to Toms or not to Toms

I am craving Spring - big time! Along with warm weather, I am in the mood to completely overhaul my wardrobe. My pre-maternity wardrobe was in a pretty sad state and I was glad to move on to new clothes, even if it was for just a few short months. So the post baby goal is to get in shape, get some new clothes and freshen things up a bit. Something that can be refreshed right away though is shoes. I love to get a pair of new shoes (or flip flops, or boots or flats) and wear them until they are completely destroyed. You will not find 200 options in my closet, I just rotate a few pair and replace once a pair is completely worn through.

I want something to kick around the house with jeans or capris. Enter Toms. Maybe too granola for me to rock? Maybe not? To Toms or not to Toms... I think the navy has me sold. Maybe my sweet valentine will read this :)


Toms Classic - navy

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36 weeks

PBK

I am having a love/hate relationship with Potterybarn Kids. I love that they had all my nursery decor available to order on the website after Christmas and now I hate them because they are holding my sweet son's nursery bedding hostage. It was on back order when I ordered it the first of the year and the estimated ship date was January 13th. That was fine, it gave me time to get everything else in order. Well, fast forward to today, January 20th, and Erica at customer service is telling me the ship date got moved to next week. We are having baby in four weeks people. Let's get it together and ship my bedding! Jake laughed at me last night when I told him the devastating news. He asked me why it mattered if the crib had something called a skirt. Because it just does you ninny... and yes, the baby would never forgive me if he didn't come home to his navy striped crib bumper.

Moving on to other dramatic pregnancy nonsense - my hands are swollen, my feet are swollen and my nose seems to have grown two inches wider. Nine months pregnant isn't such a pretty sight. We have our 37 week ultrasound next Wednesday to figure out if the baby is weighing in on schedule or a little larger than normal due to my gestational diabetes. I have a feeling they are going to want to induce at 38 weeks. I have no idea why I am saying this, I just have a feeling we aren't going all the way to Feb 18th. I have a lot to do at work before I hand everything over to my boss to handle while I am out on maternity leave. I am freaking out about that too. I have never been off work more than a week straight. It is going to feel very odd to miss work for 10-12 weeks. I am praying Spring comes early so that I can take full advantage of being home with baby and use that time to get some much needed fresh air and daily walks.

3 down

Three years ago today, Jake and I bought our house. It was raining and cold, just like today. Why we decided to buy and move in January, I'll never know. We were excited, what can I say :)

We weren't really on the hunt for a house at the time. We knew we wanted to buy in a year or so but were not going to jump the gun on anything... until... until... this lady right here gets crazy. Jake can attest to this. I have a tendency to get a little, shall we say, determined once I put my mind on something.

No, we will not be telling the story of three tons of slate tile, piled in a Subaru outback, purchased at the Home Depot in Apex and then returned a week later. That story is better left untold until Jake has a little too much to drink at family functions and loves to remind me of my great decision making skills.

I found our house listed on realtor.com. The price was right, it needed a complete remodel and we were both game for a challenge. I can laugh now. We were giddy. We were freaking crazy is what we were. The house was a complete wreck. It still is in many ways, but is getting better every day. I love this house because this is the place that Jake and I started our marriage, the place that we bought together, work hard on together and the place we call home. This house sums up our life together - a constant work in progress that gets better with each passing day. I have so many memories already from this house and I will always hold them dear to my heart. 

Summer 2008



snow, snow go away.

It's been a cold, snowy winter here in NC. You think with my northwestern PA winter training, I would be used to this. NOT. I am ready for spring. I keep telling Jake all this bad weather is happening now so that when the baby gets here, it will be warm and sunny (yeah right). We are 34.5 weeks pregnant as of today. Whew - we are close and I am feeling it. My hips are a little sore, I can no longer bend at the waist and I have a perma waddle. I am kind of sad its almost over. I have loved being pregnant. On the flip side, I am so excited to meet this baby! We have a name picked out and a back up just in case. We are keeping the name a secret until the little guy arrives. I am surprised how many people get upset when you say you don't have a name yet. Don't worry people. We will name the baby. I promise. I had a complete pregnant lady freak out last weekend. I was snowed in, had cabin fever and was pacing the nursery - full nesting mode. I decided to change the nursery decor. I took down the curtains, removed the crib bedding, found receipts and took everything back. Jake just backed away slowly and got off the computer so I could do some Internet shopping. Of course, the new bedding I ordered is on back order until next week but I love, love love it! I drove to Southpoint and picked up the new curtains last week. They look fantastic! I am waiting on a few more package deliveries and we should be good to go.  I have one last shower at work this Thursday. We don't really need anything else at this point except diapers and more diapers. We have been so blessed and haven't had to buy too much for baby. I have lists all over the house. Hospital bag list, honey do's for Jake, shopping lists, freezer meals, blah blah blah. I am completely OCD when it comes to lists and preparations. That is how I deal with stress. Lists and raisinets. ha ha! On a side note, I saw the best movie this past Saturday with mom and Michelle - The King's Speech. Go see it. It rocked! There is a sheet of ice covering our area tonight. Dinner is in the oven, Jake should be home in a few minutes. I worked from home today so I am still wearing pajama pants. I am ready to get back into my regular routine and get all this cold, damp weather out of here. Come on sunshine, momma needs some vitamin D!