weekend update

Well I haven't posted in a while but we have been busy! I found Olivia a lamp for her bedroom that goes nicely with the wall decals from target. It has little birds and owls on it with a toadstool pull! We also put up the wall decal I had custom made on etsy. We put it coming out of the corner of the wall and above the crib. John put it up right after work one night. I LOVE the way it turned out!! She included a bunch of extra flowers and leaves, so I may put those around the room too. The quality is SO much better than the cheap decals I got from target. It almost looks like we painted it on the wall! John got it up pretty quickly too- maybe 30 min or so.

John in action (credit card in his mouth that he used to scrape the decal onto the wall)

and the finished product! Isn't it cute!?

We did the decal before I went to work last week. Its hard to believe I only have 2 more nights of work for the rest of the year! We barely have any babies in the NICU right now so it is a good time to take maternity leave. I go back tonight and hope to get a good nap in this afternoon. I woke up around 3 am and after using the restroom Olivia was moving like crazy. I think she was going for over and hour then gave herself the hiccups. Then John got up a little after 5 so I got up with him. He said he didn't sleep very well either. He thinks he is just getting ready to what life will be like pretty soon! Anyway, this last weekend was our last weekend together as just the 2 of us. We thought it would be fun to do something special. John made reservations and took me to the Couer d'alene resort in Idaho. It was fun to get out of the house and normal routine for the night and be near the water! Here is the resort: ( I took this one while sitting on the park bench by the beach Sunday morning)

And the views from our room:

Saturday night after swimming for a little while and dipping my feet in the hot tub at the resort, we went to Beverly's. It is a super nice restaurant on the 7th floor of the resort. I think John said it is rated 5 star! We couldn't get reservations until 8 pm, but that was ok. I ate lunch a little later and we had a little snack on main street earlier in the day. The service there was AMAZING. I think they offered us 3 kinds of water, then they ask if you want lemon, lime or cucumber in your water! They also gave us a mini lobster corndog as a "bite from the chef" before dinner, and offer you sweet rolls or regular rolls. The sweet rolls looked GOOD, but I had to stay away from them! I ate a little of a regular one though. John and I both ordered salads (his was regular house and mine was a harvest salad with apples and pears- super good) and John ordered halibut and I ordered chicken. John also ordered an imported beer on the recommendation of the waiter. John said it was good, but it was big and expensive- $10!! Nothing was cheap there though. After that there was a dessert that looked SO good I just had to try it with John. Here is the description off the website.
"Chocolate Molten Cake: with Dulce De Leche ice cream, caramelized bananas, and macadamia nut brittle" It had even more than that though- the plate was really pretty with different colored sauces and kiwi and strawberry. It was the best part of the whole meal I think. I'm sure my blood sugars weren't too good with that, but I didn't think we would ever go back, and I just had to have some! The waiter took a picture of us with our dessert (and John's $10 beer!)

And some random photos from our walk Sunday morning after breakfast at the Dockside.

and lastly here is my belly sitting on the bench next to the beach: