A month away! We can't wait!
We started collecting dates back in January for when people thought she would come and only got a few and then forgot...here's what we have so far:
Andy-May 15
Heidi-May 9
Norma-April 26
Lyle-April 28
Dave-May 7
Keri- May 10
What's your guess?
Monday, March 29, 2010
Many Pictures Catch Up-ABQ Baby Shower and Trip
At the beginning of March I was able to fly to Albuquerque for a visit to see all the Van Vleet girls together. It's been a while.
Erin, Keri, Jill and Mom put so much time into a shower for me and did such a wonderful job!! Thank you to all of them!
The wonderful person who made it all happen (with the help of the rest of the girls)
The Shower set up-Garden themed...many little details!
The guests:
We got so many cute clothes and especially ones that read "My Daddy Loves Me!" and we also got beautiful blankets and bath supplies. One that I am REALLY excited to use is a newborn swimsuit and sunglasses...since summer will be knocking at the door when she is born! Thanks to all! It was SO enjoyable and great to see old faces!
The other part of the fun was the time I got to spend with family at the zoo.
Lastly, just some cute random pictures that were taken...
It was such a wonderful getaway and I was sad to go, but was happy to see my hubby after a week.
He surprised me with these:
No, he didn't miss me either. :)
Erin, Keri, Jill and Mom put so much time into a shower for me and did such a wonderful job!! Thank you to all of them!
The wonderful person who made it all happen (with the help of the rest of the girls)
The Shower set up-Garden themed...many little details!
The guests:
We got so many cute clothes and especially ones that read "My Daddy Loves Me!" and we also got beautiful blankets and bath supplies. One that I am REALLY excited to use is a newborn swimsuit and sunglasses...since summer will be knocking at the door when she is born! Thanks to all! It was SO enjoyable and great to see old faces!
The other part of the fun was the time I got to spend with family at the zoo.
Lastly, just some cute random pictures that were taken...
It was such a wonderful getaway and I was sad to go, but was happy to see my hubby after a week.
He surprised me with these:
No, he didn't miss me either. :)
Thursday, March 4, 2010
Valentines and Birthday
My sweet husband surprised me with a weekend getaway to a friends cabin for Valentines Day. This was such a surprise and a very welcomed break because Lyle has been working 24/7 lately and busy season hasn't even started yet. So we left with some friends Saturday night and drove up to Pinetop, AZ and began our wonderful three day weekend. We played so many games, took walks, played in the snow, watched movies, and even relaxed in their jacuzzi bath tub-ahhhh! On the way home Monday, the boys couldn't resist the awesome sledding hill and so we stopped and Jen and I watched while to boys went crazy.
The next weekend was my birthday and even though Lyle kept telling me that the getaway was also for my birthday, he surprised me in the morning with BEAUTIFUL pink roses (and I mean these were GORGEOUS) and CHOCOLATE!
Then he allowed me to drag him around town and go shopping for multiple things (this doesn't happen often at all!-PLUS he was getting sick and didn't feel good. He was SUCH a good sport!). We then had dinner at Red Robin and finished the perfect day off cuddling in our pjs on the sofa with a good movie.
He really went out of his way to make both weekends special and I am so lucky to have such a wonderful husband!
The next weekend was my birthday and even though Lyle kept telling me that the getaway was also for my birthday, he surprised me in the morning with BEAUTIFUL pink roses (and I mean these were GORGEOUS) and CHOCOLATE!
Then he allowed me to drag him around town and go shopping for multiple things (this doesn't happen often at all!-PLUS he was getting sick and didn't feel good. He was SUCH a good sport!). We then had dinner at Red Robin and finished the perfect day off cuddling in our pjs on the sofa with a good movie.
He really went out of his way to make both weekends special and I am so lucky to have such a wonderful husband!
Friday, February 12, 2010
Audrey's Nursery
I have been staying busy at home growing a baby (hard work!), babysitting cute kids and working on decorating Audrey's Nursery. I love working on her room because it reminds me that she will be here in no time!
We decided to go with a bright color, nursery theme and it's so fun because there are SO many options! With the amazing help from my wonderful sisters and mother, I have gotten CUTE ideas! One such was to decorate her name to hang on the wall.
I don't have too many pictures yet of the nursery because it is still in progress but some fun things I have found waiting to go into the nursery I do have pictures of.
I must admit that I swore I would NEVER have pink in my little girl's room (I'm not a huge fan) but then I started into the decorating part and I've fallen in love with HOT PINK! I can't get enough of it! It just has attitude and makes a statement and I LOVE it!
We decided to go with a bright color, nursery theme and it's so fun because there are SO many options! With the amazing help from my wonderful sisters and mother, I have gotten CUTE ideas! One such was to decorate her name to hang on the wall.
I don't have too many pictures yet of the nursery because it is still in progress but some fun things I have found waiting to go into the nursery I do have pictures of.
I must admit that I swore I would NEVER have pink in my little girl's room (I'm not a huge fan) but then I started into the decorating part and I've fallen in love with HOT PINK! I can't get enough of it! It just has attitude and makes a statement and I LOVE it!
Saturday, January 23, 2010
Pouring cats and dogs!
This week we got pounded with rain! We got more rain in our first storm on Monday (2 inches) than we did all last year (less than and inch)-and then we had rain Tuesday night, Wednesday, Thursday night and some on Friday. It was so much rain that Lyle's company shut down half of Thursday and all of Friday AND our parks turned into lakes. It was beautiful to see the 'fake' lakes and if you didn't know any better you would think the lake was always there!
We took Jaz for a walk Saturday after a full day of no rain and the park had drained a bit but there was still a good amount to water...Jaz definitely enjoyed it! She was our prancer.
The white line of grass on the right is how high the water was the other day.
Even though I really enjoyed the moisture and the cloudy days, it sure is nice to see and feel the sun again!
Oh and just for the record, the storm was so windy and crazy the other night, Scottsdale actually had a tornado touch down. When does AZ EVER get tornadoes? Or for that matter when does AZ ever get this much rain in five days? Never...until now!
We took Jaz for a walk Saturday after a full day of no rain and the park had drained a bit but there was still a good amount to water...Jaz definitely enjoyed it! She was our prancer.
The white line of grass on the right is how high the water was the other day.
Even though I really enjoyed the moisture and the cloudy days, it sure is nice to see and feel the sun again!
Oh and just for the record, the storm was so windy and crazy the other night, Scottsdale actually had a tornado touch down. When does AZ EVER get tornadoes? Or for that matter when does AZ ever get this much rain in five days? Never...until now!
Tuesday, December 29, 2009
Hanchett baby on the way!
We can't wait to welcome our little girl, Audrey Elise! She was NOT shy in the ultrasound and there is no doubt that she is a girl! Lyle and I are SO thrilled to start our family with a girl and can't wait for May to be here.
We are starting to take guesses on when she will be here...
Her due "period" (they wouldn't give us a date) is May 8th-May 13th. Lyle was early and all of my mom's kids were late.
We couldn't wait to tell all when we found out and then got caught up in the Christmas family time so I apologize to all those that I drove crazy making them wait.
Now the fun comes! I get to start shopping for a little girl and decorating the nursery!
I'm getting bigger everyday it feels! I still can't believe that I have a sweet baby in me but my expanding waist tells me differently. I love how Lyle tells everyone proudly that he is going to be a daddy and then pats my stomach lovingly. He just can't wait and she will have him wrapped around her finger in no time!
So far, she has been stubborn...she loves her space and has no problem pinching my nerves and kicking out ribs. I guess she is just getting us ready for her when she's here and up in the middle of the night because she always manages to do all this in the middle of the night. So Lyle typically gets up to get me tylenol or rub my back or even help me out of bed (since a pinched nerve in the hip does not allow too much easy movement). He really has been so sweet (He's even been experiencing sympathy pains)! She's even been more active since the ultrasound and had no problem doing flips during Sunday School. She really takes after her father already! :)
We can't wait to meet her!
Tuesday, December 8, 2009
SURPRISE! --No surprise there!
My boss decided to go out with a bang!
I don't know how much people know about the stress of my boss but she has pretty much made my work life (and sometimes my home life) a living HELL. I would only see her for 20 min a day but in those 20 min she would manage to critique EVERYTHING I do and then give me a list that was forever long of things to do...including lifting 25 + boxes (even though I gave her a dr.s note)-that's just [my boss]. It would literally be -what can she say today? and you would think that she would never do or say anything like that but she would always surprise you with it! I would always fulfill her lists and she would always use my arrangements before hers.
Well, I decided that I had had enough of her walking all over me and her negativity so i out in my two weeks notice. When I went into work Monday, she decided to drop the bomb (in front of the other employee) that she just doesn't want to put up with me anymore and she laid me off.
I'm relieved-surprised-once again-that she would do this to me especially since I never gave her any trouble, but it's over and done with and I actually feel good about it.
Her loss at Christmas time and busy season!
I don't know how much people know about the stress of my boss but she has pretty much made my work life (and sometimes my home life) a living HELL. I would only see her for 20 min a day but in those 20 min she would manage to critique EVERYTHING I do and then give me a list that was forever long of things to do...including lifting 25 + boxes (even though I gave her a dr.s note)-that's just [my boss]. It would literally be -what can she say today? and you would think that she would never do or say anything like that but she would always surprise you with it! I would always fulfill her lists and she would always use my arrangements before hers.
Well, I decided that I had had enough of her walking all over me and her negativity so i out in my two weeks notice. When I went into work Monday, she decided to drop the bomb (in front of the other employee) that she just doesn't want to put up with me anymore and she laid me off.
I'm relieved-surprised-once again-that she would do this to me especially since I never gave her any trouble, but it's over and done with and I actually feel good about it.
Her loss at Christmas time and busy season!
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