Quick update...

Not sure if anyone is interested, but I thought I should update quick on my ultrasound. I had my doctor appointment today to get the results and the doc said that everything looked great, and she was measuring right on track, they said they are going to keep the due date the same because it is within 4 days, so that was such a relief, luckily it was a busy week so it went fast!

Also, I think I am finally starting to look a little pregnant, my sister said that I am finally getting a belly, and I agree, it seems like over the past couple days it is really showing more, so that is exciting!

Oh! We are also getting some home updates, I am so excited, I really wanted to get it done before we had the baby. We are getting all new countertops and backsplash and some other miscellaneous things. I can't wait, I think it will be a big improvement!

Hope everyone had a great Christmas!!!

Almost Christmas!!

I can't believe Christmas is in only a couple days! I am excited, but not really in the Christmas spirit, too bad it isn't snowing, that would help a lot!

I bought my first maternity shirts this week, I got two that were on sale, and I really wanted something to wear to the Christmas parties that made me look like I had more of a belly, and those shirts sure do the job!

We thought of a name to call the little one until she is born, so that we don't leak the name we picked. There is a little story behind it, so I will share that first. The other day my sister was telling my nephew, Ethan, how Ella, my niece, was going to have a baby girl cousin the play with. Ethan asked what the name was, and my sister said we wouldn't know until the baby was born. Then Ethan said "I have an idea! We can name the baby Tootsie Roll!!!" Then my sister reminded me that my grandpa used to call my grandma "Toots" So we are using Toots or Tootsie, I think they are fun and cure, and there is no way that we will accidentally say the real name using them.

Hope everyone has a great Christmas Weekend!!!! And hopefully today will speed by!

Ultrasound pics...

Hey! I am on a roll this month with all my posts, you all are probably getting sick of me!

Anyways, since I don't have a scanner, I took digital pics of my ultrasound pictures, they aren't the greatest, but you get the idea :) (By the way, thank you so much for the offer Melissa, but I just don't have time to run to your house, which stinks, it would have been nice to see you, oh well.)

Here is the profile pic:

I had to flip it over because she was upside down in the picture, and I think it is easier for people to understand when she is on her back.

And here is the bonus picture, I think we would have only gotten one otherwise, but the lady seemed to think this was a really good one, which I agree, but I am partial, I think they were all good, and could have had a picture of every movement! Anyways, here it is:

I flipped that one too, because it seems everyone doesn't understand it. It is a picture of her face, and she looks like she is waving with her right hand (although it looks like fingers by the chin, it isn't)

The lady said that she is very photogenic and was posing very good for all the shots needed and she was very active, it was so fun to watch! I can't wait to go to the doctor next week and to hear that everything is looking good, I wish they could just tell you right away! The heart rate was 154.

I guess that is it, hopefully I didn't bore anyone :)

Have a great day!

Keeping myself busy....

I have my ultrasound at 1:30 today, and I have like nothing to do here to keep myself busy, so it is going to be a long morning!

I thought I posted these pics already, but I looked back, and I never posted them. Here are Elsie and Presley after their first grooming:

This one is my favorite, Elsie's face I think is hilarious, like she is just saying "leave me alone and stop taking pictures!!!!"

And finally I have my bathroom before and after pics! I am kinda mad at myself, I wanted to try to do the same angles, but of course, I didn't have the before pictures at my house, so I had to try to remember, which didn't work that great, but here you go!

Here is from the door:

Here is from the window:

The counter:

And here is the best one I have of the new hardware which I about had a coronary about! When I bought them online it looked like the hinges matched the pulls pretty good, but when I got them they weren't that close, so hopefully it isn't that noticable. Also when we were putting everything together, we realized that those 2 tall cabinets had 3 hinges on them! I didn't even count hinges, I just figured 2 per door. I just didn't put them on because I would have been 2 short later, and it has been working okay, but the holes really bug me!

Yesterday was super boring, there was absolutely nothing on tv so I was watching the preview channel hoping something would come up. Well, I was watching and I saw a movie called "Harvey" was going to be on TCM and when I was little until I was in high school when I demanded it stop, my dad called me Harvey, yes, very embarassing. Anyways, I always wondered where it came from and was always told a movie, so I thought maybe this was the movie. I called my dad and asked, and he confirmed, going on about how good it was, so I gave it a watch. Oh my! It was the weirdest movie I think I have ever seen! Harvey is a 6' tall invisible rabbit! What am I supposed to take from that! Weird, that is all I can say...

Anyways, I guess that that is it, hope everyone has a good day!

Elsie is famous!!!!

She was on the news last night in the Super Saver section on channel 13 news. They went to the grooming place when she was being brushed and she made it in, it is only for like 3 seconds, but still exciting. My cousin works at the groomer and was the one brushing her. I heard that it is supposed to be on again tonight at 6, but I don't know. They haven't put the segment online at all, and if they don't I am going to record it with my camera and post it, lame, I know, but I HAVE to share! I hope she doesn't get too big of a head now :)

In other news T minus 6 days until the big ultrasound, I am SO excited, I hope the baby cooperates!

New Christmas Card Pics...

So we had Elsie groomed for the first time this week, so we thought we would redo her Christmas pic because she looked so darn cute. So which one should I pick, or should I stick with one from the first batch? My only problem with this group is that the hair under her mouth is a little scragly, we should have brushed it first, but oh well.

Thanks for the input!

We figured out a way to keep her hat on! I tied a piece of thread to the top of it and Joel held it above her! It must have been pretty funny to watch us, Joel holding the string and me with a treat and a camera trying to get Elsie to look, but not come! It was pretty amusing.

I was hoping to have before and after pics of the bathroom up, but when I went to put the cabinet doors on they were not up the par, so we need to put another coat of paint on them :( Hopefully next week!

Christmas card pics!!

This year we decided to take a pic of Elsie in front of the Christmas tree for our Christmas card, so here are the results, well not all of them, but the best 4, so help me pick which one to put in our card:

Keep in mind that that stinkin' hat was SO hard to keep out of her mouth! I really wanted one with her laying under the tree like a little present, but she wasn't having any of that, so this is the best of what I got! I am leaning towards the first one, but it doesn't have any presents in the background, the second one she doesn't have her hat on but she looks cute, I really like the third but she isn't looking at the camera, and I think she looks a little funky in the third and you can't see the little fluff ball at the end of the hat. I am sure nobody would notice most of the problems I see, so what do you girls think, which one is the cutest?

Thanks for the advice!