THE SHEHANE CLAN

Saturday, March 20, 2010

Tuesday, March 16, 2010

Kate and Mommy Day

Kate and I were able to go to the GA Aquarium last week with our friends Kristin and Seth. I really wanted to do something fun with Kate before Abby came so this was a perfect opportunity.

Kate loved the fish! When we first got there she saw the fish and climbed right up and start saying “fish, fish” over and over. I had to convince her there were more in order to get her to move on. I took a chance and didn’t take a stroller in. She did really well staying with me. It helped that I could use Seth to get her where I wanted to go. She has no problem following him around :) Considering that carrying/chasing a 2 year old around didn’t make me go into labor I shouldn’t be surprised that I’m still sitting her past my due date! There was a man in a shark outfit that terrified Kate. I mean if she even thought he was around she’d get really upset. Besides the shark man she and I both had a great time. It’s so fun watching her explore new things and seeing her excitement. She’s pretty great :)

“FISH”

Thursday, March 11, 2010

Last Project For Awhile

Here is a bookcase I built to match the crib I made before Kate was born. I was supposed to finish it a long time ago as a birthday present for Emily, but instead it took a year and a half to finish (keep in mind there were stretches of 4-6 months that I didn’t work on it), but I finally finished it while Emily and Kate went on a trip one weekend to visit her family in Tennessee. Emily may debate on whether the wait was worth it or not, but either way I had fun making it.

I used the same materials I used for the crib, poplar with birch bead board. This is it before it is painted.

I made the curve at the top to match the crib exactly, and added wooden rope accents on the sides. The crib curve is below (it’s a picture of when I made it)

I did a simple mitered trim at the base.
And here it is all finished:

So with the new baby coming any day now, this will probably be my last wood project for some time. At any rate I've got to think of something cool to build before I can start on a new project.

Wednesday, March 3, 2010

Not a Fan of the Suspense

I’m getting really excited for our baby girl to be born. I just wish I knew when it was going to happen! There’s stuff I want to do before the baby is born. Like get my hair cut, get a pedicure, have a clean house… I can clean the house now but it won’t stay clean for 2 weeks straight. So, should I put all the effort into it now just in case or wait until closer to my due date? My Dr. said it could be any day because of how I’m progressing but that may mean she’s jinxed me and I’ll actually be late! My hair grows super fast so I want to wait until next week to get it cut, but will be very sad if she comes before my appointment because who knows when I’ll get a chance to cut it after she’s born. I’m a little jealous of the people who have a scheduled induction, how nice would that be! I would especially like to make sure my husband isn’t on a 10 mile hike on some mountain when I go into labor….

All this worry and watch she’ll end up being so late that they’ll have to induce me :)

37 Weeks

Monday, February 1, 2010

Success and Blame

Here are two amusing stories about Kate, well amusing if you’re us or family :)

Blame

One morning Kate and I were sitting on the couch together. I looked over and she had put her foot in her mouth and was literally trying to bite her toe nails. I looked at her and said “What are you doing?” She looked straight at me and said “Dada, Dada”

So, of course when Jason got home I accused him of biting his toe nails in front of Kate. He explained to me that it was physically impossible for him to do that. Kate was not even 2 and was already trying to place the blame on someone else.

Success (so far)

We moved Kate from her crib into a full sized bed. I was hoping she would do well since she’s such a good sleeper, but there’s no guarantee. She did great from day one. The other night Jason put her to bed and tried to lay down with her. She shook her head and said “No,No.. Night Night” then pointed to the door and said “Bye, Bye.” She literally kicked Jason out of her bed.

One more because I can’t resist…

One Saturday morning when Kate woke up I brought her into our bed. Jason was still asleep and she crawled up and put her hands on his chest. She yanked them away and yelled “Hot, Hot.” There is my proof that Jason radiates heat!

Monday, January 25, 2010

Happy 2nd Birthday Party!

“How old are you?” “TWOOOOOOO!!!!!”

Really, Kate is just way too cute and fun! We celebrated her birthday with family and some friends. We were also able to celebrate Steve’s Birthday and Matthew’s 10th Birthday. It’s nice having a big family and it was really nice of them to come up to Atlanta to help us celebrate this special day.

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Steve made her amazing Clifford cake!

Just enjoying her cake after blowing out the candles by herself

One group was playing monopoly while another was playing Wii. Games really are the best!

Thanks everyone!

It’s Out of Control

My stomach feels twice as big with this pregnancy. Not only is my bump bigger but I’m just gaining more weight in general with this pregnancy. I have a feeling people are going to be asking me if I’m pregnant with twins towards the end :) I took a picture wearing the same dress as I did at the same stage of pregnancy with Kate just to compare how much bigger I am. I love being able to feel the baby move on a regular basis now. That is seriously my favorite part of being pregnant, it’s just so amazing.