Happy Birthday to my Hubby!

I can't believe it's already December and that my dear hubby is another year older. He loves it when I tease him about his age :)

Last night me and Bailey did a little photo shoot to create a card for my hubby. I'm thankful for a couple of things - 1) I already had the "D" and "A" letters for our last minute photo shoot idea and 2) we made it through this photo shoot without any accidents on the props (or me). All in all, a complete success!

Dear CT,
Bailey, The Monkeys and I are so very lucky to have you in our lives. You are the hardest working person I know and it drives me crazy sometimes because I wish we could hang out as a family more, but I realize that doesn't pay the bills. You are dedicated to growing successful business(es) and have proven time and time again how great you are at your jobs. You are a wonderful daddy to our Bailey bear and I see how much you love her each and every day. I can't wait to see you raise our daughter over the years, she is a lucky girl to have you as her daddy.

Love you CT!

Happy Birthday to Me!



Not really, but this picture cracks me up every time I see/think of it!

I am so pumped for this day to finally be here! I woke up at 3:30 (not sure if I was just that excited or I just woke up) and watched TV while everyone else was sleeping soundly. I tore opened my presents at 5:30 while in bed. I thought that one of them may come in handy tonight as a gift card for the ultrasound place so I just needed to open it. (Thanks M-I-L!!).

I have to work all day, but that's ok cuz tonight is when the fun starts. I'm heading out a little bit early (stayed late last night) to go home and pick up Chris so we can go to our first of two 3d/4d ultrasound appointments. I have been waiting for this day to get here for a little over a month and I'm super excited about it! We should be getting the pictures on a CD and a DVD of the pics before we leave the office tonight.

After our appointment (should take about an hour), we're heading downtown to have dinner at The Melting Pot. This is one of our favorite restaurants. I purchased a deal on Living Social last month for $47. We Chris gets 2 glasses of wine and we'll share cheese fondue, salads and the main course fondue. If you've ever eaten at The Melting Pot, you know that's a steal! I may get dessert...depending on how much I've already indulged!

I told Chris that I think I want to pick out my birthday gift. We went to Stillwater on Sunday for me to try and find something for my present, but I didn't see anything I just had to have. Bummer! We did, however, manage to find a place to get some yummy nachos. Chris is still deciding if this has moved up to his #1 nacho. I thought they were amazing. I like more veggies on mine though.



Nachos from Nacho Mamas...this is the large and she warned us that they were huge!

I also made it pretty clear that I wanted to get some ice cream. I've been craving ice cream so much lately!



Ice cream cone from Izzy's - it was very yummy. I got salted carmel, mint chocolate chip (which wasn't mint colored - weird!) and an Izzy scoop of bubble gum on top. I was in heaven!

Now I just need to figure out what I want for my birthday gift....Here's to my last year in my 20's!



Things gettin me all excited!

I mentioned in my last post that there are a few things that I'm pretty excited about. Here's what been goin' on around here lately (and part of my excuse the reason for lack of posting)

2 Tuesdays ago (the 24th of July), I met up with some pretty awesome ladies for the first MN Blogger get together. It was so much fun to meet up with ladies in the Twin Cities and chat with them about careers, babies, upcoming weddings and all sorts of other fun stuff! I was a huge slacker and didn't take any pictures that night. I was exhausted from being at a work conference all day and then meeting up for hh and then sitting in dreadfully hot Psycho Suzi's. I wouldn't change it (except maybe some a/c?). I can't wait for our next get together! If you want to see everyone's fun recaps and pictures of the night, check out the MN Blogger page!

Last Saturday I went with my parents to purchase our crib/changing table and mattress. Chris and I had already picked it out (for the most part) and my parents so generously offered to pay for the crib for us. I can't begin to express how thankful I am for that. Um, cribs are freakin expensive (and everything baby related!). It should be here in about a week or so, can't wait!

Sunday morning, Chris and I headed up to St Louis Park to pick up a bassinet that I found on craigslist. Call me the worst mom ever if I don't find it necessary to have everything we buy for our baby be brand new. I love the bassinet we found and it was $20 in really great condition!

Oscar is very curious about all of this baby stuff going on and I'm on a quest to find another grey box to put underneath. Target only had 1, I'm hoping to score another at a different location.

Tuesday night we met up with the lady I found on craigslist to sew our crib bedding. It was kind of overwhelming, but I think we're both happy with what we've picked out (and purchased!). Once I get her all of the supplies, it should take about 3 weeks for her to finish.



My pinspiration


The fabric we picked out. We will be following the pinspiration pretty accurately for where the colors will be going. We're doing a valance instead of full length curtains. I might get full length curtains to coordinate, we'll see how it turns out first! I'm also going to add some pink elements into the room to make it more girly, but wanted to keep some of it neutral.

Wednesday night, I drug Chris and I attended a class to get us all informed on cloth diapering (the class we went to is at Amma Parenting Center in Edina and it was FREE!). I'm really set on cloth diapering our child(ren). I've read a ton of benefits to it - other than not filling up the landfills with disposables. Obviously, it takes more work and can be more of an upfront cost but I really hope that we can make it work for our family! The class was full of useful information and is taught by local gals that own a cloth diaper store and are currently cloth diapering their kiddos. They showed the different types and listed pros and cons of each type. We haven't fully decided on what we want to use, but we've weeded out ones we don't want to use.

Thursday night, I began painting the nursery. Just getting started on some of the trim. We're painting it grey and re-using some of the paint we had leftover from the bathroom makeover. I'm excited to finally have a vision for the nursery. I've got so many pinterest ideas for in there. Lets hope I have enough time to complete them :)

Tonight, I'm meeting up with some friends and heading out to Canterbury for the races! I've only been once about 10 years ago so it should be exciting to get out there again and see my friends!

Tomorrow, we were hoping to take a trip up to Stillwater for some lunch and shopping. I've only been to Stillwater for a wedding about a month ago and really wanted to check out the shops then, but didn't end up having time. I'm hoping to find something that Chris can buy me for my birthday next Tuesday! It's supposed to rain tomorrow, so I guess we'll see what we get up to!

Next Tuesday is my birthday, big 29 here I come! That evening we're going to have a 3d/4d ultrasound done (super excited!!) and depending on when we get done we are planning to head to The Melting Pot (our favorite "occasions" restaurant). Yummy! I got a certificate last month to get cheese fondue, salad and main course for $47/couple...score! I'm sure we'll sneak in some dessert too!

So, that's what I've been up to! I hope you have a great weekend!

Fill in the Blank Friday

Go on over to Lauren's blog
The Little Things We Do
to play along!

1.   My most favorite birthday was  my 28th (just last Sunday). My hubby surprised me with a trip to Chicago for the weekend! This involved booking a hotel (free due to a good friend we know!), coordinating with my boss to have Monday off, finding/planning stuff for us to do, coordinating with my parents to act like we were having dinner together on Saturday - even though we would be gone and keeping the secret from me, and collecting b-day gifts from family members so I could open them on my b-day!

 

2.  My worst birthday was   my 18th when me and a friend of mine decided to go to Canada to celebrate (it was like 3 hours away and the drinking age was 18 - party!). Let's just say there was a DUI, night in jail, calling my brother to come pick us up and my car was impounded for 30 days - IN CANADA. Luckily, I did not get the DUI or spend the night in jail but  that definitely goes down as the most extreme high and low in about 12 hours!

 

3.  My favorite birthday memory is   going to Happy Joe's pizza for my b-day party when I was younger (maybe 8-ish) and then I think we went to the zoo too. I just remember Happy Joe's and my friends and I all got ice cream treats for dessert.

 

4.  The best birthday present I've ever received was the picture frame from my sister-in-law (Whit) that has Nacho Average Nachos engraved on it. Every time  I look at that frame (with a picture of Chris and I eating nachos early in our relationship) it cracks me up. We're so weird and goofy!

5.  The  best birthday present I've ever given was    probably the "Dino Dan" vest I got my nephew this year for his b-day. He was super excited about it and it made me happy cuz I never know what to get him and he seemed to really like it.

6.  Birthdays are  still fun for me to look forward to. I'm sure in about 10 years I will dread when August rolls around it's another year to tack on :)

7.  My favorite age so far has been   22. That's the age I was when Chris and I started dating, I started my first "grown-up" job and I graduated college! That was a pretty monumental year for me.

 

I hope everyone has a great weekend! I finally got my computer back and I'm hoping to get some blogs going with pictures again, yay!

My Birthday Wishlist

Since my birthday will be here in a couple of weeks (August 7 I turn the big 2-8 *gasp*), I thought I would make a wishlist for myself (or others who are looking for ideas for me...)

A cover for my Kindle (it's currently naked) would be great. I like the fun designs, although I'm trying to keep it somewhat gender neutral since Chris sometimes uses the Kindle - not sure I hit the mark with this one!

Speaking of Kindles - a gift card to Amazon.com would be a great idea, too! I'm downloading about a book/month, which isn't a ton of money but I would feel less bad about wanting to read :)

I also wouldn't mind a new case for my Iphone. I have a fuschia colored one right now, that's just ok - nothing special. Would like to have a fancier one!

 

 

This area rug from Home Depot (or a gift card to Home Depot to buy the rug). I bought the runner this past weekend to go in our front entry way (LOVE it) and want to get the matching area rug for our living room. I hate our carpet in the living room, but don't see us replacing it for a while so I'm hoping this will make it better for me.

 

Mohawk Home
Zayden Multi 5 ft. x 8 ft. Area Rug $117.00

And of course, gift cards (to other stores) are always more than welcome!


Happy Monday! I think this week is going to go by very quickly!