I Scream, You Scream

Just taking a break from cheering on the MNU women's team to eat some ice cream. This might have been Cade's first cone...if it's not than I probably have already blogged about it at some point. Notice I don't look very happy about sharing...


Guess that's where Cade gets it! Who can resist this little guy's "Can-I've-some?"

Baller

Cade is a baller by nature...I guess it's just in his blood. His afternoon rituals consist of reviewing his letters and then we must shoot.

Over and over and over again.

Full court action

He wants you to shoot with him too. "Mommy, shoot?" He's excellent at rebounding for me too so I don't have to move. I must say, my game hasn't really improved any from all the shooting. But I guess I should enjoy this phase where I get to be involved. As I'm sure his skills will soon surpass me.


What can I say, this kid gets more fun everyday. We're just talking up a storm and only occasionally flashing our "sassy" side when we don't get our way. I think a little thing called a baby sister will help cure that...eventually.

Flashback

I posted this picture when I was pregnant with Cade and I really feel like my belly resembles it even more this time around! Oh my!!
(In case you needed the clarification: clearly this is not really my belly).

36 Weeks: I've reached the phase where it transitions from cute round belly to the awkwardly oblong shape...and strangers stare and comment.

Three weeks from today we will be welcoming our little girl. Or before?! Although my doctor confirmed yesterday at my appointment that I'm not dilated at all. Dang it. I could've sworn things were happening "down there." Guess not...

I've also reached the phase where I start to freak out about the added responsibilities of caring for another human being. And my usual response...is to cut my hair. Maybe it's a control thing? While I'm thankful to feel like I have a "style" again...I do feel a bit...matronly. I'm kicking around the idea of putting some funky colored streaks in it to keep me hip and young. I floated the idea to Matt and I think he's currently in the process of staging some sort of intervention to my mid-life crisis.

What?! No?! I think I could pull it off...

Don't worry (grandparents and in-laws) I'd never have the guts to do it...but know that I'm definitely going through some sort of phase.

Showered With Love!

Last weekend my friend, Amy, threw a fabulous shower for Reese and I where we were showered with love and gifts by my wonderful friends!
Jo, Holly and Amy

It was such a great reminder of how blessed we are to have such awesome people in our life. Friends and family traveled near and far to join us. Work friends, college friends, G-Phi friends, church friends, MNU basketball friends, even my high school BFF Aud made it! It was a "who's who" of blogging with much of the "blog roll" in attendance.
Five little babies attended and there were 2 other pregnant bellies in the room!



We were completely spoiled with such cute and girly things for Reese!



As I went home and put away all of her new goodies, I just had to smile as I moved over the bridesmaid dresses that live in Reese's closet to make room for the gifts that many of those same "brides" had given us. I love my friends. New and old. I love living life with them. Bring on the next phase!

Be Mine

Who wouldn't want to be this guy's Valentine?

We worked hard selecting our favorite stickers and "signing" each Valentine.

Oh, and occasionally snacking on the crayons...

I'm torn between whether they turned out "homemade-ishly age-appropriate and cute" or just ghetto.

And for those of you who were wondering...Matt's mom helped us out tremendously last weekend! She gets more done around here in 2 days than we do in 2 months!

Still much to be done on the room so, I'm not gonna lie, it's gonna be awhile before there are pics worth sharing. But in the meantime...have a Happy Valentine's Day!

The Dilemma

This is it...this weekend we're painting the baby's room and putting the rest of the furniture together so hopefully we can soon start to feel more ready. One dilemma...I can't decide on a color. Now I'm a pink person. I embrace being a girly girl. I've never really been into hearts or butterflies or anything, but pink, I like. So I always thought we'd have a pink room. Heck, we've got a blue sports-themed room for Cade so why not have a pink floral theme for Reese? We're cliche around here. It's fine. Our bedrooms are small so while I like a lot of color, I'm not really into fancy paint jobs or the use of multiple colors. Maybe I'm just lazy? Don't tell my kids.

I picked up a few too many test colors at Home Depot. I'm sure that in no way contributes to my inability to decide...
The first paint chip I picked up was called "Sexy Pink." I immediately returned it to the shelf. While I liked the color it just seems wrong to paint your baby's room a color containing the word "sexy." No? The next paint chip I liked was "Pink Carnation." Perfect. Pink carnations happen to be the official flower of Gamma Phi Beta. Fate?
Pink carnation test-run

I'm pretty clueless when it come to testing out paint. How much should I paint? Which wall should I paint? How many coats should I use? I'm just not sure that the test-runs even help me make a decision at all. I like it. But is it TOO pink?

Here's a close-up of my favorite print of the bedding, the bumpers. (Which, yes, I know they're not even necessary but they're my favorite print of the bedding!)

I keep coming back to the aqua/robin's egg blue shades in it. I just love the thought of a room that color with lots (and lots) of pink accents. I'm just having trouble finding that color...and visualizing what it will look like.


I know, the nasty gold curtains kind of detract from the task at hand.

While the pics from the Pottery Barn website are, I'm sure, designed to inspire...they somehow leave me just feeling bad about the fact that our room won't ever look as cute as their "inspiration" rooms.

So...I'll sleep on it...pics of the final product coming next week! I'm sure it will turn out fine. We'll end up with a cute and functional room that will be just perfect for our little Reese!

Feisty...

Good news!!! Cade is putting words together to make sentences!!

Bad news...his favorite phrases are "Stop it!" and "I don't want to!" Where did this feisty guy come from?

Hard to tell from the pic, but here Cade is "reading" his Bible. Keep reading, Cade. Keep reading.