Sanity and Smiles: April

April is my Spring Cleaning month! We don't have any big plans for the month, so focusing on our home will be top priority.

Things That Make Me Sane:

*get rid of as much clutter as possible

*clean... everything. 

*make our bed EVERY day in April :)

Things That Make Me Smile:

*eat dinner on the patio at least once a week
*go for a walk with Jason at least once a week
*have friends over for dinner (at least) twice
*read 3 books

Sanity and Smiles: March Recap

March came and went in a hurry! But what a FABULOUS month it was! Finding out our precious baby is a boy, going on a fabulous vacation, buying a crib, and celebrating the love of my life's birthday - GOOD TIMES!

Things That Make Me Sane:
*meal plan for 2 weeks during March - I really don't know if I did this... we'll say FAIL.
*continue to refine our pre-baby budget and cut down expenses as much as possible to continue to save for the little bambino - this will be a constant goal for the next few months...
*purchase nursery goodies (crib, dresser, bookshelf?, glider/chair, rug) and work on room arrangements - somewhat COMPLETE! We bought a crib!

Things That Make Me Smile:
*gender reveal party with family on 3/3!! - COMPLETE! It was awesome!!
*register for Baby Lawhorn! - COMPLETE! had a blast with Becca, Emily, and Alex!
*dinner with Mike & Ashley and Brandon & Meagan! - this didn't end up happening.. :( Maybe in April!!
*spending some wonderful, quality time with my baby daddy - COMPLETE!! This was my secret code for we're going on an amazing vacation!
*read 4 books! {woooo! lofty goal!} - COMPLETE! Redemption, Remember, The Scarlet Thread, The Glass Castle, and Return - 5 baby!

What a Cutie

Jason and I have fallen in love with these little oranges called "cuties"! Mom introduced us to them and we are already on our 2nd bag. They are small seedless oranges that aren't messy and are easy to eat!

GO BUY SOME!!

Mmmm... Glucose

This morning I had to do the yummy glucose test. I won't find out the results until the end of this week, so keep your fingers crossed for me!

FYI - for those of you fellow pregnant friends, it's not really that bad. It's 10oz and it tastes like a strangely sugary fruit punch drink, but it's not gross - NOTHING like the nasty colonoscopy stuff I had to drink last year, thank GOODNESS!

If you know that at your next appointment you'll be doing this test, ask if you can go ahead and get the drink/instructions, so that you can drink it before you go. You have to sit for an hour before they take your blood, so you might as well take it 30-40 minutes before you get there so you only have to sit for a little bit. And bring a book! :)

I'm praying my results don't come back positive,

but if they do, you can be sure I'll let you know!

Baby Lawhorn {Week 26}

How far along?: 26w2d

How big is baby?: The size of an eggplant - that's a big baby! :)

Weight gain/loss?: +13lbs so far!

Food cravings?: still Raisin Bran cereal & now LifeSavers.

Gender?: Boy, oh boy - it's a BOY!!  

What are you looking forward to this week?: Still working on our house to get it more and more ready for baby boy! 

Movement?: All the time, baby!
Belly button?: Really starting to become an outie... yikes!! 

What do you miss?: Easily bending over...

Happy Birthday Jason!!

Happy Birthday to the LOVE of my LIFE!!

(A little about Jason from the About section)

Jason - the hubs, giver of compliments, eater of anything, my own personal vacation planner, comedian when I need it, greatest listener, best friend, lover of history, puts up with ME, politic-a-holic, family man, and supporter of all I do.

I love you for all these reasons and so many more. I thank God every day that He picked me to be your wife. We're not perfect, but we're so perfect for each other.

I love you more today than yesterday, but not as much as tomorrow.

Happy Birthday Baby Daddy!

Blue Bathroom

One room in our house that doesn't get ANY love on the blog is the master bathroom.

I realized that I don't have ONE picture of the blue bath on the whole blog! And right this moment, I can't find a "before" picture, though you can just picture the above space EXACTLY as it is except with blue carpet on top of the blue tile. I (finally) deep cleaned the blue bath last weekend so what you're seein' is as good as it gets! (I love how streaky the mirror looks in this picture.. whoops. And the fact that the two brown towels don't actually match. Hmmm.)

Overall, though, it is similar to Young House Love's yellow guest bathroom. Somehow their's looks quaint and cute and ours look eeeek and outdated.

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The shower in the blue bathroom works but leaks into the basement, so we have not used the shower in here since... month 2 of marriage?

Once we knew we were going to be re-doing this bathroom, Jason decided to take a sledge hammer to the shower, annnnnnd:

...now it looks like this!

We're definitely going to be re-doing this bathroom (and the pink hall bath) but right now we're debating whether or not we want to undertake this project BEFORE the baby comes or wait until later AFTER the baby...

Two major bathroom renovations in 2-2.5 months? Can it be done?