quick takes

September 20, 2013

Another round of randomness coming at you! (Linking up.) one Fair warning that it just might start to get very crafty/nesty up in here. Our new carpet will be installed in a couple of weeks, and we’re painting our bedroom this weekend. I have barely touched the back half of our house and so this is really inspiring me to fix up our room. It’s such a sad state of affairs in there right now and I would love to have a happy master bedroom. I have plans, people. Will be sharing them soon. two I’m also spending almost every spare moment working on my niece’s stocking. Here is what it looks like so far: The lighting is kind of…
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we’re having a…

September 17, 2013

But most of you probably already knew that, considering I’ve been talking about it on Twitter and Facebook, and am not exactly timely in getting this post up. But yep, it’s most definitely a boy, no question about it, little guy was not shy at all and David was quite proud. So, I have thoughts and they are thus: 1. Yay! A boy! I know deep down that’s what David wanted and I’m so happy he’ll have a little guy to teach to be a man and I’ll get to find out what it’s like to mother a boy. It will be different and fun and exciting. 2. I guess this means I’ll have to make some changes to the…
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Posted in: motherhood, motherhood, pregnancy

20 weeks

September 13, 2013

Time for an official pregnancy update, yeah? Symptoms: Nothing really to complain about. Most days I still have a bout of nausea a few hours after I wake up but it passes quickly. Overall I have a pretty big appetite. In the past month I have gained about 8 pounds and am up a total of 12-ish which is similar to my last pregnancy at this point. Bloating is kept in check by avoiding large amounts of dairy. Almost every  night I wake up around 3:30 or 4am to pee and then don’t get any good sleep after that so I’m tired in the mornings. So far no signs of carpal tunnel which was a big issue in my last pregnancy….
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project life 2013 : weeks 34 – 35

September 11, 2013

I’m caught up again, and back on schedule for every two weeks! Feels so good. This spread is approximately the last half of August. They were just regular weeks so this is normal everyday life stuff. Again, it was great to have a bunch of horizontal photos to fill the space and I’m definitely going to keep making an effort to do this. I got a short video of Meredith taking a “running jump” into a kiddie pool at her cousin’s house and it was super adorable. I decided to write about one of our Saturdays and detail what exactly we did that day since it was a fun one. It also goes along with the photos at the bottom…
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Posted in: crafty, documenting, project life

around here

September 9, 2013

this bag gets packed several times a day with different stuff, usually swimsuits, socks, and shorts library books for the win her shirt matches the pillow still love these stamps painting my toenails and getting a Project Life spread done lifted my spirits all of the stuffed animals and dolls need to be fed choosing new carpet is kind of hard but very exciting on a solo Target trip I bought a $6 full-length mirror the better to take Instagram selfies, of course cross-stitching with 30 Rock  on a walk to fight the no-nap tantrum *** On Friday afternoon as I was wrapping up at work I felt so energized, inspired, and geared up for life in general and the weekend…
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