Bathroom Remodel

I never liked our guest bathroom, particularly the glass shower doors. I don't know how you could ever bathe a kid in that tub since half of it is always blocked off by doors, so we decided to take advantage of the fact that we have more time & money now than we'll have in another 10 weeks or so.

We hired Chris, the brother of our friend, Craig, to do the remodel and he did a great job. It's 99% done; the soap dish and corner shelf just need a little more time to get stuck to the tile (and then he has to come back to caulk).

It is intended to be a "kid" bathroom but it still needs a few more fun accessories. But then, since it's only been about 2 hours since Chris left, I guess there will be plenty of time for that!

Hello Third Trimester

Today is the start of my 27th week of pregnancy which makes this the beginning of the third trimester. (If you want to get technical, I was really two-thirds of the way through a few days ago, but who's counting...)
As organized as I can be and as much fun as I have with things like scrapbooking, you'd think I'd be keeping close tabs on the belly. Not so much. But I thought today we should take a picture, so here it is. Don't expect to see this side of me often.
We met baby Eli and baby Lucy today. They are very cute and very little. They are both just around 5 pounds, so maybe if you add them together you might get what our baby will look like in three months.

Congratulations to Melody and Dennis and their families!

Happy New Year!

2010 is here and in 99 days (give or take) Baby Brueckmann will be here too. What an exciting year it will be!
We rang in the new year by enjoying a crab boil with friends. You know you're getting older when you share your New Year's Eve with a 5 year old, a 3 year old, a 2 year old, and a 1 year old. Oh yeah, and you're pregnant and trying to stay awake at 10:45 pm. It was a fun night nonetheless!



I've included some pictures from our crab feast. We ate 8 pounds of king crab legs, about 3 pounds of shrimp, plus potatoes, corn, and bread. It was yummy!

And last but not a least, a huge congratulations to my good friends Melody & Dennis whose twin babies were born yesterday. Apparently they didn't want to wait until 2010 to join the world, which of course, as everyone points out, is a great tax benefit. I'm looking forward to meeting Elijah (Eli) and Lucy soon and watching them play with our baby someday too. CONGRATULATIONS!!