One man's trash is a bed for P-Cakes.

Hey, all!

I am super excited about this before and after.

As always, there is a story to go with it.

About a week ago, we were driving home from a church activity at night. We were almost to our house when I looked at a house in our neighborhood and they had this toddler bed out on their lawn next to their garbage can.

(Something that is great about our trash service is that you can put ANYTHING next to your garbage and the good trash men will take it. No need to deal with it yourself.)

I yelled for Jordin to stop the car and we get out and look at this nasty, dirty toddler bed. It looked like it was in great condition, minus the thick layer of cobwebs and dust.

So, being us, we haul it home on the top of Claire.

Here is the before pic:

Before

Then, after a coat of Primer and some white paint, this is the after:

After

Nice, huh!? Especially because it was free!

We have been needing to get her a bed for a while because she can climb out of her crib so easily. Plus with the baby coming we just needed to upgrade her sleeping conditions. Initially, we were going to get her a twin bed but now we can save some money and wait a couple of years until she grows out of this bed. Her crib mattress fit perfectly in this bed so now all we need is another crib mattress when the baby comes, but those are a lot cheaper than a big mattress!

She LOVES it! While I was painting is she would stand on it and say, "Bed! Bed! Bed!". Silly little girl.

Drum Roll, Please... It's a..........!

It's been a while since I've kept you up-to-date on our lives out here in Tejas. We have been enjoying the winter here with just a very rainy season, but no cold or snow. Jordin has been working like crazy at his job. He is the only superintendent that is currently working in Houston on rehab-ing (so not a word, but go with me) so he stays busy and drives A LOT. But sometimes that's nice for me because I get to talk to him on his long drives.

--His office is in Galveston and nearly all the other guys are currently working on houses there. So driving from home, to Galveston, to Houston, back to Galveston at the end of the day to finish paperwork, and then back home makes for a lot of drive time.--

But he is working hard and is doing a great job.

Not that I'm biased. Anyway...

I'd like to fill you in on other fun happenings but first there is some exciting news.

Story Time:

So for the last two days, and mostly at night, I have been having sharp pain in my lower left abdomen. It's been bad enough to wake me up at night. So finally, after not getting much sleep last night because of the pain, I went to our family Dr this morning and she checked me out, but because I'm pregnant, she sent me to my OB instead so they could do an ultra sound. Maybe I should have just done that myself anyway, but oh well.

So this afternoon I went to my OB and we did an ultrasound. My ovary looks just fine. I thought that maybe there could have been a cyst on it or something because when I pointed to where the pain was, the doctor said that was directly over my ovary. Well, so the good news is that my ovary is fine, the bad news is that I still don't have an answer to the pain... I've had my gallbladder out and my appendix is on the other side of the abdomen.

Okay, so now to the exciting part!

While they were doing the ultrasound, the Dr asked if I wanted to know the gender of the baby. My first instinct was no because Jordin was at work and we have an apt set up on the 12th of April to find out so I figured I could wait. The Dr even suggested that I text Jordin to see if he cared. I did, but he busy at work and there was no response. So we finish the ultrasound and at the last second I change my mind.

That doesn't sound like me at all does it?! So they keep looking and this is what they can see.

 They did say that because I am only 15 wks, that it still a bit early to be super sure that they are right. I asked the sonogram lady (I don't know her correct title) what she gave it as a percentage of it really being a boy and she said 80% which is still really high for so early. Yay!! We're definitely excited! I called Jordin on the way home and he said that it was fine with him that I found out and he was super stoked!!

Awww... So cute!

Okay, well I did say I was going to tell more about the other fun stuff that has been going on but I've got to get dinner going. It'll have to wait! :)

I heart Valentines Day!

Hey everyone! How was your Valentines Day? I hope it was great! We had a great one! It's hard when it falls on a weekday because Jordin works such long hours, but it was still fun.

Jordin said that all he wanted for V-Day was money to buy an axle for his Blazer, so I made him a candy axle! (With a little money to put towards his axle.)

Here are the pieces. I looked up a Dana 60 (the type of axle he wants) online to see what it looked like. There is a sucker in the middle and technically it should be larger, but it was the largest i could find. :)

Here it is all put together!  Pretty cool, huh?!

I added foil to make it metal. It's almost real-looking, right? Yeah, he loved it! :)

He came home with a gorgeous dozen long-stem roses and a BIG bag of dove dark chocolate candy. Mmm.

This color isn't altered at all. The flash got to it a bit, obviously, but mostly these are just the most beautiful roses ever!

I love V-Day!

My present is also getting my hair cut and colored! Yay! I told Jordin that because I can't buy new jeans because of my ever-expanding waist line, I will still feel nice looking by getting my hair done! Happy Valentines Day to me!!

.. And to all of you! ;)

In honor of Valentines Day, Let's celebrate what marriage really should be.

I found this video on a friend's blog and I thought it was great. It talks about what marriage really should be focused upon.  Now, for me at least, some of the doctrinal things talked about are a bit different than what I believe, but that doesn't take away from what the underlying message is. And it is delivered so beautifully. So watch!
Oh, and Happy Valentine's Day!

August 29th, 2012

Hello Everyone!

We have some exciting news! The Boyd Family is expecting baby number two! He/She won't be making an appearance until Aug. 29, 2012 (approximately), but we sure are excited! We went to the Dr. today for the first apt and we got to see our new little one for the first time!

 In this pic, baby Boyd is upside down but either way you look at it, it's pretty hard to see if it looks like a baby. But I promise it is. Our Doc, Dr. Abair, seems great and she said that the baby has a strong heart beat, which we were able to see on the screen. No sound yet though. :(

The baby is measuring at 8 weeks so that is a technical due date of Sept. 4th, but they also told me Aug. 29th... Oh well, anywhere around there. :)

We are so excited. We thought we would have a harder time getting pregnant because I had problems with some of the birth control I was on. A doctor told us in October to go back on the pill for 3-6 months to try and fix my problems. Jordin and I talked about it and we decided to wait until the new year and if we weren't pregnant by then, THEN I would go on the pill.

Well, guess what?

We found out on Dec. 31st that we were expecting! What a New Year's Eve Present!!

The only horrible downside, which I think I repressed since I was pregnant with P-cakes, is the CONSTANT nausea! Blah. I am sick all day, every day. Jordin has been amazing though helping me when he gets home from work and babying me. :) Hopefully it doesn't last much past the first trimester like it did with P.

We really feel so blessed, and recognize this opportunity as a blessing in our lives. We can't wait until we get to meet him/her!  (My guess is a boy, but we'll see!)

Christmas Pics... Better late than never!

Yesterday I finally found the cord that plugs the camera into the computer so I can finally put some pictures up on the blog!  We had a wonderful Christmas. It was just us for the first time and we had a great time. Some of the fun gifts that we got: dolls, books, some camping gear, and I got a fun Kindle!

Here's Pailey with a stroller she got from her Great-Grandma Connor!

I am so proud of this tree! I love it. Although I am still vacuuming up pine needles...

We went on walks but it was a bit cold so we bundled her up tight!

Love this pic of her swingin'.

THEN, the day after Christmas Jody, Daren, and Dusty drove to see us! They actually drove all Christmas night to get there about 3:30 the next afternoon! They love us. :)

We went to the Houston Zoo and if you can take your eyes off the the wonderful toddler, you can see these crazy cows that they have in Africa. Look how long their horns are!!!

You should hear my monkey call to go with it! Ooo-Ooo-Ooo!

She loved the Antelope!

This is what we had to do so she could see some of the exhibits. 

We went to the Challenger 7 Memorial Park. I love this shot of P cakes and her Uncle Dusty.

They climb trees together.

So we took the frisbee to play with Dash and the wind whipped it into this MASSIVE thorny bush. Here the boys are trying to fish it out.

She's a natural model. Gorgeous!

Say Cheese!

I LOVE LOVE LOVE this photo! Nana and Papa walking with P cakes!

 

For New Years, we played games and had lots of food. Including this Eggnog Trifle!

Bon Apetite!

These next pics are ones I took yesterday. She was having fun sitting in the window, so I had to get pictures.

I love silhouettes.

Buds.

There really is no baby more cute than her!

Now it's back to the same-ol' life. I can't believe the holidays are over already. Pailey also went to the ER this year! Can you believe it!? The poor girl had a temp of 105 and so we had to take her. It ended up being a viral infection and she's fine now but it sure took a lot out of all of us! Hope the rest of the year goes well. :)

Merry Christmas and an update with pictures!

Merry Christmas, Everyone!!

It has been a very long time since I've kept you up-to-date on our life here in Texas. Things that have been going on:

Thanksgiving- My parents, my sister Megan, and her husband Seth came to visit for a week. We had a blast. We did A LOT of shopping, ate A LOT of food, and generally just had a good ol' time. One of the reasons that I was taking so long to update about Thanksgiving was because I wanted to Photoshop pictures, but since I still haven't done that, you're getting them in all their un-photoshopped glory.  Get ready, there's a lot and they are definately not in any specific order. 

This is Pailey playing with Megan's sunglasses. She likes glasses.

She is so her dad's girl. She loves pancakes!!

If you've ever met, played games, or watched a movie with me past 8:30, this is how I look. I'm not so much a night person.

Uncle Seth and P-Cakes

This is the ferry that took us to Bolivar Island and the beach!

Meg and Seth on the ferry.

P cakes on the beach. She's not a fan of sand on her hands and feet.

Nana, Me and P-Cakes playing on the beach.

Nana and P cakes!

This cute couple just celebrated their first anniversary. Can you tell? Lovebirds. :)

I love this picture of my dad. He looks so happy. :)

On Bolivar Island.

Bolivar Peninsula (I keep calling it an Island but it is really a peninsula...)

This is on the way back to Galveston on the ferry. She was 'driving'. Look ma, no hands!

This is at the Kemah Aquarium restaurant. YUMMY food!!!

Pailey is a wee bit tired....

She loved all of the fish!

I swear Pailey does smile, just not when she is missing nap time.

Nemo is found!

I like this picture too. Good family pic.

I told you she loves glasses. And she's got style.

Cute!

This is the group playing Wii Mario Party. Good times! Seth beat everyone....

Dash is back! Ruff!

This is me in my happy place. I love decorating for Thanksgiving! Here I was pouring Mormon Cocktails. aka Sprite and fruit juice.

This is a big ol' candy shop in Galveston. They have Kahlua truffles.... Mmmm...

This is back at Bolivar. Having our picnic in the crazy wind.

She loves her aunt and uncle!

The Kemah boardwalk. I love this place.

Lunch at the Aquarium. She's a big girl!

This is Nana and Papa babysitting P while Jordin and I take Megan and Seth back to the airport.

Nothings better than pictures from the bath time.

I love this picture! Jordin thinks she looks ridiculous, but I love it.

This is Thanksgiving Day and I thought it was a good pic of Meg. She's pretty.

So that was a fun trip to have everyone here. It was almost a year since I saw Meg so it was a really great time.

So then it was Christmas time.... Here is a very cool lighted park in a town south of us. There were millions of lights! It was pretty cool. 

Oh, I forgot about this fun craft that I did with P-cakes. I made some fun paint with sweetened condensed milk and food coloring.  It is super sticky and made a mess but Pailey had a blast.

Here is the painting she made.

It ended up getting so messy that I put her in the tub and let her run wild. She looks so coy!

It cleaned up really easily and it was actually really fun to make a big ol' mess!

Well, that is really all that has been going on. Now we have Christmas coming and we are very excited! Our tree is beautiful. We bought a real one because it was way cheaper and then we made garland out of creme burlap. Which I love! Then we used red and silver ornaments. The best part is the tree topper. We bought some white starfish, glued them together and then wrapped them in thin gold ribbon. Am I explaining too much? Well, that's because I am super proud of it. :)I wanted to take a pic of it but I can't find the cord to plug into the computer.  So hopefully later.