Prego!!!

How far along? 13 Weeks
Total weight gain/loss: 0 - 1 pound gained
Maternity clothes? just the 'be band', a band of fabric that I can wear with my regular pants. I just unbotton the botton and cover with the band. 
Stretch marks? No
Sleep: 3-7 trips to the bathroom each night, and starting to get some uncomfortable backpains that sometimes keep me up.
Best moment this week: entering the 2nd trimester! oh, and buying our first pack of diapers, for almost half off!
Miss Anything? I can't think of anything.
Movement: Not yet.
Food cravings: I have eaten more goldfish crackers in the past few weeks than should be legal.  I have craved crab, Mu Shu Pork, and a few other randoms.
Anything making you queasy or sick: A lot of smells.
Have you started to show yet: still just a little bump
Gender prediction: boy.
Labor Signs: No
Belly Button in or out? In
Wedding rings on or off? On
Happy or Moody most of the time: Happy! (this week).  Last week, grumpy/moody.
Looking forward to: Feeling more movement & finally being able to do some shopping!

about me

1. What time did you get up this morning? 7 am


2. How do you like your steak? medium well

3. What was the last film you saw at the cinema: bad teacher

4. What is your favourite TV show? I haven't watched TV in months!

5. If you could live anywhere in the world where would it be? lost valley or sheep ranch

6. What did you have for breakfast? honey bunches of oats with cinnamon bunches

7. What is your favorite food? potatoes, pizza, chinese food, mexican food

8. Foods you dislike? lots

9. Favorite place to eat? baja fresh

10. Favorite dressing? none

11. What kind of vehicle do you drive? an altima

12. What are your favorite clothes? cute jeans and a t-shirt

13. Where would you visit if you had the chance? anywhere!

14. Cup 1/2 empty or 1/2 full? 1/2 full!!

15. Where would you want to retire? on a ranch

16. Favorite time of day? early mornings I guess.

17. Where were you born? Pendleton.

18. What is your favorite sport to watch? honestly, none :).

19. What is your favorite fragrance? Vanilla. Clean laundry, fresh cut grass.
20. What is your favorite face cream? none?!

21. Favorite baby/kids products? hello?? no kiddos here!

22. People watcher? yes.

23. Are you a morning or night person? both.

24. Do you have any pets? Duke the wonderdog

25. Any new and exciting news you'd like to share? not really. oh! My ears are unplugged!
26. What did you want to be when you were little? a mama and a teacher and a wife.

27. What is your favorite memory? hmmm....not ready to think that hard right now.

28. Are you a cat or dog person? dog person

29. Are you married? yes :)

30. Always wear your seat belt? of course!

31. Been in a car accident? yes.

32. Any pet peeves? yes- lots of them.

33. Favorite pizza toppings? just cheese, pepporonie and mushrooms

34. Favorite flower? oh I love them all!

35. Favorite ice cream? cookies and cream, cookie dough.

36. Favorite fast food restaurant? baja fresh

37. How many times did you fail your driver's test? none

38. From whom did you get your last email? haven't checked...I did get one from my principal and one from my supervisor for a graduate level course I am taking.

39. Which store would you choose to max out your credit card? j crew, pottery barn

40. Do anything spontaneous lately? we always are doing crazy things!

41. Like your job? love it.

42. Broccoli? yum!

43. What was your favorite vacation? I loved my honeymoon- it was perfect.

44. Last person you went out to dinner with? my mom

45. What are you listening to right now? NPR

46. What is your favorite color? lots of them

47. How many tattoos do you have? none.

48. coffe drinker? nope! but I love my chai lattes!

me:: A to Z

A. age :: twenty.nine


B. bed size :: queen

C. chore you hate :: cleaning the bathroom

D. dogs :: Duke

E. essential start to your day :: orange juice and a hot shower

F. favorite color :: grey & yellow (at the moment)

G. gold or silver :: silver

H. height :: five.feet.ten

I. instruments you play :: none :(

J. job title :: wife, friend, teacher
K. kids :: my kindergartners!

L. live :: Albany, Oregon

M. maiden name :: Jones

N. nicknames :: Becks, Beck, Dilly Dally, Becky-Bob
O. overnight hospital stays :: none

P. pet peeve :: too many to count

Q. quote ::"May my whole soul smile."

R. righty or lefty :: right

S. siblings :: one younger sister, Rachael

T. time you wake up :: depends if it's summer or school...5:15 during school, 7 or 8 during summer.

U. university attended :: University of Oregon and Willamette University

V. vegetables you dislike: cauliflower

W. what makes you run late :: trying to do too much

X. x-rays you’ve had :: I think only at the dentist? (and once when I was really little to make sure I hadn't broken my leg-I didn't).

Y. yummy food :: pizza, mexican food, sweets, steak & potatoes

Z. zoo animal favorite :: I really like plain old cows!

Lincoln City, Oregon

Remodel Update

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We are making good progress! I think I might stop posting (like I was really that good about posting in the first place!) for awhile so that the 'big reveal' is more dramatic! haha  Wish us luck!



Tulip Festival- 2011

Kitchen remodel: weekends 2 & 3

 This new microwave vent took about an entire day to move and then replace.  I hope it is where it needs to be! haha

The start of weekend 3.  Our house was a mess, but it was only going to get worse from here.

I'm glad I'm married to an engineer that knows his stuff. He is very careful about planning and thinking things through. I have a feeling that over the years I will have lots of pictures like this one.

Debbie and I ripped up the carpet, tack strips, and moulding from the family room and the tack strip and moulding from the living room.  We are closer to having new hardwood floors!

The boys showing off their muscles.

The lone picture of me...and all I'm doing is replacing the filter on our shop vac. (Although it was a bit confusing, hence the help from my father in law. =) )Thanks to Justin for taking a picture!

The dry wall is going up!

It's looking more and more like a livable room again! Yippee!

Sunday evening...we are seeing progress. 

Kitchen 2011

Last week we started our kitchen remodel.  My mom came Tuesday and helped me pack up our kitchen, dining room, and living room.  I am so thankful she came, otherwise I wouldn't have been ready for what was to come!  She left Thursday morning and my in-laws came that night. As soon as they got here they were ready to start tearing out the old cabinets.  Brandon was at the store for a few hours getting supplies but we they started right to work while I ran to the store to get dinner and lunch for the next day. 

 Friday morning we were all up early and we got right to work on the kitchen.  We didn't even shower or get ready for the day. It was straight to work for us! We worked all day and only stopped to eat and admire our work.  =)

Some of it was fun, but mostly it was a lot of work, and I'm glad there were four of us working on this project.

 We saw a lot of progress and it was fun to look at how our hard work was looking.

By the end of the day there were lots of changes in our house and we were all feeling very excited!

By the end of the day Sunday night, we also had new lights installed in our living room.  This weekend was a lot of hard work and lots of dramatic changes: we are excited to keep working on it!

Thankful

I started this list last year, but then lost motivation.  After reading my friend Lindsays blog, I was re-inspired to start it up again. 
151. Inspiration from my friend Lindsay and her blog.
152. Knowing that I am signed up and ready to take a photography class!
153. Getting an email telling me that my class binder will be in the mail soon.
154. Book recommendations from friends.
155. Getting the flu suddenly and having my husband bring me fluids and flowers from the grocery store.
156. Getting to rest even though I wish I could have been with my kids today.
157. A weekend with family-lots of family.
158. Getting into the pickup in a 'mood' and after about 30 minutes in that pickup with my husband and the sun shining, feeling like I was in a much better 'mood'.
159. Staying 'in the loop' through Facebook. Love seeing pictures and hearing snippets of friends lives.
160. Loving phone calls from my husband.

Ducks beat Huskies

A few weekends ago my dad came down to stay with Brandon and I.  He got here late Friday night and we just visited and went to bed. Saturday morning we got up and ate breakfast and we waited for my cousin to meet us at our house.  As soon as he got here we loaded up and drove down to Eugene to watch a Duck basketball game.  I was so excited to see the new stadium and to watch the Ducks play the Huskies. Here is the outside of the new stadium:

We had to wait in line for just a few minutes before they opened the doors.  Then we were inside and ready to explore the new building.

We had a bit of a hard time finding our seats in the beginning, but we had lots of time and we weren't stressed about it.  This is the view from our seats (which as it turned out, were NOT our seats...). 

This is the only picture that Brandon and I got of each other....aweful! Oh well, it's what we have and I kinda like it anyways.  =) 

We had a great time and I can't wait to go to another Duck game next year!

What I Wore: January 31st - February 4th.

Monday: pants: Gap.com (I need new jeans, I wear the same ones over and over and over...)  shirt: Old Navy. 

Tuesday: pants: Banana Republic outlet (I realized after I got to school that the puke didn't entirely wash out like I thought it had...so these are going to the dry cleaner and I will pray that they can get it out....the joys of teaching kindergarten!) sweater: Old Navy, shoes: Nordstrom

Wednesday: pants: Gap.com, boots: Lucchese, sweater: Old Navy

Thursday: pants: Gap, shoes: Target, shirt: Old Navy outlet

Friday: Panther Pride Assembly day! jeans: Big Star, long sleeve shirt: Old Navy? t-shirt: South Shore Elementary! =)

Something I am learning: I need to branch out and try shopping at some different stores! I find that I am writing Target, Old Navy, Gap over and over again.  Although I am proud to say that I haven't been clothes shopping in almost 2 months.  That is an accomplishment for me (I may not spend a lot, but I was spending often there for awhile). 

So excited!

Brandon and I have been wanting to remodel our kitchen for some time now.  This summer I did some research and got a few estimates for cabinets and counter tops.  However, the timing wasn't quite right.  Then, over Christmas break we started thinking about it again.  Over the past couple of weeks we have been thinking more seriously about it.  We did some more talking about the layout we would want, colors and overall visions we both have for the new space.  We decided that this past weekend we would drive down to Eugene and do some serious looking around for floors and cabinets.  We ended up spending the entire day Saturday looking at the local and big home improvement stores.  We were so proud of our selves for sticking to our game plan and getting some real details lined out.  Here is where we are currently:

This isn't the picture that we are going off of, but I found it online and it really gives you a sense of the feeling we are going for.  White cabinets on the top and bottom (not at all practical-I know).  Dark hardwood floors, lots of light and darker counter tops to pick up the dark in the floors. 

This is similar to the hardwood floors that we found.  Last year I fell in love with a dark stained 5" x 3/4" Oak floor.  It was out of our budget, but this weekend we discovered that the same floors I fell in love with were on sale for a price that makes it do-able for us and our project.  We want to have these floors in our kitchen, dining room, family room and living room. 

Basically, I want to get rid of as much of the carpet as I can!

So, I was SO excited when my husband called me today to tell me that he had purchased the floors! He will pick them up on Friday and bring them home!! SO GREAT!!! (can you tell I'm excited?!)

Hopefully, there will be more coming on this subject in the next few months.

What I Wore

Saturday: jeans: buckle  sweater: Maurices  shoes: Payless  t-shirt: Old Navy

 Monday:  pants: Banana outlet  shirt: Old Navy  shoes: Nordstrom

 Tuesday: leggings: Wal-Mart  sweater: Gap outlet  boots: Nordstrom  t-shirt: Old Navy

 Wednesday: jeans: Gap.com  shoes: Payless  t-shirt: Old Navy  scarf: Old Navy

 What Wednesday turned into: I added a zip-up from Old Navy ( I think...) because I'm always cold.

 Thursday: pants: Gap outlet  shoes: Target  sweater: Old Navy

 Friday: jeans: Gap.com  shoes: PayLess  t-shirt: Old Navy  jewelry: Lucky Endz

Saturday: jeans: Gap.com  shoes: PayLess  sweatshirt: Target  t-shirt: Old Navy

I really enjoyed this post, it helps summarize how I feel about this project.