Wednesday, March 25, 2009

Any suggestions?

Okay, so I feel kind of dumb asking, but any help at this point would be great. Only 7 1/2 more weeks till the due date, about 6 1/2 till they likely induce, and this child is totally and completely NAMELESS! First of all, not knowing the gender plays a small part in the problem, but we can't come up with a boy name or a girl name. I have a large list of random names, but I don't think that I totally love any of them yet. Maybe later on I will put a poll or something on for advice (if I figure out how to do it), but till then..... If any of you have any boy or girl names that you think are really cute (common or uncommon), but that you won't use for one reason or another (maybe doesn't go well with last name, or a relative or close friend already used it so you won't, etc) please pass them this way. I obviously don't want to "steal" anyone's future childrens names, that is why I say if you likely won't be using it, but you still like the name. Brady thinks its funny that I am so indecisive about this. This child will likely not be named when he/she is born, maybe a day or two later, but any help in getting closer to a decision would great. Thanks guys!

Tuesday, March 17, 2009

Painting

Well, we're finally progressing in the painting department of our home. After we moved in, Brady had a BIG presentation at a conference here in Salem, that he had to prepare for so he was not much help for a while, and when that was over, the next two days his company moved to its new location (they just finished building it and it is AMAZING and much more spacious than the old location), so he was busy helping with that move as well as my brother and sister-in-law moved into their new house that same weekend so he helped them too. So needless to say, our house was postponed another week. I finally got tired of waiting and painted the guestroom, but we are waiting to put the baby furniture back in the baby's room so we can get the guest bed in, so I'll wait to post those pics. Two weeks after we moved in, Brady was finally able to find time in his crazy schedule to begin painting the baby's room, and of course the boys had to get into the action. They were sure excited to help paint their baby sibling's room.
Camden wanted to help paint the baby's room too. We were surprised how well he did.




Brady had the boys trained so he could take a break. j/k Though he could use a break. Life has been busy, crazy, yet a lot of fun the past couple weeks. We ran out of paint on the baby's room over the weekend, so we have to wait to finish it, probably tonight or tomorrow. Then we should be done with painting for a while I hope. Then it will be on to landscaping the backyard, which only consists of a massive patio and LOTS and LOTS of dirt right now (hopefully grass in the near future). Only 8 weeks left till this little one arrives too, which is CRAZY! Not sure we are ready at all.

Sunday, March 1, 2009

Update

Here are a few pics of our new home. No outside shots yet, I just keep forgetting to get out and take a pic when it is daylight. I'll also try to get a pic of our enormous patio in the backyard.


Main bathroom was an ugly red color, we changed it to a light green (darker than the master bedroom though), but I don't have a pic of the master bedroom yet (too many boxes still). The counter top doesn't match the greatest, but one day we will replace that.

Living room. We lightened the color just slightly, but a different shade of brown so it matched the other bedroom colors a little better.

Boys new bedroom (it was an ugly dark royal blue color before). There will eventually be a truck border along the top so I'll post a new pic when that happens.
Guest room that needs to be painted still. Hopefully this week, so I'll post an update on it later. Also once we get the baby's room painted I'll post that too (right now it is an ugly Purple, but won't stay that way for long I hope). Once the master bedroom and kitchen are in order (we didn't paint the kitchen), I'll take a pic of those.
When Grandpa Judd arrived he took a nap on the couch while the boys watched a show. Camden decided to rest his head on Grandpa while he watched a show. It was too cute, so I had to get a pic. This was the only "nap" Grandpa got while he was here, after that we kept him EXTREMELY busy painting, moving our W/D, etc. We couldn't have gotten anything ready in the new house before the move without his help. We are forever grateful! The boys LOVED having Grandpa around and helping him paint, and work on the house (though I didn't get any pictures of that unfortunately). Brady has a great one of Tayson painting on the ladder, but it is on his cell phone, so I'll have to try to get it). Tayson talked for weeks about taking Grandpa Judd to church so he could show all his friends how big his Grandpa is (6'7"), so he loved it when Sunday came.
Every Sunday morning (besides fast Sunday), Brady helps the boys make pancakes, its been a tradition for over a year now and the boys LOVE it. This was the last time they made them in our old apartment before the move. Memories. We are excited to keep up the tradition in our new home, especially Mom, since she doesn't have to do anything but eat the yummy pancakes!
And last......for those who requested it, an update on my Enormous belly. 29 weeks! I don't care for the pic much, but it at least gives an idea of how large I am getting for those who aren't around to see it in person. (At about 26 weeks it really shot out.)