Vacation in Pictures

We went to Lake Tahoe, CA for our one year anniversary!

First stop: Anniversary Inn, Salt Lake City, UT

We stayed in the Log Cabin room!

It had a jacuzzi tub and a 'waterfall' shower!

We did a dinner cruise on a old paddle wheeler boat: M.S. Dixie II

Brandon got to go para-sailing! I watched from the boat :(

We took a gondola up the mountain side of Heavenly ski resort and got to see the view of the lake!

Up at the top they had a zip line of 3,300 feet! Brandon rode that and said it was awesome!! I have to take his word for it ; )

You could see our resort from the top! {It's the little green rooftop in the bottom right corner!}

We watched the sunset on the shore...

One of the days we went to Chico, CA to visit my youngest brother! He showed us around and fed us good pizza and frozen yogurt! {Sorry no pictures!}

And yet another day...

We went on a photography tour of all the off-the-beaten path places in Tahoe! We got to feed the geese, guess they love fruit loops!

And we loved the view...

We got to see a lot of amazing things on this tour... too many pictures to share here, but I've posted a few!

Lake Tahoe is known for it's crystal clear, appearing blue, water. It was glacially formed and that's why it's so blue, almost looks like the Caribbean! {except the pine trees!}

We had such an amazing visit and get away. We were gone for 8 days total and it was worth every minute of it! But after being gone that long it's SO nice to get home too!

Thanks Lake Tahoe for a wonderful memory and vacation!! Hope to see you again someday :)

Making Progress: Nursery

{Wall decor courtesy Upper Case Living}

Sneek-A-Peek…

at the latest project!

I got the idea to make baby hair bows because whenever I’m out and about brousing the baby girl sections of all the stores, I have yet to find suitable bows! Ones that are cute, fashionable and irresistable! So I did some looking around and found out how to make them myself! I cranked these and about 5 more out in about an hour! It’s so much fun 

A Little Piece Of Heaven:

who knew it could come in the form of a $3 plastic inner tube {commenly used in the pool  }…

I can now sleep on my stomach!!! Ok so I haven’t actually fallen asleep on it, like through the night or anything. But I’ve ‘napped’ on it!

When I learned about this little technique I was so excited because before I was pregnant, and even after {until my belly started poking out…obviously} I ALWAYS slept on my stomach. And I was dreading the day I’d have to give it up, but knew the sacrafice was worth it, especially since I wouldn’t be pregnant forever {I have to keep telling myself this over and over and over again…}.

BUT now I can have a little relief and lay for a while on my tummy with out getting jabbed in my ribs and every other major organ! 

They Came!

The cloth diapers came today!!

I’m a little overwhelmed but determined to make the most of them {and hopefully love them!}

They are so cute and the colors are so fun! Now I just can’t wait to see the little cheeks that will fill them 

Are We Crazy?!

I’d like to think we are smart… We took the plunge and will soon be knee deep in cloth diapers :S

“What are you thinking?!” might be going through your head right now. But we did actually put A LOT of thought in to it.

When I first heard the idea from our Bradley instructor (our birth class) I thought to myself, ‘Um, ew. Who would want to put poopy diapers in the washing machine?! The same washing machine that I put our regular clothes in?!’ I also wondered who in there right mind would want to spend so much time and work on a dirty, stinky diaper?!

Then I started thinking about the fact that once the baby comes and I’m no longer ‘working’ a full-time job… out of the home that is… that our income will be taking a pretty big plummet and I will be having to cut corners to keep our household from feeling the strain. So I started looking around online and researching about these cloth diapers. I was picturing the ones you have to safety pin and I couldn’t wrap my head around how the ‘stuff’ stays inside. Especially a mobile baby or toddler.

But to my surprise there are so many varieties of shapes, sizes, colors, you name it of these cloth diapers! After much research and looking and talking and more research and more talking about it…

We did it. We ordered 3 dozen of them! They are ‘one size’ {which means they are small, medium and large sizes all in one diaper. They adjust by snaps in the front.} so she can wear the same ones until she’s potty training, and the next child can use them too!. They are also all-in-one which means that the cloth diaper and the waterproof covering are all one piece for one step changing, just like a disposable!

How do we solve the poopy diaper in the washing machine though…

Well, first of all breastfeed baby’s poop is water solable and will easily break up and disolve in the wash, leave behind little to no reminants {IF there is anything left in the washer then I’ll do an extra rinse cycle.}
Secondly, they make this niftly little contraption that is hooked up to the toilet and sprays the diaper off into the toilet. It’s like a mini shower head and from what I’ve read of reviews and what not, it gets the job done!

The last thing we had to do was decide what company to go with and what colors to order! That was the fun part  We went with a company called BumGenius . I’m excited to give them a try and hoping for the best! At this point there isn’t much of turning back so we will make them work!

Coming Soon…

is pictures of the nursery!!

Brandon got all the walls painted yesterday and we also got the nursery furniture!

I blogged much earlier on that we were getting some hand-me-down furniture from a co-worker of ours. He brought it to our house yesterday. It’s a convertable crib with drawers underneath, a night stand that can be attached to the crib or left stand alone and then a dresser with a fold out changing table on top. Some of the furniture has to be assembled still but as soon as it is and we have it arranged I’ll be posting some pictures!!

I’m just so excited and finally feeling like we are making head way on getting the house set up!!

Next {and for B’s sake hopefully the last before baby comes} is installing the wood floors in the upstairs and downstairs guest bathroom! Can’t wait to see it all put together.