Happy Easter!

Happy Easter! We had a very busy day today. My Mom and Aunt Pat made an amazing brunch for us-ham, sausage and egg casserole, homemade cinnamon rolls, cheesy potatoes, fruit salad, scones...it was very good! My Uncle Joe and Aunt Marion stopped over before we ate. After we ate, my cousins Rachel, Eddie, Taylor and Eddie came by and also my cousin Jessica, James, Madison, and Cayden. Lots of company!! We left Mom's and headed to my Father's for a little visit. On our way home, we stopped at my in-laws house as well. We did a lot of house hopping, but it was good to see everyone too! Happy Easter!!

Here's my cousin Taylor with her cat attire on:


Cousins Ed and Eddie:


Cayden starting to crawl:


Madison:

29 Weeks

I'm 29 weeks today! Only 11 more to go! I'm still feeling pretty good at this point-have been having some swelling of my feet after work but I guess that's pretty normal. My 10 hour long surgery days really kill me-it's a long time to be on me feet! Believe it or not, between this photo and my 25 week photo I only gained 1 pound! Hard to believe since I feel like I've been eating like a cow! Now I start my appointments every 2 weeks instead of every month-that's crazy too! The time is just flying by!

Love Long Weekends!

It's Easter weekend...normally I wouldn't get a single extra day off for it. But this year I splurged a bit. My birthday falls on Easter this year and Gabe gets off for Good Friday so I decided to take both Friday and Monday off. And what a great feeling! I left work today and am excited to have 4 days all to me. Granted I have stuff to do everyday, but going to work isn't one of them! Tomorrow Gabe and I are meeting with our first daycare then our insurance agent. Saturday and Sunday we'll be in Buffalo. Monday I have a doctors appointment and another daycare meeting. So I'll be busy, but like I said, it's better than going to work!

Breastfeeding Class

Gabe and I went to our first pre-natal class tonight on breastfeeding. He wasn't sure if he should go, but we were happy he did-pretty much everyone there had their husband/significant other with them so I was glad he was there with me. The class was pretty good. We watched a video and throughout the instructor would pause and go over things and see if anyone had any questions. We learned some positions on holding the baby and got to practice with the dolls they had, so that was good. I know it's going to be a challenging task, but I'm up for trying it out and seeing how things go! I know it'll be demanding at times, but the benefits for Mom and baby are just amazing so it's definitely worth trying. Next week we start our childbirth series-a 2 hour class one night a week for 4 weeks. That'll be interesting-I'm looking forward to learning about all of the fun stuff to come!

I Feel Like a New Woman!

Today folks, I cleaned the house! This is monumental because I haven't cleaned the house since our demolition started! So yeah, it's been about 2months! And when you're almost 7 months pregnant and nesting kicks in, it feels good to clean! See, all of the furniture from the back room was moved up front, which is where we were living when the back room was being worked on. So our space was very cramped having the extra stuff up front. So that left me no room to really clean anything! Plus with having them demolishing, sanding, etc. the house just got messy everyday. Instead of driving myself nuts and cleaning everyday, I just decided to wait it out until all was done. This weekend, Gabe moved almost everything back into the room, which means our front room has cleared up a bit-I can see the floors now! So today was vacuum and dusting day and it felt SO GOOD to get it done! When I finished I told Gabe I "felt like a new woman" having the house clean and almost back in order. He just laughed at me! I'm so glad this project is almost done! Next on the list-finishing the nursery!

Family Room Update

You may remember awhile ago we were in the middle of remodeling our back room. I haven't updated on it in awhile since it took us awhile to get to where we are right now. Gabe had to do 2 coats of drywall primer before we could paint, then he had to prime and paint the ceiling and then paint the trim and walls-lots of work!! We took these pictures on Thursday night so they're not 100% current, but pretty close.

Facing the neighbors-new speakers put in that will go on either side of the TV:




Facing the backyard and driveway side:


Facing the driveway-one speaker installed on the left side:


Ceiling shot of recessed lights:


Facing neighbors-new speakers (and Jerri of course!):


Entrance to the room-no closet anymore!


New closet doors:


Gabe's toys stored in the closet:


Friday we had the ceiling fan installed and a light put up in the closet. The speakers are all put in now as well. This weekend, Gabe rearranged the furniture and put most of the stuff back in the room. Left to do....finish a little bit of painting and put up crown molding that we're ordering. After that, I think the room might be officially done :)

Beautiful Day!

Dear Mother Nature-please keep the nice weather coming! I know you're calling for possible snow next week....I hope that's a mistake! Is that your idea of an April Fools Joke? Because it's not very funny! We like the sunshine and the 60+ degree weather so please keep that heading this way!
Thank you!