Shopping Experience

O., B. and I went to Ikea together today. The boys had never been there before and they were probably a bit suprised by how big it was. I, personally, find way too many things that I want! A lot of things I think will be nice to have once the kiddos are older and I have to worry less about them all getting broken. The main part of the trip was getting dressers.

We needed to either get a dresser for the new baby, or one for O. However, we decided to get them each one and taken O's little dresser and put it in the guest room so now our guests will have a place to put some stuff! We got baby this dresser, O's is the same in a ash color.



I also got some drawer organizers for baby since all of her stuff will be so small it may be nice to have it a bit more organized right now!

We did buy one additional thing - I have been wanting a shelf type unit for the master for our towels, but was having a hard time finding something that would work, look nice and wasn't way too expensive. While we were there we found this:



At first we were unsure if we could fit this into our cars as it wasn't needing near as much assembly as our dressers, but with some adjustment and my backseat going down, we got it!

Hopefully next week we will look into paint for the baby's room. Not sure yet if we will do two shades of purple or purple on the top half with green (maybe pink) on the bottom. But I have found one border that I like so far to put between that wasn't near as pricey as the rest:



What do you think? Both color wise and border?

Oh my! Lots of cute girlie things!

I can't believe how many cute girle things there are out there! I started registering for a few items and couldn't keep myself from adding a few of the adorable clothes to the registry. Unfortunately, can't seem to save the pictures from Target.com and post them here, argh!

We are looking at actually painting the baby's room here soon, well, B. is looking at painting it soon since I won't be able to. Thinking dark purple on the bottom and light purple on top with a butterfly like border in the middle.

Working on her blanket - probably a bit over halfway done with it. Hopefully will get it done soon so I won't have it on me once it starts getting warmer!!

Visit of a great friend

My best friend, Auntie A., was out in KY to visit us for about 3.5 days. We went to grad school together and became very close. She lives in WI now and teaches in MN. We miss each other incredibly so we were both very excited about her visit! She arrived on Sunday afternoon and left this morning (Thursday). It was really great getting to have her out here and spend time with her.

Sunday, we just relaxed and ate supper. We played a couple games of Phase 10 with hubby too. Our main forms of accomplishments the rest of the week revolved around shopping (and eating out). We went to New York and Company, Old Navy, DSW shoes, Gap Clearance Store, Home Goods, and had an appointment at Davids Bridal for her to start shopping for a dress. She was able to cross a few dresses off her list, but we also managed to add a couple. I was able to get her in one dress with ruffles, but you could tell by her face that it wasn't her :) We went out to eat at Steak and Shake, Donatos Pizza, and Cheddars (Steak and Shake mainly for O.).

We were both very happy to get our toes done on Tuesday. I had never gotten a pedicure here in KY, so we had to find a spot. We found a place with a great rep, which happened to be located inside Walmart! Eventhough we were slightly turned off by that fact, it was a great experience and our feet are very happy!!! I was very excited to get to wear a pair of my new shoes on Wednesday to show off my toes. Now aren't these shoes me?



Pretty comfy for how high they are ;)

We took O. on a walk one evening as the weather was really nice while Auntie was here - mid 50's to low 60's all days! Most of our shopping was done jacket-free! Maybe spring is finally here!

By Wednesday evening, we were pretty tuckered out and we were watching "Over Her Dead Body" with Eva Longoria Parker. I did hear Auntie fall asleep for a bit during the movie, but for the most part we were able to keep our eyes open all the way to the late hour of 10:30!

Auntie left this morning as we were leaving for school (I have a conference call today and thought I'd get some grading done). O. was only confused when he could no longer see Auntie's car - I was trying to remind him that she was going bye-bye. The good news was our friend Aidan was at school this morning so hopefully he will have a good day!

Miss you already Auntie! You are the best friend I could ever ask for!






*Note: Auntie A. is not my sister or sister-in-law by blood, but she is just like a sister to me so O. has always called her Auntie. She was there a lot for me when O. was little (before we moved) and spent lots of time with him. She helped with him when I was out of town for interviews, babysat for us so we could get a night out once in awhile, and just hung out. If that doesn't count, I don't know what should!

O. Update

I can't believe how much O. has changed in the last few months. He is talking up a storm, still not always understandable, especially when he is making up stories. He loves to sing certain songs like twinkle, twinkle little star, ring around the rosey and his ABC's. He has been a pretty big boy by going to the potty all by himself and generally only needs help buttoning our pants (if we are wearing ones with buttons) or if he needs a little assistance with some toilet paper ;) It is really nice not having to get up and take him potty all the time anymore.

He even tries to get himself ready in the morning, though, I always need to fine-tune what he has tried - especially with brushing his teeth!

He still think that baby sister is in HIS tummy, but we'll see how long it takes for him to realize where she really is - maybe once he feels her through Mommy's tummy? Right now his favorite thing to call me is "mister mommmy" as I always called him Mr. O. Makes me smile everytime, though sometimes I am "princess mommy" instead.

We had a follow-up eye appointment today at Childrens and things are looking good. Still just needs to wear his glasses - one eye is not taking over so still not worried too much about surgery yet as it appears the glasses are doing what they were hoped to do. Have our next appointment in mid-July where we will dialate his eyes - so definitely not going to be as easy!

Tough Day Emotionally

Let me start with saying how thankful I really am. I am very lucky to have such a great family both immediate and extended, great friends, a job I enjoy and my health. I am very excited about becoming a Mom again in a few months.

So why is today so hard for me? Why can't I stop thinking about it? Even though I have fully physically and primarily emotionally recovered, I can't help but think about what could have been. Today is the day that I could have been becoming a mother again. While I am very excited about my current pregnancy and my little girl that is coming in June, I can't help but think about the child that I lost so early on. I don't think it is wrong of me to remember that child as that child is with God, but remembering that child is also helping me to be appreciative of what I do have in my life and about how fragile life really is.

So with that said, I hope all my friends and family know how much they mean to me. Their love and support are irreplaceable.