oh... and last night...

Ray and I made these Blueberry muffins (without the yogurt blueberry sauce). AMAZING!

i have emerged... sort of...

So, yeah... it has been a LONG time since I last posted... LONG TIME!!! I have about 4-5 posts that I have started that need pictures and was having trouble, oh a month or so ago when I was trying to download them from the camera (so there might be a few that show up soon before this one since they post in the order I created them (if I remember correctly). Ray is supposed to help me, I keep saying "i need to do that"... but alas, hasn't happened. So here is a post sans pics.

I have been up to...
1. Naming our baby girl Claribel Elaine. We love the name and are SO excited. After all the inward debate as far as telling the name, we decided to tell and honestly have only had positive feedback... so if you don't like it... go ahead and keep it to yourself :) haha... Elaine is my mother's name, btw...
2. Sewing up a storm- Crib skirt, crib bumber, burp cloths, a little "taggie" type lap blanket, embroidering a few clothing items and a few blankets... next up is my baby book cover, that I want to have done for the shower next week- I am using the bedding fabric so people can see what I have chosen.
3. Registering
4. Aqua moms water aerobics class which I still totall love- Can't wait until our neighborhood public pool opens up and is warm enough to go there as well.
5. Figuring out childcare- We have found a wonderful lady that is going to come to our house!
6. Taking CPR (including infant) and first aid class with St. Jo's
7. We are signed up for childbirth class this Saturday, gonna be a long day...
8. Ordering goodies for Claribel's room- Rug, Best chair (rocking chair- amazing), crib
9. Ray has been busy building her a changing table/ bookshelf- It turned out so nice and I can't wait until it is painted. Dad is going to paint it as well as a table in our Living room that has needed some dark wine-red paint and possibly another piece for Claribel's room from Monie's dad's house.
10. Washing, ironing, sorting, hanging, folding beautiful baby clothes. There is SO much for little girls and for all of you local folks- Once upon a child is amazing!
11. Learning about cloth diapering, spending some time in the little boutique in town that sells cloth diapers. My sister Allison was in town and went with Ray and I when we went to register there and it was pretty funny- I guess I hadn't mentioned to her that we were going to cloth diaper...
12. Working full time
13. Trying to do all of this and still get in bed around 9 pm. I seriously crash out about that time.