Oh the weather outside....

Soo... how many of you can't comment on our blog? I've had a few people tell me that they arent able to comment? Anyone know what I need to do?

Anyways.. onto the fun stuff.

I hit 24 weeks today. this pregnancy is flying! Which probably is a good thing. Except we've taken 5 steps back in the name department. The other night I was looking through photography blogs at names (the only place online to find cute names that aren't terribly overused) and brought Beau a list. this was it.

(and yes I realize most of them are boy names, I'm a fan)

Drew

Liv

Olivia

Parker

Karsen

Mayson

Oakley

Dylan

Laynee

Beau vetoed all but Olivia immedietly. Then he proceeded to tell me that he wasn't sure if Quinn was 'the name' either. He is pulling a me, when I said that I liked the name Sadie, but I didnt think it was 'the name'. We both really like Olivia though. So I'm assuming thats topping our list? Really I have no idea. Beau is totally fine waiting until we are in the hospital to name her. I, on the other hand, am going insane not having a name. But our conversations on the subject pretty much go nowhere, so I've given up for now.

She is moving like crazy now. It took her a lot longer than it took Blake, and she doesn't move as often, but when she does, she goes crazy. I've also felt her get the hiccups quite often. Those are not my favorite.

My cravings have all but gone away. I cant stand beef or elk though. The smell and taste make me sick. Except for like Wendys or something like that, healthy, I know. :) I eat a lot of eggs, egg sandwiches or breakfast burritos.

Her room is coming along nicely. Beau put her crib up the other night, and the shelf he made. (So proud of him)
This is currently how far we've gotten... not much, but it's a start! I've got a lot of painting and sewing to do. It's impossible to get a decent picture at this time of day, I may take another one later and switch them out... we'll see ;)

Okay... heres the better picture...

Haha maybe I should of vaccumed. Don't mind the dry rose petals crushed into the carpet and the mr. potato head parts.

The other wall is empty, except for her dresser, which will soon be replaced with a larger one, and a huge pile of 'to-do' stuff. But soon it will be covered in frames, as soon as they are painted.
This is the general idea for the bedding. It looks a little different in person, but you get the idea. Keep in mind, nothing is ironed, or sewn for that matter! I just pinned it all up to see how it looked.

I've gotten a start on some headbands. I had ordered a whole bunch of the shabby flowers for cheap on etsy and Heidi taught me to make the ribbon bows. then there are a few I got from joannes and other random places. My only problem now is I have all these colors of bows, and most of her clothes are pink/purple/teal. Looks like I need to go shopping ;)

On Black friday Sandy and I braved Joannes for fabric. Which was totally worth it! I got lots of cute fabric for baby blankets, and gifts. Plus Blake's Christmas quilt (that I need to get started).

I've started the diaper hoarding. I've got 2 jumbo boxes so far. I'm hoping to buy enough now that we wont have to buy any after she is born. But that's unlikely.
I took a mini inventory of her closet the other day just to see how much of each size we had, and got a pretty good idea of what we still need to buy. Thankfully it's not much, just a few more warm blankets, some jammies, newborn pants and Sunday dresses. (I'm not one of those moms who can bring their baby to church in pajamas. Sorry.) The only big item we really need is a new pack and play, one with a bassinet. Since we got rid of Blake's bassinet, I figured we'd just get a 2 in 1 this time. Now the only problem is finding one that isnt cheesy.
Okay enough baby stuff. Can you tell what has been consuming my free time?
We went on a double date with Ramsey and Shaunie to Texas Road House. They had their girls, we however, left Blake with my mom! :) I needed a night off.

Beau has been back in town now for about a month(ish) and I am loving life. There was a few days he got to come home for lunch or we could to to the pit and eat with him, but now he's too busy paving to do that. I'm okay with it though, I get to talk to him all the time and he gets home at a decent hour! Blake has been attached to him, which is nice for me, not so nice when Beau is trying to get things done. But I know he loves it. ;)

This was last Saturday... Beau had to work in the morning, which is why he is in work clothes. But they both fell asleep on my nice, folded laundry. That's how we do saturdays. Unmade beds, play clothes, and naps. 

Blake is repeating everything we say, and do for that matter. My favorite is how he says "what" with an emphasis on the 'WH'.

I think he hit another growth spurt, he's in 3T clothes now for the most part. He totally does not get the baby thing. I have an old doll from when I was little in the baby's room and he loves to put her in the bouncer and give her a kiss and say 'night night' ... so sweet, right? Until he grabs her by the foot and shakes her upside down. We're working on being 'soft'. He loves babies though, so I'm not too worried.

We are pretty much out of the 'nap' zone. I put him down around noon for a 'rest' and then if I'm lucky, at 4"00 he will fall asleep for an hour or 2.

I can tell he's at the age that he's getting bored with playing inside all day, lucking the weather has been nice, so he spends most afternoons out back playing in the sandbox.



I finally got our christmas decorations pretty much finished. I still could do more, but I have so many other projects going that I'm feeling like what I got up is good enough! We have 2 trees again this year, I don't know why I only took a photo of one? This is the one that will have all our 'fun' ornaments, once we get some, right now all we have is our wedding ornament, one that Beau made in preschool and a few other random ones.

 I really need to iron our stockings.

I didn't have the guts to put out our porcelain nativity this year, so I framed a picture instead.

 This is what I'm most proud of this year. I saw something similar on pinterest, but it was selling on etsy for like $40! But in my mind of course, I think "I can make that!" So, I did! It's not perfect, but I like it! I had to take it down to get a decent picture of it, but normally its on the wall.

Christmas is starting to stress me out this year. Beau and I are taking it easy with eachother's gifts, since we just bought the trailer (which I still need to post about) and we are getting Iphones today, so we figured we'd count those as our big gift to eachother. I also put a limit for myself on Blake's gifts. Last year I went a little overboard and he hardly ended up playing with any of it. So we stuck to a few fun toys, a few educational toys, books and clothes. Plus I am making him a christmas quilt (with the help of my awesome Mother in law! ;)

Christmas is coming faster than I expected, which is a good and bad thing. I just hope I get everything I have planned done!