Painting Party and Our Valentine's Day

We've been spending a lot of time in our nursery lately. We've had some setbacks. But we are loving the outcome!

The ceiling is Key Pearl Pink.


We got our chandelier installed too!

The walls are White Blush. We love how the white trim stands out, but the cream is not yellow at all.

The stripes....oh the stripes. The stripes will be natural linen.

The walls are blush white. They are finished. :) Blakely likes to hang out in the nursery. That warms my heart!


We bought the crown molding and are hoping to get it up soon.

Our crib bedding also arrived! It is beautiful and matches the ceiling perfectly!


Now onto our Valentine's Night. We kept it real low key and it was perfect. We had dinner by candlelight and then watched a movie in bed. It was bliss!

When we got married we didn't have a tv in our bedroom for the first year of marriage. Our pre-marital counselor challenged us to do that and we did. Then when we moved into this house 3 years ago, we put a small, old tv in our bedroom but never watched it...so we took it out. The one real pregnancy "symptom" that I've experienced is fatigue. I get up super early and go strong all day...but when 6:00 rolls around. I am exhausted!!! And if I have a meeting or Bible Study...then I'm too tired to even watch tv in the living room when I get home...haha! We're really tv show series people..not movie people, but we both thought that that getting a tv for our bedroom sounded like a great solution for the time being. We can snuggle up and watch our shows together and when I can't fight sleep any longer...I'm alreay in bed! Perfect! :) So that was our Valentine's gift to each other. A tv. Real romantic huh? :) I also got Matty a watering can that he wanted and he got me some hair ties and some beautiful freshwater pearls (I was surprised!). I can honestly say that most days are like Valentine's Day with Matty. I'm so blessed and our little girl will be too!

22 Weeks (Practically 23)

Best moment this week? Working on the nursery!

Miss anything? Not really.

Movement? I have been feeling flutters a lot more often...even at work. Then at work today I felt a real kick...right on my bladder. It was amazing! :)

Sleep? Just wish I could sleep on my stomach sometimes.

Cravings? Canteloupe, Crystal Light Tea, Orange Juice, and Strawberry Shortcake Ice Cream.

Sickness? Feeling good!

Other symptoms? Not this week.

Gender? GIRL!!

Looking forward to? Our Ultrasound next Tuesday. My next regular appointment. My parents coming and helping put up crown molding in the nursery!

My Sunday Song

I've been in need of some new music lately. Songs that uplift my soul and refresh my spirit. You know Worship music is my favorite and I'm so excited to get my hands on the new Passion cd in March. Until then, I've been listening to Hillsong Chapel (a lot of songs are old favorites sung in a new way or by a different leader). Refreshing! I have even been listening to the old Hillsong Chapel cd in my car again. I forgot how much I love it!

It is Well-My favorite hymn (or one of them)


Saviour King-One of my favorites for years!


Rhythms of Grace-A new fave!


We've been listening to All Sons and Daughters a lot too. I heard them live and really liked them!

The best date night!

Matty and I have lots of date nights planned for our near future. Last night was wonderful! We left for Tallahassee right after he got off of work and went straight to Our New Baby. We went in to buy a crib mattress and came out with a glider/ottoman!!! I had been researching them online and it turned out that they happened to have the exact one I thought I wanted. I think Matt fell in love and we were both happy with the price and the amazing customer service. So...I'll gladly check that off my list! I'm strange and love that the fabric is a linen/cotton blend just like the bedding we picked. :) The color is burlap (I forced myself to be practical so we can use it again if we change the room or have a boy. All things don't have to be white or patterned, even though I want them to be.) Also, I got to sit in comfort while we shopped. Perfect for a Friday afternoon!

We ate dinner at a little Italian restaurant that we've been wanting to try since we got married almost 7 years ago. We've passed it a million times, but finally decided to eat at Bella Bella. Y'all I think it is our new favorite place! The atmosphere was great the food was sooo good!

We stopped in Target on our way home and checked out baby gear. Then were still home at a decent hour! Not super exciting, but we had the best time together. Even though we were close to home it felt like we were out of town. We both needed it!

Bargain Bazaar Treasures and a 4 Seasons Babymoon!

Y'all I'm so glad to be home at a decent hour! This is the first day in over two weeks that I've been able to come home right after work. Of course I stood in the school parking lot for an hour and chatted with a co-worker...haha! Oh well I'm home now and blogging again which makes me happy!

I am soooo thankful Bargain Bazaar is over. I had fun with my league girls but it was just very tiring and long. However, we made a lot of money for the children in our county and I found some cute little treasures for nothing. We got three things for our little girl. :) The sweater still had tags on it. A little desk that we're going to paint red and stick in the bonus room, and some frames to do something with eventually.

We had short little 4 seasons babymoon over in Valdosta on Saturday night. It is the last time we we all be together with out a baby/babies! Pretty fun to think about how much our lives have changed since grad school. There have been moves, engagements, weddings, and now babies. We are all still teaching though. :) We ate dinner at Olive Garden, and then hung out at Jenn's brand new house that her and J built! We pretty much stayed in Karlynn's nursery all night!

I don't have pictures but our busy weekend ended nicely. We attended a new worship service at our church Sunday night, then watched the Superbowl with Matt's Dad and Ellen.

We have a few projects we are going to be working on this weekend! I'm excited!

Gender Reveal Party...Part 1!

I used to think I was going to throw a huge gender reveal party, then when we found out we were pregnant this time, I thought that I wouldn't find out..so we obviously wouldn't have one. But in the end we talked about it and we are so excited and our families are so excited about this that we felt like we just had to do a little something fun and special. Plus, it brought both of our families together. I love that!

We kept it very simple! We planned the party for 1:00 and decided to provide a light lunch and cupcakes. I wanted the reveal to be early because I knew without a doubt that the girls would go shopping...and I still wanted everyone to get home at a reasonable hour (my family drove 3 hours). We wanted to have some of our good friends and neighbors over too but decided to wait and have them come over later because of work schedules, etc. I purposefully didn't invite anybody from school tht I teach with because I felt like then then number of people coming would be insane! Everything went just like we hoped!

The rest of my pictures will not upload! So, I'm having to break this post up into two parts. More pictures coming soon!

21 Weeks...playing catch up!

Best moment this week?  Putting the crib together! It was a sweet time late one night. I will admit that I fell asleep while he was doing it, but it was fun being together anyway. :) I also loved that Matt surprised me with baby hangers so I could hang up the clothes that she has so far!

Miss anything?  They had chili dogs out at Bargain Bazaar set up this week. I usually eat 1 grilled hotdog a year...on 4th of July, but they looked pretty good! Oh well! I'll have one this July!

Movement? For two nights in a row I feel like I felt some flutters. I'd like to keep feeling them and then maybe I'll know for sure. Although I haven't sat down this week because of co-chairing Bargain Bazaar. 

Sleep?  Definitely didn't get enough sleeep this week...but not because of the baby.

Cravings?  Strawberries, brocolli, asparagus, and strawberry ice cream.

Sickness?  Y'all I got so sick this week. I caught that awful stomach bug that has been going around and made itself at home in my classroom for over a week. I was so sick (made me very thankful that I never had any morning sickness) and am still very sore from throwing up so much.

Other symptoms?  My feet hurt so bad everynight after BB set up and especially after Preview Party and Bargain Bazaar. That many hours standing on concrete without sitting at all is torture. I almost put in 40 hours of service this week out at the fairgrounds on top of working...and that was missing one day because of the bug. Every night when I took my shoes off I just could feel that my feet were going to be swollen. Surprisingly they never were! I'm thankful for that!

Gender? It's a GIRL!

Looking forward to? Painting some stripes on the nursery walls! My next appointment! Matty naming our baby girl!