Thursday, January 21, 2010

Abigail's Room

I wanted to share a few pictures of our preparations with Abigail's room and things. They aren't in order really, but it will give you an idea! Only 4 more weeks till she gets here (unless she would like to come early:)!

Paul loved putting together her stroller..

And carrying up all this heavy stuff! :) This high chair is solid wood and the pack n play wasn't exactly light. I took care of the bouncer though! ha ha.

Heres the finished product of the travel system Paul put together!

And heres the bouncer I got to put together!

Setting up the crib was a little more frustrating then fun, but well worth it! We bought this crib about a year ago and it's just been in a closet waiting for this fun time in our lives! The diaper holder wont be on the front like that... I'm going to try and find a satin hanger, tie the end of the diaper holder on it and hang it on the wall. I just can't seem to find a satin hanger anywhere!

My mom got this cute bedding for Abigail. I love it so much.. Hopefully we have lots of girls so we can use it over and over! (Although, while browsing through babies r us, we found some adorable baby boy bedding!)

Chelsea gave us this little shelf thing with the baskets. Theres still another basket I need to get from her, but it's super cute.

We didn't set this up yet because we wont need it for a while, but this is the high chair we got. We like how classy it looks. Hopefully it will turn out to be a good buy!

We also didn't set our pack in play up yet. It will go in our room for the first few months when she comes home with us! Then she will be nice and close whenever she wakes up in the night.

Theres a few odds and ends that we still need to get but I think we have all the essentials! Thank you everyone for all the wonderful gifts! I actually have everyones thank you cards written out and ready to give, I just need to hand them out! Hope all is well. We are so excited!

Sunday, January 10, 2010

And I'm lovin' every minute...

Yesterday was Dana and Cory's wedding... Wow. It was so awesome to see them finally married! They are so sweet together and so in love. Cory is such a sweet guy and treats Dana like a princess. I just love them together!
The temple ceremony was super short, but sweet. It's so wonderful to go to a temple sealing for two people you love so much! I love to see two loved ones kneel over the alter and be sealed for time AND all eternity. Then came pictures. Dana looked so gorgeous and Cory looked incredibly handsome. It was very cold outside, but everyone was a good sport while the pictures were going on and very cooperative, too.
The reception was beautiful. Dana's family did such a great job decorating. Lots of dancing, lots of fun, and plenty of pictures. Here are a few we took....














CONGRATULATIONS Mr. & Mrs. Cory Patterson :D

Tuesday, January 5, 2010

Jordan and Coen

It's been a little while since I've updated... Mostly because all I think about is baby stuff and I don't want to bore everyone with the same old stuff over and over. I did go to the doctor today and everything sounded good with the baby. My doctor said I need to start taking iron pills because I'm borderline anemic. In 4 weeks I'll start one week appointments. I can't believe I only have 7 weeks left. It's really insane.

My sweet (not so little) nephew had his birthday party last Saturday. We actually have the same birthday which is super fun. He's turning 5 on Thursday and I'm turning 22. Weird. Here are a few pictures I got during his party.
My mom, Coen's Nanna, made this volcano cake. It's exactly what he asked for and more. My mom put a vase in the middle of the cake so she could put in some dry ice and water. He absolutely loved it!
He had a hard time leaving the cake a lone and wanted it to keep smoking the whole time.

I love this "cheese" picture :)



Now for my brother-in-law, Mr. Jordan... He left on Monday, December 28th to go into basic training for the army. He actually just started basic training yesterday because of the holidays. He had a little get together on the 27th to say goodbye to everyone and to get a hair cut. I decided to start and end with some very attractive pictures of him :D

He had some long shaggy dog hair...

Then Ryan started cutting...

Beth helped out, too... Jordan was a good sport and let anyone who wanted to cut some of his luscious locks off.
Then Jamie took over and made it all even and presentable.

We are super proud of Jordan and his decision to join the army. We hope he will be kept out of harms way and learn a lot of great life lessons as well. He will graduate from basic training in June/July and hopefully we'll be able to make it up to his graduation! Good luck, Jordan!