Luke’s Gift for the Year
Some women get diamonds and jewelry from their husbands as gifts, I received a piano this weekend from Luke. I think this gift covers every gift giving opportunity for this year, including a “thank you for giving me children” gift. Now the front room is officially a music room, complete with a baby grand piano and my old guitar. Love it!
The Girl’s Rooms
Izzy’s big girl room has been in the works for weeks now. We had paint on the walls, curtains and decor in the room but no furniture. Well, furniture finally arrived and Izzy has officially been upgraded to a big girl room. I love how her room turned out. I think I may just want to switch rooms with her! Here are some pictures of her room and attached bathroom.
Since Izzy is now in her big girl room, the nursery has also received a face lift. We needed a new dresser and crib since both items had gotten quite a beating from all our moving. This time, I decided to make the nursery more girly than it had been before. My mom sewed a crib bumper and crib skirt for the nursery and I learned how to sew by making curtains, a blanket and a couple pillow cases to go along with the new crib bedding. The walls will remain as is until I figure out what to do to make this room a big girl’s room eventually.
There are a few things that still need to go on the walls, an end table that is getting replace and a rug that still needs to be found, but for the most part this room is done!
Our Multi-Cultural Child
Izzy is half Canadian, half Chinese. So it’s only appropriate that she has outfits for both of her heritages! Her Canadian grandparents gave her an outfit for the Winter Olympics held in Vancouver and her Chinese grandparents gave her an outfit for Chinese New Year which was February 14th this year.
Happy Birthday Luke
Today marks Luke’s 33rd year in the world. Luke and I celebrated his birthday and Valentines day early this year by going to a Phoenix Suns vs. Denver Nuggets basketball game earlier this month. He was cheering his fellow Canadian, Steve Nash from the Phoenix Suns. Today however, we had a traditional Dairy Queen ice cream cake to celebrate his real birthday.
Today, work began on our basement. There will be two bedrooms, one bathroom, a storage room and a media/rec room. We moved all of our stuff from the basement into the marked storage room in the basement and half of the stuff is now sitting in my front living room.
The nursery is currently in the middle of a makeover to become baby number 2’s room. My mom made some new crib bedding, I had a crash course in sewing by making new curtains, a blanket and pillowcase for the nursery as well. This weekend my rocker got a new paint job and a new dresser for the nursery will be delivered on Friday along with all the furniture for Izzy’s big girl room. Pictures of both rooms to come later.
I found some pictures of the office space we are purchasing on my camera today. Here’s a sneak peek at the unfinished space. After we close on March 1 our contractor will be working around the clock to finish the space off within 5 weeks. Meanwhile we’re collecting office furniture which is now sitting in my formal dining room.
So yes, things are a little crazy here right now. I realize I have not posted many belly pictures this pregnancy. Now I’m getting to the point where pictures just aren’t appealing to me. Maybe one of these days when I feel a little cuter I’ll take another belly picture.
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- BBall Game
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- BDay Cake
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- Blow!
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- Basement
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- Basement Room
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- Storage
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- Office
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Whoosh…
“Whoosh” is how I feel the year is passing by. It’s looking like another busy year with lots to do and many changes happening. Izzy just has her two year check up. She’s 33 inches tall (80 percentile) and 25 pounds (40 percentile). Overall, she’s growing up a tall, lean, healthy girl!
Her personality comes out more everyday. We’ve now realized that Izzy’s kind of an introvert around big groups of kids and kids she doesn’t know. At “school” she feels most comfortable hanging out by herself and observing the other kids. If there are only one or two other kids, she’ll start to play with them after a time of observation. At home, it’s a completely different story. She has to be wherever mama or dada are and one of us has to be watching her play or playing with her. That makes it a little difficult to get anything done around the house during the week, but I enjoy hanging out with her.
I am now almost 6 months into my pregnancy and really starting to POP. Our little girl is moving and kicking all night long and jumping on my bladder. That makes it hard to get a full night’s rest. I’m also still trying to get over a cough and congestion that has lingered on for weeks. I’ll be glad when my immune system picks up again and I can feel completely healthy again.
We’re working on transforming our upstairs guest room into Izzy’s big girl room. Paint is on the wall, towels and rugs are in the bathroom, now we’re just waiting on furniture to come in and hopefully it will come together quickly. We also plan on finishing off our basement soon so that construction will be complete before our baby girl comes.
This month we’re also finalizing a contract and construction order for our new office space we are purchasing. Seven people in a 225 square foot home office was getting a little crowded. Our new space is close to 1400 square feet and a huge improvement from our home office. Unfortunately with the move of our office it means Izzy and I won’t be seeing Luke as often during the day, but overall it will be a good move.
Michelle finally sent me copies of her pictures she took while we were in California in September. Here are some of my favorites.
Happy 2nd Birthday Izzy!
This year we celebrated Izzy’s birthday in Canada with Luke’s family. Even though there was a TON of snow, we all gathered at Luke’s parents bed and breakfast for a meal, ice cream cake and lots of presents! I think Izzy had a blast opening her many presents and playing with GiGi and grandma and grandpa Knowles. Here’s the birthday girl!
I’m a GIRL!
That’s right! We’re having another girl!! I am so excited to have two little girls in my life. Funny how things work out. When Luke and I first started thinking about kids, we originally wanted two boys. Now God has given us two girls and I love it! We are now having to find another girl name which is a challenge just as it was with Isabelle. Hopefully we’ll find the right name soon so that we can stop calling her #2!
Here’s a video of our ultrasound today. She’s a squirmy one, just like Izzy was…
Belly Week 19
Happy New Year!
2010…I can’t believe it’s a new year already. Izzy will turn two at the end of the month. This year we’ll be adding another little one to our family. Time is going to fly by! I’m about 18 weeks into my pregnancy now, but I haven’t been as focused on my growing belly as I was when I was pregnant with Izzy. I actually have to count the weeks to know what week I’m currently at in my pregnancy.
Being pregnant with baby #2 is definitely different with one running around. I’ve noticed that I haven’t packed on the pounds as much in this pregnancy than with Izzy. Probably because I’m chasing her around all day. All of my good intentions of re-wearing my pregnancy clothes went out the window because they simply are too big and were for the summer season. Maybe I’ll be able to re-wear them later on this year when the weather is warmer and when I’m a little bigger in the belly.
There seems to be a baby boom amongst all our friends right now. I believe we know of at least 5 couples that are due within a week or two of me. Most of them are on baby #1, but it’s great to share in this phase of life with friends and will be interesting to see how their lives change as our life has changed with Izzy around.
We can’t wait to find out the sex of baby #2. Anyone want to venture a guess??
Merry Christmas!
This year we spent Christmas with the Low family in Colorado Springs. It was great to have everyone together for Christmas and to watch Izzy open her many presents. I think her favorite presents were a huge stuffed dog from Aunt Michelle and Uncle Jim and a stroller for her baby doll from Luke and I. Here are a couple pictures family pictures from Christmas day.
