Friday Fill Ins

1. Plans and schedules are necessary to keep things running smoothly.

2. I'm happy when things are cheaper than expected.

3. The last thing I drank was glucola for my gestational diabetes test.

4. One of the most valuable things in my life is (besides my family) my daisy pendant from Tiffany's that Nick gave me on 9/10/01 .

5. I like ham and pineapple on my pizza.

6. Dear November, you are the best month. Birthday and Thanksgiving!

7. And as for the weekend, tonight I'm looking forward to going to bed early. I feel funky today, tomorrow my plans include working around the house and Sunday, I want to sneak some scrap time in!

Nursery Tour

Nick and I painted this mural in the fall of 2005 when I was pregnant with Bennet. Nick is a huge Chuck Jones fan. He is responsible for all the best Looney Tunes cartoons we remember from our childhood.







We wanted something gender neutral so this was it. It took a LONG time. Many an evening were spent in this room. For 2 1/2 months we spent every night after work painting. Our fridge was filled with containers of custom colors. Nick took digital still images from the dvd cartoon itself to mirror the exact colors/etc. We used a data projector to put the image on the wall and Nick hand drew from there.



It's a small room so it's hard to get good photos. We painted the bottom and installed the chair rail as well. Now to get the crib re-installed.

Some close ups of my favorite parts of the room.
I just love this funky tree coming out of the corner.

6 months

Well, I'm 27 weeks today. My last week of the 2nd trimester. Can you believe it? I never know if I'm 6 months or 7 months with the whole "your pregnant for 10 months" thing. I'm due on Groundhog's Day: 2/2/10 so I just go back from there. 27 weeks or 6 months. 3 months to due date.

Baby Thermos is doing great. Moving like crazy at nighttime which is always a blessing and a curse :) We have our Gestational Diabetes test on Friday. Bring on the glucola!

Layout was inspired by a Stacey Lokovic sketch.

Scout Shines

Three layouts featuring Scout.

I am trying my darndest to use product I have on hand. I've had this Cosmo Cricket paper for over a year. It feels so good to put it to use!

Layout based off of a sketch at ScrapFreak.

JOURNALING: Ever since you were little you've been a growler. Smushing your face like this. We call you our. . . I totally, 100% lifted this layout from my friend Amy Bell. My friend Amy Fethke snapped this photo of Scout & me at the cabin.

JOURNALING: it is the simple things in life that make us know life is good June 2009

The blue border is handstitched.

A quick little layout based on the 10/29 Sketchy Thursday sketch. I think it took me 30 minutes from beginning to end. I love when that happens.

Happy Halloween

Happy Halloween!! It was a typical Wisconsin Halloween yesterday with temperatures between 35-39 degrees. It was in the 70's last year so Bennet was a bit miffed at the normal temps. "Mom- it can't snow, it's Halloween" Oh sweety- it can and usually will.

Scout was supposed to dress up like Granny. We had the wig, hat, and glasses all set. When she woke up from her nap she wanted nothing to do with it. All she wanted was her kitty boot and pumpkin sweater. We modified her costume and I think she's the cutest Pumpkin Kitty Boots on the block. :)

She was a bit confused about the whole Trick-or-Treating thing. She just kept following Bennet from door to door and repeating, "Candy, pumpkin, candy, pumpkin" Oh, and dogs. Any house with a dog became an instant hit.

Bennet went as Little Red Riding Hood. I made the cape/hood and apron. Add a little checked dish cloth to a wicker basket and she was ready to go. Like any typical 3 year old she talked about Halloween and Trick-or-Treating for days leading up to the big event. It did not disappoint. I mean what's better than going up to a strangers house and getting free candy?

My favorite Bennetisms of the night:

"Mom, what is this?"

Me- "It's a pixy stick"

"Oh- I love these"

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"Mom- when we get to Grandma's I'm going to eat some of this delicious candy."

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"Mom- it's raining salt. That's crazy!"

Friday Fill Ins

1. It was a dark and stormy night, when he passionately kissed her up against the door(know idea where that came from).

2. ___________ so I offered to take the books myself. (I've got nothing)

3. Rushing out, I got halfway to the store and realized I had my slippers on.

4. Is that Jacob from La Push?...I think I heard a howl!

5. Shhhh... Bennet and Scout it's time to stop talking and go to sleep. Don't make me go Nanny Jo on you!

6. Hello- I'm pregnant- give me something good to eat!

7. And as for the weekend, tonight I'm looking forward to renting a movie and scrapping, tomorrow my plans include trick or treating and Sunday, I want to rake leaves for pick up next week!

Trading Spaces

Baby Thermos isn't due for 3 more months (14 weeks to due date) but some things fell into place which moved the big room switch up on our schedule. My inlaws are doing some remodeling and graciously donated some gently used carpet to us to use in the girls room and nursery. We had the carpet installed yesterday.

Our house was built in 1961. While this isn't very old bysome standards, but it is just old enough to come with small rooms. Were people smaller back then or just have less clothes because the closet space is sad. The rooms are tiny. Oh well- we just sleep there right? I'm rambling- back to the big room switch.

Scout is moving into Bennet's room along with a new set of bunk beds. The room is too small to have two single beds. Not only is she moving rooms she's also going from a crib to a bed. Big changes around here.

Here is Bennet's (now referred to as the Girls Room) room before.

Here is the Girls Room tonight.

Scout was so darn excited she couldn't catch her breath. She just kept talking about the bed and Bennet and the ladder and the room and and and. It only took an hour for both of them to be quiet and go to bed. Not bad for the first night.

In another post I'll do a before and after of the nursery. We need to reinstall the crib and getting the bunk bed together last night was enough of a test of our patience :)