Recent Photography

While I haven't been doing photography near as much as I would like to, here are a few of my favorites of the ones I've taken recently.

These are of a little girl in our field, i've done her pictures every month (except months 4 and 5 because of being on bedrest) since she was born.

These are my favorites from her 6 month photo shoot:



These are my favorites from our most recent shoot, Lizzy's 7 mo pictures:

She makes taking pictures very easy.. she loves to smile and talk to the camera! :-) Hoping our little guy is the same way....He'll prolly learn to with a mom who plans on taking lots of photos!

37 week watermelon belly

It's hard to believe that I've made it to 37 weeks! It has flown by.. while a few weeks ago I wasn't ready.. I would be perfectly fine with this little boy introducing himself any day now :-) But with our luck, he'll wait until im 41 or 42 weeks.... we'll see

 I hadn't updated my belly photos in a while, so I though I better. I didn't feel like I was getting all that much bigger, until I saw the pictures and compared them to the ones at 27 weeks... WOW I officially look like I have a watermelon growing inside my stomach! Wonder what it will look like by the time he's born!

So this was me at 27 weeks.... a nice basketball belly

 This is me now... It is more like a watermelon! You know the saying "she's about to pop"~! yeah that's me~~ and i'm still 3 weeks from my due date!!



I don't think i'll be putting any more belly photos up, they are beginning to scare me ..... So this may be the last of my pregnancy progression photos... We'll see!

Belated Valentines Dinner

Valentines Day 2011

I was so excited for Valentines day this year because it was the night before I was officially off of bedrest and I was looking forward to an evening out with my hubby. Well... he was "sick as a dog" with a sinus infection (missed 4 days of work because of it, new record for him)... I was impressed though.. even being sick he still got up and had roses, candy and a gift certificate for dinner on the table waiting for me when I got up :-) I redeemed the gift certificate the following weekend after we were both feeling better (I ended up sick too). We went to Sun Mountain Lodge (about 10 miles out of Winthrop.) It was beautiful and the dinner was amazing. I had crab tail for appetizer and scallops for dinner, Jeremy had a salad for appetizer and filet for dinner, then we had homeade apple pie with homeade icecream for dessert.  YUM...

 This was us at our private booth/table.. it pointed directly at the windows (too bad it was dark and there wasn't anything to see...still very romantic setting.)

 There were these two amazing fireplaces in the lobby.... had to get a picture by them-and had to show off the belly..even though I look HUGE.. it will be good to have to remember :-)

We've been overrun by dogs

So I'm sure most of you know that Jeremy and I have 2 dogs of our own.. a black lab, and a daschaund/terrier mix.. they have been out babies since we got married.... Having 2 dogs is do-able.

I'm sure most of you also know that I, Nicole, am a magnet for stray dogs...

and some of you likely know that Nancy, Jeremy's mom also has 2 dogs (2 big dogs) and when she goes out of town, we often dog sit... ok well all of these things considered.... my house currently feels like a dog pound. I have 5 dogs.. yes 5! in my house.. our 2, nancy's 2 and the cuttest puppy I found wandering in town a few days ago.

Luckily.... We have completed the flooring project which gives us the whole office area in solid tile, and I got the child gates in and installed making the office area our new dog "area", this is important because with new carpet.. we are restricting the dogs to the tiled areas only (ours have to have their paws scrubbed with soapy water before they are allowed in the rest of the house.. )

I love dogs, so I'm handling all of the extras pretty well, but it has made "nesting" a little more challenging. Here are a few photos of the craziness I brought on myself!

 This is the puppy I found, she is about 5 mos old, a Puggle!! so adorable :-)

 Her and Daisy have completely befriended each other, this is them napping together...

 This is all 5 dogs napping in the sunshine in their dog area...

Dinner time has become quite the production!

Baby Shower

My good friends Pam and Lisa threw me a baby shower a few weeks ago in Omak. It was a wonderful shower and we were given so many fantastic gifts! Everyone who came to the shower made scrapbook pages for me to add to my baby album. I can't wait to get to start adding pictures to them!~

The baby room if officially ready, stocked and I think we have everything we need now for this little guy to introduce himself. We officially made it to 36 weeks! Which means I am DONE with bedrest completely! I can go back to my "normal activities and routine". We are just waiting now for when this baby boy decides he's ready!

Thank you to everyone who came to the shower, or who has sent us gifts! They have all been so wonderful and helpful in preparing our house, baby room and life for another member of our family!

 Pam made this wonderful cake!

The Scrapbook supplies

 Decorations by Lisa

 Yum... tasty snacks to go with our tea!

 Scrapbooking away....

 Opening gifts with my helpers Dakota and Marissa!

 I had to see if he would fit or not... :-)

Me, Dakota and the cake in the recliner (I was still on bedrest at the time of the shower, so I either sat in this chair, or at the scrapbooking table prettty much the whole shower... doctors orders... It was so nice to get out of the house and see PEOPLE!~! 

Again, thank you everyone who has thought of us and sent us cards and gifts, we appreciate it all so very much!

Sneak Peak... recent ultrasound photo

Had an ultrasound on Friday, this is a profile view of his face.. His nose looks so small, and his lips look so big!! My mom said that that is what I looked like when I was a baby, so maybe he'll look more like me (nicole).. We'll See!!



Belly Laughs

Got my smiles in for the day!

I SOOO needed one of these a few months ago!



Update: Still on bedrest, aparantly don't have a yeast infection, my doctor is baffled, so I'm sure she'll be running more tests today at my apt... OH WHAT FUN!. Ultrasound Friday.... Mom and Dad get in today, they are here for the weekend; mom came for my shower, and dad has offered to help Jeremy with the flooring project.. BUSY weekend (for them.. I'll be sitting around watching... :-(   I am very excited to get out of the house for a few hours for my shower though.. I'll be staying put in a recliner the whole time, but who cares... there will be PEOPLE to talk to!! :-) YEAH