Thanksgiving

This thanksgiving we had so much to be thankful for, but a few main things:
-Both having full-time jobs
-Gabe getting to come home for an entire week!
-Adding a beautiful niece to our family
-Vacations and both sides of our family visiting us
-And of course finding out we are having a little one of our own and an easy pregnancy thus far!
Of course we could make this list go on but again these are just some highlights.

We spent an entire week together, and let me tell you it was wonderful to go to work and come home and have Gabe there waiting. Thanks to Gabe we were able to feast on an awesome Turkey dinner with all the works. His parents drove down from Reno Thanksgiving day to spend the weekend with us! Also, with plans to work on Baby L's room!

Yes, it was as good as it looks!

We decided to use a green color for Baby L's room and do crown moulding at the top.

A little paint preview

Gabe and his dad worked so hard for two days to make this perfect, and perfect it is. We are so lucky to have great friends who own a painting company and offered to paint the room for us! We are so grateful, as neither of us could paint without making a huge disaster of the entire room. We will post the finished project once it is done, hopefully, a couple weeks!

The men hard at work

We went to our good friends Luc and Linda's to watch the UNR game friday night. I'm not much into football especially when I'm tired, but I will have to say it was an awesome game! Great job Wolf Pack!

Saturday, I was able to go register for the baby with some help of my wonderful friend Sharon and mother in law. We had an awesome time scanning away at Babies R' US and Target. We then came home to a nursery with finished crown moulding, that looks awesome! All the hard work and frustration Gabe and his dad put in, finally worked out perfectly. We went for lunch and then had a relaxing dinner at home, since everyone was exhausted from such a busy weekend.

See what I mean, came home to some awesome crown moulding!

Sunday, Gabe and his parents were on the road at 6 am heading back to Cali. Unfortunately, the 8 hour drive turned into a long 10 hours! So sorry you guys had to endure the holiday traffic, but so glad we got to have an amazing weekend together!

Halloween

The great thing about working with the mobile dental clinic and school district, is you get a lot of long weekends! Also, a little thank you to Nevada for becoming a state and giving us the Friday before Halloween off! So, since I had a 4 day weekend right before Halloween, Gabe and I decided I would go visit him in Pleasanton instead of him coming to Vegas.

Friday, Gabe picked me up from the airport and we grabbed some lunch, then headed home to relax. Cousin Jena and her boyfriend Aaron joined us that evening for a trip to the pumpkin patch and a gourmet dinner made by Gabe, of course! We had a great evening enjoying many laughs, playing the jute box and a few beers for everyone except me.

He looks good wheeling around Our pumpkin

The Master Carver

Our Mickey Pumpkin (don't judge us, we tried)

Delicious Roasted Pumpkin Seeds

Saturday, we went to Babies R' Us in search of crib bedding and nursery furniture. We had much success picking out the furniture we liked. However, the bedding was a whole different story. They don't have much of a selection for "gender neutral" bedding. We, also knew we wanted to stick with brown and green colors, wanted a modern look and nothing that screams baby nursery such as little teddy bears or ducks.
We ended our Saturday watching Gabe's SF giants lose the game and going to an awesome Halloween party at Cousin Darrin's! Also, we were graciously given a crib mattress by cousin Nicole, yay one less thing to worry about!

Sunday, was spent relaxing together and then watching the Giants game. Well actually my strange husband listened to it on the radio (he likes it better...don't ask me) while I anxiously watched on the couch. We waited all night for some trick- or -treaters however, only had a family of 4 little kids!

Monday, Gabe went into work and I went to the mall. Then, we went to San Francisco and had a long walk and ate at a restaurant right on the water. We grabbed some stuff for dinner and headed home to get ready for the Giants game! Yes..... the GIANTS WON!!! I don't think Gabe could have been any more excited and it was the perfect end to my mini vacay in Cali.

Pinch Your Pennies..but Don't be the Grinch

Hey Everyone, it's that time of year again....you know to get your holiday cards sent out. For those of you who have never had the joy of using Shutterfly.com you should all check out their site. I have used them several times for picture books, prints, and cards and been thoroughly pleased with the results. If you sign up for an account with them, which is free, they will email you specials all the time, with % off or free shipping codes. Right now they have some new awesome holiday designs! I especially love the modern designs they are offering and the non-traditional holiday colors. Here are my 3 favorite links to some of their great products!

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photo greeting cards to http://www.shutterfly.com/cards-stationery
wall calendars to http://www.shutterfly.com/calendars/wall-calendars

Lastly, if you have a blog they are offering 50 free holiday cards of your choice, just for blogging about it. As you can see I'm all about free Christmas cards as they can be very pricey! With Gabe and I having such a big group of family and friends, I can now save money by only having to pay for a few!

Hope you all enjoy this deal as much as I did!