Month: March 2014

14 Weeks

I finally got around to purchasing a mirror and working on creating a chalkboard to document baby Stern's progress. I didn't have any luck, I think all the DIY spirits were working against me. The paint streaked and created lines on the first coat; I tried a different brush on the second coat, which seemed to help, but when I went down last night to start writing on it the chalk pulled the paint right off the mirror. I nearly...

Where are the tissues?

So lately everything has me a sappy mess. Whether I'm watching Puppies 101 or the Zillow commercial where the family's buying a house and dad comes home from war. But I have to tell you, watching this 3 minute video really made me smile and cry. Take a gander. But I warn you, you made need a tissue or two. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yJ7-v7xVm3I#action=share

Nursey Visions & Color Swatches

We've been talking about nursery ideas for awhile now and we've settled on the main color - grey :) For those of you who know me, I know, surprise - surprise. But, it's honestly one of the easiest to pair an accent color with once we find out if we've got a boy or girl on the way. We had to go a few rounds on the shade of grey, but here's some pictures of the final colors. So we're...

Our Family is Growing (by two feet)!

Now that we've let the cat out of the bag, I promised myself that once we got pregnant I would start a blog to document the ins and outs of this journey. Dan and I found out we were pregnant January 10, 2014. We chose to keep it fairly secret until we got through the first trimester. We were completely surprised by the news, overjoyed with what was happening and praying for things to stay positive. We told our families...