Maternity Pics

With the last two kiddos, I faithfully took pictures every 4 weeks starting at week 20. It sure didn't happen this time...mainly because I haven't felt good pretty much the. entire. time. Oy! No throwing up, thank the Lord, but major migraines, zero energy, dizziness-I think you get the idea. Thankfully, it's flying by.

I could not even begin to sing my hubby's praises of how much he's helped out the past few months. That dude is awesome!!! Oh, and did I mention he's incredibly smart and handy? He totally tore out the front dash (and, I do mean the whole front of the inside, all in little pieces. I may or may not have been a little nervous that it would be drivable when he got done.) of our vehicle to fix our air conditioner/heat. Yeah, we had no heat last winter or air this summer. He was able to find the parts on ebay and saved us $1323!!! God sure did well on that man's brain!! ;) 

Wow, I sure went left field...chalk it up to prego brain. 

Anyhoo, I finally got around to getting pictures. Thanks to the bicyclist-who must have felt sorry for the very large pregnant woman running after setting her timer on the camera-who stopped and took our picture. HA! 

32 Weeks

With Weston

With Arilynn

Ready to add another little booger blessing to our family! Yes, I realize our outfits aren't coordinated. I did well to get us all dressed. :)

Happy Fall, Ya'll!

For those of you who know "Stinky Dog," he came in quite handy dancing on my head (Debbie). For those of you who reeeally know "Stinky Dog," you'll know that I about cringed having him on my head. However, it entertained Weston. (Not real sure why he's sitting with his tush out. LOL). 

Special thanks to the Ellis family for letting us trespass on their property while they were at work. (Hey, she said I could take pictures there any time)...

Superwoman!!

I'm not sure if Arilynn was playing superwoman when she decided to jump off her playhouse, but the landing didn't go so great. 

 

However, she sure is proud of her cast!! So far, it hasn't slowed her down, but dad has gotten a couple of whacks from it. HA!

Fall

Here are a few shots of my fall decor this year. We had Christmas this past weekend with my hubby's family due to 2 babies coming before and after. I put up the tree, but decorated it for fall.

Office/Hangout Reveal

(Still haven't found my camera card with Arilynn's b-day, so those pics may never come, Mom). :(

When we toured the house before moving, I knew that I would make this landing room more of a sitting room/office than an additional bedroom. We hang out here most evenings. 

The only pictures I found of before were on my cell phone.  There aren't very many.

Moving time:

I wanted to get the downstairs mostly done before I started working upstairs, but needed to clean up the clutter, so this is the way it looked until recently:

This area is our office, Arilynn's school room, scrapbook area, Wesley's study, and general hangout.  

This is when you arrive at the top of the steps:

(I obviously need to get a print order in). This is the shelf that Wes built for me at our last house.

Arilynn's school area is at the top of the steps off to the side:

Turning around again...

Our bedroom is through the window door and there is a 2nd bath behind the other.

I painted this on a cabinet door.

Opposite side of the study wall:

This dresser was rescued from our neighbor's trash. Wesley was already in the middle of painting before I could get a before picture and I'm not one to stop progress, so here is an idea of what it looked like:

The metal signs came from Micheals fun aisle and the postage scales from a yard sale. 

For the most part, I tried to use stuff I already had (maybe attacking with some spray paint).

Wes added the planks to the wall.

My original plan was to paint the dresser a fun and funky color, but it looked bad, so went with this greenish tone. The walls are supposed to be gray, but clearly look blue. I didn't hate it enough to change it though. :)

So, I went with a little more classy look than fun. I like it and Arilynn's school is far enough that it doesn't totally clash.

Last Month

It's been a packed full past month! I'm sitting here seriously contemplating going to bed at 6:30...ha!

• A visit to family
• Arilynn's b-day party
• Redoing the office
• Redoing the boys room (still working)
• Revival
• Pastoral duties
• Homeschool co-op and field trips
• Homeschool
• Dr's Visits

and

• Managed to lose my camera card

Hopefully, this will suffice until I can get my brain working again. 

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