Decisions, Decisions!

I swore that I would get through Marissa's birthday party before planning the nursery, but I'm just too excited to start designing.  We've decided that we are going to move Marissa's brown nursery furniture to the new baby's room and find a white convertible crib and dresser for her room.  I think it will look great with the dark brown and pink walls and white chair moulding.  With the bedding set we've picked out, I think dark brown would look best in his room, but we don't want two dark brown cribs.  Within a few months we will probably move the glider out of her room to the new baby's room and make room for her toys and "big girl" things.  I really liked the set up we had for our changing table and cloth diapers in Marissa's room and I would like to have that for our (still unnamed) baby boy's room.  Danny has his work cut out for him. :)  I can't wait to receive the bedding pieces in the mail so we can go pick out paint colors.

I've picked out the new swing we want to buy, but I still need to pick furniture for Marissa's room.  I've also been shopping for some cute boy print diapers.  I found a few elephant prints that are adorable and I even found a "nerd" diaper for Danny that he's in love with.  Gotta keep the hubby happy...right!?

Here are a few of the prints that I'm considering:


                            For Danny

     Love this one and perfect for the nursery!


I guess boys can be fun, too!

   

Today in History!

Today has been quite the day, let me tell ya!

• 1 year ago today was my due date with Marissa...she blessed me with one more week of pregnancy and didn't arrive until August 30th. 
• Today we had a 5.9 magnitude EARTHQUAKE...in Virginia.  Wow!  That was crazy!  My building at work was shaking and everyone ran outside pretty frantic.  Luckily, everyone seems to be fine and damage is minimal in most areas.  
• My friend Sophie was admitted to the hospital today to deliver her baby boy!  So exciting. 

Teeth Brush

It's official, Marissa now needs a "teeth brush" instead of a tooth brush.  That's right, she has TWO teeth.  Her 2nd bottom tooth popped through sometime yesterday.  In just over a week, Marissa has started walking (no longer just taking a few steps), gotten 2 teeth and can stand up all on her own (without pulling up on something).  But she does not perform for others.  She will only walk, stand up and stand when SHE wants to.  She's a stubborn little girl.

We're down to the wire for her party and right now the forecast is showing rain.  I'm a little bummed but we will make due.

Water for Elephants

We spent the weekend having dinner with friends, going to Tupperware and Tastefully Simple parties, shopping, selling stuff on Craigslist and wracking our brains on nursery themes and baby names.


Last night, Danny and I finally got some quality time together and we watched the movie Water for Elephants.  A great movie!

After watching the movie we were inspired to do an Elephant Nursery theme for our (unnamed) baby boy!  Yeah, we're still working on the name.  Boys are tough!  I hope this isn't a sign of what's in store for my future.  :-P

So, without further ado, here's the nursery set we've picked out!  Cute??  I think so!

We didn't get the whole kit and kaboodle (let's face it...nursery bedding sets are $$$), but we're working off of these colors for the room.  I have SO many ideas running through my head already.  I hope that my envisions come together.  Sometimes I dream BIG and things don't turn out how I wanted and I get discouraged.  I see lots of DIY projects in my future.  Stay tuned!

What do ya'll think!? :)

Weekend at Grammy & Grandpup's!

We had a lot of fun at Grammy and Granpup's house last weekend.  Marissa enjoyed exploring the house and showing off all of her new tricks (taking steps, waving, all that jazz). 

Apparently it doesn't take much to entertain these two...

Marissa would close Grammy inside and then open the doors and pull her hair.

And they had a beat box competition:

My mom and dad were really excited to take Marissa to the Bergton Fair.  It's all they've talked about since last year when they went.  It's a quaint little fair, mostly geared towards kids.  It's in the middle of nowhere on a mountain; it was really pretty!  They had all the fried foods you could think of, including fried oreos that Danny had to try.  Older folks sat and listened to the local music that was playing while kids and teenagers rode rides and played games.

Here Marissa is playing the duck game!  It took her about 5 minutes to pick her first duck.  The ducks go around the pond in a circle.  She would spot one she wanted but before she could grab it she would lose it. 

"Look at all these duck-ducks, mommy!"

Trying to grab one and missed.

"I can haz ducky?!"

Grandpup was trying to coax Marissa into picking one...

Yay!  She finally picked one!

Marissa, Grammy, Grandpup and her Duck-Ducks she won!

Proud Granpup, it is not often you will get my dad to smile for the camera, much less take a picture. :)

Marissa and Grammy

Danny and I rode the Ferris Wheel together <3

Danny won Marissa a prize Monkey!

Watching daddy!

A little Monkey for our monkey.

This is where the fair was located:

As you can see it was very small and low key.  It cost $1.00 per person to get in...where else can you go for $1.00?  Sometimes it's the simple things in life!  It's nice going to my parent's house sometimes because we get away from the hustle and bustle of our normal routine.  Everyone is so laid back and move much slower down where they live.  There's no keeping up with the Jones' and things are just simpler. 

The Mountains

After the fair we headed home.  Danny took a nap in the back seat while I drove and surprisingly Marissa didn't nap with him.  We decided to stop for soft serve ice cream and they had the cutest little baby cones, the perfect size for Marissa!

She wasn't so sure about it at first

Then she dove right in!

Clearly my mom is having too much fun with this...

This was her first ice cream cone!  I think Marissa wore more of it than she actually ate.  She seemed to really like it though and I'm sure it felt good on her gums (considering a tooth popped through a few days later).  It was a nice treat!  We're still holding out on giving her cake until her birthday party/actual birthday though.  That's one special occassion that I want to wait on. 

My parents don't get to see Marissa that often, so they really enjoy their time with her.  I am sure they were glowing from excitement of spending the weekend with her.



Ultrasound Results!

Today we had our big 20 week ultrasound for Baby #2.

We saw the 4 chambers of the heart, the stomach, kidneys, etc. and it appears that we have a healthy, growing baby!  I am measuring right on track for my January 2nd due date.

Here are a few pictures of our sweet baby....

~*BOY*~

This picture really reminded us of Marissa's ultrasound.  He has little chicken legs like his daddy.

Baby Feet

So sweet <3

Our little alien baby. :)

We are so happy and excited to be having a little boy, even though a little piece of me was hoping for another girl.  I always thought it would be nice for Marissa to have a sister...so I *might* have to work on Danny for a 3rd baby. :-P That will be a little ways down the road, though.

Just like with Marissa, I have a low lying placenta again.  I have a follow up ultrasound on September 14th to make sure that it has moved up and away from my cervix.  With Marissa this was no problem and it moved on it's own, but I will still pray that it moves in order to avoid a c-section. 

Oh and he owes me $5.00 since I bet boy and he bet girl. Ha!

The Crawl!

I haven't had time to upload pictures of our weekend at Grammy and Grandpup's yet, but this was a picture taken of Marissa at the crawl.  She did really well and luckily it wasn't too hot out that day.  She learned how to climb into her chair all on her own (not without a few spills, first) and she liked standing up in her chair looking around.  She got lots of "oohh's and ahhh's" as people walked by. =)

She loves her princess chair!  She looks like such a big girl.