Dear Blog-Land,
I'm sorry I've been an absentee blogger of late. Unfortunately, it won't get a lot better, since my next 2 weeks are chock-full of busy-ness. However, all the excitement should give me lots of material for blogs once everything is over and done with. But, I make no guarantees.
Much love,
The most boring person on the internet right now
Dear KitchenAid,
Thank you thank you THANK YOU for making my life so much easier. I can't believe I let myself think you were too bulky to be functional. I'll never break up with you again, as long as you keep making my rolls and cookies full of awesome.
Affectionately,
An ardent admirer of your greatness
Dear Lucas-man,
You are such a super trooper! I can't believe how happy you've been the last few days, despite having croup AND bronchitis at the same time. Also, thank you for all of the snuggles and loves you've given me. You're one of the best cuddlers I know.
Love,
Mommy
Dear Dr. So-and-So,
Thank you for being an awesome pediatrician. Also, thank you for not judging me when I bring my sick child in and you tell me that he's EXTREMELY sick and I didn't even know it. Oh, and thanks for diagnosing my sinus infection even though you're not my doctor--I promise I'm taking care of that.
Sincerely,
A tired mom who only SEEMS clueless (I promise)
P.S. I'm sorry my kid cries every time he looks at you. It's not personal, really.
Dear Kyle,
I can't believe how grown up you're getting! I love how helpful you are--thanks for grabbing a diaper for me when I asked you to and not even talking back. Any more time wasted and Lucas would have peed on me. Also, I love how great you are at telling stories. You definitely keep us entertained. It's enough to overlook the times when you tell me, "Daddy's going to KILL you!" or "You're really bugging me right now!"
Love,
Mom
Dear Utah Weather,
I hate you.
Uncordially,
Someone who gets a sinus infection every time the weather abruptly changes...which is at least once a week in Utah
Dear Daylight Savings Time,
Even though I enjoy having one more hour of daylight, you couldn't have come at a more inconvenient time. Losing an hour of sleep when I have ward council at 7:30 AM is not what I call ideal. You should think about that next time.
Sincerely,
A less-than-eager "Spring Forward" follower
Dear Cole,
Thank you for being bossy this week. I know I tend to overdo it and these next two weeks are going to be killer, so thank you for reminding me to slow down and take care of myself first before I worry about everything else. Also, thank you for making me take medicine for my sinus infection. I feel a million times better today. Mostly, thanks for being exactly who I need you to be, even if I don't always know who that is. I love you.
Love,
Your sick-but-getting-better wife
Dear bloated, swollen, pregnant, exhausted body,
We only have two and a half weeks left. We can do this. Please don't give up on me now.
Pleadingly,
Me
Dear Primary,
I sure wish you could run yourself right now. I think my counselors and I need a break.
Tiredly,
Your overwhelmed and not-so-fearless leader
Dear baby-in-my-belly Matthew,
I'm glad you're such a good mover, but could you PLEASE stop abusing my internal organs? I'm not sure they can take much more abuse. Plus, I'm kind of tired of almost peeing my pants. Also, if you could hurry up and make your appearance it would be much appreciated. I don't think I've ever been more anxious to meet someone than I am to meet you.
Love,
Your mommy, who loves you so much even though she hasn't met you yet
P.S. If you're going to choose to come early, could you not choose next Thursday? It would be a little embarrassing to have my water break during Uncle Nathan's wedding or reception.
Dear God,
Even though you keep throwing me curveballs at the most inopportune times, I'm pretty certain there's no one who is more blessed than I am. Thanks for giving me those reminders when I need them.
Gratefully,
Jessica
3.09.2012
2.27.2012
Nursery Decor
I've spent a lot of time thinking about the kinds of things I want to use to decorate Matthew's room. I have a few ideas (see this post for one idea), but I've had a hard time imagining what I want the room to look like because we haven't been able to actually start working on the room yet. Plus, I want to keep everything on the inexpensive side (because who doesn't like to save money?).
I want the general look to coordinate with the bedding we chose:
So, we're painting the walls this color...
with accents of this color...
We've removed the closet door and we're going to paint the interior of the closet this color...
I played around with the idea of painting brown and green circles to accent the tan walls, but it looked super time-intensive with lots of room for error. Since I didn't want to make Cole's life unnecessarily hard, I decided to go with another idea I thought was cute:
Our stripe will be brown and the circles will be tan and green, but this gives the general idea of what I want to do on the wall over the crib.
As I've perused the internets I've also become enamored of subway art. I tried to find a free (or dirt cheap) printable that I could use for a wall decoration, but nothing was clicking for me. Then, I found a tutorial for making subway art using Picnik, a free photo editing website (which, unfortunately, is closing April 19). I've used Picnik before, so I thought I'd give it a try. This was my finished product:
I'm pretty happy with how it turned out. Now all I have to do is get an 8x10 print made and buy an inexpensive frame.
I'm really hoping to get all of my decoration ideas firmed up in the next week or so. My brother's fiance is currently living with us, and after they get married in two weeks we'll have approximately two weeks to get everything put together before the little mister makes his appearance.
I want the general look to coordinate with the bedding we chose:
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| Sumersault Pop Dot crib bedding set |
So, we're painting the walls this color...
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| Vanilla Brandy |
with accents of this color...
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| Fudge |
We've removed the closet door and we're going to paint the interior of the closet this color...
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| Lettuce Alone |
I played around with the idea of painting brown and green circles to accent the tan walls, but it looked super time-intensive with lots of room for error. Since I didn't want to make Cole's life unnecessarily hard, I decided to go with another idea I thought was cute:
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| Picture and idea courtesy of this website |
Our stripe will be brown and the circles will be tan and green, but this gives the general idea of what I want to do on the wall over the crib.
As I've perused the internets I've also become enamored of subway art. I tried to find a free (or dirt cheap) printable that I could use for a wall decoration, but nothing was clicking for me. Then, I found a tutorial for making subway art using Picnik, a free photo editing website (which, unfortunately, is closing April 19). I've used Picnik before, so I thought I'd give it a try. This was my finished product:
I'm pretty happy with how it turned out. Now all I have to do is get an 8x10 print made and buy an inexpensive frame.
I'm really hoping to get all of my decoration ideas firmed up in the next week or so. My brother's fiance is currently living with us, and after they get married in two weeks we'll have approximately two weeks to get everything put together before the little mister makes his appearance.
2.22.2012
Kitchen Makeover
So because Jessica is close to the end of her pregnancy she will most likely be taking a break from blogging. But, I have agreed to help out and keep up the blog. I promise, no boring posts about jobs or rants about family members, and no I will not be blogging about breast feeding or pregnancy. No, I have a couple in mind starting with this one on our kitchen remodel plus I will blog about Jessica's brothers wedding in 3 weeks and then, baby Matthew's arrival shortly after that. We also have my birthday and Jessica's, so that should keep us busy and updated. Jessica might want to throw a couple in as we go along.
So Jessica and I (mostly I) decided when we moved into this house that we wanted to remodel and make it better than it was.
This is our kitchen around the time we moved in. We didn't have a problem with the small size, but the cupboards and our awesome oven look like the 1950's. Funny cause that is exactly what they are from. Original cupboards and oven! It grew on us a little, but one day we thought of painting the cupboards. So we did.
It was a refreshing change to the kitchen, but white cabinets with two kids, not so good. They always looked dirty and the painting job was kind of bad. But it grew on us and we made plans to replace the hardware. After a couple of months the stove gave out on us, more likely it started on fire!
So we replaced the oven with a sweet new good looking one. Then a month ago I painted one cabinet black and we arrived at the descision to go black. Here is the final product after two weeks of the kitchen being in pieces.
Yeah, I think Jessica was pretty happy with the finished project. Check out the awesome oven! We replaced the handles and the hinges and have a sleek new looking kitchen for less than a $100! Here is the original, after and finished project.
So Jessica and I (mostly I) decided when we moved into this house that we wanted to remodel and make it better than it was.
It was a refreshing change to the kitchen, but white cabinets with two kids, not so good. They always looked dirty and the painting job was kind of bad. But it grew on us and we made plans to replace the hardware. After a couple of months the stove gave out on us, more likely it started on fire!
So we replaced the oven with a sweet new good looking one. Then a month ago I painted one cabinet black and we arrived at the descision to go black. Here is the final product after two weeks of the kitchen being in pieces.
Which one do you like the most? (Take the survey to the right)
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| Original |
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| White |
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| Black |
Next remodel project is touching up the paint and a nursery remodel for Matthew!
2.15.2012
1.25.2012
1.23.2012
Wedding Bells are in the Air!
These two crazy lovebirds are getting married soon...March 15, to be exact.
I've been helping them plan their wedding, because neither Kari's mother nor our mother currently live in Utah (which is where the event will be taking place), and my mother has asked me to step in and provide a little guidance (or, at the very least, a little more organization).
Anyway, this post is not actually about them...even though they're the ones getting married. It's actually about me, because I am awesome. :)
Kari is from Idaho, so after they have their wedding and reception here in Utah, they are heading up north to have another reception in her hometown. She decided that she wanted to use artificial flowers for her wedding so they look good at both receptions and will travel well between them. We were lucky enough to find pretty much all of the flowers that she wants and needs on Saturday, and for a steal of a deal. Because I'm overbearing and typically have nothing else important to do (besides clean my house, and, really, who wants to do that?) I sat and arranged her bouquet and the throwing bouquets for her receptions yesterday. I'm extremely pleased with the way they turned out, especially since I've never really arranged flowers before.
I also sat and arranged the decorations for their refreshment table and one of the table centerpieces.
Everything is coming together quite nicely. My lovely, talented sister-in-law Brittany is making the bows for the bouquets and for the food table decorations, lest you think that I've completely taken over and intend to do it all myself.
Seriously though, I've kind of taken over. I'm grateful that Kari doesn't slap me and tell me to mind my own business (I told he she could if I ever got too overbearing or obnoxious. So far, so good, though). She's totally awesome for letting me hone my creative decorating skills at her expense.
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| My little brother, Nathan and his fiance, Kari |
I've been helping them plan their wedding, because neither Kari's mother nor our mother currently live in Utah (which is where the event will be taking place), and my mother has asked me to step in and provide a little guidance (or, at the very least, a little more organization).
Anyway, this post is not actually about them...even though they're the ones getting married. It's actually about me, because I am awesome. :)
Kari is from Idaho, so after they have their wedding and reception here in Utah, they are heading up north to have another reception in her hometown. She decided that she wanted to use artificial flowers for her wedding so they look good at both receptions and will travel well between them. We were lucky enough to find pretty much all of the flowers that she wants and needs on Saturday, and for a steal of a deal. Because I'm overbearing and typically have nothing else important to do (besides clean my house, and, really, who wants to do that?) I sat and arranged her bouquet and the throwing bouquets for her receptions yesterday. I'm extremely pleased with the way they turned out, especially since I've never really arranged flowers before.
I also sat and arranged the decorations for their refreshment table and one of the table centerpieces.
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| One of the table centerpieces. Kari absolutely loves Jones Soda and wanted to use the bottles for her centerpieces. |
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| The decorations for the food table |
Seriously though, I've kind of taken over. I'm grateful that Kari doesn't slap me and tell me to mind my own business (I told he she could if I ever got too overbearing or obnoxious. So far, so good, though). She's totally awesome for letting me hone my creative decorating skills at her expense.
1.20.2012
30 Down, 10 to Go
Well, I'm 3/4 of the way finished with what seems like the fastest pregnancy ever. I'm starting to panic a little bit, because if the next 10 weeks go by as quickly as the last 10 weeks, I'm going to have a new baby before I know it. Plus, I feel SUPER un-ready right now to be a mother of 3, especially on days like today when I take the other two to the grocery store by myself and I'm ready to tear my hair out after 15 minutes (but that's another story).
Anyway, I took a belly picture with my other two pregnancies at 30 weeks, so I kept with tradition and snapped a photo this morning. Here it is, along with my other two for comparison:
I've now gone to two-week appointments with my doctor, and at my appointment last week I was checked over initially by a student doctor (my doctor ran out to deliver a baby). She joked a little bit about how inexperienced she was while she was measuring my fundus (FYI, my doctor never "measures"--he's been practicing so long that he just palpates and can tell if it's within a normal range), and then she said something really strange:
Student Doc: "Have you been feeling the baby move?"
Ok, she said this WHILE she was feeling my belly, so I'm thinking, "What's that supposed to mean? Am I measuring too big? Too small? Is there a problem? Should I be freaing out right now?"
It's a good thing my doctor came back in time for the tail end of my appointment, because he measured my fundus himself and reassured me that everything was fine...minus the fact that I'm measuring possibly as much as 3 weeks early. Um, what? The doctor didn't seem concerned at all; he just speculated that this baby (and I quote) "probably will be the kid who has to stand in the back row for his class pictures."
Anyway, I took a belly picture with my other two pregnancies at 30 weeks, so I kept with tradition and snapped a photo this morning. Here it is, along with my other two for comparison:
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| 30 weeks with Kyle |
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| 30 weeks with Lucas |
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| 30 weeks with Lucas |
It's so weird to me how different I've looked with each pregnancy. With this one, I think it looks like I have a basketball stuck under my shirt--my belly looks distinctly more spherical than with the other two.
Me: "Um, yeah...all the time."
Student Doc: "Well, that's the most important thing."
And yeah, I know that fundal height isn't an exact science and doesn't necessarily mean that this baby is coming early...but, what if he comes early? My brother is getting married two weeks before I'm due, and I'm absolutely terrified that I'll either go into labor on his wedding day or just before his wedding day so I have to miss his wedding. Plus, this is like the only time in the history of the world that a woman isn't hoping for her baby to come early, so I just know he's going to be a stinker and throw a wrench in the works. But, I guess I should just relax and breathe, because my track record speaks for itself: my babies stick until I force them to come.
I'm still trying to decide about when a good day for an induction would be, by the way. But, that's a post for another day...
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