Congratulations Alan and Carrie!!!

My brother, Alan, got engaged last night! He has been dating a wonderful girl, Carrie, for the past few years. They went to medical school together and they are both graduating this upcoming Saturday! Alan is going to do a residency in Opthamology at University of Kansas, and Carrie is doing a Pediatrics residency at University of Missouri in Kansas City (UMKC). We are so happy that Carrie will be joining our family! She is a true sweetheart, and I will be lucky to have her as a sister-in-law! Congrats you two!! Let the wedding planning begin!! :)

Office Redo

As we prepare for baby Ian's arrival, it's time to start thinking about his nursery. When we moved into our house, two of the upstairs bedrooms were decorated in kid-friendly decor. One room was light green with pink butterflies, and the other room was red and white with a baseball theme. Since we found out that we're having a little boy, we coincidentally also decided to use a baseball/sports theme for a nursery. We've been using that room as an office since our black furniture looked nice with the red and white walls, but it was time to move out! I didn't particularly want a "butterfly-themed" office (although the butterflies were very well-painted), so we decided to do a room makeover. I've never actually painted a room before, but fortunately, Jason has painting experience. We decided to go with a creamy color on one wall (window wall) and a tan on the remaining walls. I really love how it turned out, although we will still have a few little touch-ups to do where the two colors meet. Next project...putting together the crib and changer! Here are some before and after pics of the office:

Before

After

Redhawks Game - Suite-Style!

On Saturday we had the opportunity to go to an Oklahoma City Redhawks baseball game. It wasn't just a regular game...we had a suite! Jason's parents received free suite tickets from Jani-King, the company that cleans the school where they work. They were able to accomodate 12 people, so they called to invite us! Jason LOVES baseball, so he was definitely interested. Neither of us had ever been able to have access to a suite, so we thought it would be fun...and it was! Here is a pic of the outside seating area - the inside part was "ours" too! Here is a view of the ballpark from our seats. We got there super early because we had to watch the team warm up (of course... ;)

Jason and his dad went down before the game to get autographs from the players. I think it's funny that it's all kids...except Jason! :) He's definitely still a kid at heart!

Waiting for an autograph...

Jason and his dad looking up at us after they got the autographs

Another cool thing that happened...during the game, they shot up foam "Powerballs" from the field as part of an Oklahoma Lottery promotion. Jason caught 2 balls, and one happened to have the "winning" number on it....six! He won a T-shirt and 4 lottery tickets. Unfortunately, the tickets weren't winners. Oh well...it was fun anyhow!

Jason and I during the game

Chelci (our niece) and her boyfriend, Jeremy

View of the field from inside the suite

Unfortunately the Redhawks lost.... :( We still had a great time though! Thanks Cathy and Harlan for the invite!

Jason's Birthday

May 2nd was Jason's 32nd birthday! To celebrate, we had several friends over for a cookout. My mom and stepdad were able to come up as well! There was a great turnout and we had a lot of fun! For entertainment, we got a Bocce set and a Croquet set. It had been a loooong time since I played croquet, but it was pretty fun! Thanks to all who were able to come!

Nursery Furniture/Bedding

The crib, changer, and nursery bedding are on their way! We are so excited to have finally decided on a crib set and bedding. Jason really wanted to go with a "Sports/Baseball" theme, but we had a hard time finding bedding that I liked. Luckily, my mom found this sports-themed bedding through Pottery Barn Kids and we love it! Although you can't tell from the picture, there are baseball images on the quilt (I had to e-mail the company to "verify"). We decided to go with the dark brown/espresso crib, although I liked several of the color choices. We weren't particularly wanting or needing a convertible crib, but this one does convert if we ever decide to use it that way. Anyway, we're anxiously awaiting for these items to arrive! Once they do, we'll still have to paint the nursery and move some furniture out of the room. It will be a fun "project." I'm glad that God gives us several months to get ready for a little one...we need it!