is it time yet?

The past few weeks have been a combination of scurrying around trying to get everything ready for the newest Gwaltney and sleeping like I have just run a marathon.
Harry has been a sport and is perfectly happy watching his Nick Jr. dvds that Blockbuster is all too happy to let us borrow (for a small fee, of course). He is starting to really understand how to do a lot of things on his own without me having to tell him 1000 times. Granted, he still doesn't always do everything I ask... he just knows what I am asking.

Stephen has been super helpful. He has basically spent the entire weekend taking care of Harry so that I can get rest. If I don't feel like cooking, he is happy to let us all pile into the truck and find something that might suit my fancy. I'm not sure if I am completely ready for the next big thing, but at least I know that Stephen will do everything he can to make the transition easier on me... He's amazing.

I did actually manage to get the nursery together enough to take a picture or two...

Stephen actually made the yellow shelf (he also made one exactly like it for Harry's room)....
I really like how much I can put on it. It's barrenness is just a reminder that I don't have EVERYTHING together yet... but I'm OK with that.

This week is going to be another long one. Work hours seem to have gotten a lot longer for the mister, and thus my work hours are just as long... although it just doesn't seem the same.

i don't do windows (most of the time)

with the nesting urge comes the following:

1.vacuuming at all hours

2. feeling the need to wash and rewash any and all baby things

3. cleaning out all of the tiny nooks and cranies in the fridge

4. scrubbing baseboards like they have never been scrubbed before

5. and today.... it meant washing windows

in order to fully appreciate what this last item entailed, you must understand that i live in a 50 year old house that has 50 year old windows. this in and of itself makes for some serious nastiness.

add to that nasty 3 years without a good cleaning, one very long and dirty winter, and a very brave family of wasps...

and you get the windows that take up two walls of my second child's soon-to-be living quarters.

needless to say....

that leaves one very pregnant woman feeling something like this.... UG.

and....

apparently i came to the realization that curls where not worth the hassle. a haircut made much more sense...

and deeeeeep breath

this weekend was a very long one.

saturday morning started out with stephen heading to little league evaluations and harry waking up extra early (and extra cranky).

by 10 i HAD to get out of the house. my mom and i went to raleigh to look for some fabric. i forget the name of the store, but it was a little quilting shop that had a ton of fabrics that places like joanns or hancock doesn't carry. my score of the day was a pretty yard of some gorgeous amy butler fabric that will eventually become something baby related....after the fabric store and a very interesting coffee shop (let's just say that it was the most "spiritual" coffee shop that i have ever seen), harry and i spent a few hours with aunt dusty looking for comfy sweats and hoodies. (nothing fits the same when you're pregnant).

stephen was home when we got back, and our little family of three headed over to our pastor's house to spend some time with some good friends and eat good food.

by 8 it was definitely time to head home, and while stephen and harry were spending time getting ready for bed, i sewed. i actually completed a project this weekend, too. (which is a miracle in and of itself). the pattern is from one of the books i got for my birthday (yeah the one in august). it wasn't the easiest pattern i have ever used... i am not a huge fan of using patterns from books... but it was clear enough to get the job done. and viola. the newest newborn accessory... a snuggler. i am pretty much in love with the result.

sunday has been gloriously low key. breakfast downtown, church, thrifting with aimee and an afternoon/evening of relaxation with some pretty awesome neighbors. after ending the weekend on such a high note, it would be nice to have a great week. we'll see how it pans out. stephen is going to be gone a lot this week for little league, and i try to keep myself well paced to last the entire week by myself with a rambunctious 2 year old and a very large belly. so... there it is.

maybe i will get really brave and get a vision for the pathetic excuse for a nursery that continues to remain behind closed doors at the end of the hall... or maybe i will be content to hang out in the living room for 5 straight days just trying to survive. ha. lovely....

and here is a terrible picture of my largeness at 34 weeks and 2 days.....

inspiration

so, my goal is going to be to get this baby weight off fairly quickly once little man shows up.

this goal requires quite a bit of inspiration (and motivation, stephen, hint hint)

here is my inspiration...

one, two, three

a week in pictures

this has been one very long and exhausting week....

my 2 year old wants EVERYTHING in his bed with him

refuses to wear pants

he's been sick, so we have basically been housebound for several days...

even he wanted to get out

when i finally got a chance to relax and get a nice long shower, i find this little disaster left by hank... (yes, those are my comforter's guts all over my floor)

and the "nursery" still looks like this.

oi.

i could be doing something...

but i'm looking at pretty nurseries (like this one) instead...