Choosing a Paint Color

Choosing the wall color for Eli's room was one of the tougher decisions for me. I wanted something that was bright and cheerful but something that also went with his bedding. Wednesday night at church Mr. Marty, Mrs. Debra, Mr. Art, Dan, Sue, and Mrs. Dee were all more than willing to help me choose a color. Mr. Marty even decided to model Eli's blanket!




(Note: We finally did decide on a color, but actually went a little lighter than what my wonderful helpers chose. Our rooms are tiny and I was scared the first color we picked was going to be too dark. I haven't posted any pictures of his room since it's been painted because I want to wait until everything is set up so you can see it complete.)

Prego Buddies

Sunday our church had their annual Fourth of July picnic. Josh, Diane, and I found some fun ways to entertain ourselves! I barely look pregnant in these pictures compared to Josh's basketball tummy :)

23 Week Belly Shots

Summer is flying by and so is my pregnancy. I can't believe that I'm now over the halfway mark. Before you know it, little Eli is going to be here :) I go to the doctor this Thursday for my next appointment. I'm curious to see how much weight I've gained, not that I can do anything about it now. Josh is amazed every day at my belly. He's having to get used to it just as much as I am! He's never seen me so big. I keep trying to prepare him for what's going to happen, but he doesn't seem to believe I'm going to get as big as some pictures show. We'll just have to wait and see!

(I love on this one how you can start to see my belly button poking out!)

You Might Be a Redneck If....

Josh and I didn't have a fancy professional grout mixer, so we had to improvise. I think Jeff Foxworthy could have made several jokes about us mixing up grout with a hand mixer!

The Kitchen Makeover is Complete (For Now)

Here are the finished pictures of the first two phases-countertop and backsplash-of our kitchen makeover. Josh and I finished grouting the backsplash tonight. We are so pleased with how it turned out. We still have to seal it, but we'll do that sometime next week. Thanks, Dad and Mom for all your help!

Nursery Paintings

Since I knew Mom was coming in this weekend, I made sure to have a project for us while the boys were working on the kitchen. I went to Wal-Mart and bought canvases and painting supplies so we could work on painting pictures for Eli's room. Friday morning we both woke up and after some breakfast got started. I LOVE how they turned out! We painted them to match the bedding that is going to go in the nursery. Here's a picture to remind you what it looks like.

No, the paintings are not perfect, but I think they look really cute. They were painted with lots of love. I can't wait to see them hanging on the walls in his nursery.

Best Buddies

Like father like son (in-law)...Dad and Mom came in this weekend to help Josh and me with the kitchen. Dad woke up that morning and put on a yellow shirt with camouflage pants. Josh saw what Dad was wearing and the next thing you know...they looked like twins! Mom and I were rolling! Josh and Dad worked all morning on laying the travertine but they didn't get finished. They plan on finishing today before Mom and Dad have to leave. I can't wait to see it completely finished!