Birthday/Valentines Day

I am going to take a moment to brag about my wonderful husband... he has been so great lately, not that he isn't always great, but lately he's been so helpful around the house doing all the projects and things that either I can't do because I'm pregnant or don't want to do because I'm lazy. :) This past weekend was my birthday and Valentines Day - double whammy for Matt. We joke that he usually does something to mess up on my actual birthday and then gets Valentines Day to 'make up' for it. Not this year. Matt had the idea to go away for the night... a little 'staycation' if you will. He found a deal on a room and tickets to a dinner theater in Irvine. Matt had a shortened day on Friday (my birthday) so it worked out perfectly. We were able to check in and relax for a bit before heading out to the dinner theater. It was a Murder Mystery theater dinner and neither of us knew quite what to expect. It was quite the experience, let me tell you... The entertainers were also the waiters/waitresses and acted out a murder mystery in between meal courses. The scenario was that the restaurant was celebrating the opening night of a play. The performers were actors in the play, director, writer, producers, etc. Eventually, one of the performers dropped dead and we were all left to decide who could've done it. Throughout the rest of the performance other actors would mysteriously die and put another twist in the plot. We, the audience, were able to talk about our suspicions during the meal courses. It was very cleverly done. The performers did a good job of bringing members of the audience into the action and since Matt was sitting in a prime spot for that attention, he was thrust (very much against his will) into the entertainment! One of the actresses named him "Larry Olivie" and kept referring to him throughout the night and even made him get up and dance with her at one point. Matt loathes being the center of attention, especially in a setting like that, so he HATED it. I, on the other hand, Loved seeing him get all flustered- it was a highlight of my night for sure. Sorry, no pictures. :(
The other interesting feature of the evening was the couple we were seated next to. They seemed nice and all at first but we quickly realized that they had already had quite a lot to drink.Pretty soon 'nice' turned into 'annoying'. Let's just say that by the end of the night the woman sitting next to me felt very comfortable poking at my pregnant belly and talking to our baby which pretty much meant that she had her head in my lap. Talk about an invasion of personal space!
Regardless, we had a wonderful time and would go back to the dinner theater.
The next day we were able to sleep in. I have to say that the bed at the Marriott was very possibly the MOST comfortable bed I have ever slept in - which was such a blessing since I have not been sleeping well at all lately. After forcing ourselves out of bed we had breakfast at a Spanish restaurant and headed to Costa Mesa where Matt had scheduled me for a pregnancy massage. What can I say about the massage except that it was an hour of pure bliss. The massage therapist even gave Matt some pointers on giving a good massage and ways to relive stress/pressure while I'm in labor! We'll see how well he paid attention. :)
So, there you have it... I think I am more than justified in bragging about my amazing husband. Sorry I don't have any pictures of the weekend. I was too busy being spoiled to think about that.

technical difficulties...

I've heard from a number of friends/family that there has been difficulty leaving comments on our posts. I'm not really sure why that is, I thought that I changed the settings to allow anyone to make comments but who knows. I think I figured it out now (I hope) so go ahead and try again to leave comments, if you so desire. If it still won't let you, let me know - I may have to recruit some other 'bloggers' to help me out with this one since I'm fairly new to all this. Thanks!!

Ready or not...

I must be in the 'nesting' stage of pregnancy. That, or the anxiety of the fact that there will be a new addition to our family in a few weeks- ready or not- is starting to eat away at me. Maybe its a combination of both, I don't know, but regardless Matt and I have been trying to do what we can at this point to prepare for the baby. We decided on paint colors for the nursery. This is where not knowing the sex of the baby is working to our disadvantage. We settled on a shade of orange and plan to add stripes of blue or pink later depending on if we have a boy or girl. (some of you may have caught on that if we have a boy, his room will be Broncos colors - that is NOT a coincidence)


Matt doesn't look like he's very happy about painting in this picture, but I think I took him by surprise.


It's a good thing Matt likes to paint... and he's good at it.


We got a crib and some other furniture from a good friend at work. Thanks Jen!


We finally got the sliding side of the crib to work (after three times putting it on and needing to take it off)


The finished product!





We still have to change the knobs on the dresser and may or may not paint them, but you get an idea of what the nursery will eventually look like here. The white/ taped off parts will be either blue or pink.


The next project - I found a glider on craig's list for $10 (I'd pay close to $100 or more for a new one- I LOVE bargains). It was in really good shape, just needed a little TLC. Matt has sanded it here and is going to paint it the same color as the dressers. I'm going to re-cover the cushions and we'll have a custom glider!

I am starting to feel more prepared for the baby now that these projects are getting done (thanks to my wonderful husband - no thanks to me).

Here are some of the latest belly pics...


View from the back - I'm not so sure that I look as pregnant from this angle.


The view from the side makes it a lot more obvious! This is at about 31 1/2 weeks.


View from the front


Matt - making sure that the baby will know his voice.

This post is pretty much solely baby stuff... but I guess that's just the stage of life we're in at this point. I promise that you won't be so bombarded with baby/pregnancy stuff in future posts - at least until the baby is actually here!