Belly and Bedroom Pics!

Okay so here are a few pics of our morning and also more of the house! Like I said the other day I have about 4 weeks left till baby Reagan arrives but I hope it's sooner than that! Here's the latest shot of me with a big belly!

My son wanted his hiking boots on with his shorts this morning! Whatever...

Okay this is Reagan's little corner in our room. My friend Stacy did that darling canvas above her bed and I've decorated our room throughout with that fabric...I LOVE it! My did built that little crib...isn't it gorgeous?

Just showing off my curtains...that is a tablecloth that I found at Ross 3 years ago for $2.99! I've used it as the backdrop for my wedding, a curtain headboard in our studio, a tablecloth and now it has taken on the role of curtains for our room! I love amazing finds!

I love my bed! If you'll also notice there is a gigantic mirror right behind my side of the bed! What a treat to look at my ginormous self as I get in and out of bed everyday:)

And last but not least here's the pic of our living room! I've been putting all the pillows together and putting the final touches on this room! It's so cozy...and we can watch TV with no headphones!:)

36 weeks and counting!

Ah naptime! I love the quiet in my house when Marshall is sleeping. I also love the fact that my house will stay clean until he wakes up and pulls all his toys out again:) A mother's work is never done! I can't tell you how much I am LOVING my new house! Having bedrooms is a new thing for me and I am not taking one minute of it for granted! I will have more pics of the house soon I'm just trying to finish up a few things before I reveal all! Again I have a slight tendency towards perfectionism.
Went to the doctor yesterday for my last ultrasound. I'm 36 weeks this weeks and everything looks good. He said he thinks the baby is about 6 lbs right now so she'll be big...awesome. I go back in 2 weeks and we'll see how things are looking! I'm ready to not be pregnant anymore that's for sure!
These are just a couple of pics from the family birthday party we had for Marshall and a little shower for me!

Marshall is still saying, "Happy birthday to Marshall", every time he is at this table:)

He was thrilled with a set of sports balls he got from his uncle!

Just a little taste test of his Elmo cake!

Yes my mother in law did fill his new squirt gun with water in my house!
My sweet friend Stacy threw me a little shower! I was the first in line for treats!

I wore these pajamas when I was a baby apparently! My mom was so sweet and packaged up a bunch of clothes that both her and I had worn when we were babies...still in great condition! I can't wait for Reagan to wear them!

I'm back!

Wow what a crazy last two weeks this has been! Trying to get better from the bug I've had, moving into a new house, celebrating Marshall's second birthday and Matt and I will celebrate our 3rd anniversary tomorrow! I'm working like a madwoman trying to get my house decorated and ready to bring a baby home to! I'm a little bit of a perfectionist so I've only included pictures of the parts of my house I have finished so far! There will be more soon though as I'm spending the rest of my evening crafting pillows, curtains and baby stuff!
Obviously the Elmo cake pictured below was for Marshall's birthday and boy was he excited! The other one of Marshall and Deakan is them waiting at my window for their papa! We spend Easter with Matt's family and I was a terrible mother and didn't even have an easter egg hunt for Marshall. He did get a couple chocolate eggs and I promised to do better next year. There is only so much a very prego mommy can handle right now:)
Hope everyone's Easter was great and I'm looking forward to stepping back into normal life...until I have another child in about 5 weeks!
Sorry no prego pics yet but I think I have forgotten to mention that our baby's name is Reagan. Not sure on a middle name yet though!

We Moved!

Just wanted to send out a little update! We are alive and well but life has been crazy these past few days! We MOVED! I am loving my cute house! It's very messy right now but it's so incredible to have a bedroom! And Marshall absolutely loves his room! My camera is out of batteries so I will get some soon so I can update you with pics!
Also I've had this horrible bronchitis type thing and it's been lame! I'm feeling better now which I'm so thankful for!
It's Marshall's birthday tomorrow so we've got a little preparing to do tonight! Lots of pictures coming soon!

a little updating and a little ranting!

So we've been a little mia lately because things have been so incredible busy! First of all we did get that darling rental house I talked about on my last post! We are so excited and we move next week! I have already started packing but still have a lot to do...
Then I got hit with this really nasty bug that sounds like it's going around everywhere! I don't remember the last time I've felt this awful. I was telling someone that it's not fair that mothers of toddlers get sick. Praise the Lord for movies! Cars is our current favorite! Also this sneezing and coughing stuff is not good for a prego lady who already has to pee often anyways. The force is not good and I'll just let you imagine the rest:) And what was the Lord thinking when he allowed a pregnant lady's bladder to become the size of a pea during pregnancy but then allow water to be one of the best things for you during pregnancy? One of my many questions for God when I get to heaven:)
Finally I'll leave you with a quick pic of Marshall who also hasn't been feeling that great. I pulled his high chair down off the counter to eat Mac N Cheese today while watching "Cars"... I need to teach this boy how to smile normally for the camera!

Little Drummer Boy!

It's a well known fact that Marshall simply loves music, the drums especially. A friend told me that old oatmeal cans make great drums. I decided to take it a little further and make something for him that he could wear and play at the same time. He's hardly taken his new toy off for the last couple of days. This cardboard thing probably won't last through the weekend so I'm planning on getting him a real one for his birthday in 3 weeks! Holy cow I'm going to have an official 2 year old on my hands!
In other news we've found the most darling house that I think we are going to be able to rent. With the new baby coming soon we are finally going to retire of the studio apartment and get something with bedrooms:) We should find out for sure on Monday and I am so excited! It's a darling old house with tons of character and a great fenced backyard for Marshall to play all summer in! The Lord has honestly performed some miracles to make this all happen.
Have a great weekend!

Bath time and burp rags

I don't know about anyone else but I usually give Marshall a bath before bed. I'm not saying he gets one every night before bed but when he gets one it's before bed:) So he has his bath and then I dry him off and send him, without any clothes of course, into the living room to see Matt. When I put him down and send him out, he runs faster than I've ever seen him run, jumps up onto the couch, and begins jumping up and down screaming and laughing all the while. It's like there is a sense of freedom that comes from being without clothing! The child seriously goes nuts...great bedtime routine I know. It's no wonder it takes him a while to fall asleep:) So this evening after I put him in his jammies, I was trying to take some pictures of the cute burp rags I just made for the new baby, and Marshall went a little camera crazy. He's never been this cheesy in front of the camera so I thought you'd like to take a peek! And you'll notice that even though I was repeatedly telling Marshall not to touch the burp rags he got one little finger in the shot. We are in the 'testing of my mommy's patience' stage!
So here are just a few shots of my son's personality as well as a little window into one of the many craft projects I am currently keeping myself busy with!
BTW - I am now 29 weeks prego with a due date still scheduled for May 21st but I think she'll be here early:)

Guitar Hero!

So here is the debut recording of my son's worship leading abilities! He honestly started doing this all on his own. Obviously he has been observing Matt and Grae leading worship at the church and is apparently taking decent notes!

By the way he is using a pick as well...doesn't like to play w/o one:)

Happy Wednesday...

Some thoughts...

For the last few months I have been slowly making my way through the "Experiencing God" Bible Study by Henry Blackaby. I've been mulling over so many things and wanted to share with/encourage you to pick up this study if you've never done it before.
I feel as though it's radically changing my life! This past year has definitely been one that the Lord has and is still using to reshape who Matt and I are as a family as well as redefining what we believe about who God says He is. Not that we were doubting God but over the last several months we have come to know more about and have experienced God on a deeper level than we've ever known. I'm not talking about anything crazy here, just spending time in God's word and really learning to trust him to provide for ALL of our needs! Although some months have been hard I wouldn't trade them because God has given me a new perspective on what He wants to accomplish in our lives.
Sometimes this stuff is hard to explain over a blog!
Anyways, one last thing that I was dwelling on last night...
I have been thinking about what it means to give your best as a mom and a wife and whatever other roles we each are to others. I know it's so easy to try and take shortcuts and save your energy (especially when pregnant) or be frustrated with something and take it out on your husband, etc, etc. There will always be a reason that we don't feel like doing something.
Anyhow, I was thinking last night about the fact that at any moment our lives could change. We could lose someone that we love and I would hate to look back and be disappointed in myself that I missed a chance to serve my husband or love on my child. I don't mean for this to sound morbid.
There are some days when staying home with the kiddo seems a little overwhelming and you've got to come up with a plan as to how you're going to kill some time! However, I know it's going to go so quickly. A friend of mine says, "The days are long but the years are short." I guess I want to look back over my child raising years and feel like I gave it my all. It's going to go so quickly and honestly I want to be tired when the kids are grown. I want to leave it all out on the field so to speak. (Sorry for the sports analogy!) I will still probably grumble about scrubbing food stains out of my carpet, or cleaning the house four times a day, but I'd like to choose to see it as blessing that I get to be home and love on the people who matter the most to me. I guess I'm partially thinking about all this because I know the days are probably only going to be more challenging with another litte tyke on the way! We want to have 3 or 4 kids so I'm going to be in this for a while! I think I just want to have the right perspective on life you know? I want to honor God with what He has given me...a great family!
So there you have it! A few of my wandering thoughts for your pondering! Hope you don't stop reading my blog after all my ramblings...:)

V day update!

I'm so bummed that I forgot to take my camera on our Valentine's date on Saturday! We had such a great evening! We dropped Marshall off at Matt's moms and headed up to Bridgeport. We had a giftcard to McCormick and Schmick's for dinner and movie tickets that Tim and Holly bought us for Christmas! We've been saving them and it was worth the wait!

So here are my roses and a pic of Matt and I the morning after V day!

My little munchkin!

I'm thinking Marshall has a guitar playing future! PS - he does wear clothes sometimes:)