Look what I found...

I found this shot on my computer at work! I used to have a waist and will have one again soon. This was when Henry was about 1.25 and we were having a garage sale at our new house! Ahh, to fit into that tank top again. It will be bliss!

Surprise, surprise for Saylor and I...

I have got to say that I am truly the luckiest girl! I was thoroughly surprised today by my dear, wonderful office-mates with a beautiful baby shower! I was literally attack-blindfolded, guided up 3 flights of stairs and taken to a beautifully decorated room on campus where co-workers waited to hollar "surprise!" I of course shed tears and turned a couple of shades of pink. I can't thank my PCC family enough for this special event! Saylor and I were showered with beautiful and super neat presents!!! Here we are enjoying the shower...

Sleeping sound...

As you can see, Henry just sleeps like this. It's the picture of pure relaxation and bliss. Night, night baby boy!

Mommy fits in the tub still...

Against all odds, very pregnant mommy still fits in the tub. It's not a pleasant sight by any means, but Henry loves to bathe with us. It's a lot more interesting and fun when we jump in with him! Russ actually asked if I thought I could fit into there with Henry... I have the photo to prove it, I can!

Hot weather & the water park...

Here is bliss in it's visual form! We took Henry to a great, big water park in Wilsonville last week when is was about 100 degrees outside. He ran and screamed for at least an hour straight. There were about 75 other little kiddos doing just the same. It was so much fun to watch him enjoy the water and weather!!! Love him so much!

Henry at the zoo...

I will say that my son has got manners up the wahzoo!!! He is so polite, caring of other feelings and just amazing in general. I am sure we all feel this way about our kiddos.

So, we are headed up the long walk to the car out of the zoo and at the information booth (which no one stops at) there is a grandmother aged woman, sitting in there, all alone. Henry is carrying his dinosaurs in a box that we got at the dino exhibit, but gently places them on the step to the booth. He climbs up and say's "stamps please." The woman was smiling and obviously pleasantly surprised. I told Henry that I didn't think she had stamps. She said she did not, but she did have some little bear stickers. She asked Henry if he would like one on his hand. He said quickly, "yes." She placed it on his hand and Henry said, "thank you" then, held up his other hand and said "two please." We both laughed and she gave him another one on the other hand. He smiled at her, said "thank you" and then got down and said "bye-bye" in his darling little childrens voice. I told him how proud I was of his great manners and that he was such a nice boy. Henry is SUCH a great kid!!!

Saylor's bedroom...

Her room is done!!! Well, daddy still needs to cut the doors down just a little and mommy needs to hem some pink curtains. Other than that, Saylor can now feel comfortable coming into this world, knowing that there is a perfect little girls room just waiting for her. It's been a fun and exciting time creating her room. I think that it looks exactly like the sketches that landed in my little black house decorating book. Here, you can see for yourself. I still have a couple of tiny touch to do... few little birds are to hang from the ceiling! Enjoy...

Last touches...

Here is a really quick glimpse of Russ and I (at about 10:30 at night) in Saylor's room. I am touching up the trim and Russ was putting together the crib! (You can sneak a peek at the kitchen behind him, but don't forget that we are still in progress and have no counters.) Saylor's room is about to become the little girls room I always dreamed of. Photos coming soon!!!

Borderline irrational...

Well, this is the best image I can come up with to help depict how I am feeling! I have been joking for the last couple of months about being pregnant and borderline irrational... now, it's not a joke. I am getting nervous about the house getting done and Saylor's room coming together.

Russ is at home, as I type, painting her ceiling a beautiful shade of deep magenta. Tonight we hope to get the walls done and then possibly tomorrow a closet for the 8,000 articles of clothing that somehow made it to our house. I LOVE LITTLE GIRL CLOTHES!!!!!

I guess I should not panic as much as I am. We finally have trim on about 50+ percent of the remodel, the counters have been templated and furniture put together and/or picked up! There are curtains and even a few of our lovely decor accents placed in their homes. I have purposely not put photos up as I believe it could potentially ruin the "big reveal."

Enough babble for now... just think of us and pray that Saylor stays put for about 3 more weeks.

Loves!