I totally forgot that you told me that...she will be lucky to share that with you)
Sandy- Sept.21

So it looks like Sept.19th and Sept.21st are the most popular days so far!!

6 more days until the due date....maybe she will be another due date baby like her big brother!

11 more days!!

Enough said......

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!!