Another Addition For The Gameroom

So Mike was looking on Craiglist for any adds on pinball machines that were for sale. He ended up finding one add of his old pinball machine Sinbad. He got really excited because the price was pretty good, so he contacted the guy to see if he would take $100 less if Mike was to come pick it up this weekend. He agreed, so yesterday after Church we all made a trip out to Zimmerman, MN. It is about an hour away from Woodbury. Me and the boys ended up taking naps on the way up there and when we pulled into their drive way Mike wanted to make sure it was the right house so he was going to knock on the door before we all got out of the truck. When he was getting out the door, the license plate cover on one of their cars read "I'd rather be playing pinball!" I said I think we are at the right place. He still wanted to make sure it was OK for the the boys to come in so he went up to the door by himself. It was the right place and we all got out of the truck. The boys were so excited but we told them that their little twin girls were sleeping so we had to be quiet. He showed us to his basement and Mike walked right up to Sinbad, but I looked around the room and his whole basement was filled with pinball machines! All I said was "Wow!" Than Mike turned around and saw all the pinball machines too. It was Mike's fantasy place! The boys were pretty excited too and Jeff let them play a few of the pinball machines. Jeff actually had another pinball machine that Mike would love to get called the Theatre of Magic and when he saw that he got really excited again. He tested out Sinbad and everything worked great. Jeff and Mike got everything ready to go and they loaded it up on the truck. Mike even mentioned to him about wanting a Theatre of Magic and Jeff said to contact him when he is ready to buy. Mike says to me on the way home, we can fill up our basement with this many pinball machines! I said he could get his Theatre of Magic game and that was it! Three pinball machines and Ms. Pacman is plenty! We stopped at Justin's house to look at his basement because he got his carpet installed and his big screen for his theatre room installed and put together Callie's play area. It all looked great! He than followed us home so he could help Mike carry in Sinbad. They put it together and for some reason it wouldn't work. Mike had a worried look on his face and couldn't figure it out. He called Jeff for some help and he said to take a look at all the connections. They couldn't find anything. After one more close look Mike finally saw a connection that had completed fallen out. He connected it back and it was working again! All four of us played it for an hour. It was pretty fun! Mike put the boys to bed and went right back to playing. He ended up playing for awhile last night and got the highest score of 421000+. He even called this morning to see if I beat his high score. I haven't even turned it on yet! :) Below is pics of Sinbad. Jon's 6th birthday party should be a lot of fun with the new games! We might be in trouble too! Too many games! :)

Jon's Basketball Camp Through SCVAA

This Saturday was Jon's second week at Basketball Camp. We signed him up through St. Croix Valley Athletic Association instead of Woodbury because through this league he will be able to play with his classmates or at least with kids from his own school. There are three of his classmates in his group, Ethan, Colin and Mitchell. They keep all of the Lake Elmo kids together so it was nice to have kids there he knew. He really enjoys playing basketball and he is actually pretty good at dribbling and shooting. They provide the smaller balls and lower the hoops so it was easier for them to shoot. Since it was "Camp Style" there were 7 stations set up. His first station was working on their shooting technique. The next one was dribbling, 3rd was shooting a layup. 4th was defense, can't remember the 5th. 6th was passing and the 7th was rebounding. I couldn't get pictures from every station since it went around the whole gym but I took a lot while he was warming up and at the stations that were close by. We hope to take Jon to a basketball game weather it be Highschool or the Gophers so he can see how it is suppose to be played. There are a couple games this week for Stillwater Varsity Boys vs. Woodbury tomorrow night and Friday night against Mounds View. Both are away games so we will see. Below are some pictures of Jon at camp. Enjoy!

Warming up before camp begins


Practicing his dribble


Somemore shooting


Pretty good if he is looking up already and not at the ball!


At his first station. Nice form!


Another good shot!

Update On The Basement

So this weekend Mike was really busy. He was actually suppose to go Ice Fishing with his buddy but it ended up falling through and he stayed home. I was pretty glad that he was home because he got most of the basement painted and he put in the tile. Now we just need to grout, finish painting, build the harth in front of the fireplace and pick out the stone for the fireplace. The carpet should be coming in the couple of weeks so we hope to get that installed soon too. Oh, I guess Mike still have to install the doors and trim too before the carpet comes. It is all looking really nice downstairs so far. After the carpet is installed he will than put in the counter and cabinets. We already picked those out from IKEA. Hopefully everything will be done by Jon's 6th birthday party! Below are some updated pics. Enjoy!

Outside Lolo & Lola's room looking into main living area

Looking down the hallway (future area of our gameroom!)

Bar and Fridge area

Fireplace

Playroom

Glucose Update

I received a call from my doctor's office today and talked to one of the nurses. Since my first result was a fail they are going to refer me to the Diabeties Center at United just to be safe and make sure nothing can happen later on. So, I will be getting a call from them to set up an appoinment and meet with them. They are going to look over the results and talk to me about it. So I guess I am not in the clear yet. The nurse told me I would hear from them in about a week. Wish me luck!

3 Hour Glucose Test

Well, I had my 3 hour glucose test yesterday morning. I had to be at the clinic at 8 am so Mike went to work late so he could take Jon to his bus stop and drive Nicholas to school. I brought my book I have been reading to keep me busy. I had to fast the night before by not eating anything after 10pm. When I got there I checked in and they brought me to the lab area right away. They drew blood from me and said that I would get poked 4 times today. She tested the blood right away before I had to drink the sugar pop. I had a 103 and I had to be in the middle 90's. So, I had already failed my first test. She said that if I failed another one I would be referred to a Diabetes Center. I was allowed to take the sugar pop and wait an hour. After the first hour she drew blood from me again and I was at 109. I had to be below 180, so I passed that one. I was SO thankful! Next one was at 105 and the last one was 76 I think. So I ended up passing the test. I was so worried in the beginning that I was going to fail again. I am just thankful I passed! Next update is I go in on March 5th and after that I go in every 2 weeks! I can't believe that! I go in every 2 weeks already! This is going by so fast! Stayed tuned!

OTHER UPDATES-----------------------------------------------

My parents are out of town so my sister Missy is going to help me start painting the baby's room on Friday. Since Nicholas' room was painted Timberwolves colors we are going to have to prime the room firat and than paint it pink and green. I am still debating on if I should paint the opposite walls one color and the other opposite walls the other color. I was also thinking maybe painting two walls touching eachother one color and the other two walls the other color. Does that make sense? Any way, I am excited to get that done. Plus we still need to move all of Nicholas' clothes into his new bedroom he is sharing with Jon. Mike need to buy another hanging rod for the closet and build nooks on the walls for his folding clothes. So hopefully in the next couple weeks he can get that done. I know he still needs to get stuff done for downstairs, so hopefully we can work on these projects together. We plan on painting the basement on Thursday, but I have to check with my doctor first to make sure I can paint. I can't remember if it is OK for me to paint or not. I plan on calling them today. After the paint is done, I think Mike plans on putting in the doors and putting down the tile. We are still waiting on getting a phone call from Home Depot to let us know what the final amount will be for installing the carpet, so that will be the next step after that. Once the carpet is installed we can finally put the basement together. We plan on buying a couple things for the playroom and of course we plan on picking up our Valentine's Day gifts! I can't wait to see it all finished! Once we are done painting I will update with more pics. Stay tuned!

2nd Coat and Texture & More Updates

Jose came on Friday to put on the second coat of mud and returned on Saturday to finish the job with the texture. We are so thankful that they did such a great job and did it so fast. If anyone would like thier info, emial me and I can give you his number. They were all so nice and very easy to work with. After they were done on Saturday I asked Jose when we could start painting and he said to wait until Monday. We ran our fireplace all night last night and that helped dry out the walls, so this morning Mike and I went to Home Depot to get primer and our paint color for the basement. As I am updating this, Mike and Lolo are priming the whole basement. Mike had bought a professional paint spayer so they should be done in a couple hours. They are hoping tonight that the primer will be dry so they can start on the color. If not they are going to do it Monday after work. Of course while we were at Home Depot in their paint department I decided to look at paint colors again for the baby's room. I decided I was going to pick out two colors and paint two walls one color and the other two walls the other color. Thanks Trinity for the ideas! I wanted to do something simple and not do a lot of taping, so that is why I decided to not put any stripes on the wall. So I brought the wall pictures that I bought from Target and I picked out a shade darker than the pink in the picture and matched the green on the other painting. So those are my two colors. Pink and green. That way I won't hear Mike complain too much about the room being too pink! :) I didn't get the paint yet, but next week, my sister Missy said she will help me paint the room while Lolo and Lola are in New York and Florida. So hopefully it will all turn out. We will have to prime first because right now the room is painted Timberwolves colors. so wish us luck next week! Below are some pictures of the basement again after the 2nd coat and texture was done. I LOVE the way the texture looks! can't wait to see color on it!


Outside Lolo and Lola's room looking into main living area

Fridge & Bar Area

Outside Lolo & Lola's room looking down the hallway

The playroom

A closeup of what the texture looks like on all the walls and ceiling.

PREGNANCY UPDATE--------------------------------
I go in on Tuesday morning for my 3 hour glucose test. Wish me luck! I hope I pass this time!

I picked out the Baby's Bedding

So I went to Target a couple weeks ago and picked out some bedding for the Baby. I didn't want butterflies or princess stuff so I ended up picking out this cute Lady Bug Collection. I only bought two blankets and two fitted crib sheets, and a security blanket. I could have bought the 3 piece set, but we never used the crib padding or dust ruffle for the boys so I thought it would have been a waste of money. Below are the two blankets that they had in the collection. They are both really soft.


Here is what the fitted crib sheets look like. They didn't have two different patterns so I bought 2 of these.


Here is the security blanket that I bought


I just saw these on the internet and told myself I was going to buy them to put on the walls. I have to go to Target today anyways to buy my niece Bella a birthday present.


Here is the 3 piece set I could have bought

So, now my question to you guys is what color should we paint the room? I have no idea! When we went to Home Depot last night we stopped to look at paint colors and I had not idea what to even look at. I asked Mike for help and all he said was, "This is all you. I am still working on the basement." Nice answer, huh?! I told him that I wasn't going to pick it out by myself so we just left. He said I would have to wait until April when the basement was done. I don't think so! :) I think now that I saw the wall pictures it will help me out. Once I see them in person I may have a better idea of what colors I can choose from. Any ideas from you would be great too! I need help on this one and I'm not getting it from my husband! I still love you Hunny!