Baby Shower #2

Allison's friends threw her a spectacular baby shower last Saturday. She enjoyed seeing everyone, eating brunch, and laughing a lot. Oh, and LBJ is now completely decked out with cool stuff.

Here are some pictures from the day.

Getting close.....

I'm not looking forward to turning 35.

I couldn't be happier for LBJ to do it though. Keep looking checking back for the latest news. It could be any day now.

Guess who's engaged???

First I almost fell over. Then I had to check her hand a couple more times to make sure it was real. That's right, our good friend Spring will soon be a married woman. We couldn't be more happy for her either.

What a great way to kick off 2009 with a wedding of a great friend.

Congratulations!!!

Worlds Collide

Two of the biggest things going on in my life right now are the baby coming soon and my big building I am currently working on. Generally speaking, these two things have little to do with each other. Leave it to a dream to bring them together.

To set the stage a little, Allison and I have started taken some quite interesting classes at the hospital to prepare us for the upcoming baby. Being surrounded by lots of pregnant women while watching some fairly descriptive videos apparently has taken a little toll on my imagination.

This was my dream I had last night. My jobsite was invaded by a large amount of pregnant women. All were far enough along that birth was imminent. However, instead of going to the hospital, they all show up and surrounded the building, demanding answers on what is going to be happening to them.

Humorously enough in itself, they singled out the most logical choice of workers on which to direct their questions: the blocklayers. Of course the blocklayers had few answers that satisfied the women, so the large posse grew even more restless and were boldly proclaiming they would be giving birth right there if someone didn’t help them.

At this point, I woke up and thought about how ridiculous the whole thing was. Then I fell asleep and had pretty much the same dream all over again.

Crazy dream? Yes. The moral was clear though. If you are pregnant and need answers immediately, don’t waste your time talking with blocklayers, try your luck and go straight to the electricians.

Our new bed

For about a year now, Allison has been wanting me to make a bed frame. It was supposed to be for Christmas last year, then her birthday, etc, etc. I never got around to making it until a few weeks back I decided it was time. She had been real patient and I finally wanted to start working on it.

She gave me a 2” picture of one from a magazine from which to base the design on. With little to go on, I pretty much just starting cutting boards with no clear idea on how it would all shake out. Eventually it started looking like something and I devised a clever way to make it disassemble quickly too.

Overall it only took part of a couple Saturdays, part of Labor Day and some evenings to bang out. She loves it and even I think it turned out halfway decent.

The funniest part of the whole project was when Allison and I were staining, her ponytail fell into the gallon of stain. Me, being the clever person that I am, simply grabbed the scissors and took care of the problem, but not before I got a picture. I think her hair looks fabulous now. One more way to save money – free haircuts!