Blizzard and Baby!

On Saturday Presley will FINALLY be here!!!! I just can't wait!!! I made this slideshow just to remember how large and in charge I got during pregnancy (you might have to push play to hear the music) I actually stayed right under my goal weight so I did really good! I can't believe I didn't gain more because I have eaten anything and everything I want, LOL.

It's also funny that when we got married it was the day after a blizzard. It was a wonderful white wedding but now Presley will be here right after another blizzard. I don't know what it is with blizzards but I consider them good luck!! Tulsa set an all time record today for the MOST SNOWFALL ever in a month. CRAZY! I was able to get out yesterday with my mom and got a manicure and pedicure. It was a nice treat and it was also nice to drive after a week of being snowed in. Now it looks like I am snowed in again until baby! I've cleaned everything from top to bottom at the house and the entire house is organized now. Yay for nesting :)

I've also been picking out his little outfits for his newborn pics. I have so much fun looking through all of his clothes. He has more clothes and shoes than he will ever wear, but he's never gonna have to worry about either one because this momma loves fashion :) I have way more fun shopping for him than for myself. He will be one stylin' dude!

Bags are packed, camera and video camera are all ready to go! TICK TOCK TICK TOCK...

Baby Baby!

It's been a while since I have updated. Not that it really matters because I'm new to this and don't have many followers, LOL. I'm changing my blog design so it will be changing a bunch in the next few days. The last month has been crazy busy and full of excitement! Today we went to see the baby doc and got some awesome news! I have progressed really well and he said we are "inducible"! I am already a 2 and 80% so little man could come any time. ANY TIME!!!! I go back and forth about inducing but at the end of the day I will be 39 weeks and I'm already further along than some that go into labor. Who knows what I will be at next Friday! LOL. We are just SOOOOOOOOOOOOOO excited we can't wait! We can't wait to hold him and kiss him and just love him to pieces :)

In December and January we had two wonderful baby showers and we also celebrated Christmas and our nephews 1st Birthday! I did a fun heart collages of one of the baby showers. 

We were so lucky to have such amazing showers!

On another note we also bought a new house!! We are so excited for a lot more space, an awesome neighborhood where Pres will make lots of friends and really neat amenities, like a club house, pool, splash pad, fountains etc... I'm just thrilled because you can see one of the fountains from our back yard and I can't wait to sit outside and listen to it while Presley plays :) It's the little things. Oh and I also can't wait to have a tub with JETS! This momma loves her baths. I mean I really do. a lot. We don't close until April 15th but we are EXTREMELY excited!!! I will be doing lots of posts on this in the coming few months. Right now it's all about Presley's arrival! 

Back to Presley...we are currently just making sure everything is ready for little man. I don't know how many more things I can clean out but I sure do believe in nesting now. I am a total bird nesting like crazy. 

Christmas!!!!!

Christmas is this week!!!! We have so many things to be thankful for! Especially Presley who will be here in about 7 weeks CrAzY! Last night he had the hiccups for the first time (that I could feel at least). It was super cute and it kept making me laugh. I just can't wait until he's HERE and I will have a little buddy up at all hours of the night with me. I'm up now just by myself and it gets pretty boring. I would NEVER wake up Shane...I will let Presley do that :)

We had our Dr.s appointment yesterday and we found out Presley has hair!! We got a picture of it and it makes me laugh when I look at it. If he's anything like his daddy, he will be a little mini chia pet :)
We have lots of Christmas festivities this week. Starting with the Robertson Tire Christmas Party, then the Robertson Christmas, my family Christmas and the Hartman Family Christmas (Shane's mom's side). This is the time of year when I am thankful we don't both have huge familiess because I don't know how we would do it all! Luckily it works out nicely. I've already posted pics of the nursery on facebook but I am just SO EXCITED about it! It's my favorite room in our house! Check it out :)

I am proud of myself and my hubby for doing everything except for the bedding and drapes. His Grandma did those and we are SO THANKFUL! I could look at these pics all day...

I had Urban Belly pics done a few weeks ago by the amazing Dale and Meredith and can't wait to see them! I haven't bugged them about when they will be done but I can't wait!!!!

I pretty much have baby/nesting brain and will be going out the day after Christmas to get some plastic bins and storage stuff. We will be moving in 2011 after the baby comes and I might as well start getting everything organized.

I'm also excited about New Years! It's our nephews first birthday and then we are going to hang out with some friends that night to ring in the new year. Not sure what we are going to do, but whatever we do it will be fun!

Third Trimester and Thanksgiving!!!

Wow! I can't believe I am in my 3rd Trimester now! It has been going so fast but I am enjoying it. I'm not real uncomfortable or anything yet so Thank God for that :) We had a great Thanksgiving today with my family. My mom can cook like no ones business. I got so full, I can't even imagine eating again...for at least an hour or so :) Since today is Thanksgiving there is just so much Shane and I are thankful for. The biggest thing that comes to mind is our precious little baby who will make his apperance around Valentine's Day! I can't even describe how much I already love him. I can't WAIT until I get to see hima and hold him and kiss his face!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I also can't wait for the heart burn to go away, lol. They say that it means the baby is growing hair so who knows...maybe he will have a lot of hair. I wonder every day what he will look like. I just know he's gonna be the cutest baby on earth! Our first shower is next Sunday and I can't wait!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I'm also finishing the nursery and will post pics soon. Here's a little sneak peek of Pres to brighten your day. He has some kissable lips that's for sure :)

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Do It Yourself Projects :)

This weekend marks a lot of things! I am now 26 weeks and 1 day along in my pregnancy. It is going by so fast! I am feeling great and really enjoying everything right now. I got a sewing machine FINALLY and belive it or not, I have been teaching myself how to sew! I am really proud of myself because I have always wanted to learn. I can now thread the machine. make bobbins and all that jazz. Trust me I still have a lot of learning still, haha. Shane was gone this weekend and it was a perfect time to dive into projects. I've been looking for Christmas pillows lately and haven't found any that I love. I kept seeing place mats I loved though and thought "can I make these into a pillow?" Might sound weird but I did it and they look GREAT! At least I love them :) I will now be doing this a lot in the future. I found some really cute place mats and here is the price breakdown:
Place Mats- $2.00 each (I bought 2, one for each chair)
Pillow from Walmart- $2.50
I spent a total of $6.50 on my pillows for our porch! I bought the cheapest pillow I could find at Walmart,  cut it open and used the stuffing to stuff my place mats.

The placemats have a white/silver shimmer where you see white :)

Next, I used my seam ripper and opened up one of the edges on each mat

Next, I stuffed the mat and then used a needle and thread to stitch up the seam by hand and TADA!

I did the same thing with some really cute leopard print santa place mats I have had for like 4 years.

Now these are cute pillows in our living room :)

After I finished this project i started experimenting with onesies for Presley. The first one I made wasn't the best stiching...

A neat red one I made

I made the next one because Presley will either be here on Valentine's Day or before if he decides to make his arrival before, haha. He will be the cutest little Cupid ever. I mainly want this for cute pics :) 

The front...

The back...

Im gonna make the Cupid design on other colors of onesies/shirts as well. I think that's enough craftiness for one day on the blog. I am just starting so who knows what I will come up with this week!

6 Months and Counting!!

It's hard to believe I'm now 6 months into my pregnancy!! I have been so busy but it's time to update. I'm feeling great and Presley is moving around like crazy now. I can just stare at my tummy sometimes and watch him move around lol. It's just such an amazing experience, words can't even describe. I just want to meet him, stare at him and hold him :) I'm definitely falling asleep earlier now but I wake up at like 4:30-5:00 every day. I have no idea why, but that's just how it is right now. I also haven't gained a lot of weight yet which is weird because I eat all the time. My mom was the same way and they say you follow after your mom. I know the weight will start rollin' in anytime though haha.

We have finally started to get things done for the nursery! I am a huge planner and I can't imagine waiting until the last minute to get things done, so off we go. The chandelier arrived TODAY! Here is a pic :)

I found several online and then Shane picked the final one :) It's completely white so I'm really excited!
I went to Dallas yesterday with my MIL and we found all of the fabric for the nursery! Now our bedding will be made and then of course I will post pics :) Shane's Grandma is making our bedding and everything. We are so lucky that she is going to do it. I mean how special is that?! I also have a goal for myself this week. I am getting my sewing machine out and I'm gonna start learning as I go. I have too many ideas for Presley, I just have to learn...like now.

When we were looking for cribs, I just couldn't find one that had the total package. Finally, I found a crib I loved but it still needed my touch heehee :) Here is a picture of the applique I bought and painted to match the crib. (The pic quality is horrible...better pics will come later)

Today I went with my mom and ordered our chair and ottoman. Anyone that has shopped for babies has probably felt the dot fabric that is extremely soft...that's what the chair and ottoman are made out of! I don't think I will ever move from it when we get it haha.

The next step is meeting with a really nice girl this who is going to do some artwork for his room. She is also going to decorate the mobile I am making, that will hang from the ceiling over his bed!! I'm realllllllllly excited about it. I will definitely post pics when she is done with everything.

A few more pics of some new owl themed items I am getting for Pres...

Off to Dallas We Go!!

This week has been plum crazy! We are finally done with all the house renovations and we had some great friends over for dinner on Wednesday. I've wanted to have people over for a while but with things being done it was kind of impossible, but not anymore!! Our dining room was full of things from our office while it got painted annnow the office is done, painted and the desk was put together!! I will post pics of the office soon...we love it :) We are finally able to just focus on the nursery and decorating it now. We just found our crib and things are coming together. We're headed to Dallas today to go pick out fabrics for the nursery!! I can't wait!

I'm excited about the colors we have chosen...not the typical brown and blue most people do. I'll post pics of fabrics soon too. Presley is moving around more and more every day. Shane finally felt him move on Monday :) it's still a little hard to feel it from the outside but he felt it and it was sweet :)I get more and more excited every day! I'm really excited I'm having a boy because I LOVE fishing, horses, and all the fun things that little boys love. Now I'll have someone to do that stuff with! My dad also has a nickname picked out "Elvis" haha. I think it's adorable and anyone that knows my nickname from my dad knows that Presley got off easy! He's already got Presley a cotton candy machine so I hope he likes candy! Haha :)