Personal Space

We are obviously going to have to work on the concept of "personal space" with Molly before the baby arrives. I was laying on the couch the other night with the laptop (looking at baby stuff, I am sure) and Molly felt the need to be very, very close!!! She hopped right up and this is where she ended up. She kept kicking the laptop because it was in her way....excuse me.... This obviously cannot happen when I am laying with or holding the baby....so doggie intervention is going to have to start soon!




She will just have to get used to the idea of cuddling with her ball and bone instead!!! :)

Cole Michael Cubitt is born!!!!

Well, cutie pie Cole Michael Cubitt was born on January 15th. He was 7lbs. 9oz. and 21 inches long. Mom and I were actually going shopping the next day, down by Lakeside, to go maternity shopping. I asked Jenn if she was taking visitors and she insisted that we stop up, so we did! It was so exciting and so emotional to go up there. It really hit Mom and I that this was going to be us soon! Wow! What a feeling! We are so glad that Cole, Mom, and Dad are doing well and everyone is healthy. We can't wait to get down to see them all again! I think Cole has a photo session in his near future.

The happy family...Mike, Jennifer, and Cole!!!!!!

It is just so hard to believe this is going to be us soon........ :)

14 Weeks!!!!!!!!

I was standing in the living room tonight and I pulled up the panel on my maternity pants. Drew was walking in the room and he said, "Oh my gosh...is that real?" I said, "Well, yeah...I'm not pushing it out of anything." Apparently the belly is growing and my husband is noticing! Here is our 14 week picture.

I am going shopping this weekend for maternity clothes and can't wait. It is starting to get frustrating getting dressed in the morning. I have one pair of maternity dress pants and all of my sweaters and shirts are getting too short. Time for a shopping spree!!!!

Meat Pie 2010

The annual Meat Pie celebration was this past weekend in Port Huron. We enjoyed time with family and of course the meat pie was outstanding!

Erin and I

Cutie girl....Addison!!!

Addision with Uncle Matthew


Addison, Grandma (Jeanie Goddard), and Jimmy

Greg made an appearance at Meat Pie this year! Happy birthday, Greg!

ringin' in 2010....a little late

Oh, I know...it has been far too long since I have posted. I have still been tired and my Masters classes just started back up, so I have been avoiding the computer. So, here are some pictures from our New Year's Celebration in Saugatauk. We went there with Bri, Kyle, Lyndsey, Grant, Kimmie, and Ryan. We rented a cabin and stayed for two nights. We had an absolute blast....as we always do. It was a very emotional "ringing in of the new year" knowing that this is the year we are going to have a baby! What a great feeling!

Grant and Ryan

Drew and Kyle

Us at Midnight!!!!!!


The dance party!!!!!!!

Us the next day at the bowling alley!!!!


Kimmie, Lyndsey, Bri, and I....apparently I missed the memo about the scarves!

12 weeks

Here is an updated photo. We took this after I ate a lot of pizza, so I think I look bigger in the pic than I actually am......

12 weeks
Baby Brining

Ideas for the Babe's room

Well, it still doesn't feel real that I am going to be putting a nursery together. I definitely have ideas and as you can see from the pictures below, I have some items coming together already for the nursery. Obviously we are still in the planning process, so some (or many) of these things could change, but as of right now this is my vision! Take a peek below at some my ideas and at some of my already purchased items for Baby Brining's room!


I really want a nice green color on the walls. Nothing pale or "fru-fru-y", so I found this color called Rosemary green from Benjamin Moore. I will have to get some samples and some other colors and test them on the wall, of course, but I am leaning toward this family of green.


This is the bedding I keep going back too. There is a green color dot in the bedding, so I would have to make sure the paint color doesn't clash. We will probably decide on the bedding first, order, then do paint! I didn't want anything with animals on it and I think this would be so cute for a boy or girl, which is important because we are not finding out what we are having.


Okay, I found this picture online of this nursery with the bedding I want. I FELL IN LOVE with the prints on the wall. They say "How Wonderful Life Is When You're In The World". I had to have them. I realize this may have been a premature purchase (and yes, I did purchase them), but they have so many colors in them that if something changes, I figured I would be able to use them no matter what! I am so excited to get them and I think they look adorable with the bedding. They also go well with the dark furniture, which is also what we want! Maybe we will just copy this whole nursery! :)

Here are the prints I ordered! Love, love, love them!!!!




I found out at my Christmas party that one of my students is an artist and sells paintings on Etsy (His Etsy shop is called connorsfunshop, if you would like to check out his other paintings). I had to have one. He was so excited when I purchased this original painting titled "Marble Jar". I told him it is probably going to have to go in the nursery. He was so excited. Now it just needs a frame!!!


The student above, his mom, also sells pillows on Etsy. If you would like to check them out you can go to http://www.etsy.com/ and search under sellers for dedeetsyshop. Her pillows are absolutely beautiful. Well, I found this quirky one with the owl on it and thought it was adorable. I love the bright pop of orange. I want little whimsical pieces in the nursery and I thought this would be a great way to start! I can't wait to get it!!!!


So those are my current ideas and purchases for the nursery. Drew told me this morning that after our friends Bri and Kyle come to stay with us in January he is getting started on the painting and nursery after that.....he said for selfish reasons (can anyone guess? :) ). He doesn't want to wait until the last minute when it is nice out to be putting the room together. So, I guess we will be getting started sooner, rather than later on the baby's room! Fine by me!