082. Go on a picnic (3/23/2010)

Since the weather has been getting nicer and I have needed to get out of the house to walk around as part of my recovery from the C-Section, we have been grabbing dinner to go and going for a walk. On one of the many nights, we went and got sandwiches at Jimmy John's and then had a picnic.

049. Donate my unused clothing or items to Goodwill. (3/28/2010)

This is another thing that we've been meaning to get around to doing and didn't have the time to do so. We finally went to Goodwill today and dropped off a bag full of clothes and a box full of items that we no longer needed/wanted. It was great to finally get those out of our house.

023. Become a member of a church. (March 2010)

We finally registered with the church we've been attending in town for almost the last year. As part of getting our daughter baptized, we needed to be registered members of the church -- so we figured now was as good of time as any.

022. Become a mom. (3/5/2010)

We welcomed our first baby on Friday, March 5, 2010 at 2:04 a.m. It was a long ordeal, but totally worth it. I went in on Wednesday evening to start an induction due to rising blood pressure and a fear that the baby was going to be large. Contractions kicked in during the night and by Thursday morning my water was broken. I then labored for 18 hours with back contractions and no pain medication. By midnight, I was ready to push. Pushing lasted over an hour and the baby was not dropping. The decision was made to go ahead with a C-Section and in the wee hours of Friday morning we welcomed our daughter - Ella Adeline.

I became a Mom.

059. Paint at least one room in our house a color besides white or off white. (Jan 2010)

The painting half way through

The room we completely re-did was the baby's nursery. The wall now sports a light greenish yellow on top and green on the bottom.

The nursery all complete (mid February)