Our New House

I finally feel like our house is put together enough to document our new abode and let people see where we live now.  We love it and it is perfect for us right now with plenty of room to add a little bambino in a few months.

Our front door and porch.

The view straight into the house from our front door.  First door on the right is the door to the garage.  The door straight ahead is a coat closet, and the door you kind of see on the left back wall is the door to the half bathroom.

The view from the front door to the left.  The cabinets that the TV is on are built in.  We love them!  So much storage!  Straight ahead you can see the door out to the backyard and the corner of the kitchen.

Sorry this is a little dark, but this is looking straight toward the back yard.  Our kitchen table looks so small in that big space!  Someday we will get a bigger table.

Looking from the kitchen table.  The front door is on the right up there.  The window treatments all came with the house and match our furniture quite nicely!

The view from the kitchen table into the kitchen.  We love all the cabinets and storage!  The fridge came with the house and we love it.  On the right, there is a little desk area that we don't have a chair for yet.  To the right of the fridge, there is a hallway down toward the half bath and garage.

This is standing in the kitchen looking into the dining area.

The kitchen from the hallway mentioned above.

And the little desk area I mentioned and the hallway.  The door on the right is to our pantry (pictured next).  The doors on the left are to the washer and dryer.  The next door on the left is the half bath, and then the coat closet.  Straight ahead is the door to the garage.

The pantry.  The shelves came with the house.  What a great way to use the space under the stairs!  Truly a life saver!

Half bath.

Two car garage-yippee! 

Looking from the garage door back toward the house.  The storage shelves came with the house.  Love!  And you can see the stairs through the door.

The stairs (clearly).  We love the carpet!  It's only a year old and is way nice!

Right at the top of the stairs if you turn left is my office area.  Excuse the mess!  It has been the lowest priority.  I love, love, love this space.  It is absolutely perfect for my working from home!  And again, more storage!

At the top of the stair looking back toward the second bathroom and the larger of the two bedrooms.

Second bathroom.

The second bedroom.  We call it the blue room.  This the furniture that Amy and I had in our room growing up and the furniture my mom used growing up as well.

Looking from the door of the blue room past the office area and into the third bedroom on the left and the master bedroom on the right.

This will be the baby's room.  We are hoping it won't be too crowded with a crib in there too so we can keep the twin bed.

The master bedroom looking in from the door.

The master looking from the bed.

The master bathroom.  First on the left is the sink area, then the shower/tub, then a door to the toilet, and our nice walk-in closet at the end.

Excuse the dirty mirrors...slightly embarrassing.

This picture doesn't do the closet justice, but there is much room!  We love it!

So that's house!  I didn't take a picture of the backyard because it is atrocious.  Right now it is all gravel and overgrown.  We literally have done nothing with it since moving it.  Next spring!  Our neighbors are quiet and we love our ward!  Come and visit...you can sleep in the blue room!

It's a Boy!

Last Wednesday, we had the big ultrasound.  I'm not going to lie.  I was pretty anxious about it.  I prayed and prayed and prayed that the baby would be healthy.  I knew if something was going to be wrong, the ultrasound would be the first sign of problems.  I was also so excited to find out if it was a boy or girl. I was almost positive it was going to be girl.  I've had several dreams about the baby, and it had always been a girl except once.

I sported a new outfit for the occasion!

We got to the place at St. Mark's Hospital and had to fill out all sorts of paperwork.  The paperwork just never ends!  Then they called us back and it was go time.  Our technician was awesome and explained everything she was looking at.  It was so surreal to be seeing the baby.  I still wasn't feeling it a ton, so seeing it made it real all over again.  She measured the skull, kidneys, stomach, heart, etc. and checked out all the limbs.  I was pretty sure when she looked at the legs that I saw a little surprise down there, but I wasn't positive. Then she said, "Well, this baby isn't shy about showing what it is!  Can you guess?"  A boy it is!

Face looking straight at his face, so pretty much his skull face.

 

No shame in his game!

Then they did some 3D shots.  The 3D pictures sort of creep me out, not gonna lie about it.  But it was neat to actually see him.  Look at that sweet face!

Deeds says this looks like Voldemort...yep, sort of does.

He kept opening and closing his mouth like he was talking.  There is a man child in there!  So crazy!  I think I'm still getting used to the idea of it being a boy.  I admit, I really wanted it to be a girl.  I think since I am the oldest in my family that I wanted a girl to be the oldest.  I don't know!  But the most important news is that he's healthy and everything looked great!  We are so excited and feel so blessed!  We immediately when to Target and bought two cute little boy outfits.  Then we started calling my family.  We waited until Thanksgiving dinner to tell James' family when almost everyone was together.  We can't wait to meet the little guy once he's done baking in there!  We love him!  Let the name search begin!

Seattle, Thanksgivings, and Finishing Up Football

The day after we got home from Boise, I left for a quick work trip to Seattle.  Luckily, these three days were the first days where I felt almost normal all day long.  I can't imagine how it would have gone if I was sick all day everyday.  We may have turned a corner on the morning sickness!  I didn't take many pictures there.  They are supposed to be posting some at work, but I haven't seen them yet.  One night we went down to the waterfront for dinner.  Some of guys pile of seafood dumped on your table meal.  I wasn't sure what fish I am allowed to eat, so I went with chicken!

After I got home, we celebrated our first Thanksgiving meal with the Taylor clan.  My nephew leaves on his mission on the 19th so we had an early Thanksgiving to celebrate with him.  Multiple Thanksgivings...I won't complain about that!

I made an apple pie!  It was one of my best ever!

Post Thanksgiving sleeping...

This is real...they were both really asleep!

I was back to my old self for the last two football games.  The problem now was the second to last game was FREEZING...24 degrees I think it was.  So we only lasted until halftime again.

Stopped a Sensuous again for dinner!

So so soooooo so cold

The last game was in the afternoon, so it was warmer, but it did rain some and it was BORING.  It was something like 48-0 at halftime.  We made until just after the 4th quarter started.

I feel like my Cougar fandom was a little half-hearted this year, which makes me feel bad a little.  I do love them.  They make me crazy, but going to games is really so fun.  Next year I won't be just starting to grow a baby for the whole season, so it will be much much better!
The night before the real Thanksgiving, two of my aunts were in town so I sort of invited James and myself over to Dedo's for dinner so we could spend time with them.  I failed to take any pictures again, but it was so fun to just sit around and talk and catch up with family!
For the real Thanksgiving day, James and I were with the Taylor fam again.  The first one went so well, we just repeated assignments for the most part and had a very relaxing and enjoyable day.

Sophie helped me make the apple pies for this Thanksgiving.  Such a cute little helper!  There was flour everywhere!

Look at those beauties!  One for Dedo Thanksgiving (#2) and real Thanksgiving (#3).

I absolutely love this time of year!  I love the time with family.  I love eating delicious food.  I love all football to watch.  I love to be reminded of all my many blessings.  I love that I only have to work a few weeks before I'm on vacation again!
This year I am especially grateful for James.  He is the most caring and kind man.  I don't know if I would have made it through the last few months without him.  I probably would have just laid on the couch watching Food Network and HGTV and barfed myself into non-existence.  I am also grateful for this little baby growing inside me.  I love him so much already!  (Oops...yes, it's a HIM!  We had our ultrasound the day before Thanksgiving.  I'll be posting about that next.)  I know once I can feel him move and when I finally get to hold him, I will forget how miserable this has been.  Hopefully I'll be able to forget enough to want to have another one or two!  I'm so grate for our famlies!  They mean the world to us and we love each of them!  I'm so grateful for my Savior who makes it possible for me to be a better person and especially who makes it a reality that I can be with James and this little baby for eternity!  Happy Thanksgiving!