Nursery Update

We're still not done yet, but we've made so much progress on the nursery that I thought I'd share an update.

I recovered the mobile and we hung the framed fabric prints (we'll add 8x10 photos of the little one once he's born - then the fabric will act as a mat)...

...we bought and hung the curtains...

...I made the crib skirt...

...we painted and mounted the shelf / hooks, made 2 changing table covers (the other one is in the coordinating nursery fabric), added brown bins with coordinating tags...

...we had installed the closet system a while ago and now added bins with matching tags...

...and dad installed a dimmer switch.  It feels good to have so much progress and 7 weeks to finish the last few things.  I finally feel like we're close to being ready for baby - whenever he's ready to arrive :)

I completed one other project this weekend that was on my list. 

I love how it turned out and can't wait for baby B to model it: 

Golf is Like Magic

After many weekends without naps, I think we found the trick...at least for now - turning golf on tv.  It's a sport, so he's entertained by watching it, but the soothing voices, quiet clapping and slow pace seem to put him right to sleep!  (Grandpa Bob - maybe he gets this from you?!?)

I cherish every nap because I need time to rest, too!

Happy Birthday Bumpa!

Happy Birthday Bumpa! Glad we could celebrate with you on your actual birthday!!

Breakfast Buddy

I'm going to miss this cute little face today...it'll be my first Friday at work since October.  Hopefully next week I'll have my workload under control again.  I only have seven more Fridays of one-on-one time with Ryder, so these days are pretty important to me.

Nursery Update

We made some huge progress on the nursery last weekend!  The room has been cleaned out, painted, outlets repaced with white fixtures and most of the furniture is moved in!!  I owe a huge thank you to Shawn for being patient with my tedious striped design...he did a great job :)  The idea is that this will be a room that will grow with baby #2 versus having to be repainted once he's older.

Taped and ready for stripes!

Ryder was busy having fun while mom and dad were hard at work...

Done!! 

We have three blue walls with brown stripes and one brown wall with blue stripes.  I'll save pictures of the rest of the room for when we have the walls decorated (frames, shelves, stencils, etc).  It's so exciting to see this room starting to come together!

It's even more exciting to be able to say we'll meet our little one NEXT MONTH!  Woohoo! :)

Vacation Photos

Here are a few pics from our Tahoe / Moneterey / Big Sur vacation.  I'm guessing this will be our last vacation without kids for a while, so we savored every minute of it!  We also enjoyed our 5 consecutive date nights!!

Friday - a suprise visit for Martina's birthday :)

Lunch with a view in Carmel (just south of Monterey)

Big Sur coast (and the Bixby Bridge)

Pfeiffer Burns State Beach

Big Sur - McWay Falls (waterfall right onto the beach - soo cool!)

Monterey

The "three" of us :)

I took a million photos, but thought I'd spare you and only post a few :)

Thank you Gma and Gpa Billing for watching Ryder so Shawn and I could enjoy this 1-on-1 time together!  It was so wonderful!!

Ryder Skis!!

This past Friday, Shawn took the day off and the three of us hit Elm Creek to take Ryder out skiing for his first time.  Yes, he's only 2, but Shawn has been excited to take Ryder out and share this passion with him since before Ry was even born. 

Even though it was a windy, chilly day, Ryder had sooo much fun!  Every time he'd reach the bottom of the bunny hill, he'd put his arms in the air and shout "I made it!!" Followed by a quick "Again!"  Afterwards, we shared some chocolate milk in the chalet and talked about how much fun we had :)

My boys after a few runs - both excited to go again :)

Daddy catching Ry during a run down the bunny hill

Up the "magic carpet"

Our little Ryman skiing!!

A number of runs and only two falls - and he wasn't even phased by the falls.

He has already asked us to take him out again :)

(As a side note, this was a big day for Shawn, too - it was his first time being able to get a ski boot on since shattering his ankle 18 mos ago!  Very exciting!)