It's a girl!

We had our "gender check" ultrasound today and it is official- it's a girl! We are all excited and happy. I'm already looking at bedding sets and all that fun stuff that is easier to buy if you know what you are having- even though we have no money to do the actual shopping! :) There is a set at Target that I really like, and I have to admit I browsed the sales at the Pottery Barn Kids website. We'll see! I have a friend who is a designer at a local architecture firm who has offered to help us with painting this time so I think we may try some cool, wide stripes in this baby's room. I was always too nervous to do it myself (and didn't want to take the time).

So much planning to do now!

One step closer

We are one step closer to having a room for our unborn baby.  Today, a group from our church came and took our futon and old papason (?) chair to donate.  We are trying to open up space in the loft/playroom for us to move our home office to.  It opens it up quite a bit, but it is still going to be tight when we move the office out there.  

Matt and I are having a date night tonight and one of the things we are going to do is look for some new artwork for the playroom to replace what is there already.  We currently have some framed posters up, so we don't need frames, just new posters.  I would like to find some that are super kid-friendly and cute.  Also, I'd like them not to be outdated in a year, so that is something to think about, as well.  The walls are yellow, so that shouldn't be a hard color to find in kids posters.  I'm kinda excited about how something that little will change the feel of the room.

Wordless Wednesday-Kinda

So, I'm cheating.  Though I'm calling it Wordless Wednesday, I do want to explain a little of the picture.  The nightgown is the one that Abby got this past weekend.  She seriously thinks it equal to a full out Belle princess dress.  She gets excited to wear it, so putting jammies on is no fight.

On her feet, for the first time, are her Ariel Halloween shoes.  They are her first "dress up" shoes with heels, and the heels even light up when she walks.  It was so funny to see her stumbling around in them.  It was hard to get her to take them off.

Halloween Costumes

So, we are planning for another Halloween.  It will be Abby's fourth, but really only her third costume.  The first year she was still a newborn so we didn't do much.  As we started talking about costumes with her, we narrowed it down to Disney costumes because we had a rewards card we could spend at the Disney Store.  I pulled up the costumes on the computer and we looked through them.  At first, Abby was certain she wanted to be Buzz Lightyear from Toy Story.  Then she wanted to be Belle, from Beauty and the Beast.  We were pretty set until we actually went to get it this weekend.  She changed her mind completely and decided she must be Arielle from the Little Mermaid.  This should come as no surprise to family who knows that she adores this movie as much, if not more, than Cinderella.  she is very excited about it because we even bought the fancy shoes and crown that goes with it.  As a backup she got to get a Belle nightgown that she loves.  She dances around the house in it and it does look adorable.  Here is a backwards retrospective on Abby's Halloween costumes.

Halloween 2008:  Coming soon!

Halloween 2007: A Dragonfly

This was the first year that she "got" trick or treating.  We also went to Zoo Boo, which is where this picture is from.  I love the true grin.

Halloween 2006: A Chicken

I'm pretty sure she didn't really understand what was going on, but she was so hilariously cute in her chicken costume.

Sunday Dinner

On Sunday, around 4:30-5:00, Matt and I started asking each other what we wanted to do for dinner. We were very close to ordering pizza when we decided to try to cook a new dish I had saved the recipe for after seeing it online: Easy Chicken Cordon Bleu. We also made cheesy hash brown casserole, and baked apples. Abby got to help out. As you'll see from the pictures, it was a hit and plates were scraped clean.

Before baking...


Abby helping...


The Finished Chicken Cordon Bleu... (Yummo!)





Obviously, we had trouble choking it all down...