Baby.... Stuff for lack of a better word

So everything seems to be going well still in baby land. Almost 34 weeks, we're finally feeling like we're closing in on everything. We have the big stuff, but not a lot of little things yet, although we've only had one baby shower out of the 5 that are planned... I'm sure the next few weeks will prove to be way more overwhelming than I could imagine, but great at the same time.

We have a crib and mattress thanks to my mom and step dad, they're still in the box however. Since they are staying at our house for a couple weeks the full size bed is still set up in the nursery... we'll wait until after they leave to take it down and build the crib. We also have a dresser/changing table that we found a while ago on such a good deal we had to buy it. We have a glider and some shelving. Also our friend Kevin was great enough to refinish a family hope chest that we plan on using for more toys etc in her room. We already received our pack and play, which I know will be a life saver with all our stairs in our house, thanks Holly & Sue! My aunt Kathleen also made us a great quilt. It was fun picking out all the fabric and then seeing how she pieced it all together.

Today we met with our pediatrician, we took Jason and Julie's recommendation and met Ella's doctor, who of course is great, and randomly my aunt happens to work the front desk at the clinic. We were sold. We have a child birth class coming up soon, and a tour of the hospital... everything is coming up. For the next week or so while my parents are here we will just enjoy time with family, enjoy another baby shower, and try to relax while things are slow at work.

Here are some pictures of what we've pieced together, even though it's not actually put together or maybe even in the room yet.

Our dresser/changer

The glider

The crib we will build next week after my parents leave

and the quilt from my aunt, love it!

back side of the quilt

You can kind of see the purple walls too



Preparing for Christmas

Over the last few weeks we've been preparing for Christmas... finally done as of this last weekend. The last gift was wrapped and placed under the tree... all the baking was done, and we're ready for my mom and Tim to get here. The decorations of course came out the day after Thanksgiving, after sock shopping at Fred Meyer of course at 5:30 am. I'm sure I'll update more later... but for now I'm exhausted. I'm hoping that tomorrow after work I can come home and relax. I am trying to remember the last time I came home and did nothing... no wrapping presents, no prepping for the baby, no errands on the way home, nowhere to go... might as well do that as much as I can for now! I'll try to do a baby update later this week... maybe even tomorrow if I'm doing nothing. haha.

Waiting by our tree until Josh and John could get to me to cut it down and haul it to the truck. Hard to tell, but it was raining pretty hard all morning.

Putting the tree on top of Wayne's truck.

After letting it dry off for a day... finally up and decorated

You can easily find out house from the big scarey Santa Head on the front door!

We did a bit of baking this last weekend

Anything Like Me

So Brad Paisley has a new song out right now called "Anything Like Me" which of course when I hear I immediately apply to my own life... so I decided to change some of the lyrics to my own life... Enjoy! :o)


I remember sayin' I don't care either way
Just as long as he or she is healthy, I'm okay
And then the doctor pointed to the corner of the screen
And said, "You see that right there? Well, you know what that means"

I started wondering who she was going to be
And I thought heaven help us if she's anything like me
She'll probably climb monkey bars too tall and ride her bike too fast
End up one summer wearin' something in a cast

She's gonna throw a ball and learn to eat outfield grass
On a softball field down the street
She's gonna get in trouble, oh, she's gonna get in fights
I'm gonna lose my temper and some sleep

It's safe to say that I'm gonna get my payback
If she's anything like me

I can see her right now, knees all skinned up
With a magnifying glass tryin' to melt a Barbie face
Won't she be a sight with her volleyball knee pads on?
That'll be her first love 'til her first love comes along

She'll get her heart broke by the time she's in her teens
And heaven help her if she's anything like me

She'll probably stay out too late and drive my car too fast
Keep me staying up all night, waiting for her at last
She's gonna get caught skippin' class
And be grounded for a week

She's gonna get into trouble, we're gonna get in fights
I'm gonna lose my temper and some sleep
It's safe to say that I'm gonna get my payback
If she's anything like me

She's gonna love me, And hate me along the way
The years are gonna fly by, And I already dread the day
She's gonna hug her daddy, she's gonna squeeze me tight
She's gonna act like she can't wait to leave

But as she drives out she'll cry her eyes out
If she's anything like me
There's worst folks to be like, oh, she'll be alright
If she's anything like me

Thanksgiving

This year we spent what we plan on being the last year splitting Thanksgiving into two stops. Starting next year we will pick a family and go there, and only there! We started the day in our traditional Thanksgiving fashion, drinks from Starbucks while looking through the Black Friday ads... yes, it's one of the two newspapers we buy... the other being the day after Christmas. After watching a bit of the parade the Lions game was on, so of course that was on at our house... good thing we could only watch the first half... it went downhill from there. We baked brownies and headed off to our first stop at my step aunt and uncles house in Gresham. After a few hours and a lot of yummy food we headed out to Hillsboro to Josh's parent's house for more food... we got plenty for sure.

Not much else to the day, but here's a family portrait we took when we got home from all our festivities.