Winter

Well hello! Sorry for the lack of posts...I've been on vacation and it has been hard to make myself blog! I have a few pics to post from when I was home visiting family and friends in VA but first wanted to share some winter (or lack of it) pics.

To tell you the truth - we haven't had much of a winter this year! Last year we had over 100 inches of snow by this time and this year we've barely had 30.

Remember this last year? Oh how I miss it!

It doesn't even feel like we've even had 30 inches because as soon as it snows...it melts! Our backyard has looked like this for most of the winter :( Yuck.

Matt has still been out skiing and we have escaped to the mountains to get a little snow fix since we have none at our house. A few weeks ago we hiked up Camel's Hump with our friends Sarah and Joe (and of course the puppies we invited too).

Matt entertains Willow to keep her from barking at the top...

Not tempted to do this in the middle of winter...

The view! Note how there's no snow in the valley....

It was windy on top :)

21 weeks at 4083 feet!

Willow explores :)

When I returned from VA we had just enough snow that stuck around to cross country ski on the golf course behind our house. It's a good winter exercise alternative for a non-downhill skiing pregnant lady - I just wish it would stick around a bit longer!

OK - that's all I have for you right now! I'll post soon on my VA adventures :) Happy Monday!

xo!

Baby Bump Weeks 19-21

I'm over halfway! Yipee! It feels like things moved SO SLOWLY and now I'm all of a sudden to this point. Good thing we still have lots of time to do more planning...we have a long way to go on nursery decisions!

I'm so excited that this week is school vacation - It feels so good not to hear the alarm ring at 5:30am :)

xo!

Ultrasound Pics

Hello friends! Hope you all had a great weekend - ours was fantastic so I was dreading Monday even more than usual! Maybe you're one of my lucky friends down south who had a snow day or the day off for President's Day. Not me - not this time :)

Sorry for my absence - I had a busy week and then spent the weekend recovering and headed out and about...I have lots to share but promised ultrasound pics first so here they are! I don't think ultrasound pics are all that easy to see but here are a few of the clear ones.

Here are 2 baby T feet :) You can see one whole foot and the heel of another.

Face and skull - all you can really see is the bony structure here.

Spine and neck - the head is pointed down in this pic.

This might be my favorite - Look up top and you can see the forearm and hand! Incredible :)

That's all for now! Be back soon hopefully :)

xo!

Happy Birthday John!

Happy Birthday to the best brother ever!!! I love you John!!

John spent the day in sunny Florida where he said it was 80 degrees while we were hiking to the top of Camel's Hump wearing snow boots - what a difference! Hope your day was wonderful!

xo!

Baby Bump Weeks 16-18

The belly is growing :) We had our 20 week ultrasound this week - I'll share pics soon. Baby T weighs 13 ounces and is moving more and more! Hopefully in a few weeks Matt will be able to feel it too....

xo!

Happy Birthday Willow!

I'm a few days late in wishing a Happy 3rd Birthday to my Will! We love our sweet noodle. It's hard to believe she is 3 years old! Look at this face - could you resist it?!

xo!

Nursery Planning

I started following baby blogs long before I was pregnant (I'm sure I'm not the only one...). I figured once I officially knew I would need a nursery I'd be way ahead on things and know exactly what I wanted. Yeah right. I should have known myself better than that!

Anyway - Pinterest has helped quite a bit and I've found some great inspiration nurseries that have helped in my decision making :) Here are a few (of many) examples.

Love this one - a new one from Apartment Therapy....

So serene. From Project Nursery.

So cute for a small space. I need to go a bit more gender neutral with not so much pink but love it still. From Ohdeedoh.

Simple, clean lines. From Ohdeedoh. I have considered buying this crib too....it's from WalMart - can you believe it?

Great one. From Ohdeedoh.

Some things I noticed when I was pinning...

- Most of the walls were gray (or another light color)
- All cribs were white and had simple clean lines
- Most had a fairly neutral rug
- Color was brought in through accents like fabric and art

I decided to paint the walls gray - picking a shade of gray will take another post. I'm still trying to make a final decision. I have also done hours of research on white cribs that aren't outrageously expensive...again another post!

Now I do realize the baby isn't going to appreciate this nursery and could care less what its room looks like. This is all for me (and Matt and other visitors who might appreciate it). I can't help but want it to look perfect...maybe that's a negative aspect to baby blog reading and Pinterest. At any rate - it's getting closer!

xo!