6th anniversary 7-19

I can't believe how time flies! John and I have now been married for 6 years. It doesn't seem like that long ago that we were just moving here and starting our life together. We have accomplished a lot though I think in this time. Bought 2 houses, 2 cars, 3 dogs, and I got another degree and I think 4 jobs!?!? Hopefully I stick with this one! :) And now we will have a new member of the family very soon. We are both very excited to see how our lives change! Anyway to celebrate we thought it would be fun to go to Chelan with John's grandparents for the weekend. It was fun to just get out of town and be by the water. John's cousin Ryan also came. The weather was great so it was nice to have a pool and a lake to jump in! On Saturday we got up at 3:30 (I don't know if I want to do that again for fishing!) so that we could get the boat launched early. Here is a picture of the water when we started fishing:
Not too light out yet! We ended up being on the water for 3 hours or so and not even getting a bite! I think the most exciting thing was catching bottom a couple times. At least we didn't lose any gear.

After fishing and breakfast John and I headed out to walk around town. Here is a picture I asked someone to take of us by the water in downtown Chelan:You can really see how big I'm getting in that one!

That afternoon we went swimming for a while in the lake and in the pool. The lake is SO cold. It took me a while to get used to it! The pool was much more comfortable. After swimming we took a walk and sat on a bench near the water. Here is us sitting, sorry I look like a drowned rat.

and one of the view from the bench we were sitting at:

John's grandparents then took us out Saturday night to Campbells for dinner to celebrate our anniversary. It was really nice and good food! Here is us before we left. Sorry it looks like I'm grabbing myself, I think the wind was blowing and I was trying to keep my dress down! (It was SUPER windy that afternoon! Actually one jet ski broke loose from it's buoy.)

Anyway we had a nice drive home yesterday afternoon and just took our time. It was fun to get out of town and now we are back to normal life! I just spoke with John and he is probably working really late tonight to make up for all the missed work on Friday! I hope I get to see him at some point tonight. I hope everyone had a good weekend!

not much time

Well I don't have much time, because I need to leave for work in a few minutes to take a class on drugs in pregnancy. I hope its really informational! It,s amazing what some moms take without any regard for their unborn babies or what those babies will go through once their born. Anyway, that's not the topic today. John and I went to a natural childbirth class for 2 hours last night. Not exactly what I was hoping for. It was basically different positions to make contractions and pushing more comfortable. Also we had to watch a 15 minute video of different women going through contractions. UGH. One woman was actually yodeling. YIKES! I think if I started doing that I would want the epidural just so I wouldn't embarrass myself! Anyway I guess I'm glad I did it. I don't think John realizes how painful it is going to be or what childbirth is really like. He said something about the women in the video being naked when giving birth. I told him its not like you are wearing clothes... I don't think he was thinking when he made that statement! I told him he has to stop making comments though before he makes me feel really self conscious. I think I will make myself self conscious about it without him help!
Oh on another note we got our mattress yesterday so our crib looks more complete! We ran out to walmart after class and I got a pink sheet to make it look more complete. I'm still trying to figure out bedding.... Well I'm off!

new couch!

John and I spent the day running errands and shopping around. We stopped by costco to look at cameras since we would like to have a nicer digital when Olivia is here. A sectional caught my eye from across the aisle and the price was right! We have been wanting a couch but they are either too expensive or not very attractive. This one was nice looking and a deal. We really liked a more expensive one downtown, but we figured if we got a cheaper couch we wouldn't care as much when it got dirty/ spit up on it (because you know that's bound to happen!) It was also nice since they were right there, no waiting 4 weeks for the couch to be delivered! John picked it up in the trailer and our neighbor helped him carry the pieces inside. These pictures aren't the greatest, but here it it! It seems like it will hold a lot of people and its a soft material, almost like velvet. We want to dress it up with some colorful pillows eventually.

nursery

Now that we have the crib and dresser, I need to work on decorating the nursery more. I'm still not entirely sure about the bedding, but I know I need to dress up the room a bit more. I really don't want to paint the room, espcially since we just bought the house and I don't think she will be in it forever with bigger rooms downstairs. I also think I would somehow get paint where paint shouldn'tbe.... The room does need to color though, and I think I've found what I want to do. Here is the wall decal I found on etsy. I showed it to John and he said he really like it a lot. I would have the tree next to the crib since there will be space 0n the side and the little flowers blowing over it. What do you think?
You can have it made in whatever colors you want but I really like these specific colors. It also kind of reminds me of our wedding invitation! Its big, I think 6 feet high. I think it would do the job of adding some nice color to the room! The other nice thing is once you are done with it, you can peel it off!

and the dresser

Last night John worked on the dresser. It took a lot longer than the crib, there were a ton more pieces and the instructions weren't the greatest! Here are a couple pictures of John putting it together, looking at the instructions and the finished product! The knobs on it are really plain, I think I may put on pink glass knobs. That would really dress it up!

And here is Martini and Olivia:

Crib!

We got the call on Monday that our crib was ready to be picked up. So yesterday evening after John got off work we headed up to JCPenny in the van (klassy) and got the crib, dresser and conversion rails that I had ordered! Here are the pieces all laid out in the living room, the "before."

It really didn't take long, and John and I worked on it together. Of course John did most of it, but I helped him figure out what bolts went where since the directions weren't incredibly precise.

This next pic is with the flash off. The color is antique white, so more of a muted white, but I wouldn't say it's off white.

Above the flash is on. You can see the crib more clearly. It really is everything we wanted in a crib. It looks like a nice piece of furniture with no exposed bolts on the front. I LOVE it. John said he loved it too, and said I did a good job of getting what he wanted (something with curves and higher in the back) It doesn't have a drop side front since I've read that those aren't the safest anymore. Also, most cribs aren't really made that way anymore. The only thing I was concerned about was being able to reach over the front. That doesn't seem like it will be an issue. Right now it is set for the matress to be on the highest setting, and I can easily reach the springs.

So now we just have the dresser to put together. I'm guessing we will work on that tonight. I'm supposed to work, but a co-worker told me I am probably getting a mandatory night off tonight due to low census. I knew I was up soon for one. I don't mind a night off once in a while! I think my last one was in January, so not too bad. Once we get the dresser together I will take more pictures and post them. It is finally starting to look and feel more like a nursery!

Hummingbirds!

I love hummingbirds. I am so used to them being around since I was little, we have them non-stop on Vashon. In order to lure some hummingbirds in, we bought a hummingbird feeder to stick on to the glass wall on the deck. We saw a hummingbirds every once in a while, but it didn't seem to be working! My mom said that they like feeders where they can rest for a bit, and gave us this saucer shaped one. We quickly hung it on a hanger in the yard with new food in it where we could easily see it from the living room.

I think I've seen a couple hummingbirds a day, so we are getting more traffic. It seems like this morning one hummingbird has adopted this feeder as his! Every time I look over he is back for more. He even had a little battle with another hummer that tried to get some food. He seems to like a little bush right by the feeder too that he will rest on and find nectar in the little flowers. I got a couple pictures of him. He flew away when I first walked up to the window, but I waited for him and sure enough he was back for more within a minute or two!

That's our guy always coming back for more! It seems like he is always there this morning. I hope he makes our feeder a habit!