Nesting

A friend asked me today if I've been nesting. I told her I didn't think so- but then as I look at my day I am totally nesting. I have exactly 1 week to go before I get induced and I found myself all of a sudden in a huge hurry to:

• Put the exersaucer back together (even though we won't need it for months)
• vaccum the house (couch included)
• organize the desk
• make a shopping list for anything we need for like the next 2 weeks
• get all our laundry done
• make sure my Mom's room is ready
• Get stuff for Easter baskets
• Update the blog
• ... You can see where this is headed

So- here's my blog update. A few random pics I just had to share.

Jase sent me these on my birthday.

I don't ever want them to die. Thanks babe!

The first time he played in this toy (5 mo. old-when he actually fit)
Today as I was reassembling it- he wanted to play so bad, so I put him in. I think he's grown just a bit.;) But he still thought it was fun-what a goof.

Planting Flowers

We actually planted some flowers this week to spruce up our porch a bit. I Don't know how long I'll be able to keep them alive so here's a picture while they look good. And also- I'm pretty sure this is the cutest little gardener I've ever seen.

Seriously?!

So, you KNOW you're pregnant when you cry over $5! Yes- that's right, I cried over $5. And for me to admit this to all of the blogging world takes a lot.

It all started with a trip to the grocery store. I have become a coupon shopper. Which means, I have switched my grocery trips from Monday mornings (with Carter) to Wednesday evenings, so I can go by myself and focus on what is actually going to save me money. This was only my 3rd trip as a coupon shopper- but I made sure that I got all the right items. Well-if you bought 10 participating items you got $5 off (up to $15) So, as I pulled into the checkout line. I realized I had 17 items. Only 3 more and I would get an extra $5 off. So I loaded up 3 extra items, and counted my participating items like 5 times. I made sure to look at labels, and only pick these items. Anyway- after waiting in line forever, and some guy asking me (a pregnat lady) to cut in front of me, I checked out and was happy to save $46. Then I just had to look at my receipt. Somewhere along the line, Only 10 of my items were counted. So, not only did I not get my extra $5 off- I ended up with 3 extra item I didn't need, and didn't save me anymore money.

For some reason, things like this really bug me. But at 9:30pm. was $5 worth waiting in line for? Again? Not tonight. So-by the time I got home- I could tell I was on the verge of being very upset, and told Jason to watch out. Anyway, just him asking me why sent me crying. I am an emotional person- but not THAT emotional! All I can say is that I'm pregnant, I'm tired, and we're in an economic crisis. $5 is a big deal.

The lesson here? Don't send a tired, grumpy, pregnant lady to the store, to save money on a Wednsday night at 9:00. You might get tears when she comes home, and instead of being happy about the $46 dollar she did save- she'll probably just whine about the $5 extra she should have saved.

San Francisco

Thanks Jase for letting us tag along on your trip to San Fran! When Jason found out he had a business trip- we just couldn't pass up the opportunity to go visit his sister Brittany and her family. We had a blast! Thanks to their constant shuttling to and from the city- to make sure Jase could be included in the fun, and babysitting Carter for a night so we could stay in the City. It was great. The best part was hanging out with the Kurtz's! What a fun family- and the boys were the best. Keaton and Carter played hard every day, and Luke and Mikey were so awesome to take care of Carter and make sure he had everything he wanted- I just wish I had gotten some pics of them!. Here's a few highlights from our trip.

Carter's 1st trip to the beach! Can't you tell how much he loved it?!
Overlooking the Golden Gate Bridge. So Beautiful! I've been to San Francisco twice now, and have lucked out with sunny weather both times!

Kissing Cousins Carter and Keaton! OK- so it was totally staged, but I couldn't resist. They just looked too cute playing in the wagon together!

Thanks to Keaton, Carter learned a few new tricks this trip! He LOVED (can't emphasize this enough) Keaton! He's still talking about him.

And you probably can't tell from these, but every single picture I have of Carter from this trip includes a little "Lightning McQueen" in his hand. He found this little car the first day we were there- and we couldn't go anywhere without it. Brittany was nice enough to let us steal it- and it still goes everywhere with us. I guess I'll have to add to the collection now.

Loved our trip. Happy we didn't have a baby while we were there. Can't wait to go back!

A "Carter" Walk

This was a fun walk. My little devil before his nap woke up well rested and happy as can be. So we decided to enjoy the beautiful weather, and take a walk. This walk was no more than a quarter mile outside our front door, no scenery, and took at least 1 hour- and was one of the funnest walks I've been on in a long time. In no hurry, no where to go, I just followed along for the ride- and a few pics. ( I know- I took a lot of pictures for 1 walk.) So, here's a recap.

We Walked in the gutter

And rested in the street

Walked up a storm drain (behind our house)

climbed a few walls

Played with some rocks (he could have done this all day)

gave kisses through the gate

And got the mail! Guess who got a package?! As soon as I told him he had a present from E.Ma (grandma) the next word out of his mouth was "candy!" Does he know her well or what?!

He decided it made a pretty good drum.

And I guess he didn't notice that the chocolate already came out of the box.

The End.

I'm Not Ready

Yesterday, was a little dramatic.

It started out with Carter being very excited about the new Bedrails on his big boy bed. He immediately knew that it meant "night night" and loved pretending to go to sleep in it. Well, after a whole morning of playtime, I figured he had forgotten all about it. Much to my surprise, after we finished lunch I said "Guess what time it is?" usually the answer is "night night", but yesterday he immediately said "Bed!" and headed for the stairs. I followed him all the way up to his big bed! Well, since he was excited about it, I thought it wouldn't do any harm to give it a shot. BIG MISTAKE! Without giving you all the details we spent about an hour and a half trying to get him to go to sleep- and it ended with him falling asleep in his crib, standing up, head on the railing. ( and didn't last longer than 5 minutes.) So- no nap.

Since we started this madness- I figured we'd just keep it going, so Jason put him down in the big bed when it was time to go to bed. It went much smoother (probably because he was SO exhausted.) He went right to sleep and only ended up in our room once at 2am and then again at 6:30.

And now that we've done just One day of this... I realized... I'm. Not. Ready.
Not ready to fight nap time every day. Not ready for 2am wake up calls. Not ready for him to be awake any time before 7am. And most of all- Not ready for my little baby to grow up!

I feel a little guilty taking away his fun with the big bed after just 1 day, and it was hard putting him in his crib when he was begging for the Bed, BUT- I just need a little more time.

Our Latest Project

With #2 on the way, we thought we may try to switch Carter into his own bed. Sound Crazy??! Yeah, we know. But- I must say I'm pretty proud of myself for scoring this free headboard and footboard that our old neighbors were getting rid of. With a little paint, a mattress we've had for a while, and some really cheap bedding we found at Home Goods I think it turned out pretty cute... and best of all, cheap.

Before

After