2012 came and went with a fun night over at Jeremy and Kelly's. It will be the last New Year's we'll spend without the little guy around, as we just found out on Monday that we are having a boy! We weren't actually hoping either way, so the news was bound to be exciting. Everyone on both sides of the family was sure that we were going to have a girl.
We've made some good progress getting the nursery ready. We picked up a crib and dresser from IKEA, as shown here. We were also fortunate to get a Dutalier glider rocker (for free!) from Steve and Jess. For $50 bucks we bought some new cushions off Amazon and it will be as good as new.
Speaking of new, the kitchen remodel project is coming along nicely, too. I'm almost finished sanding the ceiling, I just need to touch up a few final spots. Perhaps this weekend I will be able to wipe it down and do the caulk and primer coat. We'll see, after all it's my birthday this Saturday. We're going out for dinner on Saturday night to Los Ocampo to celebrate. We've never been there before and figure it's worth giving it a try.
There won't be any more Vikings to watch this weekend, but starting next weekend (Jan 19th) we finally get to watch the Wild. It will be a shortened season at only 48 games, but at long last we can see the new, improved team take the ice for the first time. Lets Go Fellas!
Wednesday, December 26, 2012
Wrapping Up Xmas
The long xmas break has come and gone and it's back to work. We had a great holiday and really enjoyed spending time with the families and getting these done in the kitchen.
In no particular order, we went to Angie's mom's house and made rosettes and I made more lefse; both were a success. I finished a total of three coats of mud on the kitchen drywall, hopefully the hard part is almost now that I (kind of) have the hang of it. We watched our favorite holiday movies, the Grinch and Christmas Vacation. We picked up some Nachos Navidad after we finished up some holiday shopping.
We spent Xmas Eve at my dad's house, where we had a nice spread of food and opened gifts. I received a bunch of great summer fishing tackle, a Wild calendar and some other nifty gifties. Xmas day was spent at Angie's mom's' house, where we do the traditional all-day xmas. We had a nice brunch in the morning with homemade muffins, cinnamon rolls, egg bake and quiche. After that, we opened presents and played some games before we ate dinner around 5pm. I was happy to get more ice fishing stuff, baby books, ear buds, a multi-tool, movies and gift cards to Panera. It's always fun to open presents one at a time and not just blow through everything.
I'm expecting a short, uneventful week here at work, followed by a quick Monday before the New Year's holiday. We're going over to Jeremy and Kelly's to hang out, eat appetizers and visit with their daughter Samantha.
In no particular order, we went to Angie's mom's house and made rosettes and I made more lefse; both were a success. I finished a total of three coats of mud on the kitchen drywall, hopefully the hard part is almost now that I (kind of) have the hang of it. We watched our favorite holiday movies, the Grinch and Christmas Vacation. We picked up some Nachos Navidad after we finished up some holiday shopping.
We spent Xmas Eve at my dad's house, where we had a nice spread of food and opened gifts. I received a bunch of great summer fishing tackle, a Wild calendar and some other nifty gifties. Xmas day was spent at Angie's mom's' house, where we do the traditional all-day xmas. We had a nice brunch in the morning with homemade muffins, cinnamon rolls, egg bake and quiche. After that, we opened presents and played some games before we ate dinner around 5pm. I was happy to get more ice fishing stuff, baby books, ear buds, a multi-tool, movies and gift cards to Panera. It's always fun to open presents one at a time and not just blow through everything.
I'm expecting a short, uneventful week here at work, followed by a quick Monday before the New Year's holiday. We're going over to Jeremy and Kelly's to hang out, eat appetizers and visit with their daughter Samantha.
Monday, December 17, 2012
So This Is Christmas
We're happy to report that it's already week 18 of the pregnancy and everything continues to go well. The big day when we find out whether it's a boy or girl is just around the corner on January 7th. It's going to be a very busy few weeks to say the least. After some tours to various locations, we've got our deposit down and spot reserved for daycare at a place relatively close to home that we really liked.
We just spent the last weekend starting the kitchen remodel, with the workload thus far about 90% Don and Linda and 10% us. We already have a new ceiling with drywall up, the next step is the mudding/taping/sanding to finish it off. I'm taking pictures along the way to show the transformation, I'll get them up on my flickr page soon.
T-minus four working days until Christmas vacation, it can't get here fast enough. Besides doing some work in the kitchen, I've got a little shopping left to do, presents to wrap and more lefse to make. Not to mention, starting the fun process of comparing and researching cribs, strollers and all other related baby gear. At least I won't have to worry about hockey games getting in the way of my to-do list!
