Christmas already...:)

So, do you people think I am crazy if I go ahead and dig out all of our Christmas decorations and put them up this coming weekend?! I realize it will only be Nov. 14th; but we also have a baby about to be here, we both love the homey feel that the Christmas tree brings to the beginning of winter, & we are having Thanksgiving at our house with family and friends & I think they will appreciate it, too. Are those good enough reasons to go ahead and pull it all out and put it all up? I will admit, I am a little afraid that if we don't do it right now, we won't do it at all this season (after Kennady gets here), mostly because we may be doing a little traveling at some point in there & life is going to be hectic enough with our sweet little lady!

I'm really trying to rally some of your support, so help me out! Maybe if all of you believe it's a great idea, I can get my hubby to the disastrous storage unit this weekend! It's such a mess there that we avoid going at all costs...but this is important and fun :). Come on Christmas! :)

Belly Dancing Video...by ME :)

Well, I did exactly what I said I was going to do yesterday and vegged out and lazed about all.day.long. It was great. HGTV kept me entertained, but so did this little lady in my belly! I decided to get the camera out to see if I could capture just a little bit of the crazy movement that was going on inside my tummy. It turned out pretty cool. She was VERY active during Color Splash, ha. Just thought I would share! (it's about a minute long, so hang in there.)

Eh...

I don't know if it is just that I can't decide what to do today, or if it's one of those 'rut' days where you just wanna lay around and do NOTHING. I can think of about 15 things that I COULD do, but just don't wanna. So, I think HGTV is going to be my entertaining friend today. Design to Sell, The Unsellables, Design on a Dime, Color Splash, & Spice Up My Kitchen all have a follower today. :) Maybe soon I'll make myself & Kenna something for lunch.

P.S. We have officially made it to Week 37 so we have a happy, full-term baby in my belly! Miss Kennady can arrive anytime she feels like it now! Come on down & meet your parents little lady! :)

MJ will live forever...

Chad & I went and saw Michael Jackson's "This Is It" movie yesterday. It was really enjoyable if you liked his music and if you enjoy watching some amazing dancers do their thing. It's almost 2 full hours of his preparations with his crew for their proposed upcoming world tour. He was an amazing artist and was very 'hands on' with everything he did. And it's very hard to believe that he still had those moves & vocals at 50 years old!

When we got to the theater, a woman was waiting for (prego here) to get out of the car so she could get into hers. She had a cool 'Michael Jackson: This is it" t-shirt on, so I complimented her on it. She then asked if we were going to see the movie and we said yes. At that point she said she had an extra ticket and graciously gave it to us. So sweet of her! And it saved us $10!! :) The movie was good and I'm glad we saw it. It's only in theaters for another week & a half, so if you're interested you better go check it out (though they will definitely have it on dvd for collector's pretty soon).

We did absolutely nothing last night for Halloween. Never had even one person knock on our door either (which is good because we didn't have candy to give them, ha). Chad made himself a pumpkin pie & I made myself a key lime pie. Good stuff, but totally boring compared the party pics I've seen so far! ha. That's okay, next year will be a blast with our little Kenna Bear! :)

Fun Day w/Hubs

It's funny how we find enjoyment is the small, everyday things. We woke up this morning and hit up the Chick-Fil-A for breakfast. They do a weekly 'free breakfast item' on Wednesdays and this morning's was free chicken biscuits...MY FAVORITE! It's awesome. I think every Fil-A should do this!

We then made our way to the mall to check out a 'ring setting event' that a woman had told us about. Since we have been looking for a setting for the Tanzanite, we thought we should give it a good shake. Unfortunately, we didn't find anything worth getting. Oh well, we shall keep looking!

We walked around the mall for a little while longer and ended up in American Eagle. Chad bought himself a nice sweater (that looks hott on him :)) & I bought myself two really cute tank tops (for next summer of course) for $3.95 each. Seriously couldn't pass that up. Plus, we got 20% off for buying 3 things and saved ourselves $7. Not bad. If you need to buy anything from AE, I think their 20% any 3 things sale is going on through the weekend :). It's a good deal.

From there, we went and browsed the wonderful things of Pier 1 Imports. I love that store. I very rarely buy anything from there, but I love to look. Kirkland's is the same thing. I can't wait to be in a new house for me to decorate! It's exciting! :) Chad & I eventually made it over to the kitchen/plate section & I saw him start playing with some kitchen timers for baking. As I continued browsing, he came over to me and said, 'we need to leave in 3 minutes'. I had no idea why he had been so specific until we walked out of the store 2 1/2 minutes later. He then proceeded to tell me that he had set about 7 of the timers to go off in 10 minutes, 9 minutes, 8 minutes, etc. with the first one going off in 3 minutes. Haha. I can only imagine how extremely obnoxious all of those timers going off a minute apart from each other must have been for everyone in the store. My husband is such a KID. I personally thought it was hilarious. Hopefully they don't remember who we are so that I can continue to enjoy my browsing sessions at the Pier in the future. :)

We then went to the first jeweler that we had checked out last Friday to remind ourselves of what they had to choose from. It was fun, but again, we decided to step back and give looking for a setting a small break. Gotta get this thing just right.

Before we headed home, we picked up a pepperoni and jalapeno pizza from the best pizza place in town. We ordered a medium, but they messed it up and accidentally made us a large instead. They only made us pay for the medium though, so we got some free pizza! Woo-hoo! :) Fat kids love them some free pizza. haha.

He had to go into work this afternoon so he could fly tonight. Hence, why I'm actually finding time to blog. I'm home alone & bored. haha. While he's been gone, I made a trip to Babies 'R Us and bought Kenna a pack & play playard. It's super cute and going to be very functional for us in all of our travels. Great for the grandparent's house! :)

That's pretty much the majority of what I did today. So far, it's been great! I just realized (because the bottle is sitting right next to me) that Chad & I have gone through 120 Tums (two big containers of them) since he got home 5 weeks ago. Talk about some serious heartburn! His is present most of the time & I'm hoping mine disappears when Kenna finally gets here. They work well though, plus they provide you with Calcium. :)

Well kids, I guess that's all for now. Sorry it was rather boring, but that's all I got. :) Better than nothing, right?! Hope everyone had a good Wednesday!

DONE!!! :)

I officially finished Kenna's bassinet makeover today! It took me a LOT of work on this thing...and though it may look pretty easy from the outside, there's really another 3 pieces that aren't showing that had to be done and attached too. I'm quite impressed with myself on this project. It was quite a challenging one to take on for my second project with a sewing machine EVER. Chad & I are both really happy about how it turned out. And, though it's not perfect nor anywhere near perfect (luckily, you all can't see the small flaws from there :)), I think Kennady will really like it. Either way, I know it's wayyyy better than how it started! :) Check out this link to see the before & after pics:

http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?pid=31320161&l=a7bb873222&id=54100340

Now, I think I'm done sewing for a little while. Gotta let the brain juices rest for a bit. Maybe Christmas shopping is my next mission...OHHH DARN....! :) Hope all had a great weekend!

P.S. For some reason, blogger refuses to even react to me when I push the 'upload image' button. It allows me to do video, but no pictures. It's about to drive me crazy. Anyone else having this problem or know how to fix it?!

La-Di-Da...

Well, first of all, I would like you to look to the right of this post at that crazy floating baby to notice that we are only 30 sweet days away from little Kenna's arrival!! We are so anxious! :)

When Chad came home from work early on Friday, we went out to go mess around town & to grab some dinner at the Olive Garden. Before we went to eat, he took me to a really nice jewelry store & surprised me with the prettiest stone I have ever seen. Turns out, while he was in Africa, he met a contact that helped him get his hands on some Tanzanite. If you don't know what Tanzanite is, it is an increasingly rare gemstone that is mined in Tanzania, Africa. When it comes out of the ground, it is a greenish-yellow color. But after it's treated and shaped, it turns into the prettiest of blues...and for a really good one, it turns a shade of purple. Well, for my 25th birthday & more importantly, as a 'thank you for having my baby' gift, Chad gave this gem to me to have set into a ring or pendant or whatever I want. I decided a ring since I could where it & show off Kennady's stone daily that way. We looked around at everything the store had, including through all of their magazines & found a beautiful setting for it. I haven't decided if it is for sure the one I'm going to go with because we are going to get it custom-made, but it's very exciting. My husband is so good to me. What a thoughtful & loving man he is. We don't spoil ourselves with expensive things very often, but it's nice to do every once in a while. Here is a picture of the beautiful 2.36 carat princess-cut Tanzanite...I love it! :) For some reason, my blogger picture uploader refuses to do anything...I guess you will have to go to the link to see it again. Sorry! :)

http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?pid=31318036&l=90953cf412&id=54100340

For the last couple of weeks, the wives from the guys Chad was on a crew with this last deployment have been trying to get a dinner date put together. Finally, we found a weekend when everyone could meet up. There were four couples & we ate homemade tacos for dinner. They were good. Chad also made his famous cherry pie for dessert. It was a hit & delicious! It was really nice to socialize with some people from around here. Sometimes we get so caught up and comfortable in our everyday lives that we don't reach out very much. There were four super-cute kids there too, so it was a good time.

I think I might spend the good part of either today or tomorrow trying to get our hospital bag together...just in case. I have read through the suggestions that 'What to Expect' gives, so that can get me started. But, I was wondering if any of you mommies have any suggestions on what I will want (for sure) in the room with me for pre-& post-delivery, for entertainment, or for comfort? Feel free to share.

We got a little surprise yesterday at about 11:00am. Chad & I were just getting done with our breakfast in our pj's & he was running himself a hot bath when all of a sudden our front door starts to unlock from the outside. Chad luckily noticed & got to spit out 'hold on just a second while we get a little more decent' before some people walked in. To explain this intrusion, I will tell you that we still have a realtor's box on our door handle for those that want to come and see it. It has the key in it & they thought it was still 'vacant' from the deployment time, so they just started to walk in. Luckily, I had disarmed the house alarm after I got up or else they would have had a really big, loud, and obnoxious entrance. Anywho, we got some clothes on real fast & walked out of the house for about 5 minutes while they toured the place. Of course, since we didn't know they were coming, the house looked 'lived in' & was sort of a mess, but it could have been a LOT worse! We don't know if anything will come of the 'showing', but it was nice to actually have someone over to look at it. Maybe God has something in store...??

It's a cloudy day outside, we ate cinnamon rolls for breakfast, & I'm getting close to being done with this bassinet project. The end may be near today! Yay! I'll keep you posted. Hope everyone is having a good weekend!