Nesting

I know a lot of my fans out there have wondered where in the world I have been. Well I've been busy nesting for my little boy coming on May 21st--unless he gets here a little early like Jonah did.

This is what I've been working on. I'm proud of my latest work. I made all new bedding for Jonah and his brother's room.






I also worked on the guest bedroom. Here's the before.



Here's the after



I am mostly proud of how much money I saved--especially on the guest room make-over. I used part of an old duvet cover and just added the black and burgandy fabric. Then I made the curtains and the art above the bed.

Jonah's latest greatest moments

The other day Braden had Jonah out and about running errands. Well when they were at the gas station, Jonah kept pointing at someone and saying, "mamma." His latest thing is pointing at pictures of us around the house and saying "mamma" and "dada."


This is what Braden caught on video.

Jonah After Dentist from WireWerksFilms on Vimeo.



Here is a close up of the billboard Jonah was pointing at.
I can totally see the resemblance. I have big boots like that too. I'm flattered! At least the girl is hot.


Here is another one that happened this week. I came out of the shower to find this standing in the den.


He looked at me and said, "Mmmmmmmmm!" With excitement like he always does when there is food around. It was blueberries from a container that was sitting on the kitchen counter. I was kind of mad, but I couldn't help laughing because he looked so funny. I was just glad he only got it on himself.

Highlights

I've been out of the blogging world for a little while. I wanted to highlight a few things since my last post. Here are some of my favorite pictures.

My brother, his wife,their 3 kids and my parents all came to visit for a post Christmas celebration. It was a lot of fun except I got sick just as they arrived and was in bed for about 3 days while they were here. Then my brother caught it and Jonah. I'm just glad nobody else did. We did manage to make it to the beach and the zoo though.


This is just a cute picture. Jonah put all those things on himself including my hair elastic around his wrist


These next pictures are all from the zoo
Jonah loved the gorillas. He spent most of his time there


mom, dad, me, Jonah, and my nephew Mark


Kip(brother) and his daughter, Savannah


This my dad building a fense for us, so we can have a play area for Jonah. We've now planted grass and it's slowly growing. I can't wait until it's ready


Braden and Jean(sister-in-law) with Mark, Jonah, Lizzy, and Savannah building a sand castle

Boy names

Many of you know that we had our ultrasound this last Monday, and we found out that we're having another boy. I know I should be greatful that I'm having a baby and just hope he's healthy, yadda, yadda, but I was a little sad. I guess I've been hoping for a girl since I was a little girl myself playing house. I just never had any sisters to share clothes with or do any girl stuff with, and I did love it, but I always secretly longed for a sister. I always wanted to have a daughter to show the finer things in life like ballet classes or art and things. I told my dad on the phone the other day that instead I get to deal with a house full of farts and sports. My dad gently said, "Well, Shelle, girls fart too." Thanks for the perspective dad.

So this brings me to the point of my post. I hadn't really thought of any boy names because I though for sure we'd be having a little girl with curly hair named Hazel. I want to find out if anyone has any suggestions. There's only one name that really stands out to me right now, and I'm not sure I'm in love with that one either. Let me know what ideas any of you have for a boy name.

Another Adventure at JoAnn's

I don't know why, but I always have a story to tell when I go to JoAnn's Fabrics. I think it's just because I go there a lot and I live on Los Angeles. Braden said I should take a video camera next time I go.

So here goes....
I was making my way to stand in line at the cash register when a woman with a 4-year-old little girl, facing backward in her cart, asked me if I was in line. I looked up to see that the person talking to me was.....




Justine Bateman! I love L.A.! I know it's no Johnny Depp sighting or anything, but when I was 14 watching t.v. in my living room, I never in a million years thought that Mallory Keaton would be at a fabric store in front of me in line. It was so cute too because Jonah loves older kids. He was facing Justine's daughter and making the cutest noises and faces and trying to get her to laugh at him. He was getting so crazy that Justine looked at me and asked what her daughter was doing--thinking she was provoking Jonah. I just told her that Jonah just loves kids and was trying to make her laugh. As we were buying our things Mallory and Jonah's new girlfriend left as Justine said "bye bye" to Jonah.

Thanksgiving and grandparents

This is a little behind but I wanted to post these really cute photos. Jonah never smiles for the camera, but when we wanted to take a picture of him with Grandma and Grandpa he was being rediculously silly. My parents came for Thanksgiving, and it was so much fun even though it was small. We had delicious food including a turkey that Braden made and croissants that I made from scratch. I'm still thinking about them! Yummy! My dad was so kind to help Braden extend the sprinkler system for a grassy play area for Jonah in the yard.

I was taking a shower the other day, and when I was done I came out and say this. Jonah had taken my robe from my bedroom and brought it into the den, so he could cuddle with it on the couch while watching Yo Gabba! Gabba! It was so cute!

New Flavor

Well my ice cream is gone. It only lasted a week--even with all the Thanksgiving food we had to eat too. It doesn't help that Braden also loved it, so that meant I had to share. Anyone have an idea on the next flavor I should try? It should probably have chocolate in it. I was thinking mint ice cream with chocolate swirl. Any ideas?