Emrie Jane Andersen

Well here she is, the newest light weight contender, ready to battle it out for head of the Andersen household. Weighing in at 7lbs 14 oz with 21 inches of cold hard punch, there is no question if she can win this fight. It will take a miracle for mommy to retain the title now. She is tough, fit, and is at the top of her game. Also don't be fooled by the nice princess look! She has already used it to win Grandma Kay's and Andersen's top grandchild in June match. So beware Rhett, Graham, and future Reynold's contender! With the title match of Grandma Kay's best grandchild of the year on the line, things are bound to get a little ugly...

Well it's true, Emrie sure has come into this world with a lot going for her and her mommy and daddy sure love her. Emrie was born on Saturday, June 20th and 3:04pm. With only having to push for 30 minutes things moved along faster then we expected. She is cute, cuddly, and is the best thing that has ever happened to us. She is definitely a blessing to have around and has sure flipped our world in the right direction. So as we have enjoyed her, we hope that you all will too!

Jury Duty

So, I had the "opportunity" I guess to attend Jury Duty, and it was actually kind of an interesting process...I don't know if anyone else has ever actually been called to show up, but I got lucky and got to go right here in Gilbert instead of traveling to Phoenix. We went in as a group and had to sit on the benches in front of the prosecution and defense and get asked questions by the judge ( which they actually refer to you as, in my case, "Juror #5" ha ha)...then they actually called a few of us in to ask one on one questions and I was one they had come in. I was actually all nervous even though i wasn't on trial or anything. But they had you sit in the chair up by the judge with the microphone and the prosecution and defense took turns asking you questions they wanted clarification on...anyways it was a DUI case and in the end I didn't get picked to stay, which was fine with me. But after going it would've been kind of interesting to get picked and go through the whole process. I felt like I was on that show Run Away Jury...I know silly. :D Out of the blue post, but that's been my interesting experience lately.

Belly Shot

I keep meaning to put up a picture, but once I take one I don't get around to posting it until it's old, so I wait to take a new one and the cycle starts over. So i figured even though this picture is 4 weeks old it's better than nothing :D This is at 30 weeks the day of my baby shower..

It's wierd to think that I'm only 6 weeks away now. I had my Dr. appointment yesterday and he said she's turned head down now, which made me pretty happy...don't know why but I kept worrying she wasn't going to turn on her own. Everything is going good and I'm so excited (and nervous) :D I'll try and get an updated picture up as the day gets closer.

Daisies for the baby!

Finally done!! I finished a very time consuming project. I started working on this blanket last summer for a family reunion auction and didn't finish it in time, so I put it aside. Well, once I found out I was having a sweet little baby girl I pulled it back out and started working on it again. Needless to say, I was a little happy I didn't finish it in time to give away, which sounds a little selfish I guess, but oh well :D This is the first blanket I've done that I've actually kept, so I guess it's okay to be selfish. They are a bunch of squares of daisies. I'm hoping to decorate the nursery in black and white checkers with bees maybe and have red and white and yellow gerber daisies. I'm still trying to talk Chad into the idea though, so we'll see what happens. But whether or not it matches her room I can't wait to take her picture on it with a little daisy headband on her! I'm very excited and am now trying to find other fun projects to occupy my little time after work.

High Flyin'

Well this last weekend my aunt and her family came down to visit from Utah. So to entertain them, we went to an air show out by Williams Air Force Base and got to see the Army F-16's in action. It was AMAZING! I personally have never been to an air show before and this was really fun. The cousins loved it and we all had a great time watching the action. So to help you all understand the feeling that I had, I provided a little taste of the show. I apologize about the wobbly camera motion, I still am in training but overall you get the idea.

Puzzle Trouble

Yeah, we have accomplished a time consuming project! We started on this puzzle a long time ago and put it away because it was so tedious. Then a few weeks ago we decided to pull it out again for a date night and have had it out since, slowly working on it a little at a time. We finally finished it Thursday night and it was SOOO exciting! It looks pretty cool too. It's one of those photomosiac puzzles where it's tons of little pictures that make up the big picture. So here's a view of the finished product along with close ups so you can see all the little pictures inside. We wanted to get a bunch of these disney ones to hang up in a playroom someday, but after the time it took to do this one, I don't know, it could be a long project :D But I must say the success feels sweet :D

Ribbon Store Here I Come!!

Well, it's been a week since we found out the big news. Sorry I've been bad about getting to post anything. Chad and I had a bet going on what we were having, and I won! :D We are indeed having a little baby GIRL! And, we're pretty excited, well, I think Chad's getting a little nervous about my ribbon store talk. I can't wait to go make some nice purchases to make some cute headbands and bows, he's gonna have to give me a budget :D Doctor said she looks very healthy, and what was interesting about the ultrasound was he looked at her stomach and you could actually see the amniotic fluid that she had swallowed in her stomach. It was kinda interesting. She seems to be pretty strong though, she's kicking and moving quite often and chad started being able to feel her moving about a week and a half ago now. It's been a fun experience so far.