18 Weeks and The New Additions

Woot! We have made it to 18 weeks! Optimus Prime is apparently the size of a sweet potato! Which apparently means it's 5.6 inches and 6.7 oz! What a big nugget.

Do you think this is what Optimus looks like? lol

Anywho, here is a picture of me looking all weird again. You are incredibly welcome, World.

That's right, the baby can now hear! So I told Andy we have to stop cussing or at least say it quieter. Haha, yeah right.
Speaking of cussing there was a lot of that happening around here yesterday when Mr. Andy was trying to install this bad boy....

Hello you pretty dishwasher.

That's right we got a new dishwasher and a refrigerator to match. Thanks to the Sears that is going out of business down the street.

That's what's happening around here... I hope the rest of the world is doing well. Oh yeah, here are pictures of our dog wearing a scarf because he is a hippie and we loves him.

Holy Registry

Today Andy and I ventured out into the frozen tundra that is Salt Lake right now to try and tackle the holy grail of baby preparedness... The registry.
We started at Target, where everyone and their mother were doing their registry. I mean seriously, we went through 2 scanner guns and didn't even get through all of the aisles. I gave up when the second gun died. I thought we did pretty good but it was so incredibly overwhelming.
Speaking of overwhelming, our next stop was Buy Buy Baby. That place is awesome/overwhelming/informative/scary as poo. We got to sit down with a lady who explained everything and gave us this super sweet checklist of what they recommend to register for. She also gave us a tour and pointed out a lot of great items for us. Yes, there was so much stuff at this place but for some reason it just seemed more manageable.
There were a few points when I thought, "Little Baby Nugget, do you really need all of this stuff?" No, they probably don't and we will probably freak out having it all but hopefully we can get some of the basics and then just build from there. I mean, honestly, is a bouncy seat, excersaucer, swing, and play gym really necessary? We will soon find out. Stay tuned, my friends, stay tuned.

16 Week Appointment

Today I went in for my 16 week appointment. I was dreading it in a serious way. I knew they were going to be taking blood for the genetic testing and that scares me to death. Genetic testing? No, taking blood! And to make it worse this is the first appointment Andy wasn't going to make it to, aka no one to hold my hand.
Anywho, I got through it and I even got my flu shot because I'm a big girl. At least that's what Andy told me this morning, I think he was lying. They not only took blood at this appointment, they also did an ultrasound. IT WAS AWESOME! All of the past ultrasounds have been kind of lame, to tell you the truth. It went something like:
 "You see that blob, yeah that's a baby."
"Hmm, are you sure? That just looks like a bubble."
But this time, as soon as they put the Doppler on my stomach I could see the head of the baby and it's face!

Head and face, but for some reason when they print these things off you can't make them out anymore! 

I'm not really sure why, but the images were so darn clear on the screen but the print offs just look ridiculous. Then they moved the Doppler a little and I could see the whole body!

I tried to make it easier to read but I think I failed.

Right after this picture was taken I could see the baby moving their legs and kicking around. It was seriously amazing! They didn't even have to zoom in or anything! The Nugget is officially around 5 inches long.

HERE I AM!

Holy Moley! I've put the blog away for a long time... But I'm here to satisfy my mother. Let's catch up the world on what has happened in the last *cough* year and a half *cough*. In October of 2011 I started working at a preschool in Cottonwood Heights, it was the biggest learning experience I've ever had in my life. I learned so much about myself, I learned about others, I also learned how I work best. In July of 2012 Andy and I started the Atkins Diet. It was an insane life experience. I left the preschool at the end of August 2012 to start a new position at the University of Utah financial aid office. I'm still working there and I absolutely love it. I only work part time and it works out great. In October of 2012 we stopped the Atkins Diet after losing 90 lbs between the two of us. There has also been countless projects, vacations, and interesting moments since the last time I was here. I'm happy to report that I haven't been distracted with trying to document every single happy moment I've been living them to their fullest.
Here's a happy moment for you... On October 17, 2012 Andy and I found out we will be expecting a little baby nugget in June of 2013! We are absolutely overjoyed. Which has thrown my crafty/project oriented brain into overdrive. We have decided to not find out the sex of the baby... Crazy talk, I know. That means we will be decorating a gender neutral nursery! You know how much I love decorating! So keep checking back here for updates on the Nugget's Nursery.
Anywho, my mom has been on me about taking "belly pictures"... I'm not really into these. I'm having a real hard time with the gaining weight since I feel like I just lost all of this weight and now I'm gaining it all back. But here I am, making my mom happy!

I look pretty terrible, but in my defense I had already been asleep on the couch for 2 hours. Hopefully the next time I do this I will actually put make up on and not fall asleep on the couch.

A cushy table? YES!

I love littlegreennotebook.blogspot.com. She inspires my pants off, no joke. Love that lady and she does all her cool junk with 3 little baby nuggets running around in a studio apartment in New York. Deserving of an award? I think yes. She is one of the best and best known bloggy ladies in all the land. So needless to say she inspired my lazy butt to do this next project because if it's good enough for her snazzy digs it's good enough for my messy suburban base model bad boy. I can only show you a few pictures of my new ottoman/cushy table because I'm at work (WHAT?!) and only have my cellular device.

Ottoman with the rest of the room!



Side view with seriously crappy lighting.

Here's the basics of what I did... I bought an old coffee table from KSL for like $25. It is solid oak and is super sturdy. I cleaned it up and spray painted the legs a dark brown. Then used a matress cover someone gave me as the foam. Spray adheasived the crap out of it and stuck it on. Then covered with Primer Print's cheveron pattern. I love this fabric so very very much. So the end result is the most comfy, squishy place to put your feet after a long day, for realz. Andy has now decided that other coffee tables are inferer for foot placement and must put a pillow on them before his feet go on top. Spoiled? Not one bit :).
On the job front, I bit the bullet and went back to the temp agency. I don't know why I act like it's a terrible thing. They are awesome to work with and have a really fast placement rate. I guess I just feel like I "failed" again at finding a job on my own . Anyway, I'm on a very very short assignment at the Art Institute of Salt Lake, like only 3 days. I'm filling in for the front desk manager that went on vacation. I feel like this placement is a good way to ease myself back into working. Going from waking up whenever I want to having to be at work by 7:30 is a hard ajustment for me (I'm not a morning person AT ALL). So I feel like it's good to start out somewhere that I kind of don't worry about my first impression because I know it will only be a few days and not a position that could "blossom" into something. No worries, the people are super nice, the experience is good, the work is easy, and I get paid to pintrest all day.
I hope everyone has awesome plans for the weekend, mine consist of a baby shower on Saturday that is going to be a bunch of fun! I might post pictures of the decorations and stuff on Monday. And OF COURSE, Harry Potter 7.2 tonight! I'm a nerd and I accept it.

IT'S ALIVE!

Hello friends and family! I am, in fact, still alive. I just lost my posting mojo for a while. But I'm here and ready to inform... Maybe entertain, you be the judge.

So last time I posted I told you about the sweet art project I did with the state shapes. Now I will show you how the whole thing came together. First I gathered a bunch of random frames from around my house, tj maxx clearence isle, and salvation army and started by laying them on the floor to find layouts I liked....

It started out something like this

Added a little more....

Changed it around...

And I still couldn't decide. So I made templates out of wrapping paper and taped them on the wall. That took FOREVER but it was a good way to "live" with a design without really committing. Since you know how I feel about committment. Anyway, I didn't totally love that design but I left it for a while 1. because I'm lazy, 2. because I couldn't decide what I liked best, and 3. because my wall looked like a giant candy cane, which is AWESOME! (The wrapping paper was from Christmas and was silver and red matallic, love!). People would come into the house and look at the wall and say things like "New art?", "Well that's interesting." and "What the hell, Stacie? Really?" My response... "I really like candy canes, DON'T JUDGE!". Anywho, after I played with the layout a little bit on the wall and on the floor again I figured out what I liked. (Please don't judge my crappy cell phone pictures)



End Result!

Here's what it looks like with my sweet new pillows and new wall color. LOVE IT! Who loves that $10 KSL reading lamp? I do, a lot.
I hope this fulfills all of your blogging cravings... Tomorrow, my coffee table ottoman project.

Art Coolness

I know I said I would be back on Friday but then a stomach bug entered my life and I didn't leave my awesome bed. Anywho, the art project is finished and I'm stoked.
A while back I found these prints through some other blogs and such....

I flipping love it! But when I went to go buy one from the etsy shop, they were closed! I kept waiting because the prompt said they were going to be gone for 2 weeks. They lied. I hate waiting so I decided I could do it myself (damn it!).
First step, picking out the colors and junk.... I went with grey, yellow, and white. Snazzy. Here's how this went down:

Pick which color you want the stripes to be... I picked grey. (it doesn't look grey in this picture for some reason but it is). My mom and I cut them into 1.5 in strips. Next arrange them...

I wanted them evenly spaced so I used an extra strip as the spacer. Stick down the strips and move your spacer.
Next up, making your states. (I didn't take pictures of this because I was half asleep doing it). If you live in an easy shaped state (Utah) you can knock this out in like 3 seconds, but if not it may take some time a few computer print offs. I was doing one Utah and one Missouri. After they were both cut out I centered the striped page in the mat and then placed the state on the page. Then I drew a little heart over where each one of us is from (collective "awww" please).

 

BAM! I loves them a lot!