Happy Halloween

Tonight we were excited to celebrate our first Halloween in our new home. We rode past the pool where there was a party for the kids before they went out on their nightly raid. We handed out a LOT of candy tonight- thankfully I picked up a last minute bag tonight.

We also went to the local Methodist Church and picked out a pumpkin. It was a really pretty field full of huge pumpkins. Since we procrastinated our carve we got the goods at half price :)

Here are some pictures of the finished product.

Hard to believe next year we will have. A little guy to celebrate this holiday with :)

Baby Shower!

This weekend my sister and friend Julia hosted a shower for me. They had a pumpkin theme to go with the season as well as my new figure!
 
We didn't take a ton of pictures because we were so busy having a great time, but it was a special event. I was surrounded by so many amazing woman and mothers. I was able to enjoy their company, get some input on being a mother, and was blessed to receive some amazing gifts.

More Bumps

I have tried to take the time to photograph my belly every week so I can see the slow outward stretch. Here are a few pictures to show the growth. As I expected, he has used up all of the "side to side" room and can only push outward. It is wild to see the change over one month!

week 24

week 25

week 26

week 27

Nursery Beginnings

We have started the work on the nursery, Monty's bathroom, and the "Jill" bedroom attached to the other side.As you can tell from the pictures the previous owners had very pink taste! To be honest- we have avoided going into the room(s) because the previous owners paint choice was so visually offensive. I know they had little girls, but the pink is just overwhelming, especially with nothing in the rooms.

Here are just a few pictures of us "exorcizing" the pink from the house! It took several evenings tape everything off, prime the walls to ensure that pink would not bleed through, and then to cover over with a much lighter and easier color!

 I have happily been dreaming of the wall art, furniture, and bedding- which is all starting to come together now! Monty will have a gender neutral theme so it can be shared for any brothers or sisters that may follow. After finding a piece of wall art on Etsy, I chose the theme "you are my sunshine" from the childhood song. As my mother has brought up, not all the lyrics are happy but the important parts are :) Later Chris brought up the Stevie Wonder song "you are the sunshine of my life". Both songs will have lyrics displayed in the room along with some original family art work seen below.
 
The weekend of my 30th birthday we had his grandparents and his aunts in town and I gave everyone a picture of a sunshine and crayons. They have created the art work that will hang in his bedroom.

Their finished work is seen below in frames. We will post all of their pictures when they are hanging on the wall. Chris and I also colored sunshine pictures for the walls. Monty has a lot of people who love him and that love will be on display around his room!

 Picture to left is from Daddy and on the Right is Mommy :)

We also got some new color up on the wall and built a cabinet to hold some of his items. I was able to find the exact changing table I was going to order online at a consignment shop! Score! So we got that at a reduced price and didn't have to do any assembly!

Below are pictures of the wall, the assembly process of the cabinet, the finished product, and changing table.

 

We have also ordered a glider (you can see the ottoman in the picture below), I have picked out some bedding material (you can see it hanging on the front of the crib), curtains (hanging on the side crib), and I have a few "painting projects" to include the little chair in the corner of the room.

We have done a lot of work in the past few weeks to get ready for his arrival- and we still have so much more to do! Hard to believe he will be here in 12 weeks or less!!