Amazing

While wrapping gifts yesterday I happened to see this on Oprah and had to share. It is breathtaking. (Start it at 1:00)

Announcing

Baby Lincoln

arriving 4 Dec 2009 at 11:51 am

7 lbs - 20 inches

loving every minute

3 1/2 weeks!

Today we went to the midwife and now the appointments are scheduled weekly. Which means it's close. Very close! 3 1/2 weeks to be exact. So I thought I'd pack my bag today since with Boozie I never packed it, assuming I'd have hours and hours of labor and little did we know it would only be 6 hours and we'd barely even make it to the hospital. So T threw a few random things into a bag in between holding the bucket for me to throw up in. Oh the memories. :) I finished Potential Baby Girl Nilsson's Going Home Outfit last night and thought I'd take a pic of each. I also posted a poll for you all to vote in. So what do you think we're having? Boy or Girl? Pojke eller Flicka?

House Tour Part II sneak peak

Our dining room is really making progress after we finally found a desk chair, finished my stencil plates, and hung more artwork. We're going with a black and white theme and now just need to decide on flooring under the table and we'll pretty much be set. This plate project was definitely tougher than this tutorial made it seem but the second batch turned out much better after a bit of tweaking on my part and I love them. Baby countdown: approximately 5 weeks. Eek!

House Tour Part I

This will be a very ongoing house tour because the rooms are coming together one by one, but we finally got our living room all put together, rug and all, and it feels like home!

Happy Halloween from the apa

Last night we went to a church trunk-or-treat party and Boozle was in heaven. Before the party he was getting tired and fussy so I was doubting whether or not he'd make it but as soon as I put him in his apa (monkey) costume, he started running around, making apa noises, and looking at himself in the mirror. He was a big fan. T handed out candy to the kids while Boozie and I walked around looking at all the festively-decorated trunks and kids in their costumes. We saw a dragon which Boozie thought was a crocodile and said, "Snap!" every time the little boy walked by. We saw a sheep that he said "Baaa" to and a little puppy that he barked at over and over. He shoved a donut hole in his mouth and kept saying "donut" over and over; it was a very fun night. We didn't do trunk-or-treat with him because he's so young, but he did get a pinwheel, a balloon, and one package of smarties that he thought was his fluoride pills he chews each night.

On the agenda today: carving pumpkins, lugging furniture up into our room, taking photos of our newly-decorated house, Halloween parade, gathering piles of leaves to take to the curb, etc... Hopefully it all gets done.

Few updates

Pictures are getting hung in this house and making it feel like ours. We finally found the ultimate perfect rug (we think) and it is on its way! We spotted it at overstock.com and of course, the color we wanted was sold out. I checked everyday for about 1 week and had no luck. Then, on a whim I checked early Saturday morning and there was 1 left and it was the color we needed! I still have my doubts that it is real, but we did get a tracking number and when it arrives, I guess my doubts will cease.

The craigslist-find dresser has had its gouges filled with wood filler, primed, painted, and polyurethaned and the armoire is following close behind but is still on the primer stage. The fabulous hardware has been ordered and soon enough, there will be a Ta-Da post to show everyone the final results. Just a warning: I forgot to take before pictures so you'll just have to imagine that sad sights they were. I even was inspired to follow this tutorial and make some fun stencil-y (but non-Halloween) plates for our black & white-themed dining room. I think it'll be fab.

And also, I figured out a magic way to be able to paint and prime while Boozie is awake. This darling house has a sandbox in the backyard and Boozie + sand = true love. Remember this party?

And last but not least, we have a really fun park directly across the street that can be seen from all the windows. The only downfall is that Boozle stands at the window and says "parken?" which means the park in Swedish all hours of the day. Regardless if it's raining, dark, freezing cold, etc... He doesn't care. Today that word might have been replaced with Gymboree, which may be worse because his class is only on Tuesdays and we can't just walk across the street to get there. All before his nap he kept saying "Gymbee?" over and over. Boozle is so much fun; I love being his mama.