Some Nursery Pics!

Lucy fixed the crib skirt last night! I was so excited to get everything all put together.





We still have major organizing to do in that room, but at least its starting to look like a nursery. I still have to get Troy to hang the curtain rod so I can put the valance up. It will probably happen before Maddie turns three. :) I really want to get a bumper for the crib. I found a really cute one at Babies-R-Us at will match perfectly. I may have to run up there tonight and pick it up....ha!

Amy had her sister-in-law make letters to spell out Madison that match our bedding. I'm so excited to see how they turned out. I got the package in the mail yesterday, but I promised Amy that I wouldn't open it until my shower on Saturday. Its killing me! Her sister-in-law makes the cutest stuff. You should check out her blog...http://www.mrsfarmersmarket.com/

It's been awhile...

My only excuse for not posting anything for awhile (and its a really good one) is that it is tax season. For any of you that don't know, I manage my mom's tax office. So between the middle of January to the middle of April, my life is no longer my own.

I don't have anything really new to report about Madison. She is growing really well...the doctors are saying that she is going to be over 9 lbs! I know! I have another ultrasound next week so we will see what they say then. My fibroid, which Emilee named Vincent, has moved. Which is really great news because my doctor was worried that she was going to have to do a C-section if it didn't move. My blood pressure has been fine. I'm on a really low dose of Atenonol...I think that is how you spell it. It was checked last week and it was 116/70 which is really great, so that means the drugs are doing their job.

I'm hoping to get the nursery finished in the next couple of weeks so I'll post some pictures then.

What I have done and what I haven't done...

Bold the things you have done............comment if you wish!

Started your own blog
Slept under the stars
Played in a band (GOLDCOUCH!!!)
Visited Hawaii (with Grandma a bunch as a kid and then my wedding)
Watched a meteor shower
Given more than you can afford to charity
Been to Disneyland (but I love Disney World more)
Climbed a mountain
Held a praying mantis
Sang a solo
Bungee jumped
Visited Paris
Watched a lightning storm at sea
Taught yourself an art from scratch
Adopted a child
Had food poisoning
Walked to the top of the Statue of Liberty (I have flown by it)
Grown your own vegetables
Seen the Mona Lisa in France
Slept on an overnight train (Norway with Rachel Sjavik)
Had a pillow fight
Hitch hiked (it was a long time ago in Ireland. Life was a bit safer there then)
Taken a sick day when you're not ill
Built a snow fort
Held a lamb
Gone skinny dipping
Run a Marathon
Ridden in a gondola in Venice
Seen a total eclipse
Watched a sunrise or sunset
Hit a home run (in our family girls always hit home runs. Well and Nick too)
Been on a cruise (my senior prom was on a cruise of the Puget Sound)
Seen Niagara Falls in person
Visited the birthplace of your ancestors
Seen an Amish community
Taught yourself a new language (I'm not fluent, but I know some spanish, german, and irish)
Had enough money to be truly satisfied
Seen the Leaning Tower of Pisa in person
Gone rock climbing
Seen Michelangelo's David (only as yard art...not the real thing)
Sung karaoke
Seen Old Faithful geyser erupt
Bought a stranger a meal at a restaurant
Visited Africa
Walked on a beach by moonlight
Been transported in an ambulance
Had your portrait painted
Gone deep sea fishing
Seen the Sistine Chapel in person
Been to the top of the Eiffel Tower in Paris
Gone scuba diving or snorkeling (only snorkeling. Scuba scares me)
Kissed in the rain
Played in the mud
Gone to a drive-in theater
Been in a movie
Visited the Great Wall of China
Started a business
Taken a martial arts class
Visited Russia
Served at a soup kitchen
Sold Girl Scout Cookies (I used to only sell to Uncle Darren and Grandpa Doherty. I swear they were the only reason I was even forced to be a girl scout.)
Gone whale watching (I went in highschool with my boyfriend, who dumped me on the boat and rode the bus back with another girl!)
Got flowers for no reason
Donated blood
Gone sky diving
Visited a Nazi Concentration Camp
Bounced a check
Flown in a helicopter
Saved a favorite childhood toy
Visited the Lincoln Memorial
Eaten Caviar
Pieced a quilt
Stood in Times Square
Toured the Everglades
Been fired from a job (that Mickey Mouse!)
Seen the Changing of the Guards in London
Broken a bone
Been on a speeding motorcycle (I'm married to Troy...enough said)
Seen the Grand Canyon in person
Published a book
Visited the Vatican
Bought a brand new car
Walked in Jerusalem
Had your picture in the newspaper (Hello don't you remember the ice cream ad)
Read the entire Bible
Visited the White House (just the outside)
Killed and prepared an animal for eating (I grew up next door to Jan Sr. What do you think?)
Had chickenpox
Saved someone's life
Sat on a jury
Met someone famous
Joined a book club
Lost a loved one
Had a baby
Seen the Alamo in person
Swam in the Great Salt Lake (and it smelled bad!)
Been involved in a law suit (Enron)
Owned a cell phone (not until I was twenty)
Been stung by a bee
Totally copied a post from someone else's blog to your blog

The Beginnings of Our Nursery

This week we got our crib off Craig's List. I've been searching Craig's List for a couple of weeks now for a crib and changing table. I had a couple of great deals that got snatched out from under me, but honestly I'm so glad that we got the crib that we did. I love it. Especially after today because Troy totally rearrange our office/guest room to become our office/guest room/nursery and even set up the crib. Its adorable. Plus my parents bought it for us, so not only did I find a great deal for them but we got just what we wanted. I'm still on the hunt for a changing table, but I know the perfect one will come my way.



Lucy and I did a little shopping today too. She is going to make a couple of quilts, a dust ruffle, and a valance. She said that all I had to buy was the sheets. No problem there. Target has great stuff for so cheap and they all match. I was so glad when she offered to do this for us because I just hadn't found anything out there that I really loved. I'm so excited now because I absolutely love what we picked out today plus I know she will do an amazing job. Maddie is so lucky to have such a talent Grandma.





I'll post more pictures once the quilts and everything is made. I'm so excited!!!

What a great gift!

My sister in law Tiffany is so talented! She is always making the cutest scrapbook pages, calendars, baby announcements, and Christmas cards. I made her promise a long time ago that she would scrapbook for me and make all of my Christmas cards.

This Christmas we decided that because we are all broke and not spending the holiday together that we would skip out on presents for each other. Well about a week before Christmas a package shows up in the mail. She had made us a book of our wedding! She thinks she is so tricky because it didn't cost her a dime. She had a coupon for a free book from Shutterfly. The book is great because it is such a wonderful reminder of our wedding day. But we really love it because Tiffany made it for us and put so much time and energy into making us such an amazing gift.

Check out our wedding book that she put together for us! I only picked out a few of the pages to share.

My Niece Lacey!

Lacey Carter Gremmert has always been entertaining. She is so funny! She just says whatever pops into her head. She loves making people laugh. Lacey is so loving and kind. She is sweet and sassy. I love that you never know what you are going to get with Lacey. She has started calling me every once in awhile just to chat. She's 4. ha! Here are some of my favorite pictures of Lacey Lou Cutie Pie Pie (Yes she nicknamed herself)...

Not so innocent...

Troy and I went to Whistler last week with his family. They have gone every year since 1981 so its a pretty big tradition for them. We had a great time. Everyone skied but me. Being pregnant and klutzy don't really go well with skiing. So I shopped, ate tons of great food, and watched movies...I'm not complaining. Of course I took my camera up there with me. And of course I didn't take any pictures! What can I say, I'm not a mom yet. haha!

Unfortunately we couldn't bring Kaiser with us. The condo we stayed in was not pet friendly. There is a great place in Duvall that boards for really cheap and he loves playing with all the dogs that live there, so we felt pretty good about leaving him behind. The woman that runs the place is also a breeder. Lucy and Shawn got their puppies Abby and Callie from her. Well one of her female dogs was in heat the week that Kaiser stayed there and because he was neutered a few months back, he got to be out with all the girls. Usually the boys and girls are kept separate to avoid unwanted litters, but Kaiser isn't a threat in that way so he was free to mingle. And mingle he did. He had a great time getting to know Marilyn (the dog in heat) on a more intimate level. Is it weird that I'm a little sad that my dog is no longer innocent?