To my sweetest baby girl

Happy Birthday!

One year ago I was 9 months pregnant, and so miserable, but so excited. I couldn't sleep, I just kept thinking of meeting you. I wanted to know what you would look like, what we would name you, how big you would be, and mostly just to hold you. Your birth day was long, a bit boring for a while, but then you came (fast!) and changed our lives forever. I can't imagine life without your sweet smiles, hugs, and even tantrums.
Your name means "loved" and everyone loves you. Grocery shopping takes forever because people stop and talk to you. I don't mind. I love hearing people say how cute you (and your sister too!) are.
I think the thing I have said most this year is, "I don't want her to get any bigger, I want her to stay little!" It's true, I love babies. But as you grow, you get even better, and you'll always be my baby.
So grow up little baby, and know that your mommy loves you the most.

And she walks!

Right before her birthday!

The weekend in review

We moved in this weekend!!!!

I have a bedroom with a closet, a new bathroom, a new laundry room, and Aimee and Katie are sleeping in different rooms. I am a happy girl.

Also Jon cleaned for a few hours today, so it's also (mostly) clean. It was such a mess. I have an amazing husband.

Katie pushed the temporary gate we had up, and fell down half a flight of stairs. Amazingly she didn't even get any bruises. I went out and got a mounted gate.

Jon's parents watched Katie this evening, and I went to BabiesRUs and Home Depot ALL BY MYSELF. It was awesome. I think it was about 90 min of being out without the girls. That hasn't happened in so long, and I needed it.

And Katie finished the day by throwing up on me. Twice. It didn't even bother me.

Only one more week..........

So I am walking around my house, cleaning a little, getting the girls snacks, you know normal stuff. Then I hear it: the plastic is being pulled out of the door knob hole. Which means I have 4 seconds to run over to the door. I made it over just in time to see a carpet guy stick his head in. He looked over at me and said Oh, you scared me!

Really, I scared him? Can I just say how proud of myself that I kept my mouth shut?

Also, I wasn't wearing PANTS! (yes, I should probably know by now that it is not safe to go pant-less in my house during working hours)

I kindly asked him to shut the door, and I ran and threw on a pair of pants.

Hopefully this is the last Friday of the remodel... or I might go crazy.

Just looking at this picture makes me happy.
p.s. photoshop is BACK!

The List

In the previous post I mentioned hula seventy and how I was in love with the blog. Well one of the reasons is that she makes lists of things to do before her next birthday. So I am shamelessly copying, and doing my own!

24 things to do before I turn 25

1. Paint a wall a color I really love.

2. Get my hair cut

3. Eat a Voodoo Doughnut

4. Buy something from Etsy

5. Read 5 non-fiction books

6. Read a book each day to Katie

7. Find a new band I love

8. Do a photo shoot with someone other than a relative or friend

9. Do the Apartment Therapy 8 step home cure

10. Make a piece of art to hang on our walls

11. Frame a picture Katie painted

12. Print off pictures of the girls

13. Send Christmas cards out before Christmas

14. Take the girls for a walk once a week

15. Recover dining chairs

16. Get out the advent calendar before December 1^st

17. Take the girls to the coast

18. Go downtown and look at the lights

19. Make a pillow cover (knit or crochet)

20. Send thank you notes for all gifts received

21. Go to a concert

22. Make bread once a month

23. Learn how to make my favorite Thai food

24. Start the couch to 5k

Now that I posted it, I will actually have to do everything! I'm really excited. It was hard to think of the last few things, but all of them are things I really want to do! Wish me luck, and start your own list!

Being Inpired

With the remodel nearing completion, I have been scouring decorating books, magazines, and blogs. I'm going to have my own bedroom again, and I'm dying to make it something I really am in love with. In the apartments we lived in, we weren't allowed to paint, so this is so exciting for me. Plus I have a new bathroom, and the place where our bed is now will be a living/playroom.

It's exciting to say the least.

I thought I would put up some of my inspirations, and the awesome blogs I've found them on.

Oh, to live in this room. It's so beautiful it makes me hurt.

Kat Heyes' Home via Design*Sponge

I love the mirrors.

Apartment Therapy

I'm not sure I could pinpoint exactly what I love about this one other than the feel.

Emma Cassi's Home via Design*Sponge

Just love this one.

Found at Decor8

This is possibly the cutest little girl's room ever. I love the lights.

From Hulaseventy She is from Portland, and I am in love with her blog. More on that later.

I am in love with this couch and ottoman. It's Ligne Roset Togo, and if I ever have thousands of dollars just lying around, I'll buy them.

From Domino

I used to be totally confused as to what my style is. I had two really opposite things I really liked. Actually, I still might not know what it's called, but I do know what I like. After lots of time clipping pictures, and trying to decide exactly what I liked about it, I've found I like: Lots of white, dark wood, splashes of colors, and low furniture. You would think I could have just figured that out, but I'm glad I got to find all these beautiful, inspiring things in the process.

Some Pictures

These are just from the little camera, and since we don't have photoshop back on the new computer yet, they are unedited. So sorry for red eyes and such.

Just a cute one of the two girlies.Katie's birthday. Present opening
Blowing out a (scented) candle
Family pic. Katie's face makes me laugh. And Aimee is plotting to eat the cookie.
They love each other

Trick or treating. Katie the ladybug eats her pillowcase. She seriously had it in her mouth the whole night. It was soaked. Ew.
And Aimee the bumblebee!
Katie's birthday party. She and Erica held hands and ran around in circles almost the whole time. And screamed. But they had fun!
Katie showing off some of her cool presents.

Coming soon

Our new computer's hard drive broke, but we got a new one, so pictures will hopefully be coming soon.

Free on Fursday!

That's what Katie's been saying this week, and it's finally thursday!

Happy Birthday Katie!!!!!

I can't believe she's three.

She started her day early, and had a tootsie pop for breakfast. She found it somehow, and came and showed us, she was so proud of herself.

When we got to work, she wanted cereal, so I stuck a candle in it, and Erica and I sang happy birthday to her. She thought it was fun, so we did it at lunch too. And she got a cute baby doll that she likes a lot.

We're going to Grandma's later to have a tiny party, and she watched a movie, so she should be pretty happy :)