Seoul's Room

We got excited to get Seoul's room ready... one of the reasons we decided to stay in Salem for the time being. After just a few little spats (not really but Kelley likes to pretend we have domestic disputes once in a while) this is the result.

Here is our 3rd bedroom before....



... and then it becomes Seoul's room.... with a crib & bedding....



... and the lamp, diaper holder, & hamper... and the vanity that I had growing up (although the mirror isn't on it yet)....


We catch each other just hanging out or gazing at everything in wonder that we are having a baby. It brings such a smile to our face... we are just missing the little girl now!

Kelley's favorite thing is to put things in the crib to show Seoul... so far there is his diploma, his trophy from winning Fantasy Baseball two years in a row, some of our favorite stuffed animals, and we'll see what else shows up there before she is born.

My mom brought me the rocking chair that my grandpa bought her when she had kids. My dad bought Seoul an antique dresser for her little clothes. We invested in a diaper genie and a changing pad to go on the dresser. We really are ready... I think! (More pictures to be posted of the final room)

CHEERS 4 SEOUL

The story:

Our nieces and nephew are super excited for this little baby to come. One evening we were having dinner at their house. We were getting ready to serve our food when Amanda raised her glass in a toast and said "Cheers for Seoul!" She smiled at all of us in excited anticipation until we repeated the words and clinked glasses. It became a fun phrase Kelley and I say.

With that background, for our anniversary Kelley bought wooden letters for us to paint that spell "Cheers 4 Seoul" along with a couple butterflies, a pair of flip-flops (because I love them), and a crown that says "Princess." We painted them in purple, pink, and red and we are going to put them up on the wall over the crib as decoration. I will post pictures when they're all done and up on the wall.

Happy Anniversary to us!!

Kelley and I had our 3rd anniversary on December 17th. Three fabulous years of marriage and we still consider ourselves newlyweds! There have been some big events that happened this last year.

Christmas 2007 - our tradition is that we open our gifts to each other before Christmas Day - we're too excited to wait. These are some goofy pictures that made me laugh out loud.



We got pregnant (which still makes me laugh that Kelley knew before I did - he observed my behavior and based on how well he knows me, made me take the pee test). Good man he is!



Week 7 - to Week 35 -



Kelley graduated June 2008:



So these are the pictures I could find... but we had birthdays, Kelley won his fantasy baseball league for the 2nd year in a row, I ran a 5K (without walking!), friends got married and had babies (many many of these!), vacations, concerts, moving, new jobs... so many good things! I feel very lucky and I hope it will just get better and better.

I love this picture of my grandparents from a couple years ago... hopefully we grow old and are cute like them! I don't have a scanned picture of Kelley's grandparents but maybe he will add one...



Love you Kelley!

Baby Update - Week 34

(Nope, this is not a new ultrasound photo, just a reminder of how cute our little Seoul will be!)

I love to see, hear, and read about all the exciting things that are happening with our friends' new little baby's in their lives. Soon that will be Kelley and I. Just 6 weeks from today is the due date... can I just say crazy?? I feel like we have so much time but Kelley keeps reminding me that we really don't. Especially with Christmas falling in the middle of it - time will fly by! What if Seoul decides to make an early appearance?

We had a doctor appointment Friday and things are looking good. My tummy measures 33 cm and the doctor says I look healthy. Seoul has a healthy heart rate (140) and moves so much it's exciting. We asked how we know what position the baby is in, and the doctor said he can show us where her head is. Kelley got to feel her head in my lower abdomen (from the outside, of course!) - that was exciting! I will assume that is why people have commented that I am getting the "pregnant walk" these days - haha! I asked how people get to the birth and not realize they are carrying a 10 lb baby (we've heard various stories of how people had larger babies but didn' t expect it). The doctor felt my stomach and said she's right about 5 3/4 lbs now... at birth she should be between 6-7 lbs. Guess he knows how to feel these things...? I really hope he's spot on!

I am so grateful Kelley loves coming to the appointments with me and that he has a flexible job that allows him to do so.

So Cute!

I am so excited for Kelley to be a daddy! Look how cute he is with the baby! Love you Kelley - we have great times ahead of us!

Here I Am

People have mentioned they like to see pictures of my growing belly so here is one of me in Arizona.

Happy Thanksgiving!

Ok, so this wasn't our Thanksgiving Feast but ours was just as yummy! Kelley and I were home at our place on our own for Thanksgiving, and I really enjoyed it. It was nice to spend time as a family and enjoy each other. We did our own turkey breast, mashed potatoes & gravy, rolls, peas, jello salad, and stuffing. I made a banana cream pie and a pumpkin pie for dessert. Kelley missed the many yummies his mom generally makes - magic bars, "those" brownies, rocky road (? - can never remember this one) and rice crispy treats. My favorite part is the pie (especially eating it for breakfast in the days to come)! We did miss our families, but it was a nice day of rest for us. I am very grateful for a loving husband who provides for me, our wonderful families that teach us SO much, a place to live, our jobs, the things we learn, our future children, our health, the church, friends.... Of course there are so many more things but I could not even imagine listing ALL of them.

I hope everyone had as great a Thanksgiving this year as I did!

Airport Debacle

Flying... I've done it numerous times with no problem. This time I am going to claim pregnancy brain!

Flight to Tucson:
We were running late so we did the skycap so we didn't have to wait in line. Too bad we got stopped at security! When we were going through security I got pulled aside and the lady started going through my purse. It began as just rummaging, and then she started pulling everything out. I didn't know what she was looking for so I just watched. She had almost finished and gave up the search when, being the helpful person I am, I started pointing out the various pockets she could check. I honestly didn't think there was anything in any of the side pockets since I don't use them. In one of the pockets in the back she said "here it is"... yes, she pulled out the Leatherman I keep in there. I completely forgot about it and then felt completely silly even though I wasn't intending to smuggle a knife onto the plane! She said we could mail it to ourselves or throw it away. Really? You can mail something to yourself at the airport? We were in a hurry so I said toss it. Bummer - I felt bad I got rid of one of Kelley's gifts.

Flight to Portland:
You think I would have learned! This time we had more time but I still got pulled off to the side and had my purse checked. This time it was because I had not separated out my little bottle of lotion. It was in the required plastic baggie but just not out of the purse. Ergh! At least it wasn't as big a deal as the knife incident.

After those SMALL mishaps, Kelley said he can't take me flying again - haha!

The bright side is that we found our camera during this debacle! When the lady was searching my purse the first time she pulled something out and stuck it back in the pocket. Again, a pocket I NEVER use so I believe Kelley put it in there. I checked for what it was when we were seated at the gate and it was our camera! Yay!