Count down to baby

It seems like time is REALLY flying as we get closer to the Due date of our little one! In true Adam and Nicole fashion there is still plenty to do, so I'm kind of wishing I could stop the clock a little bit, but we are so so excited to see this little person's face and find out if we are parents to a little boy or girl :) In the last few weeks I've fought a little bit with some off and on pre-term contractions which put me into baby cloths washing, room organizing, book alphabetizing overdrive! That probably was about the worst response to the come and go tummy hardening, and all had to be put to a stop when I worked this weekend. We had a nice a slow weekend at work and I had 12 hours of being baby'd by some of my favorite nurses and not a contraction all weekend! I'm convinced the cure is slowing down just a bit which is a little hard but well worth the cook time this little sprout needs :) Who would have thought work would be the cure?!

 Here are a few room updates- this is one of the paper mache' hot air

balloons that my Mom made for my baby shower!

 Here is the closet with the carpet in :)

 ...and the closet with the wall fixtures in

 The dresser, still figuring out the organization here :)

Lucky for us the crib was a piece of cake to put together!

A couple of random fun prego pic's~

 We snuck away to the coast for our 2nd anniversary. I think it was one of the few weekends it's been pretty hot around here, so this luck prego got to enjoy a comfortable 65 degree's!

Oh pregnancy cravings! I guess they are real because this 5lb box of cherries was gone within 48 hours with little help from Adam! I'm really loving watermelon, grapes, cherries, and nectarines. I wish I could say all of my favorites are fruit but I went on a 2 week bender of Vanilla ice cream Sundays too. Every night after Adam would go to bed I would scoop out some Vanilla and pour some choco syrup on top and ahhh perfection! Baby needs calcium right now for growing bones....  :)

Well it's on to the relaxing work of onesie embroidery for me! My good friend Kara had these made for me at my baby shower , and while many talented Mama's are making their babies quilt's and and hand knit booties, I'm working my sad attempt at crafty-ness by in-n'-out stitching around these super cute iron on's! Baby steps!!! 

In exchange for work photo's here are some cabin building photo's! Adam's been kicking butt on building his very own cabin!

 

It hasn't been all work and no play for Adam, he and Logan spent a Sunday on these bad boys~

 

 

I think our sweet little baby will be in for some adventures with a Dad like Adam :)

2 years down forever to go

Happy Anniversary to my wonderful Hubby! Can't believe what a difference just 2 years make. We are now lucky enough to be planning for our baby in just a couple short months! Thank you for always being so much fun, for teaching me new things all the time, for reading to our baby at night, for being just difficult enough to keep me on my toes, and for everything you do for me and our little person on the way. I could never have dreamed up or planned a life so different and perfect!

Rain and Showers!

We have been getting some Oregon summer lately with plenty of rain keeping us all from having to water our lawns and gardens! In the midst of all of that summer mist we have had some baby showers!! 1st we celebrated Angela and Charli in a beautiful shower to help her welcome her soon to arrive baby girl! I have got to say her Mom is amazing and set up some beautiful decorations, along with Jess, and Kara! I'm so bummed to say that I don't have a picture of the garden/fountain area she had set up but let me tell you it was amazing! Here are some pic's from Ang's special day :)

Okay this is kind of a marathon but here goes! Here are some pictures from my baby shower! First I just have to say a HUGE thank you to my Mom, my sister, Betty, Kara, Jess,Stac,Ang and Krystal for the over-the top amazing shower! These girls seriously did more than I could have ever imagined! Everyone of them has such a giving heart and I could not be luckier to have these ladies in my life. There isn't a thank you big enough girls!

 We had some sweet little faces at the shower, my great helper and adorable niece Kaylie! Love this pretty little girl!

 Speaking of sweet faces Brian and Libby's daughter Amelia joined us too!

 As well as Jami's daughter (Who is growing up WAY too fast) Jill!

 Reynolds sis pic

 Cooley Sis pic ( We missed you Rach!)

 My Aunt and Grandma getting started on the super cute onsie making project Kara headed up! Everyone was kind enough to make a Onsie for our little peanut, here are some of the finished products-

 Kara and Krystal running the Onsie station! This was such a great shower game. Thank you again Kara for all of you hard work and cute idea's!

 Great Grandma Shirley

 My Dad crashed the party because it is always a special treat to see my great grandma Beaman (Babies Great Great Grandma, how special is that?!) and my Grandma, soon to be great grandma Dottie!

 I was so lucky to receive the most beautiful handmade gifts! This is a blanket that Betty made, I wish you could feel how soft it is! It's truly special and amazing.

 Krystal got crafty with this sign she made! Cute! Cute!

 This picture doesn't do Stac's window coat rack any justice! It is adorable!  

 My sweet best friend from High school- Kalee. She is a new Mom as well so we get the privilege of having our kid-o's grow up together! I can't wait for them to meet!

 My Mom and Betty! 2 star's of the shower! Thank you so much you two!

 My pretty cousin Lindsey :) So glad she made the long drive to come and celebrate with us!

 Putting Lou to work! Thank you for flying out and hanging out, now I can't wait until September because I get a baby and Nate and Natalie!

 This is the front of the adorable card Debbie made for us! She has amazing artistic skills! We already have this in a frame on baby's dresser! Thank you Grandma Debbie!

Even though Nat had only been gone 23 days (but who's counting?!) It was awesome to see her again! It was a whirl wind weekend but I can't wait for our next visit!

Oh and here is Adam's work week picture. I hate when he comes home like this, but in the battle of man vs. tree, looks like the tree struck back! Goes with the job I'm told. Hopefully something a little more scenic next time!

1st Father's Day

Happy Father's day to all of you amazing Dad's out there! I know Adam and I are lucky to have two of the best Dad's around, to my Dad and his thank you so much for being such amazing father's.
I 'am also so lucky to be able to have Adam for the Father of our baby! He is such an incredible guy and already such an amazing Dad. He has given me the greatest gift of my life, this adorable little peanut :) Even though it's a little unofficial- Happy Father's Day Dad!!!! Love wife + baby

Bump-date :)

 The bump is definitely growing!!! Bucker likes to check for kicks in the evenings when we are winding down. Baby has been super active, Ice water seems to really get it squirming and when I lay on my left hand side it kicks around like crazy! We can watch my stomach ripple and poke out now which is a lot of fun :)

Our dogs just love this bump! It might be more of a comfy thing to snuggle than anything else right now but hopefully this is a good sign that our dogs will have a smooth transition with our new little family member.

Room update- I keep forgetting to add these! Adam got to dive into his favorite chore: Insulation and sheet rock! Here's the only starting point picture I remembered to take. 

Gearing up for some texture! Colton and Rachel where down for a visit and just happened to stop by when we were loading up the texture gun. Colton was an awesome help and helped Adam get the room done as well as texture the living room, while Rachel and I soaked up some sun and got caught up with Wedding chatting. Thank you again Colton for helping Adam out!!! 

We've got a little paint and a little trim on the window walls!



Oh the stripes... We encountered quite a few mishap's with these! My friend Kara has a neighbor who recently painted some in her kid-o's room's and shared her secrets with me about getting a nice clean edge. So we painted the whole wall white, taped, and then painted the top of the tape white so that anything that would seep past the tape line would match the color it was supposed to be underneath. Genius! It would have gone absolutely perfectly if we hadn't run out of white paint and headed to Home Depot for a color match to finish everything up! Let's just say these two white where not a match! So we were back to the drawing board on our mis-matched stripes. We did finally get them done, it just meant we had a few extra hours together to talk about baby names :) 

 You can see a little bit of the white paint on top of the tape trick here.

 One wall down!

 Second wall finished! Phew! You can tell by the door the beginning style was a little dated :) We are hammering out some trim and Adam cut a hole in the wall for a wall heater, along with a few other details (new door included) and we should be about ready to start filling this room up! It's a good thing because we just got our crib today!

This is a video from our Ultrasound today! This is our little baby yawning!

This was about the best 4D Ultrasound picture that we could coax out of the stubborn little peanut! This baby was constantly putting it's hands and arms up to it's face and sucking on them! It was crazy, most of the ultrasound was spent that way. We finally got this little peek of the future Cooley's face for a few seconds. With hands out of the way, our little one buried it's face into the side of me letting us only have a glimpse of his/her face. That's our latest Bump-update! With a little less than 12 weeks to go and being a Third Trimester prego, we are starting to get really really excited!! We'll be keeping you posted!

Adam has the kind of job that let's him come home with some pretty amazing pictures or video's every now and then. I thought at the end of each post I would share his most recent awesome thing from work. Here is Adam bucking a big old growth.