Sunday Snapshot {Christmas Celebration #1}

This weekend we celebrated Christmas with my maternal grandpa and my mom's sisters and their spouses. Everyone went over to my parents house. We had a nice dinner along with a small gift exchange and lots of interesting conversations. We took some walks and just enjoyed being with family.


4 Generations

Rommey in her Christmas dress

Meeting Great-Grandpa

Going for a walk

She loves being held by her grandma and boy does grandma love holding her. :-)

Sound asleep in Grandma's arms

 

Sunday Snapshot {One Month Check-up}

Rommey had her one month checkup this past week. I can't believe she's been here that long already. She is just over 6 weeks old now. She weighed in at 8 pounds, 4 ounces and is now 20 1/4 inches long. She's added 2 pounds and 2 inches since birth!!

Our Day

Today Zac, Rommey and I visited a friend. We went over to Petoskey for my postnatal appointment and then stopped by our friend Donnie's house. All went well at my appointment. I'm almost down to my prenatal weight of 130 pounds... Only 6 pounds to go! Boy, am I glad I have a high metabolism. Basically, I lost 23 pounds in 6 weeks. Awesome! Now I just need to slim down my thighs so I can fit into my pre-pregnancy jeans and lose my pregnancy "pooch." 😄

Anyway, our visit with Donnie was quick but nice. He loves seeing Rommey and holding her.

Sunday Snapshot {Rommey's 1 Month Old}

Today my little girl is one month old. Where has the time gone? We still don't have any "routines" really established but we are enjoying being parents. Sorry some of the pictures are grainy. I had the camera set at the wrong thing.

 

Sunday Snapshot {More Rommey}

Apparently again I forgot to post the Sunday Snapshot on Sunday. For some reason, I always seem to remember it on Monday.

Well, I wanted to post more pictures of our new little angel. I can't believe that she's 18 days old now.

Sunday Snapshot {Rommey's Here}

Sorry this is a little late. Life's been busy.

Well, our adorable little girl is here! She was born on October 6, 2011, via c-section (she was "frank breech"). She weighed 6 pounds, 3 ounces and was 18 inches long. We named her Andromeda Star Beavers. We call her Rommey.

Sunday Snapshot {Colorado Teaching Certificate}

It's official!!! I have my "interim certificate" for teaching in Colorado!!! (Too bad we don't currently live in Colorado.) Now I am officially a certified teacher!

These aren't the best pictures of me but oh well.

Perhaps on next week's Sunday Snapshot there will be a picture of our newborn baby girl! Exciting!

Sunday Snapshot {The Remodel}

Apparently I forgot to post for the Sunday Snapshot yesterday so here's my post a little late. We spent the day working on the baby's room and getting the house ready for the arrival of our little girl (in just over 1 1/2 weeks). Yesterday was a painting day. These pictures show some of our progress but not the completed painting project (which should be done today).



I really like the little "nook" here for our cell phones.



This picture shows the rest of the wall but the only part painted here so far is the ledge on the wall.



Finally, we aren't painting the outside of the house but I wanted to share a picture of the room from the outside (our house is a double geodesic dome).

Sunday Snapshot {Photography}

Well, today I don't really have anything "prepared" for the Sunday Snapshot as my days currently consist of waiting (5 weeks to go) for our baby to arrive, working and doing baby "research." I have no nursery pictures yet because that's still "under construction." Hubby is finishing the walls and new subfloor and will hopefully be able to get the carpeting and carpet padding in a week or two... nothing like cutting it close. I had an ultrasound on Friday and the baby is still breech. :-( She's being a little stubborn, apparently. We're hoping she shifts to a head down position by delivery. So, please include us in your prayers so that we can have a natural and safe delivery.

Anyway, in place of pictures of the dogs or hubby working on the nursery, I decided to post some pictures I took at the beginning of the spring/summer that were more along the lines of practicing my photography skills. I don't have a digital SLR camera (but would sure like one). I use a Fuji FinePix S2550HD camera. Enjoy!

 

Sunday Snapshot {34 Week Belly Picture}

I'm now at 34 weeks and 4 days! We can't wait for the baby to get here. The wait is driving me nuts! I know that she'll be here when she's "ready" though so I have to have patience. Afterall, her lungs and everything else need to be ready for the "outside world" before we can hold her in our arms. In the meantime, I've got the growing belly and the "kicks" to look forward to. :-) So, enjoy the belly pictures! (Sorry about the funny expressions on my face. LOL)

 

The Nursery

So, my husband has been working on renovating the "little dome" on our house (we live in a double geodesic dome) to make it safe for our little girl when she arrives. Over the years there was a lot of water damage due to poor construction and a concrete pad that wasn't poured properly. Unfortunately, we weren't able to start from scratch and pour a new foundation, etc. but we were able to rebuild a lot of the walls and the floor. It's coming along and should be done in the next few weeks. After the floor is finished then he'll put in new carpet padding and new carpeting and then we just have to paint. After that, we get to really get the room ready for the baby! I can't wait until all the furniture and baby clothes and stuff are in the room waiting for her. That will be so exciting! In the meantime, here are some pictures of the progress.

The dome right after he tore out the carpeting, before taking out the flooring and the "wall" on the riser wall. (The structure on the right is our platform bed that he made.)

The old floor is gone, the new wall is being built.

The new wall... "mudded."

Starting the new floor.

The new flooring going down. Looking good. :-)

He's also making the old laundry room into a closet but I don't have any good pictures of the progress of that.

I can't wait to show everyone the room when it's all done. It'll look great!