A plug for my dad

So I didn't take these pictures. But I wish I did. I think they're awesome. My dad took them. I'm usually partial to natural light and settings, but this is evidence that studio stuff can be pretty dang cool too.

SAMMY's a MISSIONARY!

Okay, not quite yet-- still about a month to go. But isn't he a cute one?? I like to scroll back and forth between this and the last post- before and after the cut. Can you tell it's the same person?

Oh, and not to forget...

CALIFORNIA, here he comes! Sam is going on a mission. He just got his call last Friday, and he's going to California, San Jose! He leaves December 5th. We're so excited for him! He's going to be a fantastic missionary. Everyone loves him. I wish I had a picture of him with his new missionary haircut. This was taken of him this past summer. He looks so different now! I'll work on getting an updated picture.

ITS A BOY!

I'm 19 1/2 weeks and today we had our ultrasound! It didn't take long to figure out that it's a boy! Ross started grinning from ear to ear the moment she said that it's a baby boy. I'm really excited too. I still can't believe it. Looking at that screen made it so real. He actually looks like a baby! I only have the one picture of the ultrasound- Ross took the rest to work. And here is a picture of me as well. Ross is always home late and we forget about taking a picture, so I decided to take matters into my own hands. My belly is starting to look nice and round now. Before it just looked like the result of poor eating habits and no exercise.

I may be a little crafty

So I finished these over the past month. I'm pretty proud of myself for just getting them done! They were all really easy projects, and Ross helped me with some of them.

The curtains we bought at IKEA, while we were in Utah. Sigh.. how I wish we had one close to us! The closest IKEA to us I think is in Chicago- that's twelve hours away! Anyway, these were super cheap, sheer like I wanted, and there was no sewing involved! Lucky me! They're in our kitchen.



This bulletin board is also in our kitchen, and I just added some fabric to an existing boring bulletin board. I think I will paint the edges. I'm not sure though.

And then here is an earring holder that I made! I have seen this idea a lot on various websites, and just decided to make my own rendition. It's a bit sloppy and crooked, but I really like it anyway.



Now I need to get going on the nursery! I'm looking for inexpensive cute ways to decorate it. So if anyone has any ideas... let me know!

Sigh..

Okay, I just want to put this picture up, because I think he is so DANG attractive. Even though he looks kind of mad.

BIG NEWS

So I think that the very few people that might read this blog probably already know this. However, I wanted to make a GRAND announcement!! We're pregnant! I'm due March 1st. We're really excited. I'm also nervous. But mostly excited.



So, what do you think? Should we induce on February 29th?