Up and Down

Good news!!!
Baby girl is head down!!!!!

Bad news...
My TSH levels went UP...
More meds...means I will be head down too...

Trying to stay positive- less than 7 weeks to go...hurry,hurry!

Great Treasures...Great Times

Last week was super busy for me. I had several places to go, people to see, and projects to complete! I felt really good, which was very helpful in getting it all accomplished.
A couple weeks ago, I bought 2 dressers off of Craigslist. I had been looking for months for the perfect one- we just needed one for our bedroom, but I was picky and didn't want a cheap one or one that I had to assemble! I looked and looked, and finally one day, minutes after it was posted, I found exactly what I had in mind. It included 2 dressers, actually, and so we decided to use one for our room, and one for Elaina's new room. But, they had to be refinished. But, they are solid wood, from the 60's, in fantastic shape, but with a laminate coating. My good friend, Katie had some ideas....
She had redone a piece similar, so she suggested we prime it and then paint it- easy, right?! ha ha- no, really, it wasn't that bad...she came over and we got to work. Priming them first with oil based primer (no worries, I wore a mask the whole time!!), and then when that dried, we spray painted an oil rubbed bronze (it will look black to you in the picture), on our dresser, and then the next day, I roll painted Elaina's dresser a satin eggshell cream from Behr paint.
(side story: I went to buy the paint for hers at Home Depot...I picked the creamy color I wanted, then had them mix it...as I was being handed the can, the worker dropped it! He gave it to me as an "oops" mix for $1!! Yes, one whole dollar!! Cannot beat that! and I love it!)
Okay,
so here is the before, and sorry the drawers are not in them, but you can see that each drawer of her dresser actually has dividers and compartments! LOVE THAT feature!!

WOW!! I am in love! It looks even better in person- come and see!

Then ours:I tipped it over so I could make sure I got every spot, but in the final project, I still missed some. I will have to touch it up very soon!

This is at the end of our bed- don't check out our messy closet, but imagine a new flat screen hanging above this piece- I love it too! Sadly, Dana has used all the drawers for himself! I have to continue using my old dresser hidden in my closet!
I lined all the drawers with this:
SO pretty- this is from Elaina's dresser drawer, but I did ours the same!
This Saturday, Alex, Celeste and I headed to Indy to see Suzanne and her crew. It was the first trip I have taken since before getting sick, and most definitely the last before baby. So needed by me, and I could not have had a better time! We got to be in their new, gorgeous home and just chill out- it was the perfect retreat! The kids were great and we even visited their Ward- and Alex loved his class there too! The food and conversation were delightful and we all wish we could've stayed longer (well, maybe not her family, but ours!!) We so look forward to a summer getaway with them again!
Here are Suzanne and I this morning- me at 32 weeks and her at 34:

Abby, Celeste and Olivia ham it up for me just before we left. They had such fun times together- it was hard for Celeste to leave- knowing we won't see her for another few months. It was a good drive home, and next time, I hope it doesn't rain- it poured the entire time!! Yuck!
Here's to another good week, but much less to do, I hope!

The sun is shining!!

I looked out the window and what did I see?
The sun is finally shining in February!
I have been sick with a cold for nearly a week- the weather was crappy anyway- but today, the first day I am feeling a little better, the sun is out! It's like it knew I needed to see it's face today! It has melted nearly every inch of snow in my front yard and the temperatures are going to keep climbing this week! I am desperate to open the windows and air out all the winter germs- looking so forward to Spring!
I have just 8 weeks to go now...
Spring will come before her- but that is my countdown!
My friend Katie and I are going to be working on re-doing 2 dressers this week- I am so excited to show you! I will take pics for that post. For now, just imagine my happy smiling face as the sun debuts just for me!

Super Saturday

Today is day 6 of feeling pretty good!
I decided to take advantage of some fun Valentine's Day crafts I wanted to make. I love Valentine's Day decorations. I love the pink and red and glitter! I had most of the stuff used on hand- just had to pick up the little hearts and print off these sweet printables. (They were free, of course! The blog they came from is called thecraftingchicks.com. They put free stuff to download all the time on their blog and I love it!
So, first craft was for my mantle:Just download the free printable and size it however you want. I just printed it on cardstock and then put some cute pink dotted paper behind it...had all on hand, including the frame!
I thought the ladies I visit teach might like some Valentine's cheer, so I whipped up these two:
This was a white frame I glittered the crap out of- and that was a mess, I have to admit, and took longer to recover than I wanted to spend too- the heart came from JoAnn's and I just covered it with the glitter and then glued it down on top of the glass with paper behind it- hope my friend likes it!Aren't they lucky girls?!! I used a 5x7 block for this, painted it black and then modpodged the printable on it- it smeared a tad, but it is still cute.
My girls wanted their own as well, so this one went in their room:I was perusing some blogs the other day and saw that the girl writing had a messy make-up drawer to reorganize. I thought- hey, I do too!! She bought some wire baskets at the dollar tree and for about 4 bucks, transformed her drawer. I thought I could do that too- so off I went and here is the before: (embarrassing, I know!)
I had to go through it majorly, first! Half the stuff just needed to be put in my jewelry box on my dresser, and the rest got a new home:


They won't even slide, because behind them is my pedegg, and a small mirror! This cost me about 10 minutes of time and a whole 3 dollars!
I got a lot accomplished today, huh?! Celeste went to a friends' house for a few hours, and Leah and I went to visit Granny! What a wonderful visit we had, including ice cream!! Thanks, Granny! We love you!
I even squeezed in cookies to make ice cream sandwiches with! I needed to capitalize on this energy burst- I never know when I will not feel good- but so far, much better!

Valentine's Day Photo Shoot 2011

The time has come again for our annual Valentine's Day pictures we do for Dana. I opted out of them this year- for obvious reasons...and I decided to take them myself this year, rather than go to Target, where we normally go.
They are okay- I had to do a bit of tweaking with them...but overall, the thought is what matters. The girls had fun, and I did too- making the pages with them over my shoulder and letting them pick what went on each page. Fun times.
We had 2 snow days this week, so this definitely helped fill the time! Enjoy!











I took 52 shots-
Truly only about 15 were that good-
Glad I am absent from them, or else we could still be taking them! We are just happy that Daddy loves them too- and how could you not?! These girls LOVE taking pictures for him only- it made their day to show them off to him-
One more girl for him to spoil coming in just 9.5 weeks-