Atom has a place to sleep!!

We were just going to have him sleep in the dresser drawer, but I guess a real bed will have to do :)

Collette finished the sheet, and the bumper! Okay, how dang CUTE is that bed?? I'D sleep there, thats for sure!

It came together exactly how I thought it would, and the red bows add -just- the right touch! I know Atom is going to just love sleeping here!!


Tomorrow we sign the final papers on the house and get the keys! Finally! It seems like we've been waiting so long, and now that moving day is almost here, I'm not sure we're quite ready. But I can work on stuff durring the day while Mike is at work. My goal next week will be to get 90% of everything put away and organized so then for the next few weeks I can try and relax and get last minute baby stuff all taken care of.

Tonight Mikee and I went to Wunderland. That is always mucho fun! We won lots of tickets...we're saving them all to get something really good...like one of those pictures where it looks like the water is moving - lol. Now we're watching Harry Potter and winding down for the night.

Hope you all got outside and enjoyed the nice weather today! It wasn't 1/2 bad!

xoxo

Darbie

time for a shower

Today Baby and Mama are at the baby shower! yay!
Which is great for me because that means I get some time today just to my self. Which after my first week of work, will be nice. Now I'm not saying by any account that work is bad. It's the exact opposite of that actually. My only... and I mean only complaint... is that some patients call in their own refills, which requires them to try and pronounce their medications. I can deal with people having a hard time, I have a hard time... but hydrocortisone and hydrocodone are two very different medications.

anyways, there is awesome weather out there and I'm sitting inside watching soccer, I need to get out!

Loves!

Mikee

quick post

Got a pedicure today - yay for feeling pretty!
Going out to dinner tonight w/the family.
Baby shower tomorrow. Should = mucho fun!!

Thats it for now!

xoxo
Darbie

"hey, didn't you want to blog today?"

Yes, yes I did... Here we go:

Today I started the new job. and that's it.

Haha, that's really not it. It was really good, I got finger printed today, something that I've never done before. It was kinda fun. I mean crash test dummies and dogbert... I really thought I knew ethics.. but apparently I was wrong.

No, it was just a video.

Now I change gears on you!
I gotta tell you, I'm really happy. Things are just going so well. Yeah, we are both very lucky. Someone rub a lottery ticket on us or something!

~Mikee

blog blog

Today; Mom, Dad, & Atom packed up the cars with a couple handfuls of clothing and set off for Salem, Oregon.

Why? Well, tomorrow I start working at the new job. So we are taking the first couple steps towards being in the house... our new home.

Yup, so there it is, short and sweet. We are off to go put a deposit down to hold the house.

~Mikee

sock monkeys

Had some fun times with the MIL and DIL (mum in law & dad in law) this morning. We got breakfast at Bob's Red Mill which was delish, and then made our way over to Mill End Fabric who boasts that there is "no bigger display of fabrics in America". I think they are right.
We got fabric to make a new sheet, and bumper for the bassinet! What we ended up with might surprise you...but then again, maybe not -
SOCK MONKEYS!!! The fabric the monkeys on it will be the bumper, and the fabric that looks woven like the actual sock (even tho is not) will be the sheet!! TOO cute!!





Now don't worry...we haven't abandoned the 'rockets and robots' theme! They just didn't have any good fabric for that, and we all sort of fell for the monkeys. But, really, who wouldn't?? His 'big boy' room will be all spacey, but his baby bed will be filled with crazy monkeys :)

Also: I have done laundry today. Now I have clean clothes to wear and clean sheets to sleep on! I think I lucked out because Mike likes to do his own laundry - what a great guy! Speaking of which he is on his way home right now after hangen' out w/the guys all day...I should go get ready so we can get some dinner - yum!

xoxo
Darbie

oh, Portland...

This morning (we're talking like 9:30am) a drunk guy shouts at me and Mike while we're crossing the street.
"hey! when are you due?" and then proceeds to run over to talk to us. I quickly half step behind mike and whisper "don't let him touch me!" This dude looked like he wanted to rub some baby belly. YIKES!
He told me I looked like I was about to pop....which, I guess I kinda do...? I'm wearing a tight shirt today, but I told him I still have six weeks left.

Overall he was a nice guy...nice enough for being completely drunk at 9:30 in the morning. He just told us good luck, and told Mikee not to faint when the baby comes LOL

At least breakfast was good!

xoxo
Darbie

Its Wednsday

But thats pretty much it.
We got coffee this morning and wandered around target for a bit.
Spent some time at home being lazy. Mikee is loving not having to go to work tomorrow.
Went to value village, but didn't find anything good.
We had yummy pizza for dinner.
I got all of the 'prizes' ready for my baby shower next Saturday.....

Now I think I"m going to head to bed...I'm meeting my G ma for breakfast down in Salem tomorrow at 9:30 am, which means I have to leave here by 8:30, which means i have to be -up- at 7 to get ready to go.
Then don't even get me started on what kinda crazy stuff is going on Friday!

xoxo
Darbie

Diaper Cake

Good morning!
We have the day off today! Mike only has two more days with Payless, and 7 days he'll be at Chemawa! This week will be a crazy mix of packing, working in Salem (for me), and baby showers. One is for me, and the other for a friend from church. I was inspired last night and got crafty....I made a diaper cake! It is very cute, and we'll be going to the craft store today so I can get ribbon to finish it off! It was super fun and easy to make....people are charging like $50-200 for these things....dang!!
Alrighty off to run around before the A/C guy gets here!!

xox

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Okay, so the diaper cake is complete!
-The base has about 40 infant diapers
-Second layer has (in the middle) a bottle
of baby lotion, and a bottle of baby wash.
-Around that are 10 washcloths (from IKEA),
and 5 bibs (also IKEA)
-the goodies that I put on are as follows:
Orange teether, blue fishy rattle (IKEA), rainbow caterpillar rattle, pair of booties (lion & elephant), and a sun shine wrist rattle. There was also a lot of rubber bands (to roll the diapers) and ribbon involved! I found a really nice video on youtube that pretty much walked you through most of it....there were a few things I had to figure out on my own tho.
Over all I'm quite proud of it!!



The best part was that it didn't cost much!! Well, normally it would have...hehe

I used a pack of diapers that I got from a friend, and the booties and wrist rattle I already had. Over all the total cost was about $10 or $12 maybe? Plus time..but it didn't really take that long considering it only has two layers...and I've never done anything like this before!!
So if you want one just let me know! I wouldn't mind making more....for a small fee :)


OH! I almost forgot....we ordered slings today! Ya know...the things ya carry yer baby around in?! We got a GREAT deal on them from the hot sling web site. Pretty much 2 for 1! That was pretty dang exciting!

Okay, off to find some dinner for me and this baby!

xoxo,

Darbie

We're moving/New house

We've been approved to rent an adorable little house over in West Salem. We haven't taken any of our won pictures yet, and won't move in until July 1st, but here are the pictures from the original craigslist add, so you can at least get an idea of where we'll be calling home.

The front of the house...
Its on a corner lot, and has a NICE sized yard (fully fenced). Lots of room for running around, and plenty of room to grow and get ready for next summer. Can you say garden, kiddie pool, BBQ...

The backyard...
It doesn't have a porch, but there is a patio. Also you can see the lovely new arbor. What sort of climbing plants do you like?? The three windows that you see are in the dining room, and the smaller one is actually in the closet of the master bedroom. the house actually has LOTS of windows, so there is natural light in every room - wonderful!






The kitchen
It has new(ish) pergo floors (ooo aah), new tile on the counters, and the back splash, new cabinets, and appliances. Thank God for the dishwasher! I cannot wait to get all of my new dishes, pots and pans, and other baking items in here! We'll finally have enough counter space to have the coffee maker, and the microwave out at the same time!! lol

Here is the bathroom
Yes, it has a claw foot bathtub! Its kinda small....as is the whole house, BUT it does have that classic 'charm' just oozing from all over! Can you just see Atom taking his baths in there? I can, and its ADORABLE! Not a whole lot of storage in here, but I think that will be good for us. We'll keep what we need, and get rid of the extra 'junk' that Mike and I tend to keep around.


As soon as we get into the house I know we'll be posting lots of pictures to keep everyone up to date.

1st Fathers day

Well, today is Father's day. We actually ended up doing things that I wanted to do....but thats just because we usually end up running Mikee's errands when he has time off.
We went to IKEA and got a really fun rug for Atom's room...its actually REALLY huge and very cute!

Atom is about 33ish weeks right now! He has been moving a lot, but is quickly running out of room! Here is a more articulate update:

"This week your baby weighs a little over 4 pounds (heft a pineapple) and has passed the 17-inch mark. He's rapidly losing that wrinkled, alien look and his skeleton is hardening. The bones in his skull aren't fused together, which allows them to move and slightly overlap, thus making it easier for him to fit through the birth canal. (The pressure on the head during birth is so intense that many babies are born with a conehead-like appearance.)"

And:

"If your uterine walls had eyes, here's what you'd see: your fetus acting more and more like a baby, with his or her eyes closing during sleep and opening while awake. And because those uterine walls are becoming thinner, more light penetrates the womb, helping your baby differentiate between day and night (now if only baby can remember that difference on the outside!)."

Atom likes to rest during the day...all of the walking I do puts him to sleep :) But as soon as i can get home and relax, and especially when we get settled down for bed all bets are off! Its like we've been apart all day, and now he finally has my attention and has SO much to tell me! LOL "Mom did you know this..", and "mom did you see when that happened.." It is nice because those are the times that Mikee can see and feel him move. He'll talk to Atom and ask how our day was, and what we did. In the mornings before he leaves Mikee will talk to Atom and tell him to "take care of mama today". I think its just about the sweetest thing ever!