Finished!

I finally finished my table! I'm not quite finished with the chairs though. I'm still waiting for a dry, sunny, not windy day. 

This is what the table looked like before. 

This is the only picture I could find at the moment. 

So you get to enjoy a picture of my family and Sabrina as well:)

and this is what it looked like before I painted it red

30 Weeks and Baby Shower!

I'm pretty excited to be at this point in my pregnancy. I'm having mixed feelings tho. I'm really excited to not be pregnant anymore but I am really nervous about having two little kidos. I know I can do it, but Lucy is a handful as it is so I'm just hoping this next girl will be a little more mellow. 

Anyway, here is a belly shot. I feel like my belly looks a little odd in this picture. It seems like she is sitting a little higher than the norm. 

My good friend Maria thought it would be fun to throw me a baby shower. She and our other good friend Melanie, put together a fabulous little shower... and it WAS tonz of fun!! I have been wanting to do a crepe bar so this was a great opportunity to do one. 

I found some fun yellow china at Goodwill (the ones with the fruit in them) and Maria made the cute poof balls and mini diaper cake. I thought it all came together quite nicely. 

We had the crepe bar, Italian sodas, lemon lime water, orange juice, and popcorn. 

We played some entertaining games that I had never heard of before. 

I didn't think I made faces like this while I talk, but apparently I do. 

Thanks Maria and Melanie!!

Josh's 28th Birthday!

For Josh's birthday we went out to Coeur D' Alene to Wolf Lodge for a nice steak dinner. 

I think this was by far, the best steak we have ever had. The flavor was crazy good!! They gave us 40 oz. of steak, a large loaded russet potato, baked beans, sweet bread, and clam chowder, and an amazing piece of chocolate cake. This was a meal that we split and we were stuffed! We really could have taken home leftovers, but like that was going to happen with me there. 

  A Porterhouse and Sirloin steak

I couldn't get Josh to slow down on the steak and try the sides. 

He was in heaven.

I made Oreo Pudding cake and Fresh Spring roles for his birthday dinner at home. I had never made either of these things before and I think they both turned out awesome! I had been CRAVING fresh spring roles for so long! Definitely  making them again. 

(I didn't take these two pictures) 

Picture update!

This is the rocker recliner I purchased for $116. It was 71% off. I am so in love with it and it is so comfy. This is actually a Christmas/Birthday gift from the Lopez family and my mom. Thanks! 

Lucy's painted nails. Thanks Erica and Fae for the cute Valentine gift!

Lucy opened up two packages of tissues and wrapped up her Rapunzel doll. 

Josh opening his Birthday gift from his mother.

Lucy showing off her Valentine gifts from Grandma Bowman. 

Repainting my kitchen table. My mom got this table from an antique store years ago and it has been repainted by her, Rachael, me and me again. I know it seems like I repaint things ALL THE TIME, but I guess I'm just a curious person and I let my curiosity get the best of me. But this should be the last time this table gets painted, by me that is. Hopefully it will be finished by next week so Ill be sure to post pictures. 

This is the process of stripping the 15 coats of paint already on it. I'm taking it down to the natural oak.

This is what Smart Strip paint remover does to the paint.

and then it just peels off... its actually kinda fun to take the paint off.

Lucy looking super stylish:)

Use Smart Strip if you are needing to strip the paint down to the natural wood or whatever. This stuff is crazy amazing! But remember to apply it THICK. 

Good Stuff

Lucy said the best thing to me tonight. This is how it went:

Lucy was sitting at her table painting, so I grabbed my guitar thinking this would be the perfect time to practice.

I'm sitting in front of her on the couch singing a couple different songs and when I stop for a minute to change some music, this is what she says to me:

Lucy: that broke my heart.
Me: what broke your heart?
Lucy: that song broke my heart, right here (as she's pointing to her chest), I like that song mom.
Me: ha ha, which song did you like?
Lucy: its the (she starts humming the tune and then laughs)

Oh how I love my little Goose. I've always known she was a sucker for music, but I didn't realize how passionate she was about it.

Question

So I asked myself, "Is Nutella as great as every one is saying and is it really that awesome on a piece of toast?"

Yes, it really is that great. Especially with a tall glass of milk

Finally!!!

9 weeks

14 weeks

18 weeks

Lucy wanting a picture too

And this is how we announced it to our families 

Gift baskets with a little picture inside (behind the card)

Well I found out that I was pregnant when I was visiting my sister Angie in Alaska. I had a really hard time not telling her. After a year of trying I was just so excited I wanted to tell every one. But I didn't even tell Josh the news until I got home a week later. I rapped up the test and gave it to him for our anniversary. I have to say, Josh was much more excited when he found out about this baby than he was with Lucy. I think Lucy was much too big of a surprise for him. 

We didn't end up telling anyone until I was 18 weeks along (well a couple people in Washington found out before). It was hard to keep it a secret at first but we did it. It was a lot of fun seeing every ones reactions and then telling them how far along I was and the sex of the baby. 

The first 15 weeks of this pregnancy were terrible. For some reason, my body would not let me throw up, I really wish I could have. I'm sure most of you have experienced some sort of sickness where you have been so sick and wanting to die, but then once you threw up there was instant relief. Yeah I never got that relief. I was to the point where I was wondering if being pregnant was worth all of this torture. Every single smell didn't only make me sick but the smells would also put me in a bad mood. So if you can imagine, I was in a bad mood the majority of the first trimester. I couldn't decide whether to wash my hair or keep it dirty because both smells would  literally drive me CRAZY. And the physical sickness wasn't all the problem. I was depressed, rude, never wanting to see anyone and be social. Josh pointed out multiple times that he wanted his wife back. I just wasn't myself. I don't think I was nearly as sick with Lucy. I'm pretty sure with Lucy most of the problem was the job I had at the doctors office.

But all is well again. And now that that's all over and I'm feeling myself again, I am enjoying being pregnant and cant wait to meet the little girly. The sickness was defiantly worth it. 

Lucy has been talking and talking about her baby sister, even before we found out the sex. She is very excited and even thinks she has a baby sister in her belly just like mommy. 

November

The 5k Jingle Bell Fun Run. It was so cold this day, and lots of snow everywhere. Honestly, I know 3 plus miles isn't that far, but I surprised myself and ran the whole thing. Defiantly wont wear my five finger shoes again to run on the ice and snow, way too cold. But it was tons of fun and I hope to do it next year. I did fill a little under dressed in my plain red shirt and blue pants. Almost everyone else was dressed as a Christmas tree, Santa clause, or an elf. 

Lucy and Boston, best friends and future husband and wife:)

wishing

Me and Maria after the run

and of course I needed to add the funny little Lucy doing her odd little things.

This is the best picture I could get of this, but this is her new way of sliding down the slide. Arms out stretched, face flat down, and legs apart. I'm not sure where she picked this up, but its pretty funny to watch. 

and I'm not sure about this one either... but she just lays there while I clean the kitchen or fix dinner. 

and of course, her Metroman cape... I feel like I am always washing hand towels. 

Projects:

I decided to touch up my old dolly crib for Lucy. This was BIG money saver. Here are the before pictures 

And after... a new paint job and new fabric. 

This snowman pinata was a Relief Society project. I couldn't believe how easy this was to make, nothing like the ones I used to make as child, and they were so hard to break open.

 The plan is to break it on Christmas Eve. I'm thinking this might be a new fun family tradition, if all goes well:) 

Lucy's stocking. I'm trying to decided if I like it with or with out the hat. Tell me what you think.

with hat

And... 

I just finished this for Lucy for Christmas. It's a diaper bag for her baby dolls. I have to say it turned out pretty dang good for not having a pattern. I wish I could say that I just pulled the idea out of the air but, truth is I copied the idea from a dolly diaper bag I had as a child.

and I filled it with fun things from Pottery Barn (Down East Home Store). 

There are diapers, wipes, bottles, baby powder, changing pad, and a dolly sling she can carry her baby's around the house with. I am SO excited to give it to her! Hopefully she is just as excited as I am, or more.