Wedding Bells

So we, well I guess I have decided and Brad has agreed that we are getting married on August 16, 2008. This past Monday I called and made all of the arrangements, and along with the help of our families it is really going to happen...and soon! Tuesday night my Aunt and I went looking for a wedding dress and actually found the perfect one! It is white (of course right?) and goes to just below my knees and ties behind the neck. Not too elegant or over the top, ( I wanted something simple) but pretty. We have dropped off our rings to get sized, we have had them for almost a year and are still not sized! We have tables and chairs, and tents, and music, and flower plans, and food. Who said you couldn't plan a wedding in 1 week??? Well with lots of help of course! Oh the only thing I have left that I am not sure on is what is Olivia going to wear!! he he.

Scrapbooking

I finally started Olivia's first scrapbook on Monday. Yes she is 10 and 1/2 months old and I just finally started it. I know, I know... anyways I already got 12 yes 12 pages done!!!! I did a lot on Monday night and Tuesday during the day when Olivia was napping. My niece Lauren was over hanging out with me and she did a scrapbook of our trip to the zoo in May. I am hoping to keep working on it and have left my scrapbooking stuff in a very nice pile on the other side of my dining room table (since only 2 of us eat at it) so I can't forget about it. We have also decided to put my craft desk that has been in the dark basement since we moved in October of 06 in the playroom so I will have my own little spot to scrapbook and do the crafts that I once did! I am very excited and can't wait to have MY very own LITTLE space. Anyways Olivia really won't be doing too much playing yet and I am sure she won't mind sharing her space with her Mommy!

Remember these babies?

Well this isn't the best picture of them, but they are getting bigger! So my question is what in the world possessed me to get 2 kittens at the same time? Now I have gotten 2 adult cats at the same time but this experience is quite different. These 2 are crazy together. They run around like crazy and when they are upstairs it sounds like there is a herd of animals running around. They climb up my curtains, up Olivia's pack and play, on the kitchen table, and anything else they can find. They can be quite affectionate which makes it all worth while....I guess!

Vacation wrap up

So our vacation is over, Brad went back to work this morning and I will return back to work on Wednesday as usual. This is our playroom or whatever we will make it. As you can see it is still not completely finished but Brad did a lot of work on it last week. It is fully painted "Apricot light" except for the corners because he said they still needed to be sanded down since it was new drywall. Really the only thing we have left to do is the trim and the outlet covers. It looks so different, I wish I had taken pictures before they put up the walls. Brad put down one of those click together wood floors and it looks really pretty with the paint. I can't wait until it is officially done so I can decorate it!

One of the reasons why the room is not finished is because during our vacation on Wednesday night at about 8pm we were rear ended on Mt. Reed Blvd. FUN. We were sitting at a red light for like 1 min just waiting for it to turn green when all of a sudden we were hit from behind. This lady drove right into us, like didn't even squeal her tires braking, no skid marks, nothing, just drove into us. She drove into us so fast that her airbags deployed in her car. Olivia was unfortunately with us and started screaming and crying right after it happened. I got out of the car immediately and got her out of her car seat to make sure she was OK, while Brad went to check on the "stupid" driver. Olivia was fine in the end, just scared from the noise and the impact. She was actually laughing and talking to all of the firemen (I think she likes a man in uniform!) The firemen asked how everyone was, I had a little pain in my head and neck, but I totally expected that and thought really nothing of it. Then the fireman went to look at the baby seat to make sure it was in secure (which of course it was) and noticed that my headrest had broken right off of my seat! He immediately came over to me and grabbed the back of my neck and told me not to move! I was like ummmm really I think I am OK, but he insisted that I go to the hospital to check things out. So there I was on Mt Reed Blvd on a flat stretcher thing, which the neck brace and my head taped down to the board....can you say embarrassing? He he, I of course am grateful that they were concerned and made me go just in case. I of course ended up fine but with a realllllly stiff neck until about Saturday. So Thursday we were on the phone all day with insurance companies and had to take the car to a collision shop bla bla bla. We had to waste a whole day on crap that we would have never had to do if that "stupid" lady was watching what she was doing. I am very grateful that everyone was OK but every time I think or talk about it I get so angry, 1 because she endangered the life and scared that crap out of my daughter and also most gave me a heart attack because I couldn't get out of the car fast enough to make sure she was OK. 2 because what the HECK was she doing???? She literally drove into us with no braking involved...we were at a RED light which means STOP. I really just don't get it. 3 because we had to waste a whole day of our vacation on crap that we should have never had to do. Oh and by the way our car is still drivable, but the bumper is destroyed as well as the front driver seat will not move back or forth so I cannot drive it since it is stuck in Brad's position. Which leads me to another frustration about this...I HATE driving the car. I had been driving the truck for months and it was so easy to get the baby in and out and I just LOVE that truck and now I am stuck in the car and then a rental CAR. OK so I am done ranting about it. Again I am really glad and thank god that everyone was OK and hope that this lady will watch what she is doing from now on.

Vacation

This week Brad and I are on vacation! Well we are home but took off from work for the whole week. Brad is finishing the playroom up that used to be a sun room with 3 walls all windows from floor to ceiling. It looks really good and I will soon post some pictures! I have been getting small projects done and hanging out with Olivia and my niece Lauren. Today we went to The Strong Museum which was very fun but I think I was the most tired by the end of the day! Tomorrow I am declaring the day cleaning day. I need to clean Olivia's room and basically the whole house! I also want to paint a little buffet table that I have that is pretty run down. I am not really sure what I want to do with it though. Right now it is just plain white, and looks dirty and old. Any ideas would be greatly appreciated!

Fireworks

On the Fourth of July we took Olivia to see the fireworks for the first time. I have to tell you that earlier in the day I was positive we weren't going because it was too late and I didn't think she would be very happy 2 hours past her bedtime, not to mention in the car on the way home. We have been going to the fireworks for the past 6 years with Brad's brothers and sisters and during our picnic I decided to try it out and pack up and go with them again this year. As you can see from the pictures she had so much fun! She didn't cry once ad was jumping and screaming and laughing the whole time! I was truly amazed that she wasn't scared at all and loved the loud noise. I kept trying to cover her ears and she got very mad at me, he he. We were however stuck in the parking lot for about a half hour and she did start getting a little cranky, but I gave her a bottle in her car seat and she fell right asleep. So, it wasn't as bad as I thought, actually it was a really good night. I am so glad we decided to go. I actually didn't see much of the fireworks because I couldn't take my eyes off Olivia's face to see her reaction and her smile, but that was the best part.

Peanut Butter and Jelly.

So here I am eating a peanut butter and jelly sandwich reading all of my favorite blogs. When is the last time you eat a PB&J sandwich? I can't even remember the last time I have. For some reason I was craving this (yes I know I am pregnant but do cravings really start this early?...I can't remember) So I made a peanut butter sandwich with strawberry jelly...I prefer raspberry but strawberry is what I had. It was so yummy! Actually so yummy that I ate another half of a sandwich! Did you know: It appears to have been invented by GIs during World War II....also A 2002 survey showed the average American will have eaten 1,500 of the sandwiches before graduating from high school (thank you wikipedia). Well we can make that 1,501.5 for me!