Summer.

It's here! It's beautiful! It's warm! It's bright! It's Summer!

My Baby girl and I have had a slow, lazy day working on cleaning and packing.  Oh the fun of it all! :)  Headed to the pool tonight to celebrate the start of summer, the 80 degree weather, and the longest day of the year! Oh lovely beautifulness!!

Life has changed in a such a positive, amazing way since the arrival of our sweet princess.  She couldn't be a better baby.  Always content, often smiling, cooing, and making us constantly smile! She's perfect!

Last night we set yet another record...10 hours and 40 minutes of sleep....yahooo, amazingness! I feel like superwoman today with all that sleep in me :)

Looking forward to seeing all of our AK friends and family this week.

Look at the changes...whoa...slow down baby :)

The morning she was born

Week old

3 months

Love. Love. LOVE!

Beautiful Day.

We have been taking advantage of and enjoying our little moments together- just the two of us, no baby to oogle and fuss over.  We know that everything as we know it is about to change because of Baby Hannah but we are totally excited and ready to welcome her...but in the meantime enjoying our last few non-child dates for a while.

This morning was all about the lazy sleeping in, taking our time to get ready, and going to the bakery for a scrumptious blueberry muffin and latte. It was so relaxing and fun...I don't know why we haven't done more of this kind of thing before. :)

Best bakery ever!

Amazingly delicious blueberry muffin goodness!

My cuteness!

Hope you have a beautiful, relaxing weekend! Happy Saturday everyone!

Thankful.

The title of this post is for me, a reminder, a goal to be better at, what I need to have a ton more of.
Things are going well.  37 weeks today and only 3 more weeks til little Baby Hannah's due date.  Very exciting!  Today I found myself getting a little discouraged about silly things and when I started listening to myself, I realized how ridiculous I sounded...poor me this, poor me that- really?!?! I have SOOOO much to be grateful for! I have an amazing husband, a sweet daughter - who I can't wait to meet, the best Mom, Dad, Sister, Brother, and Grandma in the entire world, great relatives and friends, good health, a place to call home, a job where I have the best boss ever, etc, etc.! Why so much complaining?
I realized that sometimes it takes a hard experience, something taken away, or something changed to make a person thankful- I want to learn from others and not have to wait for a tough situation to be thankful. 
I was a wee bit concerned because Hannah is not in the optimal position at the very present moment, and I let that get me down- but really what does it matter? It will all go as it is suppose to go and I am so thankful that this whole pregnancy Baby has had good health, I have had good health, and there have not been any complications. 
So we continue on. More grateful for what we have, things to come, opportunities given, and all blessings.

21 days to go!!

A Festive Party!

We have amazing friends! A bunch of them came over yesterday and we had a PARTY! We built gingerbread houses, played games, had a funny white elephant party and hung out! What a great time!

Here are the pictures from our day...

16 Gingerbread houses- baked, built, and ready for the decorators to arrive

Anxiously awaiting for everyone to arrive

Alyssa and Tanya

Erin and Kara

Lynn

Cute Kaity! :)

Rachel getting into it!

Brian and Carla's masterpiece

Cameron having a good time!

Playing games

Cameron and Brenda catching a quick nap

Oh the socks!

....and Brett was voted "Best Socks" winner- nice red stockings!

SOME of the gang

Cody and Tyler's house- voted "Best Gingerbread House"- I think it should have been "craziest gingerbread house"- nice work guys! :)

Alyssa and Tanya's sweet creation (they were the runner ups)

I loved Kaity's house- it even has a tractor in the front yard! :)

Rachel's sweet cabin!

Erin and Kara's house

Court and Lynn's house

More of Kaity's house

More of Cody and Tyler's "Redneck House"

Tanya was lucky enough to open a Salvation Army bell ringer costume! :)

Leah was the lucky recipient of a College Math- Statistics book and a MONKEY!

Anxiously awaiting their turns to steal or pick a gift!

Funniest gift- a bird feeder where the birds fly up the nose to get their feed- haha- luck you, Alyssa! :)

Brenda got a baseball frog!

The back of Leah's colorful creation!

More of Leah's house

Bria's bright house

Brooke's fun red house

Michael's masterpiece in progress...

Working hard to get it just right....

and now he completed it! :)

This was the back of Michael's house

And the side.

This was Bryce and Brenda's house- convenient that they were both "BF's"

The side of Bryce and Brenda's House

and the front

and the other side of B & B's house

We had a blast!

A good day.

What a day. A good day. A kind of busy, kind of lazy day.  I like days, like today.

It all started with a rough night last night.  I was nervous.  Really nervous.  My doctors appointment was today and I was dreading it...today's appointment was "lab work and shots and yucky stuff to drink" day.  I don't know why I have become such a worry wart during this pregnancy but my gracious- it really did not turn out to be that horrible.  All the worrying for no reason.  Oh well.

My Sister got into town yesterday....we are already busy with tons of projects! The first project was to make the board for Hannah's fun flowers (all supplied by Aunt Brenda) :) and of course you get the two of us going on a project and what do you get?? Well, let's see- an hour in Joann Fabrics trying to decide on a fabric and ribbon, a car ride home thinking about how we would make it all look right, and then we went to town...hello staple gun- you are our friend! :)

 

We of course got a little bit tired and a lot silly but we ended with a result that we were happy with.

 

There are so many projects left to be finished but I can hardly keep my eyes open for another minute. 

What a day.  What a good day.

Hmmm...

So, it has been awhile since I last posted.  I think I have been so uninspired since I haven't had my camera to take pictures with and my words alone seem pretty boring!  I'm suppose to receive my new camera by next week sometime...yay...I can hardly wait!

Things have been holding about the same here.  Hannah is growing bigger by the day but I absolutely love the feeling of her somersaulting, kicking, hiccuping, and just making her presence known.  We are now entering our third trimester- wow! Where does the time go?  The nursery is coming together and looking so pink, elegant, and ready!

We spent a very nice Thanksgiving with a lot of family.  Always fun to spend so much time with those that you love so much! We had dinner at my aunt and uncle's with a random hodge-podge of relatives, and it was absolutely lovely...snow and all! :)  The rest of that weekend was spent downtown watching the parade, shopping, spending more time at Mom and Dad's than at home, and just being lazy.  It was a weekend to be VERY thankful for!!

Last weekend my sweet sister had the big Husky Invitational Swim Meet, in Federal Way.  I enjoyed spending Friday and Saturday watching her swim and breaking her own personal records...she was amazing! Michael got to go over the mountains with Neil, Trevor, and Bryce to watch the Apple Cup in the freezing (literally) Martin Stadium in Pullman.  The Huskies managed to pull out a huge win for the boys to see and led the Huskies to finish third in the PAC-10 which is amazing seeing as how we finished in last place with zero wins, two years ago...go DAWGS! :) 

Brenda comes home for Christmas break on Monday.  Excited to spend quality sister time with her!  We are also very fortunate to get some special meeting company for the night- we are very much looking forward that as well.  On Tuesday, I have a doctor appointment and hoping that all is well there- happy that my sister can go with me, as there will be a lot of blood draws, shots, etc.-yuck!

This is a random post and quite lame without pictures but wanted to put up a quick update.  Now it's off to fix a cup of hot cider and snuggle by the fire! 

An Update of Pure Randomness.

What a crazy fall! Time has flown by as we have been so busy. Only 15.5 weeks until we are 40 weeks- wow! This is passing like a dream, I can't believe that only 3.5 months she will be here! It's exciting but means that there is a lot of preparing in the meantime!

I am starting to get a tummy! I got frustrated because all of a sudden, one rainy Sunday, every single outfit I tried on no longer fit over my growing belly. I tried shopping in store after store, online at site after site and nobody had anything that worked for me. Discouraged I told Just Grandma and with a good idea from etsy, Grammie made me three fun skirts! So exciting to have clothes again! :) Random? I know, but I was just so happy to have skirts to wear, and at that- beautiful ones that Just Grandma made! Thanks, Grammie!!

I have missed my best friend, (other than my Husband) terribly!! Opportunity finally presented itself that I can quit going through withdrawals, so my Brother and I are on our way to Portland for the day! We get to see my Sister, BRENDA!! She has a swim meet that we get to go cheer at! Go Whitworth! But most of all....Go Brenda, go!!! We love you!!!

So excited for Thanksgiving! Plans to spend the day with the family that I am ever so grateful for and love so much! I love this time of year.

Neil and I continue to slog through the rain, not too much traffic, drinking delectable Starbucks egg nog latte's, singing slightly off pitch and with all our hearts to our music, beyond excited to see Brenda!! Will update more later!