and now... why my auntie and mom are better than yours:

today is a good day friends. no, scratch that... today is a GREAT day!

i've always loved my most favorite aunt steph. she's the lady in my life that each time i go to her house it's a little better than it was the time before. she always has the cutest stuff. if she ever had a garage sale, i'd go broke buying everything she had. (plus some IOU's).

anyway - back to the point. her and my mommy really delivered. they bought me and lulabelle the sweetest stroller set up known to man. my auntie steph bought 75% and my mommy dearest came in on the other 25%. why? cuz they are the greatest! check out our new digs:

hahaha! your jealous, huh? :) i thought there was no way on this earth, no matter how much i begged and pleaded with kevin, that i would be the owner of this gem. i honestly did not realize that mommyhood would bring such silly feelings and that i could get so unbelieveably happy and excited about a stroller. this little beauty is not only a stroller, but a jogger and will haul lulabelle around until she is 45lbs! whooo hoooo! i'm in love with this, my bumbleride indie, from my auntie and my mommy. so thank you, thank you, thank you aunt steph and mom! you guys are the BEST!

another funny before i end my attention whore rant... kevin told me last night since my mom bought us the nicest most expensive glider/ottoman known to man and my auntie delievered such an amazing "wheel chair" (yes, he seriously refers to my indie stroller as a wheel chair) we need to put them to good use and have at least 10 kids. pppffft! i told him, "umm, honey, let's just get through this one and take it a day atta' time, mmk? love you much kev." seriously, can't live without me some funny daily kevin.

a big thanks to jenny and a little nursery teaser...

first things first - a big ole' thank you to jenny from the block for sucking it up and coming over to help paint the nursery. her and i blasted it out in only a few hours. and it looks fan-freakin-tastic! :) i'm very excited about the way everything is coming together.

above you will see our official baby nursery painting photo. :) oh, and don't worry - my dear hubs bought "special paint" for knocked up mamas. it's ok.

also - our crib showed up via fed ex on friday so jenny and i painted on friday, i made the necessary touch ups on saturday and kev put the crib together on sunday. it all looks awesome. we obviously still have a ton of work to do... but here's a little teaser of whats to come:

we used the semi-gloss paint (on advice from the man behind the paint counter at home depot who has 5 kids...) so it's a little shiny in the pics - it's not really that shiny in real life. and - the wood colors all match in real life... not sure why they all showed up totally different colors. lol.

also - kevin thought it'd be fun to take my 20 week picture for the belly book. i was looking a little rough - so forgive me. here it is anyway:

now you can tell, based on my expression, i know i'm lookin' rough... but i was also smiling... just a little bit because it makes me just so dang happy that kevin is as excited about my pregnancy and filling out the belly book and finding new places to take the pictures as i am. he's so awesome. :) i just love love LOVE me some kev... always. :) i'm so lucky. and sappy. :)

anyways... there it is friends. a little teaser. oh - and a final thought:

my big ole' boombie pretending to be baby while kev does his daddy duties. i seriously love this dog. he's my booooy!

me lovey my mamacita!

well friends, my mamacita came to the rescue and pulled me out of my glider blues. she saved the day! :)

above you will see a picture of my mommy rocker in my baby's room. that's right!that wonderful, beautiful, super comfy glider/ottoman combo is in my house right this second. all because my mommy loves me. :) oh how i do love being an only child providing mamacita with her very first granbaby. i couldn't have picked a better one myself. i'm so grateful to have such an awesome mama.

also - this weekend the eagles picked up a great big ole' win against the big dumb giants! woot woot! which means - they are headed to the NFC championship game against arizona (a team which i whole-heartedly believe they can beat) and then to the 'ship! kevin agreed that IF we are having a boy and the eagles win the superbowl we will name him talon and decorate his nursery with the eagles theme. cawwww cawwwwwwwwww! gooooooo eagles! ohhh yes, life is oh so good. :)

i've got the glider blues...

if you know me - you know i'm a bargain shopper. period.

that said... i've got the glider blues my friends. i have looked everywhere for a glider that was fairly priced and comfortable. i need something that will glide nicely and look fashionable in my nursery. i'm obviously more concerned with the smoothness in the glide than the look of it - but i, too, have standards.

i've looked on craigslist everyday. e-v-e-r-y-d-a-y. and nothing. granted - i still have time. i know. but i'm trying to get myself together while i have this burst of energy in my second trimester. i found something i'm in love with and it has stellar reviews... but it's stupid expensive.

who does best chairs think they are? this chair better be made of gold! the chair alone is $399 and the matching ottoman (that should be included in the $399 price dammit) is an additional $199. we're talking $600 worth of CHAIR! that's more than my nursery furniture (crib, dresser, rails) cost combined! bah.


ghastly chair. and it's makers. from now on all you people who are unmarried and getting married soon will be getting baby stuff from kevin and i as wedding presents. sure - you'll think it's strange at the time. but trust me friends... when it comes time to decorate your nursery you'll thank me. bwwhhaaa hahaha!

zerberts and baby crack...

what's a zerbert you ask? oh lord... i recently learned it's a kevin-style raspberry. you know, the pull up your shirt and blow to make the fart sound? super.

so i felt flutters yesterday! YAY! the baby is in there... and moving and i felt it... for a second. i actually didn't realize that's what it was until it was over. it was like bubbles in my belly... moving up and then around. it was almost like i needed to fart... and then no... no fart. then the "ahh-ha" moment - it was the babes! :)

so i came home and told the kev-ster i felt the baby. he was obviously very excited. we talked about it for awhile, you know... the usual stuff. how excited we were that the baby was really in there and how it was becoming real now that i felt it... and i thought we moved on. then it happened. kevin felt the need to reach over, lift up my shirt, press his lips to my belly and say "heyyyyyy baby..." and then blew a zerbert. this all happened in a matter of... ummm... 5 seconds? i felt the baby really move then. i'm not talking about flutters... i mean the baby was trying to escape his insane daddy. i told kevin he was going to make our sweet babe stroke out before it can even function on it's own. i was dying. it was so funny... and completely unexpected... i was all relaxed and stuff. sheesha kev. :) gotta love my baby daddy.

on another note - i thought i'd share my latest baby crack. i ordered my furniture and here's what it looks like:

my adorable (and affordable crib). i love the little swishes in the back. can't wait to set this sucka' up! and here is my changer/dresser combo:

it's going to look so great. i can't wait to get it all set up. i got it in the dark coffee wood. i loves it!

as soon as we have our big ultrasound we'll paint and set it all up. i love nesting! it's just fan-freakin-tastic.

tis why i love montana...

so i ordered my crib. yayyy! i got a killer deal on black friday and i bit the bullet and ordered it up. i'm in absolute love. it's going to look fan-freakin-tastic in my nursery.

i ordered it from jcpenney and it was on back-order so it was supposed to take 8-10 weeks. no problem since in 8-10 weeks i'll be justr over half way through my pregnancy. (ok... i know, i ordered a little early. but i'm a bargain shopper).

anyway - penney's called on friday to let us know it's in. wellll... ummm... the nursery is kevin's computer room and is still officially a disaster area. in every sense of the word. and - i was going to ask my awesome brother-in-law if he'd pick it up with his truck but i just haven't gotten around to it.

so i call penneys tonight and tell them that although i'm very grateful it's in - i wasn't expecting it for awhile and since it's -19 below and almost christmas could they pretty please hold it until after the holidays?

then the customer service lady asked me where i lived. strange, but ok... i'll tell you. and i did. turns out she lives in the condo building next to mine (same street, same subdivision) and offers to deliver it after work tomorrow night. you've got to be kidding me! i told her that sure was a lot to ask... but she insisted and said she'd rather get it the crap out of her warehouse so she didn't have to work around it until after the holidays.

awesome. you just don't find people that will do stuff like that anymore. i love montana. :) i, apparently, have awesome neighbors! whooo hoooooo! :)