Harper could play all day in the snow if we let him!
Trying to catch snow flakes on her tongue!
Making her favorite...SNOW ANGELS!!! Isn't the smile priceless?!
Tuesday, February 1, 2011
SNOW DAY FUN!!!
Harper could play all day in the snow if we let him!Trying to catch snow flakes on her tongue!Making her favorite...SNOW ANGELS!!! Isn't the smile priceless?!
Wednesday, January 26, 2011
Catch Up Time!!
Whew, I didn't realize that it had been such a long time since I had blogged and posted pictures! We have been busy preparing for the lil' man and the month of January has seemed to FLY by!!
I haven't been really good at posting belly pictures...but here is one that Kayin took of my growing belly!! I think this was around 32 weeks.
The hospital that we are delivering lil' man at offered a SUPER SIBLING class. We signed up Kayin and if you can't tell by her face...she was ECSTATIC about everything she learned! Not sure what she liked more...learning about the boy parts, seeing the nursery, or holding the baby on the tour of the labor and delivery floors! Mommy and Daddy couldn't believe the size of the rooms as well as the ammenities they offer!!
Practicing her skills of feeding
Making sure she holds the head
Practicing her diapering skills...she looks like a pro!!
The baby was anatomically correct and her first thought was, "he has a tail!"
I caught Kayin reading to her babies in the lil' man's room one night. She was reading them bedtime stories. We are pretty sure she wants to start counting down the days until her little brother arrives.
I haven't been really good at posting belly pictures...but here is one that Kayin took of my growing belly!! I think this was around 32 weeks.The hospital that we are delivering lil' man at offered a SUPER SIBLING class. We signed up Kayin and if you can't tell by her face...she was ECSTATIC about everything she learned! Not sure what she liked more...learning about the boy parts, seeing the nursery, or holding the baby on the tour of the labor and delivery floors! Mommy and Daddy couldn't believe the size of the rooms as well as the ammenities they offer!!
Practicing her skills of feeding
Making sure she holds the head
Practicing her diapering skills...she looks like a pro!!
The baby was anatomically correct and her first thought was, "he has a tail!"
I caught Kayin reading to her babies in the lil' man's room one night. She was reading them bedtime stories. We are pretty sure she wants to start counting down the days until her little brother arrives.
Tuesday, January 4, 2011
Lil Man's Room
Well, the room is almost complete! We are just waiting on the delivery of our "man cave" chair, (this time, instead of a rocker, we decided to go with a leather recliner that rocks...Justin says the only thing now he needs in the room is a flat screen and he is good to go) bed sheets, and possibly one more art print. We have had fun decorating and scouring the antique shops here in Lincoln to find all sorts of goodies (just like we did with Kayin's room when we were waiting her arrival).
These canvases have been around the block a time or two. They started out as an art project in Kayin's play area downstairs before she moved down there. Next, they became her headboard and were covered with coordinating fabrics to her Pottery Barn bedding set. Now, we have tore off the fabric and used coordinating paint colors to fit in with the ROUTE 66 fabric we are using in the room. We took the 7 states that the highway traveled through and labeled the cities. Of course, they aren't 100% perfect, but that's what creativity is all about!
This is the ladder shelf that was in Kayin's room prior to her moving downstairs with new furniture. We have searched and scoured local antique shops to find all these vintage goodies! We wanted to go with a theme that we won't have to change out as he grows...and it's been fun creating all the memories as we shop around!
Good thing my mom has some sewing experience because I am not sure I would have been able to tackle the bedskirt like she did!! It was a daunting task, but after searching for the fabric (which Justin found by the way) we dove in and took a chance. The pleats were the hardest, but we think it turned out just dandy!
Found a tutorial online on how to make this mobile...I will honestly say, it took a bit longer than I had expected it to, but used the left over ROUTE 66 fabric from the curtains, bedskirt, and bumper pads along with some coordinating fabric and WAOLA...you have a mobile!
This piece has been around the block a time or two as well. We picked it up at a garage sale the first summer we were here and kept in in our room until we decided it was a quilt rack. Then, it got a coat of paint to go in Kayin's room (again...before she moved downstairs to her new room) and now it's in lil' man's room serving as the same purpose for some knick knacks we have come across.
These canvases have been around the block a time or two. They started out as an art project in Kayin's play area downstairs before she moved down there. Next, they became her headboard and were covered with coordinating fabrics to her Pottery Barn bedding set. Now, we have tore off the fabric and used coordinating paint colors to fit in with the ROUTE 66 fabric we are using in the room. We took the 7 states that the highway traveled through and labeled the cities. Of course, they aren't 100% perfect, but that's what creativity is all about!
This is the ladder shelf that was in Kayin's room prior to her moving downstairs with new furniture. We have searched and scoured local antique shops to find all these vintage goodies! We wanted to go with a theme that we won't have to change out as he grows...and it's been fun creating all the memories as we shop around!
Good thing my mom has some sewing experience because I am not sure I would have been able to tackle the bedskirt like she did!! It was a daunting task, but after searching for the fabric (which Justin found by the way) we dove in and took a chance. The pleats were the hardest, but we think it turned out just dandy!
Found a tutorial online on how to make this mobile...I will honestly say, it took a bit longer than I had expected it to, but used the left over ROUTE 66 fabric from the curtains, bedskirt, and bumper pads along with some coordinating fabric and WAOLA...you have a mobile!
This piece has been around the block a time or two as well. We picked it up at a garage sale the first summer we were here and kept in in our room until we decided it was a quilt rack. Then, it got a coat of paint to go in Kayin's room (again...before she moved downstairs to her new room) and now it's in lil' man's room serving as the same purpose for some knick knacks we have come across.
Friday, December 31, 2010
Random Thoughts on New Year's Eve
As I sit and type this, my body is telling me I am not tired....who would have thought I would still be up at 10:15 New Year's Eve?!
Justin and I were talking tonight about how our lives have changed just in the past five years! We remember when I first moved to Illinois, how we always had to go out for New Year's and bring in the new year with a few cocktails.
We also talked about our memories in Joliet at Bobby's Tap one year--I think that was the year we walked home and made a pit-stop and the infamous Joe's Hot Dogs for some late night snacks!
This year has definitely been one to remember and we are looking forward to 2011!! We lost my mom's mother on September 23rd (seems just like yesterday). My mom's mother was here in Lincoln at Madonna Rehabilitation Center and there wasn't a day that went by that we didn't stop and visit...Kayin even knew the directions coming home from daycare. The day she headed home in June was bittersweet--so lucky she was able to go home for some time, but yet hard on us to not have those visits with her at Madonna. When word came that she had to have another surgery three months later, we knew she had a tough road to fight. She fought until she had no more fight in her... she had family by her side the whole time supporting her.
Our little bundle of joy will arrive sometime in February and if all goes well, his birth day will be February 22nd. It's kind of crazy to think that we are having a boy...we are hoping I can make it to full term without going on bedrest. Kayin is looking forward to being a big sister and keeps asking if I "am done making him yet"!
Christmas Eve, my brother and his wife announced that they are expecting a baby in July!!! We couldn't be happier!!! Kayin will have lots of practice by then!
We hope to post some pictures soon! We went through our camera and realized it's been some time since we have put any up!
Justin and I were talking tonight about how our lives have changed just in the past five years! We remember when I first moved to Illinois, how we always had to go out for New Year's and bring in the new year with a few cocktails.
We also talked about our memories in Joliet at Bobby's Tap one year--I think that was the year we walked home and made a pit-stop and the infamous Joe's Hot Dogs for some late night snacks!
This year has definitely been one to remember and we are looking forward to 2011!! We lost my mom's mother on September 23rd (seems just like yesterday). My mom's mother was here in Lincoln at Madonna Rehabilitation Center and there wasn't a day that went by that we didn't stop and visit...Kayin even knew the directions coming home from daycare. The day she headed home in June was bittersweet--so lucky she was able to go home for some time, but yet hard on us to not have those visits with her at Madonna. When word came that she had to have another surgery three months later, we knew she had a tough road to fight. She fought until she had no more fight in her... she had family by her side the whole time supporting her.
Our little bundle of joy will arrive sometime in February and if all goes well, his birth day will be February 22nd. It's kind of crazy to think that we are having a boy...we are hoping I can make it to full term without going on bedrest. Kayin is looking forward to being a big sister and keeps asking if I "am done making him yet"!
Christmas Eve, my brother and his wife announced that they are expecting a baby in July!!! We couldn't be happier!!! Kayin will have lots of practice by then!
We hope to post some pictures soon! We went through our camera and realized it's been some time since we have put any up!
Tuesday, December 14, 2010
Handy Hands
Justin scored this 9-drawer dresser at a garage sale this summer and it has found a PERFECT home in Kayin's new bedroom!! With a little bit of TLC, a couple coats of paint, and new drawer pulls, it has turned out quite cute!! I will post before and after pics next!!
Tried to get her doing the "Vanna White" pose but this is as good as it got. :)
Kayin was insistent on helping us put on the drawer pulls...and she did a great job!!
Daddy even let her help with the drill a little bit!
Can't seem to get enough Harper pictures on here...he was laying down behind the chair downstairs and the pile of hang up clothes fell on him. As you can tell, it bothered him quite a bit...NOT!!!
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