A Vacation From Our Vacation

So Christmas vacation is in full swing.  Austin and I have been busy preparing for Catherine's arrival.  I must say, I have the hardest working husband in the world.  Not only has he built a new addition to our house (his man cave from this summer), but he has also pretty much single handedly rearranged our whole house in a week. 
We were going to use his old UGA room for the nursery, but I was afraid it would be too hard to cover red and black with sage green.  Luckily we had another room we could use.  He has painted it, shampooed the carpet, built a crib, and rearranged the room.  To top it off, he would hardly let me help because he didn't want to make me tired/hurt the baby.  I love this man!
He has also been helping his mom with her roof.  It has been leaking for a few months now, and she has had him over twice to try and fix it.  He is not a fan of heights, nor am I a fan of my husband/baby's daddy being on a roof, but he does love his mommy.  He is such a great husband and son!  I just can't wait to see the amazing father he will be!
Well, it looks like we will need a vacation from our vacation. ;)
Countdown to Catherine - 53 days!

Third Trimester Jitters

Well, we are officially in the third trimester of our pregnancy, which brings with it many emotions.  I am so excited that we are so close to meeting our little angel, but at the same time I'm getting very nervous about being a parent.  Her nursery is not yet finished (in fact, we've barely begun), and besides a few outfits, a changing table, and a travel system someone bought us, we really don't have anything for her.  That being said though, I truly am excited. :)
With all the excitement about Catherine's arrival coming up, I am just about beside myself over Christmas.   It is my favorite time of the year.  Usually we go all out with decorating; however, we have not done as much this year.  I think I am just more ready to get her ready.  :)  We have put up our Christmas tree and set out a few decorations, but we have not put as much out as we usually do, simply because I don't want to clean it all up at 8 months pregnant.  :)
To all of you who have gone all out and put up lights, especially outside, thank you!  One of my favorite things to do this time of year is drive around and look at the lights.  I read in a magazine this year about a family tradition of driving around in pjs looking at lights.  I wonder if I can talk my husband into that... :)

It's About Time!

I begin by apologizing for the time lapse between posts.  When I created this blog, my husband laughed because he said I wouldn't keep up with it.  In this case, he was right. 

Many things have happened since my last post.  We are 26 weeks along in the pregnancy, and we now know that Catherine (IT'S A GIRL!) will be here in February.  We are very excited, but we are also a little nervous.  When we registered for her it turned into one big argument and ended with me crying in Babies'R'Us.  We had no idea babies needed so much stuff, or what they need for that matter.  We still don't know if we registered for the right things.

We also had a bit of drama this past week with our car.  My husband went to the GA/FL game in Jacksonville with a friend of ours.  He planned on taking our car; however, our car broke down outside of Atlanta, and they had to hitch a ride to the game, leaving the car behind.  We ended up taking it to some garage down there.  What they told us would take one week to fix ended up taking exactly two and costing us what we should be using to buy Catherine's bedroom suite (the crib, mattress, bedding, changing table, dresser - no, I'm not exaggerating).  However, a dear friend of mine that I work with and is very wise said, "You will make it, we always do."  I'm very thankful for friends and family who have helped us so far and continue to help us.

On a happier note, Thanksgiving is right around the corner.  I just love Thanksgiving!  I love the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade, the time spent with family, and the food!  This year I plan on officially eating for two, and no one better say a thing about how much I put on my plate!  :)  I think the part I like best about Thanksgiving though is that Christmas is right around the corner! 

Well, I know these few short paragraphs did not include everything that has happened since August, but hopefully I will be better about posting more regularly now. :)

Mid-Week Frenzy

What a wonderful Wednesday it has been thus far!

Austin has been remodeling our home for the past two months.  He had a room in our house that was his "Georgia room" complete with red and black walls.  It really looked great; however, he is having to give it up in order to build a nursery for the baby.  So naturally, he had to build another room in which to place all of his belongings.  Technically we now have two Georgia rooms in our home, at least for the next month.  I will post another day about the remodeling process as it was an adventure in and of itself.

I said all of that because today my husband and I ran errands.  I have never been one to get excited about errands, but, as I just told you, I haven't spent a whole day with my husband in two months.  I was thrilled when he said he needed a few things!

We started our trip by heading to McKays, which, if you speak to any teacher, there will be one in Heaven. :)  We turned in three boxes of books that were once stored in our garage but is now the new Georgia room.  We were able to buy more books with the McKay's money we got.  My husband got a comic book encyclopedia and some books about UGA, and I picked out books for the baby.  (It's ok to laugh; I chuckled when I wrote that.)

After that we ate at one of my favorite places, Red Robin (YUM!).  I always get a salad with their poppy-seed honey mustard dressing (which will also be served in Heaven!).  We ended up going a few other places after lunch.  He got some toys for his new room, I picked up a few things to make crafts with at Hobby Lobby, and we went to get my dad a birthday present.

All in all, we have had a busy day, and I am very much in need of a nap.  I may try to get one before dinner.  Speaking of dinner, I wonder what my husband is going to make.  Oh, did I mention my husband is an excellent cook?  Well then, I'll save that for another post. :)

Love to you!

The Start of my Adventure!

Hello world!  I have fallen victim to the power of the blog!  One of my closest friends, Cassidy, has had a blog for a little while now, and I am addicted to reading it.  Another friend of mine started one yesterday.  I've never been one to cave with peer-pressure, but alas, I created one, too.

Please excuse any grammatical errors on any of my posts.  I'm sure I will make them; trust me, they are going to bother me more than they will bother you!

I am excited about creating a blog simply because my husband and I are expecting a child, and this will be a terrific way to document the months leading up to his/her arrival and the adventures that will happen once s/he gets here.

Let me begin by telling a little about myself to set the background for what is to come in this blog.  I am a child of God. I'm a wife to Austin, one of the two most amazing men on Earth - my dad is the other.  I am also a daughter of two incredible people who have taught me how to be a decent human being, and I hope that I can be the kind of parent to my child that they are to me.  I am a sister to my best friend, Meg.  She is my favorite person alive!  Finally,I am a kindergarten teacher.  I truly believe I have the greatest job in the world (other than being a mom of course).

Every day is a little bit of an adventure in our household.  In the words of Jon and Kate, "It might be a crazy life, but it's our life."  I'm very glad that you have chosen to read about our adventures!