Week off work!

My first week of leave was pretty awesome. It was so chock-full of awesome that this post should probably in fact be several posts. But I'm too lazy to break it up, so just bear with me. Skip it if you'd like. :) I seem to be making up for not posting regularly before my leave started...

On Tuesday I got a mani/pedi as I intended, despite a snowstorm which dropped "1-3 inches" (bwahaha - it was more like 5-6 inches) of snow on our area. We've gotten a lot of snow, in fact, this week, to add to our already-piled snow banks. Here's my two favorite people playing in it:




And here's the snow bank right in front of our house, with Eden for reference, as of Friday (it's taller than our SUV):

And the sidewalk:

Also this week I finished the last few projects I wanted to do for Leah's bedding (the mobile and the crib rail pads) so it is officially done:

Leah's finished crib - I pulled it out of the room so I could get some decent natural light to take a non-shadowy picture:


Close up of the mobile, which I made from Eden's old mobile. I essentially recovered the hoops and crocheted some elephants. I ran out of the pink yarn after 3, and the place I bought the yarn (apparently the only place to buy that particular yarn in this town) is downtown, so I made two out of some cheap white that I'd had for years, but I think it turned out well anyway:

Wall decor, made from the banner at the sprinkle:


Here's the picture frame Kelli made, hanging above the extra pink elephant I crocheted (I couldn't very well just get rid of it - those things took about 4 hours each to make!)


Here's Leah's "room" all put together (it is actually one corner of our bedroom):

The only things we're still missing are a glider/rocker (which we'll get on Craigslist, but which may require recovering, yet another sewing project! Not that I mind...) and a laundry basket. Both of which we should be getting tomorrow or early this week. And then we'll be really ready.

I spent a lot of time coloring and playing with Play-Doh with my girlie, who is so ridiculously big it is insane. That kid is so awesome in so many ways. There is a blog post there, and it's developing in my head. I won't add it to this one, don't worry! I also spent a lot of time snuggling and hanging out around town with my sweet husband, including lunch and a trip to the office to return the firm's loaner laptop and printer after our weekly doctor's appointment.

At the doctor's office on Thursday the doctor said she didn't expect to see me next week. Things are still progressing, and my contractions are getting stronger. In fact last night I got about 2.5 hours of sleep because they were keeping me up. Thankfully said sweet husband took said girlie to church this morning so I could take a nap while they were gone, and then I took another nap while she napped. Things are moving - but who knows when Miss Leah will make an appearance!

We got to have dinners with friends this week and realized we have a lot of Dans and Johns in our lives. Eden was getting confused. Good thing she calls one of the Dans "Mr. Panther" (hehe).

We were hoping Leah would wait to make her debut until after last night, mostly because we had a surprise 80s-themed birthday party to attend for our pastor. I'm so glad we made it! Bryan and "Uncle" John got to DJ with our other friend John (of "John & Jeni" - see what I mean?). But the best part was getting dressed up and seeing all of our friends dressed up. Even Eden got in on the action, rocking some sweet legwarmers and a crimped side ponytail. I think the awesomeness of the night is best told in pictures:

Bryan, his faux-hawk, a Phil Collins t-shirt, and my skinny jeans:

Family portrait in front of the "Rad" sign:
Eden and one of her absolute favorite people, "An-ja":
Kelli, Brandy, Connie, & some huge preggo girl (BTW I bought that shirt and the earrings off the rack at Forever 21. Kids these days...):
Eden & another one of her favorite little people:
John & Jeni (Jeni won the costume contest for the ladies, and I love that she's proudly sporting the baby bump):
Not sure what Eden's thinking here, but Hanna looked cute, so it makes the blog...
Kel and her sweet boy, with his homemade(!) acid-wash jeans:

WHEW! What a week!