Holy Baby Gifts!!!

We are still without a nursery for Baby No Name Perkins, but we have this wonderful bassinet to hold all of the gifts we have been getting. Both of my 4K classes gave me a surprise baby shower. I am one lucky mommy. My family has been working hard getting ready to throw me one more shower this weekend. It is a family tradition to make "baby booties" out of nut cups, marshmallows, and frosting. Last Saturday a few of my relatives got together and we made over 70 booties. It was hard work, but we felt accomplished afterwards. I received a phone call a few days later stating that my aunt's dog decided to eat 19 of the booties. I laughed, but she was a little upset. Good thing I'm a dog lover...I guess.

8 weeks to go....I'm so not READY!!!

There has been a little bit of panic at the Perkins home. We have been so busy remodeling our basement and are exhausted from it. However, we realized....we have not even started moving the kids around and creating a baby room. The only thing we have for baby "no name" Perkins is some clothes that have been given to us as gifts. His room currently looks like a young 10 year old girls bedroom. Here is some evidence to prove why we are starting to panic. It appears that Paige is in NO hurry to move out of her lime green with pink polka dot bedroom. Baby Perkins could possibly end up in my bed.......which would be just fine with me ;)

Preparing for Baby Boy Perkins

We have been busy remodeling our whole basement, laundry room, and spare bathroom. It's enough to make me crazy...not to mention that we have to move the kids around into other bedrooms. Paige insists that she wants her room orange, which I'm still not sold on. Alex doesn't really care what his room looks like, he just doesn't want to get woken up by a crying baby. I told him to buy ear plugs. Judging from the way he sleeps, he won't hear a thing. Jason has been a trooper in handling the remodeling because I have pleaded the pregnancy rule "NO PAINTING WHILE PREGNANT...THE FUMES ARE BAD FOR THE BABY." While I'm not totally convinced this is true, I'm going with it. Here is just a taste of how everyone is preparing around here for our summer arrival. It's amazing what one little person can do to a household.

Here Comes the Fat Easter Bunny...Oh Wait, it's Liz

The weather has been amazing this week and I have decided there are no more excuses for not exercising. This is something that I have put off until this point because it's just been too cold to walk outside. While looking at these pictures, I am a little disappointed in myself for not walking a little sooner. Yikes!! I think I look like an Easter Bunny!! I have been sharing this exciting time with a co-worked who is due two weeks before me. Oddly, she looks like she could be due two weeks after me. I better slow down!!!

Baby Shower Time

My best friend is having a baby in the next month. She had her baby shower this weekend and it was fun taking pictures with her. She looks great!!! Her little "Wil" will be arriving soon. Now, we just need to come up with a name for his future best friend. Any ideas?

It's a boy.....oh boy!

We broke down and opened the blue paper on Valentine's Day. Jason and I decided it would be an awesome Valentine's gift to each other...plus Paige was going crazy not knowing what was inside that paper. I was pretty sure it was a boy and when Paige opened the paper...it said "Blue". Paige had a look of disappointment on her face, but she has come around this week. Hopefully she will be excited by the time the baby arrives.

Introducing Baby ??? Perkins