News in the Nelson Household :)

We are so thrilled to announce that we are EXPECTING! It is something that we have both wanted for a very long time and we are both over the moon that we will be welcoming our little bundle of joy on September 15, 2012! It has been a hard secret to keep since we found out in January right after going back to school from Christmas break. We decided it would be best to wait until the riskiest part was over and we were into our second trimester. Baby Nelson is doing wonderful and I would have to say that pregnancy is treating me rather well. I have had hardly any morning sickness and have been feeling absolutely wonderful. If all of them treat me this way, I see a BIG family in our future :)

The video below is how we told our parents and friends that we were expecting. We told them it was a video made for our anniversary, but if you scroll to the end you can see Baby Nelson's first appearance on film (really it is the second, but the first looked like a ball with a tiny heartbeat in the middle). Still adorable-but less defined :)



We cannot wait for this next chapter in our lives to begin!

House Updates

We had a great trip to Ikea where we picked up some lighting options. We have installed all of the flooring and painted everything except the mudroom. We have installed some doors and wainscot. Here are some updated pictures.


New light in the entry way...still needs to go up a bit...




New tile in the master bath. Still have one more wall to go, plus we need to pick up the white grout, but I can not wait for this to be finished.


Wainscot in the entry way...


It is back to work tomorrow, but I still look forward to working downstairs as much as we can. It will be done in no time (hopefully!) :)

The perfect night at home

On New Years Eve we skipped going out and had the most perfect night at home. We roasted marshmallows and had smores and also had the most wonderful fire to keep us warm. It was a perfect night; star gazing and talking about how many amazing things we had done in 2011 and all of our precious memories. We had many laughs as well. We also talked about things we would like to accomplish in the new year to come.

After nearly a decade being together, I still pinch myself sometimes wondering when the butterflies will subside. On second thought, I hope they never do. :)

The perfect getaway

So we recently had a "stay-cation" and we went to Lover's Key Resort for a night. This was a perfect gift from my Mom. We stayed at this same hotel the night we were married. We started our vaca with a lunch at Parrot Key. We had the most delicious nachos that had out of this world tropical toppings! We went back to the room and had the PERFECT sunset views from our balcony. We brought some games as well and played while we watched the sunset.




After sunset we headed down to Fort Myers Beach. We decided on dinner at Nervous Nellies. We were lucky enough to get a table on the water and they even had live music.



We then walked around the beach, stopped for ice cream, and star gazed on the Fort Myers Pier. We even became some silly pirates!


We woke up in the morning to take in the sunrise. Our gift even came with matching pajamas. I always enjoy our matching pj's ever year both from my mom and from Jeff's parents.


On our way home we stopped at my favorite place for lunch-Island Cow on Sanibel Island. Even though it was a quick 24 hour trip, it was a perfect getaway for us and a wonderful way to end our trip :)


Back to work we go, but we had a wonderful holiday break at home! <3

Mascots

Our furry mascots.

New Sinks

We decided that we really needed storage areas for the new bathrooms so we found vanities at this great spot that sells used fixtures and cabinets from foreclosures and tear downs. We found both vanities for under $100 so to us it was a steal for sure! The master bathroom has a center area and three drawers on each side of that.

Also, we decided to also do the sink bowls that sit directly on the countertops. I am very excited for these. They go with all of our white and brushed nickel items that are already in the house.

Updates galore....

Since we stayed in Florida this year for the holidays, we were able to get many projects done with downstairs. When break started we had most of the paint on, but still needed flooring down, trim and baseboard up, doors in, vanities and sinks installed, and the list goes on and on...

here are some pics of the progress...

The start of the flooring. Man am I glad we decided on this flooring because I am in love with the look, and it is incredibly easy to clean and install.



Here are some pictures of the finished floor.






You can also see our new baseboard in the photos. We went with the five inch option. When we installed the drywall it was about 2-3 inches short on the bottom. We filled it with thin strips of drywall, but buying higher baseboard was a way to ensure that the bottom would end up looking okay.


Wainscot is making an appearance as well. We have started it in the entrance way and



Doors are also installed for the master bedroom, bathroom, and closet. Just a few more doors to go! We are also working very hard to get all of the doors in and all of the trim up. Tile in the bathrooms and finishing the claw foot tubs are also on the list.


:) There is always tomorrow :)