I finally remembered to take a picture of Ashley in her Holly Hobby dress. We wear them to church quite a bit but Sundays aren't the best days to remember to take pictures! Emma didn't wear hers, I will take her picture next time.
I cant imagine how old these are? Grandma Ruby had to have made them when Kristen, Trish, and Erica were around 11-8 years old or so, does anyone want to volunteer how many years that is?
I have been trying to spoil enjoy my Claire bear a little more these last few months. I realize how quickly the “baby” grows up when you bring home a new one. Anyway I have been calling her my baby for months now and she says “I am not your baby, I am a big girl.” I have tried to tell her over, and over that she IS MY baby and she always will be……well she came out of the boys room with a tiny little diaper on (only one leg, it obviously wouldn't fit both), Ryan told her to go take the diaper off and get dressed because she is not a baby. Claire says, “well mommy says I'm a baby” Oops! He then told her well then lets give you a bottle and lay you down, she said “OK.” I’m thinking I might be in trouble here in a couple of weeks!
Justin on the other hand is pumped to meet his new brother, this is his excited face:
And he is pretending to sleep in his new bed. Funny boy!
Emma has been in desperate need of a hair cut! She told everyone at school she was getting it cut and we just have not had time, she was worried everyone would think she lied. I told her quit telling people and we will cut it before Monday, PROMISE! We did get it done Saturday morning, here is the SUPER LONG before:
AND, after:
She is happy with it and it is much easier to brush and take care of, very important to Emma! I also gave Justin a hair cut and Claire wanted in on some of the action. I am NOT going to cut her hair though. Aunt Paige is going to have to do that when I get brave, or tired of brushing out all of those curls. I did sit her up in the chair though and trimmed one little curl: BEFORE:
Don't tell Claire it was a hair cut the size of a penny, perfect for her baby book (this is her “first” cut)
And after:
Ashley has started a Saturday morning tradition at our house. She brings us a little breakfast in bed. She was just bringing it to me but now she has included Ryan too. This Saturday it was a hostess cupcake and two hot chocolates! WOW were we lucky! She is always sure to include my prenatal vitamins too!
She also mixes up a double batch of crepes and then I get up and cook them. She is such a happy little homemaker!
Ashley and Emma learned about good foods to eat at Activity Days. They made these posters there:
They also learned a good lesson the next night. Emma bought sour suckers after school and they licked and licked until their tongues were raw. They had a miserable dinner, they were both guzzling down water trying to soothe their poor tongues. Sometimes you have to learn the hard way about treats and candy! Poor things!
Finally some pictures! We got Claire’s room completely finished, (is there such a thing, she needs carpet, closet doors, and a bedroom door, it’s never ending!) Here is the new Princess room anyway:
Her furniture is so big in this little room! I am really glad I didn't go with a brighter yellow, this color turned out perfect. We even made some minor repairs to her bed that I know Jenna would appreciate! (and me)
Everyone HAD to be in the photo shoot, I think I haven't been taking enough pictures because everyone wants to be in them! I am loving her blessing dress framed, it is by far my most favorite part of the whole room! I was going to paint the frame but it matches perfectly so I didn’t, well not yet anyway….
Here is behind the door her hooks are SO Fancy Nancy!
That's about it, I will post more details on my creating blog, I know, I know, this is a lot of details already, but I have to detail it all! I think the little Princess is pleased, all though she has only slept (all night) in her new room once this week, we have got some work to do on that!
Ashley won the costume contest on the 100th day of school for her class. She got this awesome t-shirt, she was pretty excited! I failed to take a picture of her “costume” She wore the red Holly Hobby dresses from Grandma Brown and her hair in braids and said she was Laura Ingalls. (she has been reading lots of Little House on the Prairie lately).
The funny thing is Emma wore the exact same costume and didn't even place in her class? Its ok to not win everything though right?! Way to go Ashley!
FINALLY!! The nesting has definitely kicked in! I finally have a little ambition and I am going to try and use it all up in one week! We have been changing bedrooms, shopping, moving out old living room furniture and lots more. I can now officially have a baby because I own diapers! (I am getting ahead of myself, I still have 7 weeks left) BUT, I remember this being so fun to see those tiny little diapers, it was not as fun this time though! I think the reality of diapers is still too fresh in my mind! 
Don't get me wrong I did open the box to examine the tiny little things, but I just don't really want wipeys and diapers in the budget again! (among other things like binkeys, bottles, and all of the other fun things a little baby requires!)
Ryan is already tired of my ambition, he has moved beds, couches, dressers, sheets of plywood, old beds, new beds, cribs, etc, etc. He would like his lazy not so ambitious wife back! No, he has been a good sport about it. We said goodbye to the loveseat this morning,
Justin and Claire were thrilled to get to take the cushions off and not get in trouble, plus they found lots of “treasures” in there. Unfortunately we still need the couch…I hope to have the new one before the baby is born….I hope! I was a little sad to see it go, I LOVED these couches, the style, I don't know, I just loved them. I think I may be a little sentimental just because of my current condition, I’m pretty sure I will get over it quickly!
Justin and Claire are wanting crazy pictures taken of them so I obliged;
I hope to get some finished projects posted soon. Claire's room is turning out DARLING, girls are so fun!
Jenna, Sara, and I went on a quick shopping trip to Salt Lake yesterday. I have been waiting for this trip since before Christmas and just haven't had the time. I have been wanting to go to Ikea and pickup my living room furniture and I was so excited to FINALLY get to go! Well I had checked online to make sure everything would be in stock, which it said it was, BUT when we got there all of the couches were sold out! Can you believe it! I was sad! But not too sad, I was still happy to get to make a fun trip of it anyway! So needless to say I came home with my chairs and footstool, but no couch. I guess I will have to make another trip soon!
I know what you are thinking….white??? I am crazy but this is what I want and so this is what I got! Justin drooled on the footstool 3 minutes after I put the new cover on it! I did by two slipcovers for everything so I can wash and hopefully not have to be upset over every little spot. We will see how it goes, Ryan has yet to see them, he is snowmobiling this weekend, he already knows I am crazy though, so it shouldn't be too much of a shocker! I am just happy to be ALMOST pulling the living room remodel to a close.
We also went to Hobby Lobby where I found this cute shelf with baskets for Claire's new room, when she moves to her new room anyway! The girls have already organized all of her toys and are loving the little chalkboard labels.
I also picked up some of Justin’s bedding and am moving forward with the boys room. I wanted to complete one project before I got to many things going, but that really isn't my style, I have to be doing 20 things at once and make myself crazy, hopefully I will finish one or two of these projects before our new baby brother arrives in only 7 more weeks!!!
We have been just hanging around here having everyday days. Justin and Claire have been playing nicely together……is it the calm before the storm?
Justin wanted a picture with his trains, he added a new one on valentines day, that big black Hiro in the middle. We have been non-stop Thomas tracks around here since Monday! Happy little boy!
