Gettin' Lucky! 3.17.2012

I really think I am the luckiest girl in the world. I'll start off by referencing the above pictures. Look how good looking my husband is. LUCKY. Really though, I feel like everything in my life has always just worked out. I feel so blessed for everything that I have. And I could not ask for more. (Except maybe for this baby to arrive.)

Luckily, Karl and I got to spend St. Patrick's Day together. We did a lot of shopping to prepare for baby boy Reed's arrival. And since we are so lucky, we didn't really have to buy much! Everyone was so generous at the baby shower that we only needed to worry about a few essential things. 

Karl handed me this barrel of cheese balls. LUCKY.

And luckily, it was amaaaazing weather! The perfect spring day. So we decided to have a picnic with Roscoe at the park. 

There was a wind machine for my hair. Lucky.

 My favorite boys. Lucky.

 Karl gave me his jacket and let me lay on his giant bicep. Lucky.  

Shortly after this, we were taking a walk around the lake when we spotted some vulnerable ducks. We let Roscoe go after them and to our surprise, he didn't stop until he was in the lake! And LUCKILY, he swam back to the edge and let Karl help him out. 

It was a great St. Patrick's Day. 

A Shower of Awesomeness!

Last weekend, I had my baby shower. It was the greatest. I had so much fun planning for it and a HUGE thanks to everyone that helped! Everything was perfect. I decided I wanted an actual 'shower' theme with clouds, raindrops, umbrellas etc. And a shower it was. We had clouds hanging from the ceiling with raindrops, umbrellas on the wall, cloud shaped sugar cookies and so much more! I had so much fun with all the decorations. But let's get real... I was mostly excited about the food. That is, after all, the best part of a shower, isn't it? I looove shower food. I don't know why chicken salad sandwiches mean so much to me... but they do. I wish we would have taken more pictures... but here are a few!

  

Thank you again to everyone who helped and to all those who attended and showered us with love! We are so grateful!

49 Days! (But who's counting...)

Today I am 33 weeks pregnant, and I'm feeling great! I've learned to pick things up with my toes instead of bending over. I now see the doctor every two weeks. Pretty soon, it will be every week! Then... it's baby time! I can't wait. My mom is trying to keep me calm because being this excited and ready for baby boy to get here with so much time left to go is a dangerous thing. I'm going to go crazy waiting! Seven more weeks! Wish us luck!

My Birth Month.

I had a wonderful birth month. Mr. Reed has graciously allowed me to have an entire month. He hears things like "Will you rub my feet?... It's my BIRTH MONTH!" all month long... leading into my birth week, my birth weekend, and eventually my actual birthday. Yowzah. Sounds like a pretty big deal, right? It's not... haha I wouldn't say I'm super high maintenance about my birthday... I didn't even really ask for anything. I just like saying it's my birthday. This year I feel like it was especially laid back because I had someone else's birth month on my mind. My little boy's. I can't believe in only 8 weeks he will be here! So I've spent my birth month preparing his nursery and getting ready for my shower this weekend. But on my birthday, I was well taken care of. Karl was so sweet and took a couple hours off of work in the morning so he could take me to breakfast. He kissed my face and let me eat a blueberry pancake the size of my head. 

After breakfast, my mom accompanied me to a doctor's appointment. The doctor wanted to do an ultra sound on account of my 'poor maternal weight gain'. No one calls me a poor mother! I came back having gained a whopping 6lbs this month! Cha-ching! So as an update... I've now gained a total of 12 lbs. It was so fun be able to see him a little more grown now. That may have been my favorite present. The little one weighs about 4 pounds, and he has hair!

After the doctor, my mom decided it was time for me to get some actual maternity clothes. So I got my first pair of maternity pants and some great shirts. I'm a real woman now. And the day wouldn't have been complete with out a lunch date to P.F. Changs. Happy Birthday to me!

Later that night, my family all went for ice cream at Nielson's where I finally got my Happy Birthday song. It was a great day.

Now, usually my birthday is the last day of February. So once my birthday is over, as is my birth month. However, thanks to it being a leap year, I got one more day out of my special month. So it's only natural that we took that time to do something special..... May I present... SNL.

Puppy Love.

Mat and Kaelin got a dog! Her name is Gracie. And we love her. More specifically, Roscoe loves her. Roscoe has had girl friends in the past, but I think this one is different. He likes her. I mean he 'likes likes' her. I think it's her long legs. The other night we took them on a doggy date to a nearby park. Roscoe was her shadow all night long. 

(Roscoe is also now doing advertisements.)

It's so fun having Mat and Kaelin live so close, and now it's even more fun that Roscoe has a friend to keep him entertained. Otherwise... this is how he entertains himself. 

He chases his tail all the time, but he will with out fail chase it for like a half hour straight after I give him a bath. Way to air dry little pup.

I DID IT!

I bought this misunderstood little piece of furniture like a year ago. I had the best intentions to refinish her and give her a new life. Now besides spray painting THIS shelf black, I did not have much experience with this business. That is probably why it sat around looking sad for the past year. Well, since I will be a mother needing a fully functional nursery in a mere 10 weeks, I decided it was time to put this gem to good use. I knew it would make the perfect little table to put a lamp on and place next to my glider for all the late feedings and wonderful story reading that will happen. I was very nervous... but I'm completely thrilled (and super proud)with how it turned out! Even Karl likes it. Bonus!

$10.

After paint.

After glaze.

Finished!

And might I add, it was fun! It gave me something to do as a widow when Karl was camping with the scouts all weekend. I'm ready for another project.

And He Gets Stronger

I don't know if he's dancing or kick boxing in there... but sometimes he hits things he shouldn't... like my bladder. Or my ribs. I'm giving him 10 more weeks to defeat me.