Hi everyone. My posts have been non-existent over the last several months. Now that summer is winding down I'm hoping to stay a little more current with our posts; photos and happenings.
Currently, it's a lovely 67 degrees outside. The windows are open and Madeline and I are just hanging out in her little playroom watching, for what is likely the 100th time this week, the Little Mermaid. She's obsessed with Ariel and the music. In fact, she likes to imitate Ariel singing and Ursula laughing. It's hilarious.
We celebrated Madeline's 2nd birthday on the 20th with a trip to the Minnesota Zoo. She LOVED the monkey's. Likely because they remind her of herself ;-) She also loved the aquatic area, sharks, fish and other water creatures. It was one of those humid sticky days in the 90's so we didn't stay long. I hope to get those photos off my camera and posted soon. Stay tuned.
I'm 35 weeks pregnant and it's just simply not going by quickly enough. I'm anxious to meet this little princess who is constantly wiggling around in utero. I hope Madeline adapts well to this big change coming soon.....
And lastly, we're settled into the house, it looks fantastic and while we have many more projects in our future, we are likely finished for the winter, although we'll still work on getting John's bar and mancave assembled over the next few months.
Talk soon.
Thursday, September 2, 2010
Monday, August 23, 2010
Thursday, July 22, 2010
My apologies for the lack of posts this summer. It's been a busy one. A quick update: we're moved into the new place. The house looks 100% different, rather, better than when we look possession back in May. A few minor hiccups have occured...leaky fridge, leaky toilet, but, we're getting things under control. Many more changes around the house lay ahead for us, but one thing at a time.
The pregnancy has been than enjoyable. I developed a rash called PUPPPS and have debilitating joint pain to boot. The joint pain comes and goes with little to no warning and when it does, all I can do is sit and even that's hard. The rash is constant. Imagine being covered in itchy hives all day, everyday, and nothing can help.....I've had multiple blood tests and have been to several doctors who all scratch their heads and say, let's see if it goes away after you deliver. Great. But, at least the baby seems to be growing and is healthy. She's a wiggle worm in there that's for sure. I'm going on 29 weeks tomorrow and she's going to be delivered by c-section on October 1. I cannot wait.
Madeline is doing fantastic. She's not a baby anymore, she's a little toddler. She eats constantly, and hasn't met a food she doesn't enjoy eating. She's starting to say more words, when she's not being shy. She's just a good natured kid for the most part....a little bit of a spoiled brat, but that's okay for now :-) Most of our days are spent outdoors when it's nice playing with bubbles, sidewalk chalk or in the pool, or trips to the park.
Here's a few photos taken in the last couple weeks......
The pregnancy has been than enjoyable. I developed a rash called PUPPPS and have debilitating joint pain to boot. The joint pain comes and goes with little to no warning and when it does, all I can do is sit and even that's hard. The rash is constant. Imagine being covered in itchy hives all day, everyday, and nothing can help.....I've had multiple blood tests and have been to several doctors who all scratch their heads and say, let's see if it goes away after you deliver. Great. But, at least the baby seems to be growing and is healthy. She's a wiggle worm in there that's for sure. I'm going on 29 weeks tomorrow and she's going to be delivered by c-section on October 1. I cannot wait.
Madeline is doing fantastic. She's not a baby anymore, she's a little toddler. She eats constantly, and hasn't met a food she doesn't enjoy eating. She's starting to say more words, when she's not being shy. She's just a good natured kid for the most part....a little bit of a spoiled brat, but that's okay for now :-) Most of our days are spent outdoors when it's nice playing with bubbles, sidewalk chalk or in the pool, or trips to the park.
Here's a few photos taken in the last couple weeks......
Friday, May 21, 2010
Homeowners!
We successfully closed on our new home this morning- started signing papers promptly at 9am and we were in the car on our way to "our house" by 10:10! We took a quick look through the house with our painter and he was going to begin the cosmetic transformation that day! We can't wait to visit in a day or two when he's just about finished. We will officially move in, or sleep in, the house next weekend, Memorial Weekend 2010. We thought that would be a good way to remember when we moved in.
So Cheers to us! We have a long summer of project ahead of us to make this house our home. We'll post updates as we work. For now, here are some "before" photos. I realized when I posted these I literally left out an entire section of the home which includes the porch, family room, playroom and mudroom, so you'll just have to wait to see those at another time.
Random lawn shot.
From the screened porch looking to part of the backyard.
Wanted to see the backsplash and counter tops.
Backyard.
Formal living room.
Lovely double garage....but wait, there's more....
....and a 3rd stall! STORAGE!
Future home of "John's Bar" after we get it built.
Basement, aka, Man Cave.
Basement guest room (Nana and Papa's Pad)
Our brand new water heater.
Madeline's new room. Soon to be purple paradise!
New baby's room...soon to be lovely shades of yellow. 
Girls' bathroom.
Master bedroom, sweet.
So Cheers to us! We have a long summer of project ahead of us to make this house our home. We'll post updates as we work. For now, here are some "before" photos. I realized when I posted these I literally left out an entire section of the home which includes the porch, family room, playroom and mudroom, so you'll just have to wait to see those at another time.
Front portion of home, to the left is the garage
Random lawn shot.
From the screened porch looking to part of the backyard. 
Wanted to see the backsplash and counter tops.
Backyard.
Formal living room.
Lovely double garage....but wait, there's more....
....and a 3rd stall! STORAGE!
Future home of "John's Bar" after we get it built.
Basement, aka, Man Cave.
Basement guest room (Nana and Papa's Pad)
Our brand new water heater. 
Madeline's new room. Soon to be purple paradise!
New baby's room...soon to be lovely shades of yellow. 
Girls' bathroom.
Master bedroom, sweet. 
It's a girl!
Tuesday afternoon we had our 20 week ultrasound- a healthy baby girl is on her way! Like Madeline, she's measuring one week ahead, which basically means nothing. Brain, heart, spine...all looking beautiful! During the ultrasound I asked the tech if she could please try to get a good shot of the baby's feet. If you remember Madeline's toe story, you know why. And if you don't, click the links below to take a peek into the past....but don't read on until you've read these links....otherwise you'll be confused.
http://themaslows.blogspot.com/2009/05/story-of-madelines-toe.html
http://themaslows.blogspot.com/2009/06/cast-off.html
Low and behold, our new baby girl will also have the same unique situation but on her left foot. Some people might think this is horrible, maybe a defect, problematic, an issue, or think 'oh that poor baby'. Well, I think those thoughts crossed my mind the first time I saw Madeline's toe. But, after it's all said and done, the only inconvenience to the entire situation is waiting and finding parking at the hospital!
Clearly this is a genetics thing- somewhere in either John's or my blood line a history of this condition exsists and we simply make babies with an extra digit. It's believed that it's a sign of luck and intellegence. I'll take that :-)
The great part about doing this all over again is that we already have the name of a fabulous doctor and we'll just have to give him a call to take care of our new baby girl when the time comes. For now, we have about 20 more weeks of development until we meet our new princess.
http://themaslows.blogspot.com/2009/05/story-of-madelines-toe.html
http://themaslows.blogspot.com/2009/06/cast-off.html
Low and behold, our new baby girl will also have the same unique situation but on her left foot. Some people might think this is horrible, maybe a defect, problematic, an issue, or think 'oh that poor baby'. Well, I think those thoughts crossed my mind the first time I saw Madeline's toe. But, after it's all said and done, the only inconvenience to the entire situation is waiting and finding parking at the hospital!
Clearly this is a genetics thing- somewhere in either John's or my blood line a history of this condition exsists and we simply make babies with an extra digit. It's believed that it's a sign of luck and intellegence. I'll take that :-)
The great part about doing this all over again is that we already have the name of a fabulous doctor and we'll just have to give him a call to take care of our new baby girl when the time comes. For now, we have about 20 more weeks of development until we meet our new princess.
Monday, April 19, 2010
Homeowners.
There's something to be said about people who make the decision to buy a home...good for you. John and I have both owned our first home, seperately. We've both gone through the entire process, but perhaps with a blind eye. Recently we began searching for our first home, together....one that we have to pick out, together. Fortunately we were able to agree about the amount of space required versus the amount of space desired. We kept ourselves on budget because like all of us, who wants to be house poor? Location was always back and forth, back and forth. One day we were in Woodbury, the next Eagan, until finally we came back to Savage. Oddly enough, a suburb that neither of us if asked several years ago, would be a place we would call home. Out of chance and a great deal on a brand new townhome did I end up there and 5 years later- a marriage and a baby happened- and then we decided it was time for single family homeownership. We always talked about missing Savage. The community, the people, the amenities and overall layout was attractive to us. The school district and the fact it just feels safe- a great perk when you have a family!
So, with a fantastic opportunity for a nice chunk of money from our current President, we decided to take advantage and buy a house before the end of the month. After viewing roughly 25 homes over the last couple weeks we knew when we walked in the door that we were "home". So as of May 21st we will be the proud owners of a propery nestled in the subdivision of Dufferin Park in Savage. A perfect home for our family to grow up and for us to grow old in. A home that when we walked in we knew right where our Christmas tree would go each year and where we would watch our children run down the stairs Christmas morning to find presents from Santa, where our piano would go so we could have mini concerts together when the kids learn a new song, where John's man cave would be so all juvenile male (and sometimes female) activites could be contained to the lower level, a yard, while modest, for the kids to run free and have fun, etc, etc, etc...the list really could go on.
Let the work begin....as we get started on this adventure we'll put out before and after photos so you can watch our progress.
The best part, we'll be settle before baby2 arrives! That makes this momma HAPPY.
Wish us luck.
Love,
Us.
So, with a fantastic opportunity for a nice chunk of money from our current President, we decided to take advantage and buy a house before the end of the month. After viewing roughly 25 homes over the last couple weeks we knew when we walked in the door that we were "home". So as of May 21st we will be the proud owners of a propery nestled in the subdivision of Dufferin Park in Savage. A perfect home for our family to grow up and for us to grow old in. A home that when we walked in we knew right where our Christmas tree would go each year and where we would watch our children run down the stairs Christmas morning to find presents from Santa, where our piano would go so we could have mini concerts together when the kids learn a new song, where John's man cave would be so all juvenile male (and sometimes female) activites could be contained to the lower level, a yard, while modest, for the kids to run free and have fun, etc, etc, etc...the list really could go on.
Let the work begin....as we get started on this adventure we'll put out before and after photos so you can watch our progress.
The best part, we'll be settle before baby2 arrives! That makes this momma HAPPY.
Wish us luck.
Love,
Us.
Monday, April 12, 2010
Florida in Photos.
At the clubhouse pool.
Nana and Papa's Pool. Where Madeline went, Sophie went.
"C" is for Cookie....
On the way to the beach!
On a rainy day in Florida, we shop...Madeline shopped for hats and sunglasses.....
...and we bought the blue one. Easter Egg hunt!
(wow. nice face madeline.)
Innocence. And blue eyes. 
Florida was 2 weeks of fun. We were sad to leave, but happy to come home to Madeline's daddy.
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