Sunday, April 17, 2011

The nursery is done! (I think..) :)

So I have been cleaning out the extra bedroom we're using and trying to turn it into the baby's bedroom. It's been taking me quite some time but I think its finally done....but who knows, because I change my mind about it like every other day! Derek's been so good to help me and be the handy man that hangs everything up too. :)

I made these letter blocks a few months ago.. not too long after we found out we were having a girl actually. They were super easy and turned out so cute I love them. I also painted and sanded the self, which I bought at Hobby Lobby of course!

The crib bedding is being borrowed to me from my sister. Its SUPER cute, and has little flowers and birdies on it. Our search for a comfy glider ended up being a lot more difficult than I would have wanted. After buying a less expensive one from Walmart(thinking we were so clever for saving the extra money of buying one from babies r us....) but it was SO uncomfortable!! We ended up returing that one, ordered one online which was on back order and the order got cancelled...and ordered from another website and finally got the chair 3 weeks later! Derek wasn't super excited because it wasn't the color he wanted. BUT I think its just fine and most importantly its comfy! whew that was exhausting!!

Didn't make this one, but I did get it at Hobby Lobby. ( that store is my addiction) It's a little towel hook thing :) and the things hanging on it are binky clips that I made.. I should have taken a better pic but wasn't thinking about that. They are made out of ribbon, a snap, a flower or button, and of course a binky!

I painted this shelf also to match the bigger one on the other wall. The picture frames I "hodge podged" as Derek likes to call it, using some birdy scrap book paper some pink and black paint and sand paper. :) making them was easy...it was getting them hung up evenly that Derek and I had a hard time with! haha and the decorations are from Hobby Lobby (ok everything I bought for the room is from there I think).

So we didn't have a changing table and I really did not want to spend the money to get one, because I think they are way overpriced, so we just made the dresser into one :) I think it will work just as well! We just anchored the pad down to it and tada! its a changing table!

I made this cute little bow holder with a little help from my mom. I used scrapbook paper and "hodge podge", hot glued the ribbons onto the back, embossed a cute design onto the front, and put the white hook on. I have a bunch of bows already and got more from my baby shower so hopefully I made enough room for them all!!
                                                   

We had my baby shower yesterday, and it went great. I got a lot of cut clothes and TONS of diaper and wipes!!! my sister said I prob wont need more wiped for like 2 years, thats how many I got. and WELL over 1,000 diapers too, which are all newborn and size ones...crazy! I think its safe to say that we are ready for baby Oaklee to make her arrival! She has more clothes than I know what to do with! I think she'll grow too fast to even get to be able to wear them all. I will be 36 weeks this week, so we're getting really close! yay for that, because I'm about dying with the swollen hands, feet, and face..and all the other glorious things that come along with being prego. :) ( like not being able to go up a flight of stairs without getting winded and needing to take a breather at the top!) But anyways, we're really excited  to meet her, and probably spoil her rotten! :)

Friday, March 4, 2011

more pictures so that its not just my belly all over the blog :)

Thought our blog needed some other pics rather than just my belly pictures. These are just a few that we have of the past year. Some from our dating life, engagement and fun times since we've been married. Enjoy!!
dating, hanging out at Dereks apartment in Cedar

Going to St George to Olive Garden yumm


 <3 will you marry me? Snow shoeing proposal <3

she said yes <3

outside our place in Cedar City

hangin' out at the Iron County rodeo

Derek and I went to SUU's fall ball and danced the night away

Christmas Eve sledding...aka watching all the Doel boys hurst themselves and practically get concussions

cheesin' it! after Christmas Eve sledding

Belle had her Christmas sweater on... it says "elf sized" on the back haha

Thursday, March 3, 2011

the first blog!

Well, after many hours of  trying to figout out this confusing blog....here it is! The official blog of Derek and Dano! We wanted to make a blog so that once the baby is here I can post cute things she does and pics of her too. Especially for the friends and family that don't live so close to us. We may not have many followers...yet, since no one really knows that this blog exists yet but they will!

So here are some pics that Derek has taken of my growing belly over the last little while:
                                                                   
                                                                    This is 22 weeks

                                                                    This is 24 weeks!
                                                                      
                                                                           25 weeks!
                                                                    
                                                    26 and a half weeks on Valentines day :)

                                   and this is the most recent at 29 weeks! not super glamorous but it will do.

As of today I am 29 weeks along, and everything has been going great. The baby is growing like she should be, and kicks me non-stop all day long! The kicking has become somewhat of a comfort to me when I sleep at night. I sleep much better if she is kick boxing my insides all night long rather than is she is calmer. Though I cannot seem to get enough sleep, I am CONSTANTLY exhausted and everyone tells me it will be taht way from now on...oh no! I am someone who definitely needs my (at least) 8 hours a night. hmmm this should be interesting! Well if every other mother can do it, then so can I! Crazy that I only have 11 more weeks to go til she gets here :) probably a little longer since I'll probably go past my due date. The due date is May 19, which by the way is my mother in-law Heidi's birthday, she just might be sharing her birthday with her first granddaughter! :) (Derek likes to brag to his siblings how he is mom's favorite now since he is giving her the first girl grand kid haha)