38 weeks

So here I am at 38 weeks. Only 2 weeks left to go. Hopefully. On my last doctor's appointment, she warned me that she thought that this was not going to be a small baby. When she was examining my belly, she said "Wow, that is solid baby in there!". So hopefully that does not translate into her deciding to arrive early. Although on the other hand, I hope she doesn't get too much bigger; I'm not thrilled about the idea of delivering an 18lb infant.



As d-day approaches, Kevin and I have been thinking a lot lately about what Lillie looks like, and when exactly she will decide to grace us with her presence. Will she have daddy's blue eyes, or mommy's green? Blond hair like both of us had when we were young? Bona fide genius or just exceptionally gifted?

We thought it might be fun to guess some of her stats and then see who was closest.

Nicole's guesses:
10/13/2008, 12:23pm
8lbs, 9oz.
20 inches
Blond hair, blue eyes

Kevin's guesses:
10/12/2008, 5:30 pm
8lbs, 5oz.
22 inches
Brown hair, blue eyes

What do you think?
Leave your guess in the comments and we'll see who's right!

2 years going on 20

It's amazing to me that today is our 2nd wedding anniversary. It feels like our 20th! And I don't mean that in a bad way. Maybe it's because we dated for 6 years before getting married. Maybe its because we have already experienced so much together. But I think it's really because of the reflection of our years to come. Some how, the light is so bright from the future that it's shining back at me, past me even, and making the past seem so much bigger than is actually is.

I woke up today with a feeling of "this is exactly where I am supposed to be". That even though this is what I've always dreamed of, today I realized that this is who I was born to be. Wife to my husband, and mother to my daughter. I really couldn't ask for anything more in life. And I owe so much of that to Kevin. He works so hard to make sure that I get to do what I've always wanted to do, and stay at home and devote my time to my family. When he works late, sometimes I am selfish and want him to come home and be with me, but I need to remember that the reason he is working so hard is for me. I am so proud of him.

On this day only 2 years later, I thought it would be nice to take a look back. Here are a few of my favorite pictures from September 24th, 2006.















Happy anniversary Mr. Krenzin.

Love,

Your Mrs.

We've finally "finished" the nursery!

I say "finished" in quotations because I seem to be always getting ideas and starting new projects. But for the purpose of this post, lets say it's finished. For now.

So as a refresher, here is what we started with:



And after some light green paint, pale pink accessories, and lots of help from our family and friends, this is what we have ended up with:



I absolutely love how it has turned out. It's so cozy and comfortable. Feminine, but not obnoxiously girly. I'm so glad we decided to go with this instead of the purple and hot-pink, bedazzled Bratz theme that Kevin wanted.



I can't wait to rock her to sleep in this chair, underneath this homemade mobile. (The crib is in our room for now, next to the bed since there isn't much room in the nursery.)



Grandpa Michael took this piece-of-junk that I saw on craigslist and fell in love with, and restored it into a truly beautiful dresser/changing table.



I just finished this name banner today and hung it on the wall. Perfect timing to welcome our little girl home in just a few weeks!



I realize that babies don't need all of this frou-frou, but hopefully Lillie will look back on these pictures one day and realize how excited we were for her to arrive. Also, years and years from now it will be a nice reminder for us of what her room used to look like before she hit puberty and painted the walls black.

35 weeks...

Bad Blogger!

I know, it's been awhile since I've posted anything new. I don't really have any excuses since I'm not working anymore and spend a good portion of the day browsing baby websites. Well, most of them are baby websites. Occasionally I get side-tracked and end up on sites like "Make your own Japanese Anime Avatar!" and waste 20 minutes of my life creating cartoon caricatures of Kevin and Myself:



Pretty close, huh?

Other than all of that creative genius, things have been pretty quiet around here, just getting all of the loose ends tied up. We (Kevin) set up the new crib, which by the way, Lola has taken quite a liking to:





We also took a couple of baby classes at Hoag Hospital. Here is Kevin with our "practice daughter":



Already such a loving father.

We've also been trying to spend some quality time with each other before being alone together becomes a distant and hazy memory. Kevin and I have Disneyland passes which allows us to go every couple of months for a few hours and walk around and eat a churro or six. Well, we attempted this a couple of weekends ago, thinking that this might be our last chance to go before I get so big that I can't fit in the car any more. Although, now that I think about it, if we got me a wheelchair, we wouldn't have to stand in those long lines for Space Mountain, or Big Thunder Railroad like last time. Boy, was that rough at 6 1/2 months.
We parked at Downtown Disney like we normally do, to escape paying the Happiest Parking Fee On Earth and began the trek towards the theme parks. But before we even reached the front gate I think I had stopped to use the restroom, oh...about two dozen times. And quickly realized that my abundant bathroom trips might not be conducive to walking around a giant amusement park. So we decided it was time to head home. But we can't wait to come back with Lillie in a few months when she is old enough so that I can give her her first churro to gnaw on while sitting on Mommy's lap on the Matterhorn.





*No, I have not actually ridden Space Mountain, or Big Thunder Railroad since being pregnant. And I only went on The Indiana Jones ride once.