Mural Pt. 3

So...great news!! The mural is complete! I'm so proud of it! We still need to go over it with a clear coat to make sure it doesn't peel or anything, but the painting of the bears is finished. It didn't take too long at all and I think it looks amazing. Here are some pics of the finished product:



Here are all the bears! It's not that great of a picture since I took it from my cell phone but you get the idea.







Close ups of the bears. Again, the pictures are not the best quality, but you get the idea.

I'll post some more when the whole room is done and you can see the bears with the bedding and everything!

The nursery is slowly coming along...

Mural Pt. 2

So since I've already told you I've been working on the mural all weekend, I decided to show you some pictures of that!

I'm hoping to finish it up tonight, but again, we'll see how that goes.

Here they are:



Here is the white I did first...It took 5 Coats to make it white and not have the blue coming through. It took forever!!



This is about where I stopped. I'm almost done! I just have a little more to do! I'll try to finish up tonight and have the completed pictures up tomorrow!!







Here are close ups of all the bears!

Hopefully just one more day!!

Construction Day 2

Sunday was more of the same...working on the nursery. Nick and I both got up and I started painting again and Mike came over to help Nick. They went to the hardware store and bought some drywall. They had to re-route some electric (good thing we know an electrician!) and then put the drywall up. It was a lot of work for them and they did a great job. Nick did a lot of the work himself since Mike left to go to the Ram's game (sorry it wasn't a winner Mike!) and Nick did so great. Especially by himself! Most of the drywall is up now. He needs to do another sheet and then he is ready to start taping the drywall. I can't wait until that is done and we can paint the new wall and get the door up. It will make it all so much more real once Dominick has an actual room. I'm really excited to get all the furniture in there and set up.

Here are a few pictures from Day 2:



This picture shows the electric Nick had to run for a new receptacle and two new light switches. Where the switches were, they would've been on the wrong side of the door and that would have been annoying so Nick moved the main switch and put in another in case we want to do some track lighting on the slant of the wall (which I think would be pretty cool!).



The drywall is up!!



Nick in front of the drywall. Doesn't it look beautiful!?!?!

I think they might be working on it some more tonight, but that entirely depends on how Nick's day goes at work today. He's in charge of a lot of stuff and sometimes he is so tired when he gets home. Hopefully today was a good day and he can get some more of the wall done tonight!

My First Baby Shower!!

So as I mentioned in the last post, I had my first Baby Shower on Saturday! It was great. I had a wonderful time and I loved all the presents that we got for Dominick! I didn't take pictures of the presents, so I'll have to take some pictures tonight and show you some of the sweet outfits we got and the overall generosity of our family and friends.

I'll post some pictures but I wanted to say a few quick thank you's.

Thank you to my Aunt Jane and my Aunt June who threw this shower for me. They both live out of town (Herman, MO and Bloomington, IL) so it was a lot of work on them to come here and throw this shower. Thank you so much for everything. It was perfect!

Thank you to Aunt Lisa for letting us use her house and for ordering the most delicious cake! Everything was perfect. We had plenty of room and everything was wonderful.

Here are some pictures:



Me opening presents and my best friend, Michelle, writing things down so I could do thank you notes. Thanks Michelle!!



Here I am with my aunts who helped throw the shower. From the left it's Aunt Lisa, Aunt Jane, me, and Aunt June.



And this is my Grandma, me and my Momma!

Thanks again to everyone for a great shower!!

Construction Day 1

Saturday morning was a busy morning for us. Nick and I got up and started working on the nursery. I had to do the second coat of the dark brown paint and Nick was getting his stuff together to start the wall! While I was working on the paint, Mike came over to help Nick. They went to Home Depot and bought all the studs to build the wall and the door and I don't know what else! They did a lot of talking about what to do while I was at the house and not a lot of doing. I was slightly nervous that nothing would get done, to tell you the truth. I painted until about 10:30 and then had to get ready for my first baby shower! (That will be the next post, don't worry!) So when Nick's mom picked me up at 11:30, nothing was done yet. I went to the shower and fully expected nothing to have been done when I got home at 4:30-5:00 that night. How wrong I was! (Thank goodness!)

Nick and Mike (and Mike's Dad for awhile) worked very hard on the room and when I got home, all the studs were up! It was amazing to start seeing the room become a room and not just a space. They were still working when I got home so I sat in the rocking chair and became the "foreman" to make sure they were doing everything right. :)

Here are some pictures of what was accomplished on Day 1:







And that is what the room looked like as of Saturday night!

Halloween!!

We didn't do too much for Halloween this year. We had big plans to go and see all the nieces and nephew on Halloween. So we started at Nick's sister Kate's house. She lives in Clayton. We were going to head over there and see her kids, Sophia and Henry in their costumes and then be on our way. Well, when we got there, Sophia and Henry were with their Daddy trick or treating. So we grabbed a chair and helped Kate and Nick's mom hand out candy. We waited awhile and Sophie and Henry came back. We got a cute picture of them and then told them we had to leave. Here's a picture of Sophie, Henry and Nani.



Sophie was a doctor and Henry was Buzz Lightyear.

So onto my sister's. My sister's was the next stop because Andrew's parents were there and it was Andrew's mom's birthday and we wanted to say Hi before they left to go home. We got there around 8:15 and they were just finishing up dinner. We sat with them for awhile. Cecilia was not dressed up but wearing an outfit that said "Baby's First Boo!". I sadly, didn't get a picture of her in this outfit. But I got a picture of her last weekend as a pumpkin and I'll show you that one!



We didn't end up leaving my sister's until almost 10 (Nick fell asleep on the couch and my sister and I were talking and just lost track of time!) and when we finally left, we realized it was too late to go and see Kailey and Addison... :( So John and Lisa, you are first on our list of stops next year!!

That was our lovely Halloween! :)

Warning - Lots of updates!!

This is just a quick note to warn you that there are lots of updates this morning! So don't be overwhelmed!! We were just very productive this weekend!