The room...

Thursday, December 11, 2008

Dresser and stuffed animals we made from Build-a-Bear.


Baby Girl's crib. (The babies will share a crib initially). The bedding has flowers on it.



The new flat-screen TV fits the room so much better than the old TV.


Baby Girl's crib and the changing table/dresser.

Baby Boy's crib (bedding has zoo animals on it).

Ready & Waiting

Now that we've completed all of our baby preparation classes I feel like I should have an extra bachelors degree in baby care. These couple pictures are from the CPR & safety class. I'm practicing the infant Heimlich maneuver and Amber is working on the infant CPR. Grandpa & Grandma Wiens and Grandma Grant also attended with us. Grandpa Grant was home recovering from shoulder surgery.


Well... apparently everything in our home can kill our children. They definitely know how to make the new parents freak-out. I developed two infant safety systems while sitting in class. The first is the hamster ball approach and the second involves wrapping ones baby in bubble packing wrap. I'll give them a shot in a couple months and let you know how it goes.

Here's my burrito wrapped baby from the swaddling part of our baby care class.

Lamaze class: breathing, pilates balls, back rubs... and our awesome instructor Mary. She was a baby expert, sweet, personable, and from Canada.

December Adventures

So it was my birthday... I'm getting to be an old fart. You should see my gray hair!
I spent my birthday evening in class learning how to change diapers, give baths, and swaddle the babies. I have become a regular party animal.

OK, so this was super cool. I'm a big Disney geek. Even though Amber regularly makes fun of me and my affinity for Mary Poppins, she bought me a share of stock for The Walt Disney Company. It's nice and framed and awesome.

December also saw the end of my second hockey season. Our team (The Moose) was pretty good for being a bunch of rookies. Even better though, it's a good group of people. I'm looking forward to our second season together beginning in January.

Just sitting on the wall before the game while the zamboni finishes resurfacing the ice. I was nominated by my teammates to wear one of the "A's" as alternate captain for our team. Hopefully I served them well.

OK so this was actually taken at Thanksgiving...so it's not technically December, but Daisy was just too cute sporting her walking jacket to not put into this blog update.

Pre-Babies Getaway!

Sunday, December 7, 2008

Last week Kevin surprised me with a pre-babies getaway. He packed my stuff for overnight (without me knowing it). We started out by eating some good food at the Lazy Dog Cafe.


Next, we went to Disneyland to see some of the Christmas decorations.



We stayed overnight at the Hyatt in Huntington Beach, where we have always wanted to stay. We enjoyed the outside hot tubs (I only put my legs in, don't worry) and fireplaces. Kevin gave me some beautiful earrings that he got for me in Vermont. The next day we enjoyed a relaxing couples massage. This was exciting for us because neither of us had ever had a professional massage before. Then we had lunch at Ruby's on the pier. I'm blessed to have a wonderful husband who planned a great surprise!

Vintage Maternity Wear

Saturday, December 6, 2008

A maternity outfit from the 1950's. My Grandma wore this when she was pregnant with my aunt. There is a hole for the belly and then it ties around the top of the belly. The outfit is actually more comfortable that I thought it would be.


A maternity top from 1980. My mom wore this when she was pregnant with me. It's one of my favorite maternity tops because it's nice and roomy.