Sunday, May 23, 2010

nursery has begun!

We are making progress on the nursery!!! The colors will be gray and white with pops of orange!! His "animal" will be hippos (in honor of my dad who loves them). I ordered 2 of these hippo wall decals from Etsy.com - a gray and an orange.

Then at Old navy, how cute saw these hippo onesies. PS I got some maternity pants and extenders...the pants are sooo comfy and surprisingly stylish! I got black jean trouser style and a paid thats distressed.

Also had to buy him some black chucks like mom and dad have :)

OK back to the nursery..here is a before with the rug (borrrinnnnggg)

Danny got the rug and tackboards up no problem.

Then all day saturday, dad and danny got the bamboo down - i love it!! still need to do the show molding and put the closet doors on but looks amazing. We will repaint the same color gray on the bottom but change the "putty" top color to a light gray. Then pop orange - like his J A C K, the hippo decal, curtains, sheets ect. im looking for a hip/modern rocker - would be great to find one in orange but i doubt it.



The crib is finally up :)


Judy and I spent the day looking for fabrics. She is a great quilter and is going to make the cribs sheets, bumper pad, curtains ect! which is totally awesome b/c then I can custom create the look with cool fabrics. Heres what we got....cant wait to see it all together :)



Thursday, May 20, 2010

Jens Work Bridal Shower

Jen is getting married in 10 days! Brian and I are on the "party planning commitee" at work, but he was swamped this week! No biggy, with Becky and Barbs help making cupcakes, we got it done, and the weather couldnt have been better! I decided to have it outdoors by the cafeteria to change it up (meeting rooms are boring) and she is getting married outside, so worked perfect. We all pitched in to get them a Visa PrePaid Card with $190 on it for a trés chic (and $$$) dinner while they are on their honeymoon in France :) Au revior!

Lemon and chocolate cupcakes...I had 1 of each of course!

Some of the crew
Super flowers from Kellys yard - Im jealous, I want flowers like these!


The bride-to-be!


Sunday, May 16, 2010

Lovely Weekend

Boy this weekend was pretty perfect. To start, I got out of work at noon on Friday! Grabbed some Subway then took parker on a nice walk - was amazing out.

Saturday morning, I met Wookie and her mom at easton for brunch and shopping. Her mom wanted to buy a baby book, so I picked out "The 1st Year for Dummies" - she inscribed it with "margaux, you are no dummy, but you pickedout this book" - how cute is she. I got Jack this great "J" from Anrthopology (we have the "C" on our mantle).


But today I found this onesie - how perfect!!!!!

OK back to Saturday: That afternoon, we went to Gina and Collins for "beer chicken" (which I spilled the raw chickens all over my shirt in less than 1 min of arriving). Was a great time with the TRHHSAC besides the firepit being more smoke than fire (we smelled like we had been camping)

Oh I forgot to mention, we also ran out of propane - boys had to make a trip.


Sunday morning we drove to Blendon Woods (which is only like 10 mins away, why havent we gone before?!). Nice trails and they even have an 18 Hole Frisbee Golf Course. We were going to do that last weekend for my bday but was way toooo cold!

This is the "pet trail" - was nice but a little muddy in spot.

Danny thought this looked like a butthole...and yes it does.

Danny thinks it funny i call every red bird a "red robin" - but it could be right???

This momma duck and her kids were walking across a busy street! Thankfully they made it with all the cars stopping - whewwww.
Now off to a neighbors for a cookout - a late minute thing so what are we bringing? Frozen trader joes fruit and a blender....to make smoothies.

Monday, May 10, 2010

BABY BOY CORRIGAN!!

Today we went to the 4D ultrasound place and found out - its a boy! the technology was crazy!! we got to see him moving all around, got pictures and a DVD. so exciting! We are 99% sure we are naming him Jack Christopher Corrigan :)

Thumbs up!


Just got the news - we see "the goods"!


Grandma Kathy, Grandpa Tom and Bachan Judy - hiding behind grandpa (PS: thats grandma in japanese)
There's the proof :)
His little tush

Chicken legs like mom & dad :)


Saturday, May 8, 2010

Im 31 and the baby is 16.5 weeks :)

Its freezing here today!! So no frisbee golf but danny got me dunkin donuts (in bed), we went to bark park, then he took me shopping (well we bot got some good stuff - his bday is tuesday), then he took me to Bon Vie for lunch. I had a nonalcoholic memosa even! The lunch was perfect, then came home and watched a marathon of Say Yes to the Dress in my PJs.

Belly update: its growing - 16.5 weeks! We had a dr's apt Monday - she said I look perfect and everything is going great. We find out the sex on Monday at 5:30! We are doing that 4D ultrasound so I hope the baby isnt hiding the goods! We wanted to do it either my Bday (today the 8th) or Dannys bday the 11th BUT we could only get in on the 10th....so in between - will be a great birthday gift for us both!




Friday, May 7, 2010

Last Day as 30

Ahhh last day as 30. Was really good eventhough it was a work day. I woke up, gave Parker a bath (then myself), got to work where my co-workers had bagels, got me flowers and of course did some photoshop work that they hung up. People at work call me "Marge" - because I look nothing like a Marge OR even better "Large Marge" from Pee-Wee. They did all Marge Simpson posters...very clever!

Later in the day I got an Edible Arrangement from Danny so I could share with everyone. Very sweet - he always thinks of something. Just polished off a cheese steak sandwich and in my PJs. Perfect ending. Im ready for the TV to watch me sleep.

Tomorrow is 31...It didnt even feel like my bday was coming up but my pals at work made it feel like it. Danny has a "margaux" day planned tomorrow. Honestly, I just want to chill with him and do notta...but Ill take some shopping :)

Heres one of the pictures they did. They all were awesome.
I always wanted an edible arrangement - the chocolate covered pineapple is the BOMB!
See ya 30 - was a GREAT year!!!!

Sunday, May 2, 2010

busy bees

The work week was long and I had a terrible headache M,T,W (didnt go to work Monday). PLUS a wisdom tooth is growing in!!! Dentist visit :( But that actually isnt hurting anymore - wheww.

Collins bday was friday so we went to Sakura for some hibachi fun. I had sushi (dont worry all cooked or imitation crabmeat) and I watched as everyone did fun sake bombers - boo! Designated driver right here!


We also ordered the crib this week! Love the modern look/lines. We decided boy or girl we are going with white furniture. This crib was almost $400 but i think it will be worth it (more than I wanted to spend). We love the design (believe it or not this was the cheapest modern crib I could find - most were like $800!!) and its a convertible so should last 3-4 years.
Saturday we got all the workout stuff and cleaned the closet out of the 4th bedroom so we can rip the carpet up and lay down some bamboo flooring! Sustainable and sleek looking. Cant wait for dad to start laying it down!

Heres what the bamboo looks like but is 2" planks. Love all the lines.

Then we completely cleaned out the office. We had 2 of those desks in there but got rid of 1 and even packed up my desktop MAC computer which I barely use. We actually have 4 computers - why, retarded?! We left his desktop Dell on the desk (he hates macs), his laptop is usually in the livingroom and my mac laptop is around the place somewhere. We put all the workout stuff in here and even kept the futon for an extra guest bed if needed. It's pretty roomy in here even though the pictures arent great. We even gutted the closet and got rid of a ton of junk. Feels sooo good to get those rooms cleaned out and reorganized.



Since we are getting a new car, adding a second story deck, and have a baby on the way, a master bathroom renovation is out of the question now. I hated the flooring that was in there. We wanted a nice slate tile, but as a quick fix for a few years I started laying "gray river slate" vinyl tiles down. I offset them and looks great...but Im not done. hopefully soon. im trying to pace myself BUT as you can see, I havent been relaxing much :)


Saturday was crazy with the 2 room reorganization, but we still had time to go to Grace's 1st bday party! She was adorable with her bow and ate her cake very lady-like. I cant believe its been a year since we were waiting at the hospital! Actually that was the day that danny said to me in the elevator going to the waiting room "lets go off the pill and start trying after our anniversary" - awww thanks grace! without you who knows if we'd have pregnancy going on :)


Today was breakfast á la danny (yesterday his homemade pancakes was a disaster), then grocery shopping. A little workout in and now tabloid magazine time!