Sunday, January 22, 2012

Bits and Pieces

So I've been thinking.....when you are trying to lose weight and you reach your goal weight early, it's considered an accomplishment. I think the same rules apply in pregnancy and weight gain, right? If you reach your goal weight 9ish weeks before baby is due, it should also be considered an accomplishment. That's what I'm going to tell myself for the remainder of the pregnancy. :)
Some of my Dallas gals threw me a fabulous shower last weekend (pics to come in a later post). A huge thank you to the wonderful gals who planned, prepped and set up....and thanks to everyone who came out and made for a wonderful afternoon. I appreciate all the super useful and ADORABLE gifts (knit baseball hat that will go perfectly with Yankees outfits, crocheted booties, fun decorated onsies...just to mention a few!). I'm hoping Aiden is chill and likes to "play dress up" (is there a manly way to say that?) when he's born...he has a lot of great outfits to try out.
Aiden's room is coming along in the sense that all items are ordered, but we are still waiting for some things to come in before we can finish up the details. One idea I found during a pintrest search was hooks like these: http://www.ashberrybaby.com/Star-Wall-Hooks.html
We decide to make our own personalized ones in Aiden's room colors, and I'm thrilled with how they came out:
And a pic of one of the new hooks displaying the fabulous diaper bag (thanks Mal!) that I promised to post soon-ish back in November (hey, sometimes two months is my idea of soon these days...apologies!):
My amazingly wonderful hubby put most of the elbow grease into these hooks so much love and thanks to him for making the vision come to life. We are waiting to receive decorations for the wall behind the crib. Once those get up, we'll get the rest of these pieces we have on the walls.

Thursday, January 5, 2012

New Year, Bigger Belly

Happy New Year friends and family! I hope you all had a blessed Christmas and your new year is starting off well. Mine is starting off with an ever growing belly. :) I feel like I JUST posted a picture of my belly, but I was a week late last time and the time has passed quickly with the holidays. Anyway, without further ado....my 28 week belly pic:

I can't believe Aiden will be here in 12 short weeks, give or take a few (I'm hoping to be more on the give side....). Mentally I'm trying to prepare for him to be late (everyone I've talked to who has gone past their due date says those final days are grueling), but in all other aspects I'm trying to prepare for him to be early.

In line with this, we decided to redo our kitchen this past weekend (who needs a relaxing long weekend, right?) We LOVE how it came out. Just took a few hours (or days) of work and a few gallons (5ish) of paint. That's right, the entire transformation was created with painted. We did the ceiling, cabinets, walls and countertops (check out Giani Granite). Important lessons learned: it always takes at least two coats, oil-based paint takes a long time to dry and is tough to get out of hair, we are hiring someone to do the painting next time around. It was honestly worth the effort though, especially because if was so cost effective (less than $400 for the entire project, including a new fan).
Next weekend is a Dallas shower so a new post and lots of pics to come!