Weekend Wrap-Up

 This weekend was certainly a busy one for us...again. It seems like weekend always are busy these days. Is it only us? We headed out Friday evening for dinner and to get paint for our weekend project; painting the living room. While Stephen was showering I snapped the much awaited bump photo that many of my readers have asked for in the past week:

I am almost 19 weeks in this picture and feeling rather large...I know it's only going to get worse...the important thing is that the baby is growing and thriving!

Louie felt left out and wanted some picture action too:

How sweet is he?

We had dinner at Culver's before shopping at Wal-Mart. Sometimes I like Culver's and sometimes I really don't. On Friday, I really didn't. Stephen loved his burger though and the few bites of his that I had were wonderful. That's what I get for trying to be healthy and ordering their new Asian salad. Take my word for it, it looks good in the picture but it is not good in real life. Promise.

Saturday morning the work started in the living room. Stephen's Dad came over around 8 and they got right to work. One wall in our living room had some damage from a leaky roof prior to us purchasing the home. The paint on that wall was peeling so it needed scraped. Then it also needed some drywall compound and sanding. It was more work that I would have ever imagine and I am so thankful that Dave and Stephen were able to take care of it! The painting went on almost all day, and well into the night/early morning for Stephen. I believe he came to bed around 1am Sunday morning...1am after the time change, so really 2pm. Yikes!

Some pictures from Saturday:

You can see in some of the above pictures that the color of the room was a dark tan color. It really wasn't a bad color, but with our carpet and furniture being tan I just felt it was too much tan. I also wanted a lighter, brighter color to brighten the room. Watching the new color go up always excites me!

While the men worked on Saturday, Louie and I were on the couch for the most part. I think that Louie really enjoyed all the snuggle time with me and I really enjoyed reading my book! :)

Sunday morning we woke up to dry walls and a messy living room! Since neither of us really slept in (thank you time change), we had plenty of time before church to put the living room back together, hang things back on the walls and clean up the painting mess. I am so glad that we were able to get this done before church, because the only thing on our agenda for Sunday afternoon was resting and watching movies. That is just what we did!

I snapped some photos with my phone before we left for church, so these aren't the best but you can tell the difference and see the new color. What do you think?

Like I said, on Sunday afternoon we watched movies. 3 actually. Well, I slept through half of the first one and Stephen slept through half of the second one, but still! We have actually been watching lots of Christmas movies trying to find a family friendly option to show at church in December for a family movie night. We need something family friendly and something that will hold the kids attention...any ideas? The one we tried this weekend might fit the bill, but I cried at least 3 times during it so we would need to make sure the sanctuary was well stocked with tissues!

On Saturday we also took Louie to the vet for a heart worm re-check, but more on that another day this week!

Today is the day we find out Baby D's gender. I am so anxious...totally not sure if I will get anything done today while waiting for this appointment. It is at 2pm, please pray with us that Baby D is healthy and that we can determine the gender today! :)

Happy Monday!

Weekend (more like week) Wrap-Up!

Happy Monday, folks! It's a warm and rainy day here but I am quietly longing for fall. In fact, pumpkins and pumpkin scented things have started making appearances around our house. All of our fall decor just might relocate from the basement this coming weekend! Have you decorated for fall yet?

Here is a little of what we were up to last week:

A little bit of front porch sitting...

And a little bit of morning cuddles! :)

My first shipment of maternity clothes arrived from Old Navy last week too. Out of the 4 items, I can only wear one shirt now. I am sure we (me and baby D) will soon grow into the others so no worries!

The hubs and I have back to back birthday's in August. His was last Tuesday and together are cards made a pretty big display. We felt so loved! Also, there are some cards related to our big announcement too!

We had ordered this glider from Walmart.com almost immediately after we found out we were expecting. Ideally we would like two, one for upstairs and one for down but at least now we have one. It was on clearance and was such a steal! Louis isn't sure out it yet...

But the hubs likes it and approves! :)

Stephen and his birthday cake last week. Sadly, I didn't eat any of it. I am in a rut where anything that I cook is unappealing to me and the baby. I am a fan of Stephen cooking or eating out right now to say the least! 

Lunch hour pedicure=LOVE!

WOO, it's finally Friday!

Wings for dinner on Friday= YUM. I'm sorry baby I know you need folic acid....but tonight, we are having hot wings!! :)

Saturday we had a full day planned that mostly included shopping and a little eating (I am pregnant after all). Chipotle is my absolute favorite!

Stopped in David's Bridal to purchase my Matron of Honor dress for an April wedding. Yep, that will be about 4 to 6 weeks after Baby D's arrival. Needless to say, I ordered up a size!

I just can't resist baby clothes. I mean seriously, I barely resisted them when I wasn't pregnant but now that I am? It's like game on! I proudly purchased this cute number with my TJ Maxx Birthday gift card from a co-worker. Adorable I tell you!

Love me some Target sales!

Saturday evening we headed to a surprise birthday party for a friend hosted by his wife. It was a great time with delicious food. As always, it's just nice to see people that you don't get to see all to often. After our full day of running around and shopping I was so tired. We headed home and I promptly took a warm bath and put my feet up!

Sunday morning we headed out to church and then spent the afternoon at home relaxing. We grilled burgers for lunch and I baked an oatmeal casserole to serve as breakfast all week. I found the recipe on Pinterest and it was decent this morning, though in the future I think I will tweak it a little! :) We also spent the afternoon watching hours and hours of special features for The Hunger Games. After that I wanted to watch the movie again but Stephen declined since we had just watched it on Thursday. What can I say? I am a movie geek! Oh and I also made a new curtain (no sew) for our back door. I didn't take a picture but I will, I promise!

So what did you do this weekend? We hope that everyone had a safe and relaxing break from work!

Oh and last but not least, we now have a Baby D planning book...meaning I feel much more prepared and able:

Don't you love it?

Vickie's Visit

A couple of weeks ago my good friend Vickie came and stayed with us for nine days. Lucky for Vickie she is a teacher and has the summer off so she can take extended vacations like that. I can't say I am not jealous of that. Having summers off? Heck yeah, that would be awesome! Anyways, we had a lovely time together and it was so nice to catch up with each other other than over the phone.

Vickie, you are such a good friend to me and I truly thank God for our friendship. I am so glad that no matter how many miles come between us, we still call, text and visit each other. We hope you had a great time in Indiana and come back soon!! :)

Okay, so one day we drove to Michigan (St. Joe) and spent some time popping in and out of antique shops and exploring the beautiful  Michigan coast line. Lake Michigan is BEAUTIFUL!

Coming home we stopped in Amish country and did a little more exploring. Oh, and stopping at random garage sales that were still going on late in the afternoon. What fun! Vickie was very into take pictures of the Amish as we passed them on the road. Thankfully, no one was injured in the taking of these photos!

One night after dinner we stopped at The Sunken Garden Park (I had never been there). It was so beautiful! Flowers were covering walkways and fountains were flowing, I really loved it and would like to go back there and take photos one day. For now, this lovely black eyed Susan will have to do. Why oh why can't mine at home look this full and pretty?!

Louie was pretty good while Vickie was visiting. At first I think he wasn't fond of having another person in the house, but then when he realized that he didn't have to stay in his room all day since she was there, he warmed up to her. He jumped up and sat on her lap during a thunderstorm once! That's awesome for him, he is pretty selective about who he likes and doesn't like!

For some reason (I can't remember why) we thought it would be cute to out Stephen's ball cap on Louie. Well, it sure was cute but he was not a fan:

Oh, and today is my birthday-the big 2-6. You know what? I don't feel old at all. I feel blessed and very loved! Hope you have a great Friday and weekend, friends!

We're back & Weekend Wrap-Up!

We are officially back from vacation and back to reality people. Sad, I know! We had a WONDERFUL time in Florida with family and some friends-it actually felt like a vacation this time! Amazing the difference flying to your destination versus driving will make! I have several vacation related posts and LOTS of pictures coming soon, but first I thought I would update you and share some pictures {mostly Instagram} of what we have been doing since arriving back in Indiana! Sit back and relax...

Friday night did not go as planned. It ended up being totally okay though...still it was a little irritating. We planned to get dinner and then do some grocery shopping-you know, our normal date night routine. Well, first we went to Pizza Junction and it was PACKED with a long wait. Then we tried Subway because neither of us wanted greasy, unhealthy food (we were going for salads at Pizza Junction). Well wouldn't you know that Subway also had a line just about out the door AND they were not taking credit/debit cards. I'll just go on the record and say that we rarely carry cash. We are 98% debit people. So we left with only about a hour before the grocery store closed...obviously we ended up at McDonald's. Not our favorite at all, but it was food and we were hungry.

Louie has been SUPER happy since we are home. He was pretty lazy on Saturday with me! We did this pretty much all day...

I did make some cupcakes over the weekend, so I was not totally unproductive. These key lime cupcakes are delicious! So thankful my cousin Beth shared the recipe with me!

See? Lazy Saturday! :)

I ordered this D from GroopDealz (which is awesome!), but it was silver and we did not like it. Thankfully we had some red spray paint and fixed it right up. It's new home is in the living room on the shelves Dad made us for Christmas.

How cute is this? We watched several movies over the weekend too. Stephen wants to see The Avengers, but wanted to watch all the other Marvel movies first so we borrowed them from his brother and are almost through them all. Captain America is next and last!

This was actually Monday night, not over the weekend-so maybe this should be titled weekend wrap up and a Monday? Anyways, Louie was galloping around the backyard and looking oh so cute! On a side note, we love our chairs and enjoying spending evenings out back when it isn't 120*!

A beautiful double knock out opened over the weekend. These flowers bring me so much joy!

Our front flower bed has grown A LOT. We water these regularly...so our grass may be dead, but at least our flowers are thriving! Also, Miracle Grow flower food is like a miracle. I swear I can see the change overnight!

Yep, that would be our dead grass.

And Louie, just because. I am just realizing that maybe I take too many pictures of our dog? I swear I just can't help it!

We spent Monday evening installing a window unit AC in our bedroom. Hallelujah! Seriously, can you hear the angels singing?! Louie was a great observer from this little bed in the corner.

And that friends, is what a good nights sleep looks like! It has been so hot in our bedroom that we have actually been sleeping in the living room on an air mattress since before our vacation. I am not even kidding when I say how hot it was...apparently our air just doesn't flow upstairs well? Anyways, everywhere within a 200 mile radius was out of small AC's over the weekend but we got lucky and got one fresh off the delivery truck at Lowe's on Monday. Thankful doesn't even begin to describe how I felt about that!

I can say now that we slept wonderful last night with the AC, Louie included. In fact, I slept through my alarm and Stephen basically had to lift Louie up off his bed to wake him up this morning.

I almost forgot to include an update on the FL floods in this post. Thank you all for your prayers and well wishes for my FL family over the past couple of weeks. Thankfully no one was forced out of their home and the damage was kept to a minimum. Some people in the county lost everything if you can imagine that. We were able to drive around some of the worst hit areas last week while on vacation and it really is hard to believe unless you can see it in person. Imagine water up to the roof line of your house...that was the case for many families. Please continue to pray for the people who were affected and suffered loss as I am sure that dealing with the insurance companies will not be easy!

Thanks guys and see you tomorrow!