Pumpkin Carving

Last night we had our families over for some dinner and pumpkin carving. It was so much fun to get everyone together for some yummy food and fun!

Kai & Kenna in their Halloween costumes

Sweet little Brock with his very own pumpkin

Lindsay drawing out her pumpkin's face

Kenna cleaning out her pumpkin and Dano carving Navy's pumpkin

We were so glad that the Selks could come!

Lucy loves her Grandma McElprang

Papa and Cami, trying to get Navy to smile...unsuccessfully

Dano and Brock with his pumpkin

Cory, Lucy, and I with our pumpkin

The carvers and their creations

Cory decided to pull out some leftover fireworks and our pumpkin started smoking...he felt pretty bad-a

Nicole, Danyelle, and the babies

Cute little Lucy in her Halloween onesie

Sam and Grandma

Of course we had to bust out Just Dance 2

Dad sporting Kai's spiderman mask

We had so much fun with our family and friends!



rub-a-dub-dub

Lucy's cord FINALLY fell off last week so we were able to give her her very first bath! Yay! She actually didn't mind it and seemed to almost enjoy it.

We just can't get enough of this sweet little girl!

The Costanza Look

Our sweet little Lucy is getting bigger each day. I can't believe she's already over 3 weeks old! She has started to lose her hair but right now it's just falling out on the top of her head so she's got this nice little George Costanza thing going on.

last week...

today....

Oh well, that's what bows are for, right?



just some pictures

Here are some pictures we've taken this last week of our little Lucy.

Kai & Kenna with Lucy

Cami with Lucy

Grandma and Lucy

Cory and Dano with their little ones

Our nephew Brock and Lucy...they are one month apart

After Brock's blessing with Lucy

LucyAnn is Finally Here!

LucyAnn Nicole McElprang

September 28th

11:29 PM

6 lbs 10 oz

21 1/2" long

Cory and I before she arrived

During the labor I came down with a fever and she seemed to get a little stuck, so she was under some stress. When she finally got here, I only got to hold her for just a minute before they took her off to the NICU to check her and make sure everything was ok.



Cory got to go with her down to the NICU.

They were concerned she might have an infection so they decided to put her on some antibiotics and oxygen in the NICU. So, we didn't get to have her in our hospital room at all and I didn't get to see her until the morning after she was born. Cory was FINALLY able to hold her the afternoon after she was born. 

Our first family picture (excuse my grossness!)

We came home on Thursday night and were lucky to bring our little Lucy home on Friday afternoon. We were SO happy to get her home and to be able to hold her without all her tubes and IVs.

Pappy, Nana Sue, Kenna, Kai, and auntie Cami were all so excited to have Lucy home too

Cory's dad came down from Pinetop so he could meet his new grandbaby.

We are ecstatic to have our little Lucy home and to be able to enjoy her sweet spirit. Every day she does something new and fun and cute and we just can't get enough of her. Even though she looks like a McElprang, I'm pretty sure she's got my personality...hence the inappropriate hand gesture. I'm sure that we will have many fun and eventful experiences with this little one and I just can't wait to see what's in store for our little family. Welcome home baby Lucy!

$25 and Under Boutique

Summer Allen in my ward is hosting a FANTASTIC boutique next weekend where everything is $25 and under. I highly recommend you go check out all the cute stuff! Be there or be square! 

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Ta-Da!

I finally have most of Lucy's nursery put together. The crib is up, clothes are put away, and now all we need is our little girl to complete everything. I'm glad it's all ready for her but I still have another 3 1/2 weeks until she shows up so I'll have to keep myself busy with other projects.

BEFORE...

AFTER...

here's the cute letters my mom made to put above her bed

I stole the idea from my friend Amilee and made this bow board from an old picture frame, some fabric, and chicken wire

I found the vintage white lamp at a garage sale for just $2...it's probably one of my most favorite pieces in the room

we had this old chair in our house when we moved in and my mom got it recovered for us

Love it! And the table I bought for $20...it's just one of those old seventies style tables. I decided to paint and glaze it, topped it off with a goodwill vase and a cute little doily.

I absolutely love the way the nursery turned out. Cory was even sweet enough to let me put in new carpet and installed some crown molding to finish it off. Sometimes I just go and sit in there and think about how bizarre it feels to have a nursery in my home. We're both so excited for her to get here though so she can be the finishing touch on the room. Hurry and get here LucyAnn!