basketball bellies and funny feet

Here's a couple pics of me that were taken today (33 weeks and 2 days along):
and here's a pic of my weird feet...I have no idea why just one foot is swollen today so I thought I'd take a pic ha ha.
On a side note, we are going to tour the Labor & Delivery floor this Tuesday! Hopefully finding it won't be as confusing as finding the breastfeeding class was last week. I swear Tripler is one of the most confusing hospitals I've ever been in. And that isn't very comforting considering that's where I'm going to be delivering this baby. The last thing I need is to be confused trying to find the place I'm supposed to give birth at! Which is why we are doing this tour now. Plus we can get a head start on some of the paperwork that will need to be done for me to be admitted to the hospital, making it much easier on Luke (and less stressful too) when the time comes. Well, I need to go find something to make for dinner so ttyl!

~Nicole

and we're ok

The tsunami ended up being very weak by the time it got to Hawaii so no major (or minor for that matter) damage was done. Luke and I are all safe and sound at home :) He spent the afternoon putting in new headlights on the truck with my friend Erin's husband, Alex's help while Erin, Maggie (their daughter) and I watched Shrek the 3rd. It was a pretty relaxing afternoon to say the least. I'm glad that nothing serious happened here. There is enough sorrow in the world today in Chile. My heart goes out to them :( Makes me grateful for my own safety and the safety of our family and reminds me that I should never take anything for granted.

~Nicole

Tsunami time..

Today we were woken up to phone calls and sirens alerting us that we are in a tsunami alert. So much fun...NOT! We just got back from Safeway and it took us over an hour to get through the checkout (the lines were CRAZY!). Luckily I think we have everything we need to last us at least the weekend. The power could possibly go out so I'm writing this now and I'll write an update once it's all over with. Hopefully we'll be alright. Last I heard the biggest waves that will hit us will be 6 feet high...here's hoping that's the biggest they get! At least we are lucky this time and have plenty of time to evacuate if needed. It's really sad that this is the result of a massive earthquake in Chile. I can't imagine what it is like over there right now. Well, just wanted to let people know that we are ok for now. The tsunami is expected to hit at around 11 am our time so just an hr and a half left before the big event. Keep us in your thoughts and prayers! Love you!

~Nicole

just 7 more weeks...I can do this!

I will be 33 weeks along tomorrow and I can not WAIT to have this baby! Just 7 more weeks to go until my due date. I have a feeling they are going to be the longest 7 weeks of my life...Oh to be able to sleep on my tummy or back again..and not have back pain, or the pain you get from stretching..or the heartburn..and the list continues...sigh.

I know that once the baby is here I will have a whole new list of "issues", but I think I can handle them :) If I can handle carrying this kid for over 9 months I can handle taking care of him outside my tummy too! :D We scheduled the rest of my OB appointments today from now until my due date which makes it seem that much closer to my goal of having a happy and healthy little boy :) We still don't have a name for him yet. Who would have thought that naming a baby would be one of the hardest parts of pregnancy? I certainly didn't, but being married to a stubborn man makes things difficult ha ha. He's a goober too so that doesn't help when we are trying to think of a name either. He wants all the goofy/"original" names. I just want him to have a name that is normal, easy to pronounce and won't cause him grief when he gets older. What Mother wants her kid to come home all beat up (physically or mentally) after playing at the playground because of his name? Not me that's for sure! We'll be lucky if we have picked a name before he's born ha ha, or better yet before we leave the hospital :P

It's been a long day for me, so I will go now. Plus I am hungry which makes it snack time :) Later!

~Nicole

NOW the Nursery is ALL DONE!! :)

I finished painting the closet doors today and Luke helped me put the furniture back into the room. I'm so happy it's all done now! I really like how it turned out too :)Now I need another project to keep me busy until the baby is born. I am 32 weeks along today so just 8 more to go! I think I'll do some much needed scrapbooking since I have a lot to catch up on before he gets here.

Well, hope everyone had a good week and have lots of fun things planned for the weekend! Talk to you later!

~Nicole

painting the closet...not an easy task to say the least

This has by far been the hardest part of my painting project. Here's the closet before I started painting:
and here it is just after one coat of paint:and the second coat that I started doing today, but my arm got tired after over an hour of painting:
Looks like it will be needing at least one more coat of paint though. This is gonna take me almost as long to finish as the whole room did (that's a long time..). It will look good when it's all done though. And then Luke can move the furniture back into the room. My patience and hard work will pay off :)

~Nicole

the walls are ALL DONE!! :)

I finished the last wall today! The original plan was to leave the closet doors black, but since I got some white paint on them I have decided that I will be painting the doors the light brown/tan color. That is the very last thing that needs to be painted in the room! I feel very accomplished after doing this project. And now I want to do more painting in the rest of the house ha ha. But that will have to wait. Here's a pic of the stuff I did today:

I'm so happy with how this turned out! :)

~Nicole

what could be better?

Yesterday I awoke to this:
Breakfast in bed! New Mexican style ha ha :) Breakfast burritos and juice (in a fancy glass even!) and a beautiful rose! What a sweetie my Lucas is to me! He tried to get me a plant too (cuz I always say that plants make people happy ha ha), but the nursery was closed so we went today and I picked out this plant:It's so pretty! and it doesn't stink either (good or bad). I just have to remember to water it every other day.

We had steak and corn for dinner (I made the stake on the stovetop and it turned out pretty good). Overall it was a nice relaxing day. I took a 4 hr nap too (which was GREAT!), but that meant that I couldn't fall asleep when it was time for bed so I stayed up and did some painting in the baby's room. It's almost finished! Here's what I've done so far:
Just have to touch up the stars that I've painted so far and finish the stripes and stars on the last wall(s)! I LOVE how it has turned out so far! Can't wait until I'm all done and then I can put the furniture back in here :) I'm really proud of my accomplishment with this project!

Here's a current pic of me at 31 weeks and 2 days along (taken yesterday):

I look (and feel) like I have a basket ball for a tummy ha ha

Well, I hope everyone had a very happy Valentine's Day! Have an awesome President's Day too (not sure what people do on this holiday other than go shopping or chill at home but oh well ha ha). Later!

~Nicole

day 8- almost done with 2 of the walls!

I really like how the room is turning out so far. I just have to paint some stars on 2 of the walls and then they will be finished!I can't wait until it's all finished! Just 9 more weeks until my due date :)

~Nicole

day 7-lookin good so far ;)

I finished the second coat of paint on the stripes today. Now I just need to do the rest of the stripes on the other 2 walls! And then the trim and finally the stars :) It's looking pretty good so far if I do say so myself!
~Nicole

day 6 of painting-Stripes!

Here's what I got done today :
It was a little frustrating because the tape wouldn't stick to the wall for some reason...
But I just need to do another coat and then move on to the other two walls. And then...STARS :)

Have a good one!

~Nicole

Baby Shower!

Today was my baby shower that my friend Jasmine hosted for me. She made enchiladas and taco salad for lunch and brought a white chocolate raspberry cheesecake from Cheesecake Factory for dessert (my FAVORITE kind from there!). The food was amazing, and I don't have to tell you how delicious the cheesecake was :) Here I am enjoying my tasty frozen pomegranate lemonade:We didn't do any games, but just chatted with eachother which was nice too.

Then I opened my gifts! I LOVE star stuff :)And handmade things are pretty sweet too :)
(my friend Erin made me the nursing cover)
I got a ton of diapers (probably a weeks worth though ha ha), diaper bags (for the poopy diapers), some cute cute outfits, bath toys, a stuffed giraffe, a baby monitor, a shopping cart cover, bottles, a bath tub, a crib sheet, butt paste, pacifiers, swaddlers, burp cloths, bibs, nursing pads, a night light that is also a room thermometer, a nursing cover (Erin made it for me!) and some lotion for me :) I love everything I got! It makes me even more excited for the baby to be born! He's such a lucky kid :) Here's me with all the gifts:

Here's some pics of the decorations (didn't get all of them because we cleaned up and I had forgotten to take pics before hand).
Well, I need to go write the Thank You cards now so I will talk to you later.

~Nicole

30 weeks down, only 10 more to go!

I'm exactly 30 weeks along today! It's gone by so fast too! I hope the next 10 go by fast as well. I want to hold my little guy :) Here's a couple pics of me that were taken today.
Me and my big ole belly are going to go find some more food to eat. I just had lunch and I'm still hungry! Later!

~Nicole

day 5-all that's left are the stars :)

I finished painting the last coat on the 4th and final wall today! Now all I need to do is have Luke help me prep the wall for painting the trim, stripes and stars :) I think I'll take the weekend off to relax though. All this painting is making me a little sore in the back :( Nothing a good back massage can't fix though!~Nicole

day 4-just one more coat of paint!

Here's the 3rd wall all done and ready to be accented :)

and here's me painting the first of two coats on the fourth wall today:

Here's the fourth wall with the first coat all done. I'll be painting the last coat on it tomorrow and then I can start taping off the accents I want to do and the trim and such. I am loving this! Now I want to paint the other rooms in the house ha ha! I'll see how I feel after I'm completely finished with the Nursery though. I might change my mind about doing more painting.

There ya have it folks! See ya tomorrow!

~Nicole

day 3-half way there!

Day 3 went well. I finished the second wall and put the first coat of paint on the third one today. Here's the second wall all done:
Here's me painting the third wall:

all done for the day :)

Just one more coat of paint on the third wall and then two coats on the last one. Then I can paint the trim and my star accents :) I'm having way too much fun doing this ha ha. Have a good one!

~Nicole

day 2

Here is the lovely (or not so lovely) me painting the second wall today. I did a second coat on the wall from yesterday and just one on the wall today. I'll touch it up tomorrow. I'm really liking how it's turning out so far :)

First wall is done and ready to be accented :)

And a kinda long video for your viewing pleasure (brace yourselves ha ha):



~Nicole