New colors...

I think I am going to go with different colors for the baby room and the quilt....

What do you think???
I decided this will look a lot more girlie and I am making an afghan that is cream pink and yellow that would look good with these fabrics. I will post a picture of it when it is complete.

Another Project Complete..... Sort of

So I finally decided to redo our bedside tables so they would match our room. I managed to complete one of them today after sweating to death outside. I am sure the second one will go much faster than the first! I learned a little trick to making the table look a little antiqued without making it look too worn from watching Top Design. I think it turned out pretty well.

Before
After
Together

In the room

The future baby room

I have already started to make plans for the baby's room. After sorting through websites looking for the perfect baby bedding I decided no one has what I am looking for. So... I bought a sewing machine
found some awesome fabric in the perfect colors and a cool book with a great quilt patternThe crib in this picture is awesome by the way, but unfortunately not very practical.
My brother-in-law is making us our crib! I am really excited for that... It will look like this, but it will be a nice cream colorI am excited to get started and try my hand at quilt making. I hope it does not end in disaster!

Utah Visit

I got to go to Utah for about a week to meet my new baby niece Abbey and hang out with friends.
I was looking forward to a little fall weather and I got a snowy blizzard instead.
I had a fun weekend anyway. I got to hang out with some of my family

Abbey

2 sisters and some nieces

Brother Wade's family

I even got to spend a little time with Chris, Sarah and Isabelle. I spent the last couple nights at Brooke Anderson's cabin and got to go to dinner with all the girls.

All in all it was a pretty fun trip. I definitely missed Mike. I guess I am used to having him around and find days to be more enjoyable when he is around. I got to go to Cafe Rio about 5 times and loved every bite! And I am happy to say I only gained 3 pounds this month!
We get to go back to Utah in about 2 weeks for another baby blessing so I can get my fill again.

Baby Zoey

This is our little baby girl at 20 weeks. I am pretty sure we will end up naming her Zoey. She was moving all around and stretching out. She loved this pose. You can barely see her legs directly above her head and her little bum just above and to the right. "Plow pose" in Yoga. We got to see her heart with all 4 chambers working, her bladder, stomach, fingers, toes and spine.It is pretty amazing to already see her moving around.We are really excited to have her here! I love that I can start shopping for stuff now that I know it is a girl. Some of our friends gave us some onzies and reality hit me! We will have something to fill those in no time!

Food in Los Angeles

I have been living here for about seven months, not including the 6 months of traveling here, and I have yet to find a place that I love to eat. There are plenty of good places to eat around here, tons in fact, but not a single place that I would want to eat at any given moment.
Thinking back on all of the places I have lived, there have always been several places I would love to eat at at any given moment.

Arizona = Ned's Crazy Sub (this place has delicious bread that makes the sub's have a distinct taste no one else can duplicate)

Rosa's (all around GOOD Mexican food)

Idaho = the Pizza place up the street I can never remember the name of (delicious bread sticks and calzones)

New York Burrito (good ingredients for good burritos)

Texas = EZ's (the best burger place EVER)

Rudy's BBQ (the best BBQ brisket in the world)

Utah = Cafe Rio (a taste so many have tried to duplicate, but it can't be done)

Thai Chile Gardens (best massaman curry, and pad Thai I have had to date, and I have tried a lot of places in California, no one comes close)

Good Wood (great pulled pork and brisket sandwiches)

J dogs (best hot dogs)

Bajio (close second to cafe rio.. different taste, but just as good)

Bombay House (excellent Indian food that strangely enough is in Provo Utah)

I am feeling let down by the food places here. How could there be SOOOO many places to eat, all with good food, but not a single place that gives me something that is unforgettable!?
I am heading to Utah on Thursday and I can't wait to get a taste of food I have been craving!