Our table adoption story

This is a bit of a flash from the summer past, but heres to catching up with some blogging!

It was back in June where we took a little vacation with Matt's family in a little piece of heaven called Ventura, CA

It gets my stamp of approval as a legit vacation spot.  It's a small beach town surrounded by strawberry fields and has a nice downtown shopping strip filled with fun specialty shops, antique and thrift stores. 

 

  Our cozy rented beach front house :)

 

 We rented kayaks and surfboards and played in the freezing water..wetsuits required!

Then we hit the shops!  So many fun and unique shops here!  It was in a thrift store though, that I found what I knew had to come home with me.  A beautiful chrome lined, formica topped diner table in grey and yellow.  She was a beauty! They were the exact colors I wanted and this dirty little table was priced oh so good.  

We managed to cram 5 people, 4 chairs, and a table top into our Matrix with the encouragement of Mama Cline.  We offered to drop everyone off first but her response every time was "oh no we will all fit!"  Lo and behold we did!  It was the tightest and most uncomfortable 15 minutes driving in a car in my life!:) 

The table continued on our road trip with us to San Diego then back to Arizona.  Matt shined up the chrome and we scrubbed down the chairs (magic erasers are miracle workers!) and now our table has become a part of the cline household

Welcome home you good lookin piece of furniture

The belly picture

Well here you go!  The belly picture you all have been asking for.  And just for yall I decided to hide nothin...here she be

We took a picture a month and have finally finished!  I still can't believe its been 9 months!  I have been blessed with a great pregnancy and I can echo what my Mom told me when she said she enjoyed being pregnant!  I was able to chase after twins and continue my job at Trader Joe's which was no walk in the park these past 9 months

Matt, this clown makes me smile!  Here he is at 9 months too.

  

Hail to the quiet book

So as a goodbye present I made "my twins" each a quiet book.  My Mom made 8 of these, one for each  of my siblings, so I thought if she can make 8 I can definitely make 2!  Well it took me about 3 months to finish these blasted books and I finished on my last day with the boys at their house frantically putting the finishing touches to it.  

Lets just say that I've gained great respect for ANYONE who goes through allll the work and endless trips to Hobby Lobby to make a quiet book!  They are a LOT of work and time!  One day my mom even offered to help (she's in Texas) so that same day I had a package packed and sent to her!   (When she got it she remembered why she said she would never make another quiet book again)

Well here are the pages of my books.  They by no means are as good lookin as my Mom's books or my friend Kathryn who inspired me long ago to do these too.  Check her book out here.  As long as they do their job and keep those boys quiet then I'll be satisfied.  

 Snap the shapes on

 Elmo Puzzle & Build an ice cream cone

 Complete the train

 Banana picking & Today's forecast

 Bird puzzle & Ladybugs

Memory game with colors 

Farm with finger puppets 

 Match the colors  & frogs

ABC's & memory game with different patterns 

 Train again

Tic Tac Toe & snap shapes 

Another elmo puzzle

I said goodbye to my babies a month ago.  I started a year ago as their nanny when they were teeny tiny helmet wearing babies.  It has been so fun watching them learn to crawl, walk, and climb and to see how different they are turning out to be. 

My last day was so sweet.  As I put them down for a nap, I explained to them that I was leaving and they were just so cuddly with me!  Then I had to say goodbye to the parents which was so sweet too.  They were such a great family to work for!   

  At about 18 months

At about 22 months

This is my last week at Trader Joe's and then I have to say more goodbyes.  I will miss all my co-workers there as well.. they are a great bunch of people.  Then all I will have to do is wait 3 more weeks for our lil one to come:)  I can hardly wait!  It'll make all these goodbyes soooo worth it!