So Close...

TO BEING DONE!!

Well I "put my shoulder to the wheel " and spent every spare minute in the last few days into finishing Taycees room and it is ALMOST done. Here are some pictures as proof!

This was the first wall to be done. Here we are starting to paint the squares.....

and here is the finished wall.... The letters say "Has anyone seen my glass slipper?"

This is the wall with the letters I painted. Which, by the way, were not easy to center and hang. Big thanks to my cute hubby who was so patient through this whole process holding and moving and drilling and "re-doing" until I was happy. He was such a trooper and I couldn't have done it without his help!

Here is a wider view of that wall/corner.

This is a wide view of the other corner of the room.

I went everywhere and tried to find block letters I liked to put on this shelf. After my search yesterday still proved to be unfruitful I decided I would just make my own! I am still toying with the idea of getting smaller blocks and putting the letters "l-i-t-t-l-e" on them to put on top of the angel blocks... any opinions on that? Also... that is a picture frame next to the letters... it will remain empty till Taycee is born.

Here is the wall of the room that still needs a little work. We are replacing the tan futon cover with a dark chocolate brown. That should be here Tuesday. I am making a pink and brown pokadot table cover for the end table in the corner. I don't know when I will get to that, my creative juices are starting to dwindle. And of course we are missing one of the curtain valances. It has been ordered and also will be here Tuesday.

This is the final light switch wall.

So what do ya think?.... not to shabby.

I have to make a special note to our Dear Aunt Kathy. This last general conference Jeffery R Holland talked about the angels we have on earth among us. Kathy is one of our angels. She came shopping with me on Thursday as I went to get most of the things we needed to finish Taycees room. And she bought ALL of it. Not to mention she is making a quilt for Taycee as well. This is not the first nor I am sure the last time she will do something so generous for us. We are so grateful for her generosity towards us. WE LOVE YOU AUNT KATHY!

Full House

Well to say we have had a full house this weekend is an understatement. Chris's family came up and stayed with us the last two nights. There were 9 of us in our little abode. :) Saturday we played games and hung out. Today Chris and I had to speak in church ( which is one of the reasons they came up for the weekend). I would say it went fairly well, the best part is that it is over. :) We grilled some hamburgers tonight and played some more games. It was a fun weekend. Thanks to the Clayton Clan for coming to visit. As far as Kaden updates go... he has been sick this week with a stinkin cold. He had a pretty high fever Thursday night but seems to be on the mend. Now if I can just keep up with the green gunk that keeps coming out of his nose..... Ah the joys of motherhood

Kaden sure does love his grandma.

This is a picture of Kaden trying to take a bite of the HUGE Onion Rings at Iceberg.

Uh guys this isn't really working! ( Notice that Chris isn't having any trouble biting his food!)

Kaden and grandpa are the best of buddies.

Here is a picture of some of the clan playing games.

Happy Birthday Dad!

It is my Dad's Birthday today! I just wanted to do a quick post telling him how much I love him! He is such a great father and example and I am so glad he is my dad. HAPPY BIRTHDAY!

I was reading in my journal and in the very back I have an entry dated March of 2001 This is what it says:

Some things my dad taught me...

1. No one can wash your car as well as you can

2. Ice cream is ok for breakfast or dinner

3. You should always save your money

4. Birddogs never fly

5. I apparently have a breaking problem

haha I honestly can't tell you where those all came from or exactly what they mean but at the age of 16 those were the things dad had taught me. :)

Let the good times roll..

Step 1: Buy furniture.... DONE

Step 2: Assemble Furnituree.... DONE

Step 3: Decorate Room.... Thinking about wanting to get it done.

NURSERY!!

HIP HIP HOORAY!! Kaden went to nursery today for the first time and LOVED it! It is about a month early to take him to nursery so I planned on just going in and sitting with him. I figured its better to sit and keep him contained in a room than run all over the church chasing him. The ladies in nursery were so nice and more than willing to take him even though I told them he was only 17 mo. The results.... 2 solid hours of no chasing fussing, or throwing of cereal! Both Chris and I actually got to sit and enjoy Sunday School & Relief Society/Priesthood. And Kaden came home a happy and worn out boy. What a deal! I think this will change our church experience entirely. Of course 2 more months and it will be a new born and nursing that will disrupt our meetings. Oh well we will enjoys the few short weeks we have left.

Also for church today Kaden got to wear his new Sunday outfit. One thing about him getting so big and active... he won't stand still and let me take cute picture. He is always pulling some retarded face or getting mad at me for making him sit still... So these aren't the cutest pics but he looked absolutely adorable.

He was literally pulling the the door knob and saying "bubye" he was anxious to get to church!

Its a bird its a plane its...

A FLYING BABY!!
Chris and Kaden have discovered a new fun game. Kaden lays on our very deflated air mattress and Chris launches him into the air. Dangerous??? yes probably... but boys will be boys!

Good thing his landings are soft. Notice that the walls in Taycee's room are still white with no furniture to speak of other than a blow up mattress for visitors. I am working on it!!
You can't tell very well because it looks like Kaden is still sitting on the bed. But really he is about a foot off the mattress in this picture.

Kaden is always doing things that make us laugh. When he wants to eat something but can't get it open he will come up to you grab your hand and put the jar or container in your hand to open. Today we were at a family birthday party for the October birthdays and he had a small green football that all the little kids were playing with. Every time he would get his hands on it he would hold it as high as he could over his head and run around with all the other little girls chasing him. hahaha it was so funny. Already learning the game of football.
Right after he and Chris were done playing the flying mattress game we both ( Chris and I )left the room and went into the kitchen. About 10 seconds later Kaden peeked around the corner and said "come here" in his little words and motioned for Chris to follow him. When Chris followed him back Kaden ran for the mattress ready to play again. What a cute boy! We sure do love him.


Here is my 30 week belly shot. I have really "blossomed" over the past 10 weeks. I went to the doctor on Tuesday and all is still looking good. After the blood work they sent me a letter telling me I am anemic and I need to take in more iron. Other than that all is well.

10 more weeks!!

Here is a close up for those really want to see the protruding bump.

So let it begin....

I have officially started putting Taycee's room together. I have been putting it off forever and then I realized that if Taycee comes as early as Kaden did I have only 8 weeks to order and put every thing together! AHH. So I ordered her bedroom set and tonight I bought and painted the letters for her room. For having no vision when I started I think they turned out pretty good. I am going to hold off on hanging them until I actually have furniture in the room. They say the first step is the hardest so hopefully I will find the energy to finish the rest. However, Kaden doesn't make things any easier. Tonight while I was painting these letters he managed to not only get his fingers in the paint and make a mess but also dump an entire plate of chicken veggie dumpling casserole on the carpet. :)
Next step: go to babys r us and buy the rest of her bedroom decor. (If Chris will let me ;)