Spring Cleaning

What a day we have had today! 

So much got accomplished!

(Must be that whole nesting phase)

We got:

the bathroom done
shelves hung
house cleaned
the yard all cleaned up 

I'll be honest though,
this post is mostly about the bathroom!
IT'S FINISHED!

It all started when we bought the house. 

We had to redo the shower.
(ya'll remember that? Click here if ya don't and scroll down a bit)

Well over time we decided we would do the floor, toilet, and vanity.

So we waited for sales.
Finally accumulated all of it.
And chose April 27, 2013 to get it all done.

I mean, laying flooring and putting in a new toilet and vanity can only take so long right?
WRONG!

Never plan a renovation to only take one day.
You'll get proven wrong.

We ended up having to replace the toilet flange
(no big deal)
change our flooring option from linoleum to tile
(much better)
And rip out a bit of drywall to check for mold.
(UGH!)

But, we got it done.
It only took about 2 nights to get the toilet back in
(I slept upstairs on the couch those nights)
And just under a week to get the vanity in.

But it is now complete!
And looks AMAZING!
Let's check it out shall we?

the original, I'm sorry you can't really see the atrocious floor we had

New floor, and the whole in the wall. there was one where the toilet goes. But we patched that

My muscle man putting in the toilet

Toilet

Vanity

All Done!

I'm so glad I have such a handy man for a husband! makes Reno's much cheaper!

And good friends who know what they are doing too!

April Fool's!

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Did I say it was Spring?

. . . . . . . 

Maybe in a few more days. 

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Spring is Here! :)

I will finally admit that Spring has finally found its way to Lloydminster. I admit that because yesterday it got into the double digits and today is suppose to as well!

IT'S SPRING! :)

I can see my front yard. I can see my backyard. There are buds on the trees. Birds chirping away. Still waiting on seeing that robin though.

Daniel even broke out the BBQ a few nights ago to make some steaks. :) and Then again last night to make burgers. :) Ahhh the smell of a BBQ.

It's even nice enough to start going on walks again! :) and you don't have to bundle up with toques and boots and gloves and the works. The wind still gets a little chilly but I can live with that.

Just some things we've found on our walks:

Spring is so lovely. Oh how I've missed it! 6 months of winter was far too long! I for one am not going to complain when it gets hot. I'll just remember this endless winter that we had. And the sad fact that winter is closer then it seems. (oh the joys of living north)

But as it is. I'm going to enjoy this Spring that is here. And the fact that it means my baby is closer to coming!  Yay for Spring!

Speaking of baby. . . . Tycy had her baby 4 weeks early. Amie had hers right on the due date. I hope that doesn't mean my child will be the stubborn one. As of May 1 if you see me doing anything crazy don't judge to harshly. I'll just be trying to go into labor. :)

Baby's Room = ALL DONE!

Well I did it!
Baby's room is complete and ready for him to come and occupy it!
I am quite proud of it. Probably the craftiest thing I've ever done. I just need to hang pictures and shelves and the room is really done. But I probably won't get around to taking pictures of it. So we will just call this done.
Let's appreciate the work I put into this!

What it looked like originally

mudding

the blue

taping and painting the brown stripe!

pulled the tape off and the blue paint tried to come off with it. . like a stickker

No worries though I fixed it

All DONE!

looks pretty fancy hey? I like it. yeah there are imperfections but it's still pretty sweet!

So the room is all done and ready to go! Oh and that rocker that you see. . got it for $18! WOOT WOOT! talk about steal of a deal. So as I said just gotta hang some pictures and the shelves and it's all ready to go! woot!

37 weeks down and 3 to go! :)

talk about change!

PS.(just because I'm proud of this) My belly button hasn't popped yet! :) haha Can't decide if it wants to  or not! It's pretty awesome! depending on where baby sits it half pops out. Then he moves and it's back to "normal"

Date Night!

It all started when I went walking yesterday and they were setting up some gymnastics stuff. It kinda looked like there was going to be a competition going on or something exciting like that. So I asked around found out what I needed to know and texted Daniel seeing if he'd come with me. He said only if he could take me out to dinner. (DONE!)
So we went out to KC Steakhouse. Yummy! Ordered some delicious food. Daniel even broke the pepper shaker and made a mess all over the table with the peppercorns. And had cheesecake for dessert! Could the night get any better? Not really.
But then we went to the gymnastics thing at the servus sports center  It was pretty cool! Some of the kids were so young and yet here they are just doing back flips on balance beams and spinning around on the uneven bars. It was pretty intense. I was impressed. Even Daniel liked it. He said he could maybe see his daughters doing that. (haha we'll see) Once the gymnastics ended there was hockey going on at the ice rinks so we had to go check it out just so Daniel could get some of his manhood back. (even though it was girls hockey. . . which moves a lot slower than guys) But we just stayed for 5 minutes and then he went and talked to the ref's (cause he knows them all). And then we headed home.

Just a simple nothing to it kinda of date night. I liked it! One of the few we have left until baby arrives.

Waiting

Alrighty. We're down to the wire here people. 3 1/2 weeks left. Where did all that time go?

I never thought that Spring would arrive. While some people say it hasn't yet, the fact that I can see my entire front lawn and the back is now making a special debut and there's the odd green blade of grass I  can say Spring has finally come. So now that Spring is here I gotta start admitting that its time for baby to arrive. (maybe in another week or two still)

Had my 36 week check up. All is well. Baby head down. (and measuring average baby size!) Hopefully no huge child right at first. I'm fine if he chunks up after but not before his exit. I mean really. . 10 cm isn't that big. just saying.
At the end of the appointment Dr said, well I'll see ya in a week. . or sooner. GULP! cause I guess technically it's all fair game now.

Haven't even really experienced braxton hicks. Or I have and I'm just to oblivious to it. (I'd go with the later)

So here's to waiting. It eventually will come.

(Sorry this is all mumbo jumbo but if you've been pregnant before you know where my brain is at better then I do.)

Adventures All Around

What a crazy last few days! A lot was accomplished! We managed to:

• end the hockey season
• get a new niece
• spend time with family

Let's start with hockey. Daniel went to a final tournament down in Wainwright April 4-7. (Blissful 3 nights sleep for me) He was a linesman for the tournament and did really well overall. (which means more and better hockey next year. :P ) After hearing about his weekend. . . lets just saw men never fully grow up. Oh the pranks I heard about. Glad he had a good time!

I was on my way to Wainwright to pick him up when I got a call from my Mom saying that Tycy had had her baby 4 weeks early! haha So now I have a niece and a nephew that share the same birthday! That makes my life easier! (I even brought my carseat down south with us. just in case. thank goodness we didn't need it. . just yet. :) )

Wren Kristi

My sisters Family! :) yes tyc i borrowed them from FB.

After I got Daniel we headed to Magrath to spend some time with my family, my Grandpa Parker passed away. Not my favorite reason to come home but I was glad for the chance to spend some time with my family and just remember how truly blessed I am to have such a wonderful family! I am grateful to all my grandparents who have created such a wonderful family for me to be a part of! Grandpa Parker was a wonderful example to me of living the gospel and loving life. I will miss him and his teasing but I am also grateful for the knowledge that he is reunited with his wife and together they are bringing joy to people's lives.  

While we were down there I snatched Phoenix and we took some pictures for her for her Grad Invites. I have one Beautiful sister! I can't believe that she is graduating this year! Time is just flying by! Hopefully I can actually make it to her Grad. . on May 17. We will see how baby cooperates with that. . . haha

she was being a dork. . turned out pretty cute though!

I totally added the 2013.. . I wish Magrath's grain elevators were that cool though!

And lets see what else. . . oh I hit 35 weeks pregnant! Still feeling great.... my hips are starting to bug me. . And I'll finally admit I do have the preggo waddle right now. . (awesome) Less then 5 weeks till this baby comes! :)

That's All Folks!