Mayah Elizabeth

I’m so excited! Rhianna just had her baby, Mayah Elizabeth, yesterday morning. She was in labor all night long and Tyler and I came the next morning to see her. Within 10 minutes of being there Kyle came to announce “It’s a girl!”

All the grandparents went to see her as soon as Kyle announced it, Tyler and I had to wait a couple minutes to be checked in. We still got to see her within (or about) an hour after she was born.

We even held her before her first bath!

After that we went to eat breakfast and mom and I had to go buy some pink things for her. By my third visit she was wearing the hat that I bought for her. :)

She’s so cute and she talks all the time. I’m so happy for my sister. What a blessing!!

My Brown Bear Barney

When I was a little girl I would always get the same book from the library. I knew exactly what corner it was in and what shelf it was on. It was My Brown Bear Barney. I remember reading it many, many times, especially with my dad. Anyway, I told my mom I found it online somewhere so she ordered it for me and gave it to me today. :)

It’s a sweet story about a little girl and how she takes her bear with her everywhere she goes. I have lots of fun memories reading that book. You should ask my mom how I used to talk about “My Brown Bear Barney”. :) I’m excited to share this book with my kids someday.

Thanks, mom! I love it!

our living room and exciting news!

Our living room was a bit crowded because we had two large couches so Chase and I decided to get rid of our big green couch. Last week we gave it to GYC for their Grounded meetings in the modular. I couldn’t help Chase move the couch, so I took pictures! :)

We’re keeping our eyes out for another small couch, but I’m very happy with how our living room looks now! I still love this couch that we got at the Goodwill for $40. :)

We’ve been very blessed with a comfortable apartment and things to fill it. …and little brothers to hang out with us, he thought I was taking pictures of him. :)

Also, Ben and Brittany are engaged!! We’re very excited for them. Check out my mom’s blog for pictures of the happy couple and the ring!

the chair

I’ve been watching craigslist lately for couches and I came accross this one tonight..

http://seattle.craigslist.org/see/fuo/790487165.html

I think it’s pretty cool. :)

shopping, Mariners and books!

Sunday Chase and I decided to go spend the day in Seattle! We’ve been planning to all summer and thought Sunday would be a good day for it! It was a beatiful day, not too cold, not too hot and plenty of sunshine! We started the day by going to a bakery in Ballard that Paige and Stephen told us about. It was very delicious! (we shared the second one on my plate, just so you know.)

Then we goofed around that area for a little while. The farmers market was open so we walked through there and then found a couple of vintage shops to go in. We also found a shoe store that was lots of fun. That’s one thing that Chase and I enjoy, shoes! I think he could become a shoe designer someday, but we’ll see. ;)

After that we went to the Mariners game! It was Dave Neihaus Bobble Head Day… it was fun to watch them write on the field.

It was a fun game to go to, we actually won! :) The moose guy came to our section too, and it was the first time I had seen a successful wave throughout the whole stadium!

Also, the Blue Angels were practicing, so they were flying over us for atleast an hour. At first it was kind of scary to me, remember that plane crashing into the baseball field in Superman? Yeah.

After the game we went shopping at the new Southcenter mall and Platos Closet. Chase found better things and better deals than I did, but we still had a lot of fun. Plato’s Closet is probably our favorite store to go to these days…Then we went to Half Priced Books in Tacoma! We’ve started collecting older books. So we got two or three more to add to our small collection. It’s a cheap decoration for one of our many china cabinets/shelves!

We had a very fun time! :)