March Shenanigans

March was full of being sick. Between Trey and I, we were sick a good chunk of the month....all while Allan was gone for Army Annual Training. I had so many of plans of getting stuff done and then NONE of it happened. :( That's okay though....lots of cuddles for mom!

sleeping sick baby. :(

fun with Aunt Daelynn!

breakfast pancakes with nutella, whipped cream and raspberries!

ALL the army stuff. :P

Trey's new hat!

trey and the chicken satay. he LOVED it.

fun with dad!

ballet baby!!

Trey LOVES standing by the door. It's his favorite.

first time in the swing!

my date for girl's night!

he suddenly decided he likes to eat my toes! EWWWW!

waiting for dad at the airport!

SO happy to see dad!

Hank the Cow snuggles

Trey cut his inside of his lip....on his birthday no less. :(

it healed nicely and he's totally doing fine now!

January 2016

January was a fun and busy month for us. I'm sure that seems to be the case every month, but it really was how January felt. Busy, but fun.


I finally committed to getting some curtains up in our living room. I was so sick of the hideous vertical blinds that we had that I took them down (all by myself!) and then sewed and installed these curtains. I'm happy with how they turned out!

Before

After

Baby Ambrose is a growing and at this point I could barely see my toes!

We got locked out of our mailbox (oh that was a FUN fiasco) and this was the stacks of mail we had waiting for us after a week of not being able to get our mail.

 26 weeks pregnant!!

Lindy's birthday is in January and this year she wanted a pool party. We made fun beach cupcakes and had a BLAST with family and friends.

I can't believe she's 6!!!

blue frosting is the best. :D

Everyone loves a baby! It was so funny, she was set down on the floor and instantly EVERYONE was crowded around her. It was the funniest thing.

We had a military ball for Allan's brigade this month and I got all dolled up....

Just to end up in the ER right before dinner was served. :( It ended up being a gallbladder attack. Honestly the worst thing ever.

 We were in the ER for a LONG time and this is my wonderful husband trying to get comfortable.

 and this is the wonderful souvenir I got to go home with - the nurse was not gentle in putting in my IV.

We had a lot of very foggy mornings in January....

 

 I decided it was time to put in the pack'n'play (that will have the bassinet added to it shortly) so I could get used to having it beside me before the baby is born. This meant I lost my nightstand, so I got some floating shelves and installed them ALL BY MYSELF. So proud.

Busy Life

I know I say it quite often, but life is really busy in the Ambrose household. Between every day work, ballet teaching, church callings, the Army Reserves, and having fun family adventures our days are quite packed!

There's a lot in life right now, but one of the biggest things is the fact that Daelynn (my baby sister!) is getting married in June. I'm planning her wedding and it is different than the other two weddings I have planned by far. It's been very frustrating at times but also fun. I love putting together the visions in my head and I'm hoping that everything will turn out how I envision it. :)

We're also dealing with many other things that I won't go into detail on here, but our families are struggling. Life is really hard sometimes and we seem to have found a rough patch. Overall we're doing really well, but there are some days that life is just really hard and I wish that people could be more considerate, more understanding, or just have more common sense then they exhibit.

Beyond that, life is really good. We went to Disneyland in February (I promise I'll post about it soon!) and I'm brainstorming some fun things for us to do this summer. I also really want to go to Virginia sometime soon so I can see my family on their turf and say goodbye to my Grandpa McCue. He's not doing well and we really don't know when he'll go, but he's in so much pain and so unhappy that we really hope that his time won't be long. I want to be able to see him one more time, but if it doesn't happen it will be okay because he'll be reunited with my grandma AND he won't be suffering any longer.

Anyways, that's all for now. I really want to update you more and I will try to get this blog updated with our adventures. I start to get to close to being updated and then life happens and I get all behind again. :P  But never fear, someday I will be caught up! Maybe!

Until next time my friends! :D

He's HOME!!! (and a project report)

I cannot tell you how happy I am that my husband is HOME.

I'll tell you more about what we did this weekend, but first I want to give you a project update. Last time we talked projects I had finished three of my projects and was hacking away at my list. Well, I'm happy to report that of the 14 item list I have completed 10 of the items, have decided to not do two of them at this time (they were maybe's anyways) and have two of the projects in process. :D GO ME!! I have felt very productive while Allan has been gone and it's been good.

Let's review, shall we?

Here's the list:

1. finish making Lindy’s curtains

this is in progress, I don't have a finished picture yet. SOON!

2. scrapbook wedding book (have started this project! will finish hopefully by June 19th)

 

My favorite page so far!

3. finish small pillows for couch (need to get the main fabric for small pillows) 

4. fabric wallpaper the cabinet doors (measure all the doors, get fabric)

5. make a new purse 

6. bed skirt! 

7. Canvas Art

8. Living Room Curtains (decided to wait on this one for now.)

9. Master Bedroom Curtains/valance (decided to wait on this one for now - although I think I know what I’m going to do)

10. Table runners for and wall table by kitchen

(no picture yet....sorry!)

11. photo canvas established thingy

12. Lindy dresses (3) (two down, one to go)

bottom one needs hemming and some kind of sash, still figuring out that one....

13. Add flutter sleeves to Lindy’s Zebra dress

14. Turn Tinkerbell PJ’s into dress 

So there you go! :) It felt so good to have a purpose while Allan was gone. It was good.