Samuel's Nursery Pictures

I finally finished the pictures for my nephew's nursery and if I do say so myself, they look pretty darn good! :)

This was the first picture that I did...

This was the second one that I did. It took me two tries to finish it because of my darling daughter...I had completely finished the picture except for the black nose and that is the exact time that she decides to kick my painting board and a big black streak ends up across the entire thing. It was kinda sad but I think that this one ended up better than the first! :)

And this is the last one...

It's a relief to have them done and to have them look so cute in his nursery. Now I can focus on doing Claire's pictures (I'm doing Angelina Ballerina and I am so excited!). But here are a few pictures of his nursery...

We also got Claire's crib and changing table finally! I love the beautiful color and style and can't wait for her to finally be here so she can use them! I've been working on her nursery the past few days and it's looking pretty good already. I have everything all organized and clean. I'm feeling pretty prepared for her because we already have her crib, changing table, car seat, stroller, and bassinet. We just need the little things like clothes, blankets, and toys but that all comes with the baby shower! :)

Her beautiful crib

Changing table

And the adorable little night light Joe bought for her. He already spoils her rotten! :)

I'll have to post pictures of my belly soon but I've been avoiding the camera as much as I can. :)

I'm an Aunt again!!!

Now we have a total of two grand children (with one on the way) on my side of the family! My sister Savannah just had a little boy on Saturday and he is so beautiful! His name is Samuel John Jagielski and he is 7 lbs 10 oz and 19 inches long! He is so cute and tiny and has this cry that just breaks your heart. But he's so mellow and such a good baby! Love him to death already!

Drumroll please....

IT"S A GIRL!!!!

We are so excited! At first she didn't want us to see anything except her cute little face but after a few minutes she let us know for sure she was a girl! We are naming her Claire Marie and are so excited to meet her in June!

Here are her little feet

She was showing off her muscles for daddy

This was the only picture we got of her face. If you look closely you can see her little nose and mouth!

Keepin' Busy

I just reached the 20th week in my pregnancy and I can honestly say that I feel GOOD! It is amazing what a throw up free day can do for you! I have so much energy and I can occasionally enjoy my meals. :) But with no work and no school and all this pent up energy I was going insane staying at home all day. So my friend Lindsay signed both of us up for a sewing class on campus and I LOVE it! I really didn't think that I would enjoy it as much as I do but there is something liberating about learning something new. I love picking out the cute fabrics, hanging out with the girls, and thinking of new projects to do. It keeps me busy and out of the house and that makes me feel productive and happy. Joe is completely supportive (mostly because I've been happier lately) but he thinks this will be a great skill for me to have and it keeps me from counting down the days til our little peanut is here! :) He's pretty much amazing!

I found that keeping me busy was the only way to keep my sanity, so that's what I've been doing... staying busy! I have been working on my sister Savannah's nursery pictures and they are turning out pretty cute if you ask me! I'll have to post pictures of them when they are finished. I've also made a goal of keeping up on laundry every week and keeping the house picked up, something I've neglected the past couple of months but I'm trying to be better about it. And couple all that with doctor appointments and my birthing class that starts soon, I have been pretty busy! It's nice to feel productive and tired at the end of the day!

And as I mentioned earlier, I am 20 weeks pregnant and tomorrow we will have our second sonogram! Yay! I am so excited to find out if we are having a boy or a girl!! Hopefully the little stinker will show us what it is...I'm keeping my fingers crossed! I'll be sure and post pictures tomorrow of my belly and our peanut. Can't wait to see how much it has grown from the first sonogram. Every week I get these e-mails from baby center that tell you where you are at in your pregnancy and I was excited to find out that our baby is about the length of a banana (10 inches) and that it is about 6.5 ounces. That's amazing considering at four weeks it was the size of a poppy seed! Ha it's amazing how fast they grow!

Christmas!

Christmas is by far my favorite holiday! I love all the decorations, the lights, the smells, the food, and most of all being with family. I also love my amazing mother and the little traditions that she carries on for us kids. Ever since we were little my mom has always gotten us each one new ornament. This year she got all three of us one.

This one is Joe's, it's Dale hitting an ornament that Chip is holding

This fairy is the sixth in a collection all of us girls have been getting

And little dumbo is for our little peanut :)

This year was so great, we celebrated Christmas Eve with all the siblings and had a progressive dinner starting at Savannah's house with homemade bread and hot cocoa (we were supposed to go sledding too but it was too slushy) and then we moved on over to our house where we had cheese balls and a relish tray. We played the candy bar game we play every year and them moved on over to my mom's house. We had the amazing seven layer dip there and watched a little bit of the movie White Christmas until it was time to go to Kayleen's house. She was the last stop for that night and we watched the Nativity Story and had cookies and milk. When we got home we opened our Christmas pajama's.

Santa also had a little work to do after that and left the tree looking pretty full. I guess we were good this year. :)

Christmas day was just as enjoyable as Christmas Eve. As I expected Joe woke me up WAY too early, he was so excited about opening presents. :)

Joe and his stocking

Opening the present I got him, his favorite statue of Christ. On his mission he got to move the original and meet the artist

Joe had a lot of surprises for me this year. He had me open this little one first to see if I could guess what the rest of it was (please ignore how tired and fat I look)

and it was a little sleeping bag...

I knew exactly what it was and hurried to tear off the blanket laying on the biggest package in the room

It was the Phil and Ted's stroller I wanted! Let's just say it's the most amazing stroller ever invented! And it included the chicco car seat I really wanted(the inside of the stroller will be red, they just sent the wrong insert)

The sleeping bag is specially made to fit into the stroller for the colder months and so of course I had to try it out...

Allie loved riding in the stroller and didn't get cold at all!

Here's the box the stroller came in, it says baby not included! haha

We spent the rest of the day with family at my mom's house. It was an amazing Cristmas and I was way too spoiled!

Seven Month Recap!

It's been a long time since I've blogged last, so I thought I would give a brief recap on what we've been up to!

Way back in June Joe and I were still working like crazy and I was chugging away at my school work. When July came along I graduated with my Associates and in August Joe got a job at the Marriott at the front desk! It has been such a nice change from Applebee's! The pay is better and he doesn't come home sweaty, tired, and smelling like fried food. :)

In between all the working and school work we got to enjoy a little of our summer with snow cones, swimming at Rigby Lake, and a little visit from Joe's youngest sister, Tiffany! We also got to go to Bear World. It was so fun! Here's a few pictures of our little adventure:

Here are the little baby bears, they were only 6 months old and so fun to watch!

We got to go on a tour bus and feed the bears doughnuts! They would wave at you to get treats!

Here's one of them waving at me to be fed

This little guy was so funny, he kept climbing up on the bus to get the most food!

And here's my funny husband getting eaten by a bear! :)

In September Joe celebrated his 23rd birthday! He had to go to school that day but I made him his favorite dinner and this awesome cake...

I also got him his favorite movie The Blind Side and bought him a pair of waders. He LOVES them and uses them all the time! :)

In October we found out that we are pregnant! I am 17 weeks right now and both the baby and I are doing great (minus the morning sickness and throwing up) but here's an ultrasound of our little peanut at 8 weeks.

We are due June 11th and are so excited for our sweet little baby!

November and December were awesome! Even though I've had morning sickness really bad I still got to enjoy the holidays with my family. We had Thanksgiving dinner at my mom's house and Christmas was busy but so fun! (I'll have to write a whole post just for Christmas) And now we are in a new month and a new year! Still can't believe that it's 2011 and that I'm going to be 22 tomorrow! Crazy! Hope that all of you had a great Christmas and a Happy New Year!

Procrastinating

Once again, I'm supposed to be doing homework but somehow I ended up on here instead! :) Not too much has been going on with us. Joe didn't get the job... :( He was pretty bummed about it but maybe it just wasn't meant to be. He also applied for a security position on campus but didn't get that one either. But on the bright side, at least we are blessed enough to have the jobs we have! :)

Work for me is stressful and so DRAMATIC! I swear we have the biggest bunch of gossipers I have ever met. And school is still stressful but I am really starting to LOVE my drawing class. Over the weekend we had to draw one of the masks in the art studio and apply full value to it. And every monday my teacher holds a contest for the best drawing and who ever wins gets one of his signed prints!!!! (For those of you who don't know my teacher is Leon Parson. He painted the murals in the Rexburg Temple. Needless to say he's an amazing artist!) Thus far I have won two prints!!! Yay- Go Me!! Most days he picks the top three in the class and gives them a print which is how I won the first one. ( I was third place) But today I won first place!! And I was the only one to get a print!! I will have to post pics of the prints and my drawings when I get them back. :)

The weather is starting to get a little bit warmer too! The sunshine just totally makes my week! Joe has been fishing like crazy and today I went with him and got a little sunburn! It felt so good!

This past weekend Joe also attended our ward's father son camp out. At first he was bummed because obviously we don't have any kids and he really wanted to go but my mom suggested he take my little brother Adam. So it was a win win situation...Joe got his camp out and I got the whole weekend to myself to catch up on sleep and homework. It was weird though being apart for that one night, it was the first time we had been apart since we got married, but we did just fine.

Tomorrow is hump day! And there is only 5 and half weeks left of school and we will have our 8th month anniversary this Thursday!

I will post pics up soon! xoxo