The Crib is Here!

Today, Bailey's crib arrived! So, Craig decided to go ahead and put it together tonight. I was under strict instuctions NOT to help! Craig wanted to do it all himself! He was however, very closely supervised by Sydney throughout the entire process.

All in all, it took about 45-50 minutes from start to finish... not bad considering some of the distractions he had to put up with (Sydney trying to "help" and me constantly snapping pictures). I think the crib looks simply beautiful... job well done Craig! More to come...

Nursery Re-do Part I

So Craig and I are trying to get a jump start on the nursery. We're not necessarily going with a particular "theme" per se... instead we decided to just do a variety of bright, funky colors . We thought that we would start with the paint. We decided to pick a brighter, more fun shade of green called Honeydew... this paint is definitely a big change from the old paint color!

Here's a reminder of what the bedroom paint looked like before... a darker, olive green.

Craig looked a littler nervous about the new color at first...

...but in the end he LOVED it!

I think we're off to a good start! More nursery re-do to come! Next post... the crib! Can't wait until it's delivered!

Congrats...

...to Mr. and Mrs. Daniel Back! The wedding of two of our dear friend Daniel and Danielle was yesterday (8/8/09) at Rose Hill Wedding Chapel in Johnson City. I had always wondered what a wedding at this chapel would be like... it was just beautiful! The reception was held at the King's Ballroom, which was also a beautiful venue. We feel so lucky to have been able to share in their big day!

The Cake

The Groom's Cake

The Ever Growing Belly...

I have been asked by a few people to post a more up-to-date picture of my expanding baby bump. So, here you go. I will be 21 weeks on Thursday. Definitely a difference from our last picture that was taken at 13 weeks!



It's hard to imagine that we're already over half-way there! The weeks are just flying by... I guess we better get crackin' on the nursery!

It's a Girl!

We got the good news from the doctor yesterday. We are both very excited to be having a girl. This will be the first grand daughter on my side of the family and the first grand child on Craig's side! The doctor said that everything looks great so far. Our baby girl weighs about 12 oz. and had a good strong heartbeat of 144 bpm. Pam, the ultrasound tech, said that she was a beautiful baby to take pictures of... which I'm sure she probably says to all the mom's, but it was still really sweet to hear. Anyway, here are the most recent ultrasound pictures. Enjoy!

Here you can see her profile... she's got her little hand up next to her face. You can see three of her little fingers under her chin!

Here's another profile picture... directly above her forehead is her litte arm and then you can see her little leg and foot stretched all the way up over her head and arm! She must be starting to run out of room in there!
Yet another profile picture... this one also shows her heartbeat measurements.

Last but not least her little foot... this one didn't scan as well as the others, but you can see the outline of her little foot and part of her leg.

I decided not to include the ultrasound picture confirming that she's a girl... I figure she wouldn't appreciate it too much!

Danielle's Bachelorette!

Tonight was my friend Danielle's lingerie shower/bachelorette party! We all met at Danielle's house for the festivities. I had a great time hanging out with Danielle and getting to meet her other girlfriends. I also really enjoyed some of the funny stories about things she and Daniel did back in high school. I can't wait until their wedding in just two weeks! Congrats again!

Danielle with some of her new undies on her head... a very attractive look!

At Long Last...

...I FINALLY have all of my finished pieces from the clay studio! I never realized how long it would take for everything to be fired, glazed, re-fired, and so on. But I am excited to finally be able to post pictures of of my work!

Hand-thrown clay:

Toad House

Ribbon Pot

Vase
Kohiki (Japanese technique) tray

Wheel-thrown clay:

Who knows... maybe I will retire from social work and become a hippie mountain artist!?!