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