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Friday, July 9, 2010
Nursery updates!
So I don't claim that the nursery is 100% complete and ready to go, but there have been some cool recent additions - just wanted to share!
I added a shelf up above the dresser with toys and books. I've bought another one to mount a little lower for utilitarian purposes (there isn't much room on the changing table AND - I understand that little boys have a tendancy to pee freely).
Here are the curtains hanging up! along with the glider (you can see part of it - in the bottom center). also - you can just barely make it out, but I installed the mobile on the crib too!!!
Yesterday, work threw Jon & I a shower!!! It was so awesome! a bunch of people created quilt squares & made blueberry a quilt! I love it!!! and yes - in case you noticed (and know what the heck it is) there is a smith chart on the left-hand side second from the bottom. Gotta love that RF group!!! if you scroll in, you can see how perfectly 'matched' Bob is...
August 5th is coming up! less than a month away. When do you think he'll come?
I added a shelf up above the dresser with toys and books. I've bought another one to mount a little lower for utilitarian purposes (there isn't much room on the changing table AND - I understand that little boys have a tendancy to pee freely).
Here are the curtains hanging up! along with the glider (you can see part of it - in the bottom center). also - you can just barely make it out, but I installed the mobile on the crib too!!!
Yesterday, work threw Jon & I a shower!!! It was so awesome! a bunch of people created quilt squares & made blueberry a quilt! I love it!!! and yes - in case you noticed (and know what the heck it is) there is a smith chart on the left-hand side second from the bottom. Gotta love that RF group!!! if you scroll in, you can see how perfectly 'matched' Bob is...
August 5th is coming up! less than a month away. When do you think he'll come?
Thursday, July 1, 2010
July!!!
Today is the first day of July... I am 35 weeks along today & I have 35 days left until Blueberry's due date!!! 35/35. It's easily conceivable that he'd be here THIS MONTH.
Lots of people have been asking: are you ready? Is anyone ever ready for such a huge life change? Intellectually, I've prepared as much as I could. Physically, I'm sure my body at least knows what's going on; I've got his nursery set up and some teeny tiny cloths washed for him. As for the rest of it - it's just a wild adventure. Maybe I'm ready insomuch that I have no expectations.
I'm super excited for this weekend - the 3rd of July at the lake (super excited - there is a band this year! of couse, I'm going to make the triple berry chocolate ganache layer cake, thinking about making something with shrimp as well), friday night at Michelle's (I'm debating whether to bring my bathing suit and go swimming - all I fit in now FOR SURE is my 2 piece racer!), the fourth of July on the boat - possibly seeing fireworks from the boat!, craft fair in Cazenovia, and the best of all: monday off to recover!!!!!!!
Other questions I get:
~How are you feeling? Good. I really can't complain. I feel like me, except with some minor annoyances that are totally manageable, the appetite of a teenage boy, and feeling like I have to pee every time I stand up.
~when are you due? Aug 5th.
~do you know what you are having boy or girl? Boy.
~do you have names picked out? (this cracks me up - no one has ever flat out asked me 1st what his name will be - they always ask if we've picked names) Yes we have a name in mind.
~What is it? we're not sharing.
~Are you excited? umm - you obviously don't know me at all - OF COURSE I'M EXCITED!
~Is the baby's room ready? Jon says: "YES!" (becuase HE doesn't have anything else to do in there - it's painted.) Liz says "NO!!!" (because we have a livingroom full of things that need to be cleaned, organized, and put away)
But it blows my mind that it is July already- I remember in previous months thinking about how july was so close (especially since my due date is August 5th!). we have a few things going on this month - 2 weddings, a leadership school - and back when I got the invitations and whatnot, thinking "will I even want to move at that point!!!" now July is here, and I feel perfectly OK moving - it's being out in the heat for very long that bothers me (by me, I mean specifically my ankles). The only day (besides before 37 weeks - which is only 2 weeks from now) I DON't want him to come on is my birthday. Is that totally selfish? He'll probably come then just because I'm putting this in words.
The question is: will Jon be able to handle 2 Leo's in the house? We shall see!!!
Lots of people have been asking: are you ready? Is anyone ever ready for such a huge life change? Intellectually, I've prepared as much as I could. Physically, I'm sure my body at least knows what's going on; I've got his nursery set up and some teeny tiny cloths washed for him. As for the rest of it - it's just a wild adventure. Maybe I'm ready insomuch that I have no expectations.
I'm super excited for this weekend - the 3rd of July at the lake (super excited - there is a band this year! of couse, I'm going to make the triple berry chocolate ganache layer cake, thinking about making something with shrimp as well), friday night at Michelle's (I'm debating whether to bring my bathing suit and go swimming - all I fit in now FOR SURE is my 2 piece racer!), the fourth of July on the boat - possibly seeing fireworks from the boat!, craft fair in Cazenovia, and the best of all: monday off to recover!!!!!!!
Other questions I get:
~How are you feeling? Good. I really can't complain. I feel like me, except with some minor annoyances that are totally manageable, the appetite of a teenage boy, and feeling like I have to pee every time I stand up.
~when are you due? Aug 5th.
~do you know what you are having boy or girl? Boy.
~do you have names picked out? (this cracks me up - no one has ever flat out asked me 1st what his name will be - they always ask if we've picked names) Yes we have a name in mind.
~What is it? we're not sharing.
~Are you excited? umm - you obviously don't know me at all - OF COURSE I'M EXCITED!
~Is the baby's room ready? Jon says: "YES!" (becuase HE doesn't have anything else to do in there - it's painted.) Liz says "NO!!!" (because we have a livingroom full of things that need to be cleaned, organized, and put away)
But it blows my mind that it is July already- I remember in previous months thinking about how july was so close (especially since my due date is August 5th!). we have a few things going on this month - 2 weddings, a leadership school - and back when I got the invitations and whatnot, thinking "will I even want to move at that point!!!" now July is here, and I feel perfectly OK moving - it's being out in the heat for very long that bothers me (by me, I mean specifically my ankles). The only day (besides before 37 weeks - which is only 2 weeks from now) I DON't want him to come on is my birthday. Is that totally selfish? He'll probably come then just because I'm putting this in words.
The question is: will Jon be able to handle 2 Leo's in the house? We shall see!!!
Thursday, June 10, 2010
Goodbye Kiwi
This is a farewell to Kiwi:
Kiwi, you were good to me. Always pulled thru those high snow piles, fit my bike perfectly in your trunk. Tolerated Kayla from puppyhood thru now - and all the hair she shed in between.
Even though I traded you in for a younger foreign model, you'll always hold a special place in my heart. I hope you get a nice LOOOOONG rest on the lot before a new owner comes to abuse you. It's been real.
Kiwi, you were good to me. Always pulled thru those high snow piles, fit my bike perfectly in your trunk. Tolerated Kayla from puppyhood thru now - and all the hair she shed in between.
Even though I traded you in for a younger foreign model, you'll always hold a special place in my heart. I hope you get a nice LOOOOONG rest on the lot before a new owner comes to abuse you. It's been real. Monday, June 7, 2010
LI Shower
It's been so long since I've posted!!!
So Jon & I traveled down to Long Island this past weekend to visit with family & they threw a baby shower for me! Blueberry got lots of cute cloths (yay for Bloomingdales connections!), his high chair, lots of awesome stuff from Meli (toys, bug/sunscreen for carseat, snuzzler, yankees cloths!!!, and little mittens:)). My cousin Matt and his wife Lisa threw the shower at their place - which they had just recently renovated (well, the kitchen, upstairs bathroom, all the floors, paint, etc).
It was really nice to spend some time with family & get all the updates. Everyone is really excited for Aunt Fran's 50th anniversary as a Nun! it's coming up in September & we are really hoping to make it (it'd be Blueberry's first big venture). Also - we got to meet the newest addition - Makayla. She's about 4 months old now, she was such a little doll!
Best of all, I got to see Melissa - which was a bonus because I didn't know until recently that we were going to go down there & have the perfect excuse for her to come!
On Sunday before we left, my mom and Aunt ran in the same 5k race we did last year - the AIDS/cancer run in seaford park. For such a hot & humid day, they did well!
On the way back, Jon swore up and down that we wouldn't be going back to LI for sometime (he's not quite used to the pace & climate of traffic there) & the temperature dropped about 40 degrees!!! when we got out of the car at the farm to pick up Kayla, it was around 50 degrees and drizzling! I thought it was quite nice... :)
When we opened the door, my neice Caitlin brought over a big bag of cloths for blueberry and proclaimed "BABY!" I can tell she's going to enjoy being a big cousin!
Then we headed home & I collapsed onto my amazing bed and slept... I think Kayla was appriciative since she was exhausted after running around after the twins!
So Jon & I traveled down to Long Island this past weekend to visit with family & they threw a baby shower for me! Blueberry got lots of cute cloths (yay for Bloomingdales connections!), his high chair, lots of awesome stuff from Meli (toys, bug/sunscreen for carseat, snuzzler, yankees cloths!!!, and little mittens:)). My cousin Matt and his wife Lisa threw the shower at their place - which they had just recently renovated (well, the kitchen, upstairs bathroom, all the floors, paint, etc).
It was really nice to spend some time with family & get all the updates. Everyone is really excited for Aunt Fran's 50th anniversary as a Nun! it's coming up in September & we are really hoping to make it (it'd be Blueberry's first big venture). Also - we got to meet the newest addition - Makayla. She's about 4 months old now, she was such a little doll!
Best of all, I got to see Melissa - which was a bonus because I didn't know until recently that we were going to go down there & have the perfect excuse for her to come!
On Sunday before we left, my mom and Aunt ran in the same 5k race we did last year - the AIDS/cancer run in seaford park. For such a hot & humid day, they did well!
On the way back, Jon swore up and down that we wouldn't be going back to LI for sometime (he's not quite used to the pace & climate of traffic there) & the temperature dropped about 40 degrees!!! when we got out of the car at the farm to pick up Kayla, it was around 50 degrees and drizzling! I thought it was quite nice... :)
When we opened the door, my neice Caitlin brought over a big bag of cloths for blueberry and proclaimed "BABY!" I can tell she's going to enjoy being a big cousin!
Then we headed home & I collapsed onto my amazing bed and slept... I think Kayla was appriciative since she was exhausted after running around after the twins!
Tuesday, May 18, 2010
Susan Koman Race for the Cure
I'm so proud of my girls - aka warrior princesses!! - they did an amazing job this past weekend at the Susan Koman Race for the Cure. Here is a picture recap...
Before the race - see those nervous smiles?
Here is a picture of my mom crossing the finish line in record time!!!
Sue's (far left) face says it all here - this is the victorious picture!!!
Although it was strange to be a spectator at a race, I was so excited to be there to support my girls - for many of you your first 5K. remember during the 3rd mile, you... well, what does it matter? you did it! 3.1 miles with your own two feet. Think of this as a physical manifestation of your journey to breaking free.
When's the next race?
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