The Nursery

How time flies!  Our first child is due in 5 weeks and we still have some preparing to do.  But one of the most important parts, the nursery, is completed.  It took a lot of time to complete, but we also made some of it by hand.  We found the furniture at Kids Stuff Superstore in Lincoln and the bedding was purchased from there as well. 

The letters on the wall were purchased from a hobby store and they were already white so we didnt' have to do anything with them.  The butterflies and flowers between the letters is what we made.  Jason cut each butterfly and flower out with a saw and then we sanded and painted the letters.

We are more than pleased with the way the nursery turned out.  We hope you enjoy it, too!  Now on to more craft projects!

Jason is assembling the crib.

These are the flowers that will go on the wall between the letters.

Now that the letters are hung, we needed to mark where the butterflies and flowers were going.

The nursery is finished!  We are very pleased with how the letters,

butterflies, and flowers turned out.

The other side of the room across from the crib.

These are a close-up of the finished butterflies and flowers on the wall.

Another decade come and gone!!!!

Yes, it is that time again. The time of year we all dread when we get older. Another birthday! Unfortunately for me, this year was my milestone. I hit the big 3-0.

Looking back at my 20's, I asked myself what have I accomplished. My answer, nothing! I have accomplished absolutely nothing! Some may say, well you have a Master's degree, bought a house, started a career, have a child on the way, but so has everyone else I know.

Show me a 24 or 25 year old that doesn't already have all this. I can't think of any. I can't say I reached any major accomplishment. I don't feel anything out of the ordinary was accomplished which is why I say I have accomplished nothing.

Maybe I am too hard on myself, but I guess we will have to wait and see what the next decade brings. I won't let anything stop me!

It's a ......?

We are having a GIRL! Since I am so late writing this post, I am sure most everyone has already heard the news, but I thought I would share some pictures of our Gender Party with everyone.

We had a great time host family and friends at our house so everyone could find out the gender together along with us.

No, we didn't know what we were having prior to the Gender Party. It was a great surprise to see the inside of the cake as pink. Now we can begin planning for the arrival of our little girl.




We all thought it was a boy. We were wrong. Yes, that will probably be the first and last time I will be wrong! :)

















They thought it was girl and they were right! We can't wait for the arrival of our little princess! :)








The big reveal! You can see the decorations were both pink and blue since no one knew the gender! What great decorations!