The random life we've lived over the last few weeks...

Side belly shot 37 weeks. I am now 39 weeks.Front belly shot 37 weeks.

April & Ashley while opening gifts. 06Mar10.



cuteness!

Someone was busy with the best looking diaper cake I've ever seen!

Daddy & Mommy to be opening gifts at work shower. 03Mar2010

Our "family" minus Jazzy Cat!

Feb 20, 2010

Granny Ta-Ta and her "girls" in their birthday pink!

Ain't Life GRAND?

I just LOVE spring..The birds are chirping- tree's and flowers blooming.

I feel the need to spiffy up the outside of our house again. Plant a little somethin'.

Summer vacation plans drift in and out of my mind...You know, all the fun stuff!

Then all of a sudden.....

The sound of brakes screeching, tires squealin' Gears a jammin'

I remembered...

I look like this!

Turn your head if you are freaked out by big- ol bellies!

Just in time for Spring 2010!

WooHoo! Ain't Life GRAND?

No No...Not the WSP song, wrong kind of GRAND.

Let's eat some more ice cream- you wanna?

All of this just really makes me wanna go back to Target -

Just to try on that cutsie little 2pc suit that was calling my name under that big red SALE sign.

Excuse me Ma'am, you in the red shirt...Do you have these in Hmmm, cow size?

It was black and white polka dots.

Seriously.

You know you've made it to the end when people change the way they greet you.

It's quite funny!

It used to be ...

"WOW! You look great- nothing but belly! I wish I looked like that when I was pregnant."

Now it's...

"Awwhh, Honey- How are you feelin' ?"

The truth is that

We are very excited for the end of this pregnancy and meeting our little man, even though it scares the bee-gee-bee's out of us. I am a little over 36 weeks now and gearing my mind up for full term Friday! Yes, this Friday I'll be 37 weeks which is "technically" full-term. We are having weekly OB visits now and things are still right on track with baby. Mama has lots of back and SI joint pain from previous injuries to deal with plus the 30 lbs of baby weight so she's moving a little slow. The doctor has a close eye on it though. Oh... Yes! I said it. 30 lbs. As of last Friday I had gained 30lbs (said it again- yikes) from my first OB visit late last summer.

If you were wondering how that looks on me - see picture above!

I think we are almost ready for the arrival of this little guy- except for picking his name.

Everything else is done thanks to lots of nesting and very gracious friends and family!

We've been blessed with 3 showers and all of the baby stuff you could imagine, not to mention help from so many people close to us! We even lucked out with free groceries for the week by the grocery fairy yesterday morning!!! How lucky are we? We've got the car seat installed- thanks to Uncle Ryan and the hospital bag rides along in the car with us now- just in case!

Not much of an update but I had been leaving you guys hanging and wanted to send some love - Sorry, I was probably busy writing you a Thank you note.

Much Love-

A

More Kitchen Changes....

Many of you know that my baby nesting style has not been of small stature, but then again many of my" projects" aren't. I believe wholeheartedly in Do It Yourself style. It brings you closer by working together...sometimes tears you apart but leaves you with a huge sense of accomplishment in the end. Thanks to my wonderful handy man husband who always jumps in with both feet- reluctantly/ or not- the latest project has been finalized!

Woo Hooo!

2009/2010 has brought all new appliances, sink/ faucet, bead board wall paper, counter tops, bar stools, curtains, art, corner cabinet re-do, floors, paint, back door & entry way....you name it! The last 2 weeks since our PA trip were filled with removing the old floor and replacing with a hand scraped hickory laminate. I think it's finally time to let the kitchen relax, enjoy itself and be lived in again. Just in time for the arrival of Baby "K".

Here are some before and after pictures;
there may still be a few more floating around that I can post.

Have fun!

This was the kitchen when we bought the house in 2007. Notice the wood edging, 4x4 ceramic tile & ancient stove.

This was the kitchen right before our appliance and counter-top extravaganza last fall. Still somewhat the same as when we moved in other than the wood edge and other minor changes.

This was Mike getting started last weekend on removing the old floors. Sorry for the blur! I didn't expect for him to do the entire project alone but I wasn't realistic in my 8 months pregnant home renovation abilities. Thanks Babe for stepping up the the challenge alone!

Old floor almost gone...

New one going in...

View from dining room entry way this morning. It's a little dark on the exposure since I was going against abundancy of sun shine that was coming in but that's OK---we need a little SUN!

Notice granite tile counter tops, new stove, curtains, back door and floors.

View from back door this morning- still a little dark, maybe I can get better pics to replace these with. I am just excited that it's done and that we can be proud of ourselves and know that we did it all with out the know how or experience. All we needed was a little vision and fly by the seat of our pants will power!

Can you beleive that I got through this entire kitchen with out ONE GLASS OF WINE OR MICH ULTRA?!?!?! Now that's saying something!

Thanks MK!