Nana is here!

It's official, Nana is here to stay!! Brian's mom arrived yesterday and already it was been wonderful to have her around. Excuse the terrible picture quality, but it's the best my bad little camera can do right now. You'll get the idea. It's so nice to have someone else around to read, play and love on Josiah. Grandpa arrives next Tues. after him and Brian take a long road trip from Missouri to Washington!

 

 

A love for Corn on the Cob

I have a dear friend, Lizzie Mosback, who just happens to also be my neighbor which makes life alot more fun on 32nd Ave. Josiah absolutely adores her and calls her "CiCi".  What a blessing Mike and Lizzie's friendship has been to Brian and I with many shared meals, good conversations, movie nights, free babysitting (for us anyways), and just having fun.  The other night we had a BBQ at their place and Josiah got a hold of my corn on the cob and didn't let go.  Lizzie took these pictures of him. He loved that she was following him around giving him her undivided attention and he sure hammed it up for her camera.  As you can see no matter what he was doing he was holding onto that cob and would stop every now and then, suck on it, then go back to playing. Thanks for the great photos Lizzie!  I can't wait to get a good camera.

Ok I'm done

I just finished my last painting project. Turned our yellow bathroom into a lovely blue bathroom. It's amazing what a change a fresh color of paint and a new shower curtain can do (thanks Johanna for the shower curtain - we LOVE IT!). Here are the before and after photos. I'm done with house projects from now on. I realized as I was trying to paint behind the toilet it's getting really hard to bend over and do much of anything comfortably for that matter, therefore I'm done! No more projects until this belly is gone and baby is here.

A Good Morning to you!

"This is the day that the Lord has made let us rejoice and be glad!" Ps. 118

Rhododendron Bush

My most favorite plant we have is the rhododendron bush. I absolutely love love love it! But sadly it blooms and dies all too quickly. It's not the prettiest bush during the year, but when it's in bloom it's amazing!

And a pic of the 33 week belly! :-)  Just 7 more weeks till we meet baby girl! (maybe less if we're lucky).

A Good Day

And ideal Saturday is to leisurely wake up (if that's really possible to do with an 18 month old) look outside and see warm blue skies, then head to the neighborhood coffee shop grab the coffee and scones and go on over to our neighborhood park (Manito Park) and spend the morning outside as a family.  Then have friends over for an evening BBQ.  And that is exactly what we did this Saturday. This was a good day!

Josiah loves loves loves pointing at the water and saying "duck" over and over again. Martin actually ran into the water and tried to catch himself a duck for breakfast. 

Boredom or Nesting?

So the past week while Brian was gone, I'v done some major cleaning, organizing, throwing out, storing, unstoring, painting, hanging etc... The weather here has been rainy and cold so that has helped with us just staying inside.  While Brian was hiking I was painting the guest room and a hallway.  I hung new shades in the sun room, got the crib ready to go for baby (even though it will still be months before she's actually sleeping in it).  Dad and mom, I think you two are the only ones that really knew what my house looked like before, but below are some pictures of the projects I'v been working on in the house. 

Good news is we have family moving to Spokane!!!!  Brian's parents are officially moving to WA to live!  They will stay with us for a few weeks until they find a place of their own.  It's exciting to think that Josiah will get to live around and get to know his grandparents (at least one set of them). 

So was it because I'v been bored or am I really "nesting" as they say? Either way, it's Productive!

New and improved Guest room pictured below (mom remember how Blah it was before!?)

New Shades (that were on Clearance for cheap cheap cheap!) -got rid of the old vinyl shades

our room (new bedspread that actually fits the bed!)

Baby girls little space