I've let another month pass by and haven't updated anything on here. Life just... happens, and sometimes it's hard to stop long enough to write about it. I'm going to attempt a quick catch-up here for those who are wondering how everything's going currently.
First off, Ryan is doing great. He's perfectly healthy and right on schedule at 27 weeks today. Last Saturday, the 22nd, we went up to Salt Lake and had a 4D ultrasound of the little peanut. It was one of the most amazing experiences of my life. We got to see his sweet face, and even watch him smile a few times. At one point he opened his eyes, and the nurse managed to snag a picture of it! It was so awesome. He also turned and waved right at us, which melted our hearts right on the spot. I can't believe that technology has gone so far that we can see his facial features before he's even here. I watched him make expressions that I've seen Brenton make. It was simply amazing. Brenton took a picture of Ryan on his phone that we sent out to family right away. When my mom got the picture she told me, "I can't believe I'm looking at a picture of my unborn grandson, on my phone!" Technology is incredible. We truly live in a blessed world. Here's little Ry-guy's picture.
As another update, Brenton and I had our first wedding anniversary this month. We spent the weekend down in Prescott, AZ with Brenton's family. I got to meet both sets of his grandparents, as well as a few aunts, uncles, and cousins I hadn't met yet. After a lovely visit with them, Brenton took me to Las Vegas for a few days. I'd never seen the strip, so it was really cool. We stayed in the Excaliber, which looks like a giant castle, and saw their "Tournament of Kings" jousting dinner show. Later we looked at all the neat hotels and watched the fountains at the Bellagio several times. It was really fun. The next day we went to the aquarium at Mandalay Bay and then enjoyed lunch at Bobby Flay's restaurant, Mesa Grill. He's our favorite Iron Chef, and the food was amazing. We had such a lovely time. It was great to have a few days off of work to be together and celebrate our marriage. Brenton took care of all the planning himself, and I was surprised every step of the way. We had so much fun!
In other news, we re-did our family room downstairs. It was looking so cluttered, like a crammed student apartment. We hadn't really decided how we wanted to organize the place with all our stuff together. So, a year into our marriage, we decided it was time to spruce up the room and make it look more aesthetically pleasing. When we visited with Brenton's parents, they gave us four tables that dramatically upgraded our current furniture, and that's where we got the motivation to re-do the room. We pulled our ratty love seat away from the wall, and faced it towards the t.v. so we wouldn't have to watch sideways anymore. That divided the room in two, leaving the back half for our rocking recliner and a bookshelf. It's our mock library now. The other huge problem was the lack of coordinating upholstery and curtains. Everything looked mis-matched and messy. The last big issue was all the clutter in our entertainment center. It was packed with boardgames, electronics, books, wii games, etc. Not to mention all our Guitar Hero stuff for the Wii on the side of it. Brenton put shelves in our storage closet, stacked up all the boardgames and Guitar Hero stuff back there, and I boxed up the excess electronic equipment and Wii games into stylish boxes. Then we went shopping for linens. I made a slip cover for our love seat with a set of blue, king sheets, an idea I got from my sister Liz. Next, I took some large brown rick-rack and sewed a border on the slip cover. I put a brown scarf over the curtain rod, and then made curtains for the bottom shelves of the entertainment center with the leftover blue, sheet fabric. With the new tables and adjustments we made, the room has literally been transformed. We are so pleased with how much more organized it is. I don't have a before picture, but you can sort of see what the room used to look like from the Easter video I posted up a few months ago. Here's the finished product. It feels much more like a home now, and we're very happy with our crafty selves.
There's not much else to report. Ryan's room now has a dresser, changing table, and crib, and is quickly coming together for him. We're excited for the upcoming three-day weekend, because for the first time since I started my job, we actually get this Monday off together. We were thinking about traveling somewhere, but with the expenses of a nursery, have decided it would be more relaxing to stay here. Hopefully this won't be the last post I have up here until next month. We'll see!
