My New Ride

Sister Caroline is a married woman

This weekend we took part in Caroline's wedding. I was the matron of honor and our big baby was there every step of the way. We celebrated all weekend long beginning with Friday afternoon's luncheon at the Carolina Club. That evening was the rehearsal dinner at The Ferrington House. Uncle Mark made his famous video of favorite child photographs leading up to the time of Caroline and Greg's engagement. It was an awesome slide show. We had delicious southern style gourmet dining and I got to give a little toast to the adorable couple. We slept at The Franklin Hotel on Franklin Street, a stone's throw from the little house we lived in when we were at UNC. Saturday, Jason and I got a bite to eat at our favorite Ice cream shop, Lickity Split, and then got ready for the big event. Caroline and all the bride's maids met in the lobby and took a limo bus to the Duke Chapel. The chapel is soooooo beautiful. The detail in the glass and woodwork is something you have to see to believe. We helped Caroline get ready in her dress and took some photos around the chapel. Caroline was radiantly breathtaking. She was an exceptionally lovely bride. I will have to attach some photos when I get some. I had an awesome view of the ceremony at her side. Baby and I did pretty well at the ceremony, though we had to select some less than attractive shoes and my ankles were swollen by the end anyways, but otherwise a success. We posed for more pictures and then we were off to the reception at La Residence. It was a little warm but the gathering of friends and family didn't seem to mind. There was plenty of drinking and dancing for most guests at the event. Jason, Baby, and I had to retire a little early due to fatigue but a good time was had by all. It will be a day and night we will all remember. Many congratulations to Caroline and Greg and we are so glad that we could share in your joyous occasion. We wish the future Aunt Caroline and Uncle Greg safe travels and a lifetime of happiness together. -----Here is a picture of Caroline and Greg to show until I get one from the wedding.

How I'm feelin update

Today was the last day of my jury duty service. Yes!!!! It was exciting to start with but now just drags on all day. At least I won't have to fill that civic duty for another 2 years. So I've been feeling pretty good for the most part. The acid reflux which subsided some for the 2nd trimester has returned. Baby is really active now. There is less space for him/her to move and sometimes those elbows and knees can be pretty sharp. When they get too far on the side they even tickle. I get woken up in the night sometimes with all the action. It amazes me that baby can do exercizes in there but can't even hold up its head at baby's big debut. The current time in pregnancy is 35 weeks. A little less than a month and a half to go and I'm starting to be ready. It is getting really hard to sleep with my heavy watermelon sized baby belly. I sleep with about 3 pillows and breathing is a definite problem. My personal least favorite symptom is the swelling of my ankles and wrists. My shoes don't fit and if I don't elevate my feet, they quikly get elephantitis. My wrists and hands are swollen too. It is tough to do my job at this point as I have pregnancy carpal tunnel in my favorite hand. I only have 8 days of my residency remaining. I will miss it, especially the people, but am looking forward to sleeping in and relaxing. It is tough to get out of bed in time for work at 7am.
Jason and I have begun making our plans for the big day. Although a little behind, we have watched several videos on pregnancy from the library, I've been reading my baby books, and we've signed up for the classes at the hospital. Our suitcase is almost ready to go...... we are missing the snack component which is of high importance any time we travel for Jason :-).

Grandma and Grandpa Logue got baby an awesome chariot this past week. Baby got a RX350 Lexus SUV. I think this baby (and by association-Jason and I) are going to be so spoiled. It is the perfect baby mobile. We've got a CD player and tape deck for silly little kid tapes, and even a DVD player for entertainment on road trips. It has so many fancy gizmos like navigation, hands free bluetooth phone dialing, and the ever important seat warmers and lots of cup holders. It drives so nicely too. It is a big change from the truck like experience I was use to. It was decided that the Jimmy, after 13 years of excellent performance, was not safe enough to take the baby around in. I reluctantly agree, although I still love my Jimmy. I will always remember my first car lovingly and all the fun I had carrying my crazy drunken friends safely home. All the futons I've rescued and the odd things I've picked up out of the trash for resale. I think we are going to keep it as our work horse as it still has a lot of life left in it. It has all new exterior- as I've run into things on all sides, a recently remanufactured enjine due to a huge Jiffy lube problem, and a little water leakage issue).

This weekend, little sister Caroline is going to get married. We are so excited for her and think that her husband to be is a heck of a nice guy. We are going to be celebrating all weekend. Baby and I are going to be the matron of honor in the wedding and it is really cool that we both get to be there for the big event.

Our Baby Room

Get off my back:-) I've been busy and pregnant. It takes me a while to sit down at the computer and blog. Those of you who really know me, know I can barely manage my email when I was in my normal state........ Anyways, let me fill you in on the progress of our room decor:

In conjunction with my usual dumpster diving savy ways....this cute little child's captains chair was rescued from the roadside at a neighbor's house. I lightly sanded and stained it to match the other furniture and it turned out adorable. This bunny rabbit is saving the seat for our little one.

This bookshelf is actually a plate rack that has been in the Miller family for a very long time. Sorry Caroline, it is ours now. She always stops by and reminds me that all our stuff use to be hers. :-) Apparently she had this shelf in her room at some point before it was in Nune's garage and she gave it to us.

Jason and I got a lot of laughs out of going through my bins from under the house of all the toys I had when I was little. Dad packed everything I had away, majority of it I tried to hang onto, and Jason had to remind me that we are going to want to buy some new toys and we just don't need all this stuff at once. I wonder if our baby will be able to appreciate Teddy Rukspin.

We found some really good books. Check out all our books-goldenbooks, Dr. Seus books, Bernstien bears, and many more individual classics that I read a thousand times. I can't wait to share these with my baby. (I tried to read them to Jason but he's just not as interested)

We ordered a few key pieces of furniture for the room that we thought we would get some long term use out of. The cherry crib converts to a full size bed as baby grows, the changing table becomes a low dresser, and the glider is heaven on Earth. We have waited so long for this furniture and are still waiting on the changing table. I hope it gets here before the baby, but the furniture issue has slowed my nesting significantly. We do love it though.

Our rug we practically stole on craigslist. It was only a few months old, stain free, the right size, and neutral color we wanted. I looked for weeks for a deal on a carpet/rug but never found anything close to this bargain. I love love love a good bargain. Now we just have to worry about our cats messing it up.

I painted two little accent animals around the room. This little blue jay sings above the light switch and the cute turtle is going to be headed toward the door from behind the changing table. I have had so much fun customizing the room with my own artistic flare. I have hand done multiple pieces throughout the room. I painted the 2 animals directly on the wall, painted 2 framed pieces (the butterfly and giraffe) and wrapped the mats in fabric, I painted the lion canvas, and sewed the bumper to match our spread.

I'm planning to finish the cover on the nightstand but haven't gotten around to that yet. This is just the draped raw fabric, but you get the idea. I'm so glad Mom and Dad found this adorable pattern for the room. We love the precious animals and all the adorable accessories. Notice the matching lamp-It's a giraffe on the base.

This painting on canvas has the lion from our theme and also has one of my favorite comforting baby verses, "For I know the plans I have for you, plans to prosper you, to give you hope and a future." Jeremiah 29:11

These two paintings below are framed and matted in the room with the same cherry wood color.

We love all these little faces looking back. Most of them are webkinz from our favorite family collector.

This shelf has ducks on it and says,"Keep your ducks in a row" The perfect place to display our favorite outfits.

We tried to keep it gender neutral. I'm so proud of my bumper. Yeah I added the ruffle and ties too.

OH, ONE MORE BIG THING>>> Jason and I decided on names...... If it is a girl, we are going to name her Brooke Ashley Logue and if it is a boy, we are going to name him Joshua Miller Logue.

We can hardly stand to wait to find out the gender but have made it too far to give in to our curiosity now. I will be so happy to find out though!!!!!!