Tour of Chayla's room

Fun project for a boy baby shower

We're having combined baby shower at my school next week for me and a teacher who just had a baby boy.  I saw a tutorial a while back for Wee Wee Wigwams and thought they were super clever and would be fun to try out.   So I made some for her.  They were SUPER easy and I think they are hilarious.  I hope they really work for her.

The Crib Fiasco

Wow!  A piece of advice - Never order anything from Walmart.com.  Never shop at Walmart again - okay so that's a bit extreme maybe.  Seriously though they have bad communication.   We ordered a nursery set - crib, dresser and changing table and it was supposed to be delivered to the Orem walmart so we could pick it up.  So Mom and Kelly even came down with their truck to help us get it home since the ones they have in the store that are similar are in huge, heavy boxes.     Anyways, we got 2 boxes of the "box 2 of 2" item and 0 of box 1.  They said that it hadn't been shipped and they were sorry - did we want a refund or wait for 1 month to get it in?   We decided to get a refund and just buy the one they had in the store.  Then they didn't know how much to refund b/c only 1 box came in so they weren't sure if we were charged for the whole order or just one box.   about 2 hours later we made it home but I've been getting emails and calls from them all week with mixed information.  Walmart.com called and said the other box never shipped but the guy at the store called the NEXT day and said they got the missing box in.   So, whatever.  

We got all the pieces set up of the one we bought and we love it.  It was pretty painless and looks nice.  It is so exciting to have her room set up.  I can't wait to put a baby in it!  Sometimes I go in just to sit in there.                                                                   
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Birthday present

Jake got me a camcorder for my birthday.  We've been planning on getting one for when Chayla arrives. Jake says we need to have a baby soon so we have someone cute to video - he just didn't want me testing it on him anymore.  I think he's cute enough : p

It's really light weight and takes nice video.  We are happy with it so far.  Look for videos soon to come!

32 Weeks!

The doctor says everything is looking good with baby.  She is head down and will hopefully stay that way - crossing my fingers.  I'm feeling great except when I can't breathe after going up and down the stairs just once - it's all worth it though.

Birthday Fun - for the whole month

I feel like we've been celebrating my birthday all month.  It started with a great family dinner and Mom and Kelly's.  We were celebrating Josh's bday too. 

Lee's birthday is also in March so we've been celebrating with them too.  Last week we went out to lunch at Tucano's with our birthday coupons.  I think I definitely ate the most.  Chayla was just so hungry :)   Afterwards we needed to take a walk and drag the husbands to look at a kids store with us.  (they are constantly at the mercy of the scheming women in their lives)  

Lee made me the cutest notebook cover! I love it!  And I can use it forever b/c it is a removable cover - not glued on like I've made before.  She is so creative 

Awesomemest Cupcakes Ever

Lee and I have been talking about doing a cake decorating project and we finally did!   We decided to make a cupcake display that looks like a Pac Man game board.  We used fondant for the tops and decorations.  We filled each cupcake with either peanut butter or chocolate filling and stuck everything together with chocolate frosting.  It took a while but it was SO fun!   What could be better than baking + girl time + surprising your hubby at work with chocolate cupcakes?  Not much, especially since Jake like the surprise ;)

Flirty Apron :)

I finally made an apron!  I've been wanting to make a cute/colorful one for a while.  I turned out pretty good I think and was quite a learning experience!    It is 2-sided which is fun and I only had to undo part of a seam before I realized the ties and ruffle were going to end up on the inside.

March updates Galore

There's been so much fun going on in our lives that I have to share.  Let's see... where to start?  Cooking of course!   Here's a yummy dish I made that started out as 7-layer bean dip and ended up more like a cafe rio salad :)  One of my new favorite meals and SO easy - just layers of goodness.  It wound up being more like 12 layers i think.