Getting things organized

Here are a couple of pics of the new place. I've been working on finally finding a spot for some of the upstairs things. Tonight I tackled the closet.


This was last week's ...


There is so much that needs to be done still, but it's nice to see a little bit of progress.

And now that I've finally uploaded my pictures , I'll have more posts to share soon. :)

You Are On Our Side

I realized it has been a long time since I posted a song of the moment. Therefore, I have many to choose from. :) But the winner is Bethany Dillon. I love the message of this song!

The orphan clings to Your hand
Singing the song of how he was found
The widow rejoices
For her oppressors are silenced now

You sit at the table with the wounded and the poor
You laugh and share stories with the thief and the whore
When You could just be silent and leave us here to die
Still, You sent Your Son for us
You are on our side

The runaway falls at Your feet
You are what he has searched for
The rich man is broken
When he stands beneath a sky full of stars

You sit at the table with the wounded and the poor
You laugh and share stories with the thief and the whore
When You could just be silent and leave us here to die
Still, You sent Your Son for us
You are on our side

Of gifts, names, and more babies

I found this craft idea online and decided to try it out for a friend of mine. Her baby girl, Isabella, is due in about 5 more weeks, so I put this together for a shower gift.

The colors in their nursery are black, hot pink, and green.


I turned out better than I imagined. I love getting ideas online! Especially ones that incorporate fun printed paper. (Like the animals for Sophie's room.) This may be my new baby gift. There's certainly enough soon to be mommy's for me to get it down. And you know I'll be making some for our baby room too. :)

I love him

Happy Birthday Josh!

Just a few things I love about Josh...

• He plays music from his iphone for Sophie before bed.
• His dimples
• He gives good hugs
  
• He forgives easily
• He is a grill master (yum)
• He reads to me
• His enthusiasm for life
  

Well, it's not an exhaustive list, but why am I talking about him when I could be hanging out with him instead?

The bump

She's growing! And stretching me out with her. This is at 23 weeks (not quite a week ago). I love that how many weeks along I am is now a bigger number than how far I have left to go. It's going by so quickly, but we still can't wait to meet her! Having the ultrasound done somehow made everything feel more real. There really is a baby growing in there. It's a girl. She's a real, little person with a name and her own facial features that I can't wait to make out.


The second trimester is moving along. I'm really feeling great overall. Not quite "normal", but better than I would have expected so we'll go with it.


(Disclaimer: I actually have cleaned the mirror. I used a wipe that said it was for any surface, including glass, but it left yucky streaks all over.)

Wonder Cleaner

Sad that I'm blogging about this? Yes. Doing it anyway? Yes. See the top of this blender? It was passed on to me when my grandmother finished with it. I have no idea how old it is, but it works great. The only things is it looks dirty/dusty. I hate that because I tried to clean it off with cleaning solution, but it just stayed stuck on even after I scrubbed.

Well, I was cleaning off the counter, and it was driving me crazy (even though I'm not a clean freak at all). So I tried something new. And now it looks shiny!



The thing that got me though is that the cleaner that got all the gunk off - baking soda. I had no idea! Just thought I'd share my amazement. :)

Baby's room

I know I've mentioned that Sophie's room and my office will be one and the same for as long as she can put up with it. Right now that consists of my desk and all the leftover boxes that need to still be unpacked. But there is a plan!

Here are the pictures from my project! I am so excited about how this turned out. We don't get to paint or anything, but we can hang things on the wall.

This is the largest. The verse at the bottom says "grow in the grace and knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ to Him be the glory both now and to eternity" 2 Peter 3:18 Josh found that and I think it's perfect!

There are also some smaller animals.
And here is the crib bumper we picked out from Target.


(It's brown if you can't tell) I guess we're going for natural colors. Plus I have a thing for polka dots. :)

Introducing ...

Well, I took my sweet time about it. But these are the "pictures" of our precious daughter. I would like to introduce you to Sophia Grace.

I could have watched her moving around for hours. It's so great to be able to say she and her now. And the ultrasound tech was very sure, so we're not planning on any surprises there.

She's not quite sucking her thumb in this one, but that is her hand up near her mouth.




This is the bottom of her foot, with her hand over nearby.

I'm in love. :)

The Pedi-don't

I decided to give myself a pedicure this week. My sister and I used to do it at home. Put in a chick flick and soak our feet. Then apply lotion and a fresh coat of polish. Refreshing.

I love the version where they do it for you of course. But since I am cheap ... I decided to do it myself. I did, however, buy a "foot mask" and a new shade of nail polish. I need a little pampering after all. :) So, the foot mask is supposed to stay on for 10 minutes. I set up with a towel in front of the television because I didn't feel like staring at the wall for 10 minutes. Didn't think a few things out though.

step 1 - rub "mask" into feet.
step 2 - realize that if I put my feet down some of it will come off
step 3 - realize that I have this gunk all over my hands now
step 4 - crawl on elbows and knees to the bathroom and wash hands
step 5 - realize that I have no idea how long it has been
step 6 - crawl back to office to get towel and phone (clock) on hands and knees
step 7 - crawl back to bathroom and somehow hoist myself up on toilet seat (lid down)
step 8 - prop feet up on side of tub
step 9 - relax
step 10 - wash feet
step 11 - get around to the polish the next day because that took way too long

It was quite the adventure.