December 1

Today is December 1, the first day I start to open the little doors on my advent calender. My love of advent calenders started at a young age. In first grade my friend had an advent calender in her room. She never opened the doors! And what I couldn't understand was, behind each door there was a lovely piece of chocolate. So whenever I was over and she wasn't looking, I'd eat a few... just to help her catch up of course. Since then, I love to get a calender every year, sometimes with chocolate, sometimes not.

Now that I am with child and thinking about future traditions with my

child(ren), I am brainstorming ideas of making my advent calender.

I came across this cute one on the blog Sew, Mama, Sew! I could just see myself putting little treats and mini gifts and notes in each pocket.

photos courtesy of Sew, Mama, Sew!

1 year later!

Today is the one year anniversary of my first date with my now husband! Not only is it hard to believe that it's been a year, but seriously, we've had a lot of mile stones in a year.

We started dating, got engaged 6 months later, got married 3 months later and got pregnant two weeks after that! Needless to say it's been a whirlwind of BIG events!


The funny thing is, our first date almost didn't happen! Tim and I had been working together for a few years and things were always very light and mutual. (although I ALWAYS thought he was soooo cute!) It wasn't until last summer that we really started hanging out and developing crushes on one another. Last October when my dad was in the hospital having heart surgery, Tim came and brought me Chipotle and stayed with me for several hours. (swoon) We casually mentioned going to see the movie 2012 when it came out, and I waited for weeks for that to happen. Finally we made plans to see it, and he even called me up and said, Do you want to get dinner first? (YES!) The night we were to go out, the basketball game he was coaching ran late, and then my car had a flat tire! So I just said, Forget the whole thing! (very immature, i know!) But he was persistent, and said, How about we try for the tomorrow night?


On November 18, we went out for Thai food and watched the world come to an end. It was a great night and things just progressed perfectly after that.
If a year ago someone would've said, In one year you will not only get engaged, you will get married and be pregnant. I WOULD'VE LAUGHED IN THEIR FACE! No Way!


But anything is possible. Especially when it comes to love.

Sabro & TC, Summer 2009

Hello!

The snow has fallen. Winter is officially here. I am also here, just lying low. Things are going swimmingly. Speaking of swimming, at my last ultrasound my little peanut was a little mermaid, twisting and turning and splashing around!

Our latest big news is that we are moving! 3 miles down the road into my husband's house. Or as we like to call it, our "Winter" home. With a baby coming, we are in need of more room and the Winter home has a lot more space. My house, our "Summer" home is way cuter and has an awesome backyard. But the Winter home has 3 bedrooms on the main floor, a lovely bay window for the cat to perch on and I can decorate however I like! The other perk is the Winter home is in walking distance of Half Price Books, Target & Chipotle!

This move is hopefully just temporary, until we can sell the Summer home. Then we'll sell the Winter home and buy a house together. That would be nice.

Some other happens of late:

*We took a trip to Michigan to visit Tim's extended family and two of my besties, Rachel & Shannon.

*We also took a trip to Tim's hometown. The birthplace of Winona Ryder and the Seltzs'.

*My cousin Erin was visiting from Germany with her sweet baby Una. Check out some pictures here. My other cousin Kelly and her husband head to Thailand for two weeks tomorrow for a little R&R. Lucky them!

*Planning the Thanksgiving menu. I have offered to host Thanksgiving this year. With a brand new spectacular EASY turkey recipe! Simple Simple Simple.

*Hawaiian Honeymoon! Yes, we booked our tickets for our glorious honeymoon. We'll be leaving December 27th for 1 week of fun and sun on the Big Island. My mermaid baby and I will be snorkeling for hours, floating around and having peace and quiet. My hubby wants to try his hand at deep sea fishing. We'll also be going to a New Year's Eve Luau. Yippy!

Decorators Delight

Now that the word is out about the upcoming baby I can chat more freely about the questions that keep me up at night. One of them being, How do I decorate a baby's room for a baby when we aren't going to find out the sex? Actually that doesn't keep me up at night, but it's something I think about. I mean really let's be honest, we aren't really decorating for the baby, it's more for our own aesthetics and tastes. The room doesn't need to be neutral does it? How about lots of color & fun prints? I recently purchased my first baby room item, this print of You Are My Sunshine by thewheatfield on etsy. I love the colors and notice the little giraffes, my favorite animal.

thewheatfield on etsy

I just want my baby to be surrounded by color, cheerful brightness from the start. This is another room that I am drawn too. I think you could tone it down so it isn't so pinky for a girl, and add some fabrics that might be considered more neutral?

(Oh Dee Doh)

There are a lot of options and a lot of winter DIY projects that lie ahead of me. And I'm excited!!!

Spilling the Beans...

I haven't blogged in awhile. My cousin Kelly says I don't have a boring life, and that I should blog. Well I feel pretty boring lately, lying on the couch, feeling sick, exhausted... all those symptoms you might have when you are expecting! Yes it's true... Baby S+T is on the way!!!
I still find it hard to believe that I am preggers! It happened a bit sooner than expected, but we are thrilled nonetheless. I am almost in my 2nd trimester and finally feeling better. I was nauseous from week 6 on and now I'm started to get back to normal. So that is my big news, that is why I have been MIA. We aren't finding out the sex, but today I am feeling like it's going to be a girl. Maybe tomorrow I'll feel differently? I'm just excited to meet my little peanut! (sometime around May 11th!)
:)

Cruising...

Tuesday evening, my folks, brother & hubby headed out on the great Lake Minnetonka for a boat cruise. The weather was gorgeous, the company was sweet. My parents pointed out hot spots, their favorite memories of growing up on the lake, and all the happy times they had with friends and family. My mom pointed out her house, my dad pointed out his old house. I have vague memories of my grandparent's house. They moved not long after I was about 3 or 4. My dad said his dad, loved that house, and when he retired the taxes started to skyrocket and they could no longer to afford to live there. That made me sad.

But I loved hearing all my dad's hoodlum stories of the lake, him and his friends caused some ruckus!

On the boat, we ate pizza, chatted and danced. Of course we were the only ones, but we always march to a different beat anyway.

Jimmy Fallon & Justin Timberlake