Tummy Time

Although it's good for Isabel to strengthen those neck muscles, she really doesn't like tummy time. Oh well, it's fun watching her squirm around.

Isabel on Youtube

Isabel now has her own dedicated channel on youtube. I'll be uploading video's periodically for your viewing pleasure. I've already uploaded several video's. Check them out.


http://www.youtube.com/user/spaklefish

Isabel Hic-ups

Mom this one is for you. Thanks for the camera.

Isabel Macro Shots

Well Isabel is home and still trying to learn that night is for sleeping and daytime is for hanging. We took her out on the deck today to get some fresh air and try to keep her awake so maybe she'll sleep better. Keep your fingers crossed. We're tired. Anyway, I took these cool macro shots of Isabel today while we were sitting on the deck. Check them out!

Isabel Bryn Lowe

Christine did an amazing job delivering. The entire delivery process took 2 hours. We arrived at the hospital at 12:00 pm and she was born at 2:12 pm. Pretty impressive. Christine also delivered Isabel naturally even though she has planned on an epidural. Isabel just came to quick for her to get the full benefits of an epidural and it would have possibly slowed the birth down.

Isabel Bryn Lowe

Here she is!!! Baby Boo finally has a name. Weighing in at a hefty 8.1 lbs and 21 inches long is Isabel Bryn Lowe.

Boo Watch 2011

Sorry I haven't posted in a while, but we've been preparing for baby boo's arrival. We've been crazy busy with the finishing touches on the nursery (pics to come) and taking our baby classes. I hope we are prepared because Christine has been have major contractions and cramping the last few days. There is 9 min. between each contraction. I believe they have to be 5 min. apart for it to be show time. The doc said she was 2 centimeter's dilated and 70%-80% effaced. I'm guessing all this means that baby boo is coming in the next couple of days. So everyone keep us in your thoughts. We'll keep you all posted on progress.

Buttons

Christine had a great idea to make awesome, colorful drapes without spending the top dollar that you would expect to pay at the Pottery Barns of the world. We simply bought some white panel drapes at Ikea that cost $40 for all four drapes and sewed colorful buttons onto them for a splash of color. This was a great way to save some money and also get the impact we wanted to achieve. It was time consuming but worth if for our girl.

 

Christine measuring lengths

  She's very precise.

 

 

I even got in to the action.

Christine ironing and hemming.

Button selection is tedious.

The drapes look great! Especially with the awesome "Baby Boo" banner Jana made for us. Thanks Jana! I know Baby Boo will love it.

Things are starting to come together. The crib that Baby Boo's grandma got her is finally put together and looking great. We're getting close now. And good thing, only 5 weeks till the big event!

Christine

I've had a lot of requests for more pics of Christine. Here's a couple to keep you busy.

 Doesn't she look great in front of mountains? I think so.

Christine strutting her stuff while working on Baby Boo's drapes. More to come on that.

Sweet Leaf

Christine came up with one of the coolest idea's for Baby Boo's nursery. We are both big fans of Sweet Leaf Tea's. It's a great product and I'm pretty sure we buy it by the case load. Anyway, under each Sweet Leaf cap is a grannyism. They are clever and fun saying's that pertain to everyday life, like "Go with the Flow." We've been collecting these caps for sometime now to get the right grannyism's that would be appropriate to baby boo's life development. We took the caps and framed them in a shadowbox for her nursery. It looks fantastic and also provides fun and helpful hints to assist her in life choices and to just enjoy life in general.

Nursery update

Sorry it's been so long since the last time I posted anything. We've been soooo busy, but not to busy to do some work on the nursery. We actually had a really productive weekend. We finally refinishing the dresser. We went with a paint color called "Razzle Dazzle." It's every bit as crazy as it sounds. It's basically a hot pink with a touch of raspberry. We also used razzle dazzle to paint some floating shelves that we installed on the wall. Her new cool animal posters found their new home on the wall instead of sadly leaning against the dresser. Christine also started figuring out the drapes to. I don't have any pics of that yet, but everything else I mentioned is in the photo's below. I hope you enjoy them as much as much as us.

 

Constrution of the dresser. I couldn't help using my new wide-angle lens for this shot.

 

The shelves were white, but we went with Razzle Dazzle to add some punch.

 

Another shot of the dresser under construction.

 

Voila!! It's finished.

 

One wall is almost complete.

 

Another angle.

More baby gifts

Baby boo's nursery is really starting to come together. She received the prettiest rug from John and Juanita this weekend. It's from pottery barn kids and in the words of "The Big Lebowski", it really does tie the room together. Thanks so much for the rug. It's beautiful!

We got the light colored one that's on top. It's awesome! I'll post photo's of it in the nursery asap.

Baby gifts

Well it was a big weekend for baby boo. She received some great gifts from family. Pops and Kathy got her a new car seat, stroller and baby swing. They all had very high consumer ratings and reviews. So rest assure, she'll be safe and riding in style. Thanks so much for these great gifts. Baby boo thanks you too.

Kicks

It's been a terribly long week. I'm glad it's coming to an end. I feel like I haven't seen Christine or my baby for a while. I did get to hang with them a little last night. Christine said she felt baby boo kicking so put my hand on her belly and felt nothing. I asked baby boo to give me a good kick, and she did! Looks like she is already a daddy's girl.

Painting the nursery

Well it was a big weekend for the nursery. First we had to take everything out of the guest bedroom in preparation for painting. Second we had to repair some old paint that was chipping off the ceiling. We don't want our daughter eating paint chips. We scraped the old loose paint off and sanded down the edges. Next we had to put a good layer of Zero VOC primer on the walls and ceiling. By the time that was done we were pretty much exhausted already. We let that dry and then started the paint. We painted the ceiling a slightly gray/white color called, "distant gray" and the walls we went with a neutral color called, "toasted almond". The nursery is really starting to come to life. Below are some pics of the progress from this weekend.

We tried a bunch of colors before settling on "toasted almond". Elvis even got into the action.

Christine had to clean up some of her stuff before the painting could begin.

The paint pealing off the ceiling was not a fun task and set us back on time.

Goodbye old color! Primer is never fun. It's so much work and it makes the room look worse.

  

Finally the new color on the walls.

The new furniture and posters are going to look great with the new paint color. It was a lot of hard work but well worth it.

Doc's visit

we had our 24 week doctor's visit yesterday for Christine's glucos test. while we were there we were able to sneak into the sonogram room to try to get a shot of baby's face. she was shy last time we tried and wouldn't show it. well, she must be growing out of her shyness. she not only showed her face but also stuck her tongue out at us. it was hilarious. I think baby boo's personality is starting to show, and i'm pretty sure she is going to be just as sassy as her mother. i'm in for a wild ride.