Shabby to Spiffy

So, I kinda have to laugh that both of us are in the "Nesting Phase" working on projects that we've been meaning to do for awhile, but have put off. Our laundry room has been fine, plain, white, boring, but fine and completely usable.

When we bought bead boarding to re-do the extra bedroom (now nursery) two years ago we gained some bonus bead board that had been warped during the original shipping of our order, but what to do with it?

I remember suggesting many moons ago that we put it up in the laundry room and now we have found the time to do it. And by "we" I mean Ryan, because as a preggo I can't be around too many paint fumes and there have been two different occasions that I start painting and Ryan has to finish because I lose momentum.

Ryan has been spending a few hours every night measuring, cleaning, sawing, nailing & painting this boring room into a spiffy little laundry area. I love it! and him!!

Valentines Weekend

We had a wonderful Valentines weekend!! Since it was President's Day on Monday we both decided go to Boise and spend some extra time with the cousins and do some shopping!! So I told you in an earlier post that I was going to do the 14 Days to Valentines, well I think it turned out to be like 12 Days to Valentines (a few bumps in the schedule), but Ryan said he really enjoyed it! Some of the things I did were:

A card with 14 of my favorite memories with Ryan.

I found the Choo Choo Choose Me Valentine from The Simpson's and added a pack of gum on the back.

I LOVED making the fortune cookies with little notes that started with I'm fortune to have you because __________ and added some V-Day snickers in the take-out box.

I made a dozen little love notes attached to V-Day M&M packets and hid them all over

My friend Candace & I made "Manly Boxes of Chocolate". We made some football oreo truffles that I found on Bakerella.com (LOVE HER!!) and both of our husbands are rice krispy freaks - really a pan does not last long with the two of them around. So we made some rice krispy peanut butter truffles and Candace made peanut butter cups in some heart forms. We were orgionally going to make our own chocolate boxes, but since the chocolate took some time to make we just bought some cheap ones at Rite Aid - ate the chocolate inside - and decorated the boxes.

And the gift I chose to give him on Valentine's Day was a frame that I had made that said "My Buddy" on one angle and "My Son" up the other side and put our little guys ultrasound in there. He already has a picture of us on his desk and now he has one of his son too.

Boise, to sum it up into words and short phrases:

Our talkitive 3rd cousin Jill. Softest beds in the entire world. Temple work on the last day the temple is open before cleaning. New temple schedule. Costco with a baby (we were babysitting and I got a few questions about holding a 4 mo. old and being 7 mo. pregnant - how can that happen?). Wal-Mart. $2 Curtains. Getting tired of walking. All-American Valentines BBQ. Fame - I want to live forever, but never see that movie again. Apple pie a la mode is delicious at 11 p.m. Church at 9am (we are used to 10 a.m. and being on PST). Cutest RS meeting. Mashed potatoes & rolls (2 1/2 helpings). Tres Leches. German Chocolate cake. Two cousins & their two new homes. Ryan's V-Day gifts to me: Noises Off on DVD (If you haven't seen it - see it!! I watched my VHS so much it was really fuzzy) & a gift certificate for 4 hours of shopping without him mumbling & grumbling! Hobby Lobby. My new found desire to make soap. Uber swanky baby stores. Ross. Target. The pain of buying nursing bra's (I hate bra shopping normally and this was just ....bleh). Looking at strollers. Target Dollar Spot. Old Navy Maternity & Macaroni Grill.....haaaaaaaa. Head back home. Juntura does not have the best fudge. Get home, get warm & sleep. Go back to work the next day.

Wait! An Elephant has 22 months!!

So, I'm just chugging along through my day today and it hits me - I'm 30 weeks! Yeah! Then I keep going and I am struck with the realization that I only have 10 weeks left - 10!!! What can I do in 10 weeks to be ready for this baby?

I've really enjoyed being pregnant. After watching a video of a live birth I'm perfectly fine being pregnant for the rest of my life (I know that I'm "going to get tired of it", but after watching that video....I'm willing to cross my legs.)

We've made an inventory of what we have and don't have, we have the room, grandparents have made traveling plans, have a baby shower already in the works.....I don't know what to do. I feel like I have a million things that need to be done & yet also feel like I should just stay at home and crochet.....a very odd feeling........and odd, odd, feeling.