Tuesday, January 4, 2011

da baby room

We have most of the baby room put together and here is the finished project. I love my rocking chair and can't wait to put it to good use!

My wonderful mother in law made this amazing quilt. It is just too nicely done I am afraid to really use it.

We had a family baby shower last week and my sister Aly made this diaper cake. I think it is so cute and I don't know if I can't break it apart to really use the diapers. I am sure when we are going through diapers so quickly I will change my mind...

Doug is practicing changing diapers and strapping our child down.


The bedding is simple, but I love it.

2 Year Anniversary

On January 2nd Doug and I celebrated our 2 year anniversary. Because of the fact that our time alone is quickly coming to a close...only one more month until this little boy is due...we took a little trip. Doug was in charge this year and he planned the perfect weekend getaway.

We stayed at the Zermatt in Midway, UT. It was only 30-40 minutes away but I had never been there. The hotel was really nice. They had nice robes which we enjoyed wearing down the pool and feeling fancy. Their pool was half inside and half outside. Doug kept wanting to go swim outside and it was freezing! I only ventured outside twice and quickly made my way back to warmth inside.

On Friday night we went the Zermatt's New Year's party and it was a lot of fun. Neither of us had ever been to a nice New Year's party and so we definitely enjoyed ourselves. There was delicious food, a 2011 ice sculpture (the true sign of a nice party), a big brass band and lots of dancing. There were all ages there, which made it lots of fun.

We watched the ball drop in NYC and they had a big balloon drop as well.


I sadly only made it until 1100 pm and just wasn't feeling very good. Doug was very kind and understanding and so we made our way back to the room. I promised I wouldn't fall asleep until 12:00, but that didn't happen. I was woken up at 11:58 by Doug holding sparkling cider to welcome in the new year.

The next morning we went snow shoeing by the Provo River up in Midway and it was beautiful. Doug informed me that he LOVES doing these kind of activities while I am pregnant because he can always out-last me. I kept having to stop and catch my breath and he was just full of energy!


After snowshoeing we went swimming/snorkeling at the homestead crater. Neither of us had ever been there. I had a good time, but it wasn't my favorite activity. Because the water was so warm and it was so cold outside, inside the crater was full of steam/fog. You could barely see in front of you. I didn't like not knowing my surroundings. Doug loved it and I think we were both jealous that we couldn't go scuba diving instead.

That evening we drove to Park City and did some shopping at the outlets and then made our way to SLC. We ate at Bucca de Beppo and it was delicious! If you have never been there, we both would highly recommend it. We were going to go see the lights at Temple Square, but it was so cold outside that we just did a slow loop around in our car and called it good.

This is not the best quality photo....but we wanted to show off our new track suits. We got them in Park City and enjoyed matching on our last day. Doug's brother Shane and his wife Becca love track suits and this has worn off on Doug. He was very happy to find a good one at the addidas store just before it closed. We had such a great weekend and I think I am pretty lucky to have such a kind and loving husband. It has been a good 2 years of marriage!

A Very Merry Christmas

I hope everyone had a great Christmas and New Years. Doug and I both got the wonderful opportunity to work on Christmas day from 12-6 pm, so we filled our morning with lots of family gatherings and gift opening. After we woke up and opened our gifts to each other we made our way over to Doug's parents house. There was delicious food and lots of gifts to open...we were very spoiled. We then made our way over to my family and had a good brunch and visiting. Sadly we both had to work, but it was a great morning and evening with family.

Doug got some hair thickening shampoo and conditioner because he is very worried about his thinning hair. This is a before picture so we can compare after using it for a while.

I was very excited to find this large box, all completely wrapped by Doug. He used up a lot of wrapping paper and it was fun to open. He got me a rocking chair for our baby room and it is so comfortable. I will have to post some photos of the room and the chair. It looks great!