It's a miracle! We have a baby name that even Blake likes! It's not for sure yet but we all really like the name Jude. Any middle name ideas? I really like Jude William after my favorite grandpa who passed about a month after I had Logan but Blake doesn't like it :( I'm glad we at least have a possible first name for this little guy! I was a bit worried we'd get to the hospital without a name and have to scramble at the last minute! In other pregnancy news, my dreams have been crazy with this pregnancy. Lots of zombie attacks lol! I wake up in a panic 2 or 3 times a night!
Yesterday, we got to meet our newest nephew, Spencer. He was so tiny and perfect it made me even more anxious to meet my little guy! It's really so amazing how these perfect little people come out! I don't know how you could see a newborn and not believe in a loving Heavenly Father. They are truly a miracle!
Tuesday, April 24, 2012
Friday, April 20, 2012
Help!
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This is what the main wall of my living room currently looks like and I hate it! I've been wanting to make these bookshelves:
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from ana-white.com for ages now (one for the kids room and one as a media console). I'd move the shelf up for the one in the living room so that there is a smaller space for the blu-ray player and junk and a bigger space at the bottom for some big storage baskets.
What I really need help on is how do I disguise the ugly outlet cover in the middle of the wall. Even if we wall mount the TV it will show up over the top. Any ideas?
I was picturing in my head mounting the tv on the wall and making a sort of frame thats about 6 inches wider on all sides than the tv and covering it with a fun fabric to sort of frame the tv and hide the outlet and cords. The closest picture I could find to what I'm thinking of is this:
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Blake thinks it would look weird though :( Any suggestions would be super helpful!
Thursday, April 19, 2012
23 1/2 weeks
Baby boy is getting more wiggley every day and he's getting super strong too so it's getting rather uncomfortable in there at times. I'm starting to feel like a beached whale especially when I try to get up to pee at night. It takes me at least three tries to roll out of bed now lol. I had a scare a few weeks ago where I had some spotting and false contractions and just generally felt like trash for a few days so I've really been trying to take it easy. I'm feeling pretty good now and haven't had anything scary like that happen since then. The kids are really excited to have a baby brother and ask every day when he'll get here. Brin's favorite thing now is to pretend she's pregnant too. Logan really wants to name him Cameron and Brin and I both like it but Blake's not on board yet. He is so picky that I doubt we'll have a name he is ok with until the very last minute.
Well, today is my 27th birthday and I've had an awesome birthday so far! Blake let me sleep in and he watched the day care kids for me when they got here at 7 and our kids as they woke up. I got a yummy breakfast in bed and got to take a shower and get ready and read scriptures without a schedule and without kids pounding on the door. It was lovely! After work today, we're going out to dinner and then the kids are going to grandma sassy's while we go see The Lady in Black. I'm super excited!
As far as being 27 goes, it's a little weird to now be what I used to think of as old. I don't feel old, although I definitely can tell I'm not as young and fit as I once was. If you had asked me 10 years ago where I'd be today I'd have probably said finished with college, well traveled, dating around (for some reason I never pictured myself as a wife or mom), and with an awesome career. While I can't say I've fulfilled much of those goals I have done a few. I've got an associates degree to build off of when the kids are all in school, I've traveled to a few new places and enjoyed getting to see parts of Arizona I might never have seen otherwise, I have an awesome husband, and being a mom is the greatest career I could ever have! I've learned and grown more as a person in my 5 years of being a mom than the rest of my life combined. While it might not be the life that I pictured for myself, I am so glad that Heavenly Father knew me better than I new myself and guided me to the life that I was supposed to have. I have truly been blessed!
Well, today is my 27th birthday and I've had an awesome birthday so far! Blake let me sleep in and he watched the day care kids for me when they got here at 7 and our kids as they woke up. I got a yummy breakfast in bed and got to take a shower and get ready and read scriptures without a schedule and without kids pounding on the door. It was lovely! After work today, we're going out to dinner and then the kids are going to grandma sassy's while we go see The Lady in Black. I'm super excited!
As far as being 27 goes, it's a little weird to now be what I used to think of as old. I don't feel old, although I definitely can tell I'm not as young and fit as I once was. If you had asked me 10 years ago where I'd be today I'd have probably said finished with college, well traveled, dating around (for some reason I never pictured myself as a wife or mom), and with an awesome career. While I can't say I've fulfilled much of those goals I have done a few. I've got an associates degree to build off of when the kids are all in school, I've traveled to a few new places and enjoyed getting to see parts of Arizona I might never have seen otherwise, I have an awesome husband, and being a mom is the greatest career I could ever have! I've learned and grown more as a person in my 5 years of being a mom than the rest of my life combined. While it might not be the life that I pictured for myself, I am so glad that Heavenly Father knew me better than I new myself and guided me to the life that I was supposed to have. I have truly been blessed!
Friday, April 6, 2012
Just for Kicks...
Here are a couple pics of me with my cousins at the zoo way back in the late 80's or early 90's...
Phoenix Zoo Trip with the Osborns
My kids have been begging to go to the zoo for over a year now and they had so much fun being able to go with their cousins. We ended up getting a yearlong membership because it wasn't too much more expensive than the day-long tickets so hopefully we'll get to go again soon and catch the things we missed.
Easter Egg Hunt and Osborn Party
We had a lot of fun seeing my side of the family these past few days and are sad to see them go. Here are pics from the Osborn party we had on Wednesday night...
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