When we own...

It turns out someone already designed, furnished, and decorated my dream home. Which is actually an apartment! I'm in awe. I'm going a little crazy over how much I love this place.


They even have an gorgeous nursery!

Some Late Resolutions

I thought I was only going to have one resolution this year: Have a baby! (although James said that isn't really a resolution) But getting so close to having the baby has given me an itch to improve everything!

First of all, our money situation is kinda messy. Turns out, even when you have a full time job that pays well, you can get into debt! Especially when you have car problems. We've been pretty naive (and a bit lazy) in thinking that we didn't need to keep a strict budget. This irrational behavior will be corrected.

Second, my life has gotten into a pattern of working, coming home, and watching other people live interesting lives and do amazing, creative things. TV, blogs, inspiring websites, etc. While my personal accomplishments, outside of work, have been pretty minimal. I decided that even when I'm feeling like poop, I can do something creative that makes our home better for our little family.

So the solution is this: James and I will be following a budget (!) that includes almost zero money for non-essentials. Any extra will go towards our lovely debt pile. (Have you heard of the Debt Snowball?) I will do more creative things around our home—perfect timing for me to get serious about our "nursery" (the baby's half of our bedroom). AND I'll blog about our adventures! It should be interesting with the whole ZERO budget thing.

So there. I'm committed. Wish me luck!

Zoooooooo

We planned a trip to the zoo this weekend, and luckily I had energy, and the weather was really nice! The winter is such a great time to be at the zoo. No crowds, no crazy heat, and the animals aren't any less active. Although, I bet evenings in the summer are the best time to see the animals.

It felt good to be on my feet for longer than usual, until they started hurting!

Getting Close to Baby Time!

Well, as of this week, I am in my third trimester. And you can tell!


Overall, pregnancy has been kicking my butt! I haven't had to miss work yet, but I'm pretty much in hibernation in the evenings and on weekends.

I don't think I posted it on here yet, but we found out we're having a BOY! And I think we have a name. What do you think?

Favorite Baby Things

I've been obsessed with baby stuff lately, so just for fun, here are my favs.


Ugly Dolls

Aden + Anais Bamboo Blankets

Skwish

Wee Gallery Art Cards

Super Cute Times Ahead

So, I have been largely absent from this blog lately, but only because there's nothing exciting going on.

Haha, tricked you. That is actually not true.

THE most exciting thing that has ever happened to me is happening right now. James and I are expecting a baby! We are due April 2, 2011. I'm almost 15 weeks along, and starting to show ever so slightly. I'll be sure to post a picture once I get a good baby bump going.

Also, rather than creating a mutant baby picture on one of those weird websites, I'm going to start posting family baby pictures so we can all create our own mental images of our new little baby.

I can't help but hope our baby looks EXACTLY like James.


Or my new little nephew, Ammon. Becky and Steven did a wonderful job.


And just in case you're wondering what James is pointing at...

New Place

Well, we moved to downtown Salt Lake City a few weekends ago. We took a leap and downsized from a 1300 sq ft 3 bedroom to a less than 600 sq ft 2 bed, and I couldn't be more thrilled! We gave away a few pieces of furniture and lots of junk we were just hanging onto because we had the room. Here's a little peak at how our living room looks right now. We're still debating the couch situation...we kinda like sitting on pillows to watch TV!



I'm in love with our neighborhood! We're sitting right over a gorgeous little market. James surprised me with some meat and cheese from Tony Caputo's the other day, and I've been having the yummiest sandwiches every day for lunch.


Oh and I got a new haircut a few weeks ago!