Get Me Outta Here!

Have you ever been 8 months pregnant (or married to someone 8 mos. pregnant), in July, unable to go anywhere and getting more and more anxious and stir crazy every moment? This is exactly where I found myself. Summer plans have consisted soley around getting ready for Lilah and getting her here! Corey and I found that we were watching everyone around us go and plan and run and were getting increasingly ready for a vacation. Well, very limited on how far away we could go we ended up going to a new local favorite way to spend a stir crazy Saturday. We drove ourselves down to the big city of.................

Cuero, Texas!!!!

I know, I know, big deal, right? To a couple who has spent their entire summer slaving away at preparation and carrying a baby, this may have well been a trip to New York City. We had a wonderful time. We went to all the shops and just spent time together sipping lemonade and complaining about the heat.

When it comes to places like this, I have a very patient husband. He lets me look and OOoooOOoOO and awe and does a very nice job of acting interested. (Sometimes I think he might actually *gasp* enjoy himself!)

We had lunch at the little Main Street Kaffe Hause and Deli amongst all the shops and enjoyed different salads and cold iced plum teas. We even picked up some house srawberry tea to brew and home! We did have some nice finds for Lilah; we bought her some very precious white ruffled bloomers with her name embroidered in pink and a super cute sippy cup specially made for our little lady. Cuero was a wonderful, very enjoyable visit. If you ever find yourself 8 months pregnant in July and needing to get out, I highly recommend a Saturday in Cuero!!!

Major Oopsy!!

Sooooo, Corey was hooking up the internet in the attic. We were all finished and this was the last and final step in our house being completely put back together. We were so excited about regaining some normalcy. We were planning to relax and watch some TV and get to sleep early. I was putting dinner on the plates and Corey was coming in from the attic. We were just minutes away........then there was an awful noise and I ran to the living room looked up to find........ Yup. A big hole in the ceiling!! Poor Corey was walking to the attic exit and missed a piece of plywood by a few inches....some pretty major inches. Our new ceiling fan suffered as well as our brand new couch that we just got in the house the DAY BEFORE!!

I failed to mention that all the insulation litered my newly folded laundry on the floor.
We were just too close...the laundry was going to be caught up for crying out loud!!

Nobody actually cried, but I still don't know why!! Corey just came in, stared in disbelief, got his keys and headed for Lowes, and I scooped up the laundry, started the wash and started on the clean up. When Corey got home we ate dinner and still just couldn't believe our luck!

Corey did a little patchwork and we're on schedule to be repaired tomorrow. We aren't holding our breath that we are actually finished this time. I think at this point, after all the work that we have put in, all the projects and hang ups and set backs~we are ready for anything!! (I am actually knocking on wood as I type **wink,wink**) I'm scared that having a baby may actually be a break!! KNOCK ON WOOD!! (I know, all mothers reading this are snickering and rolling their eyes!)

Last Room Down

We had one last room to finish before Lilah arrives and we are DONE! We have been living in a completely chaotic mess for weeks now and it feel so good to finish. Again, we have had this finished for a while, but haven't had the internet, sooooo I'm playing blog catch up. The last room that we had to do was converting our guest room into our office. Seems easy enough, but it was like MOVING!! There was stuff everywhere. Again, we like projects, so we got it done, but this one was wearing on us!

These pictures are actually pretty mild, it got a lot uglier before it got better. There were days we almost couldn't walk through the living room!

Corey was lucky enough to have some professional help. Our 6 yr old nephew Layne came over while the ladies were at a shower and helped his uncle Corey slap on a coat of paint. That lasted about 30 minutes and then cartoons and cotton candy took over!! Then somehow that turned into a trip to Putt-Putt and a movie later that night. Corey needed a break, so I think it worked out for the best anyway.

The good news is that we finished!

This room has actually turned out to be my favorite. Its a nice calm room with computer, a recliner, reading lamp, treadmill, mini fridge and TV. It's like an adult escape!! I think in the future we may actually fight over this quiet space.

Lilah's Nursery

THE NURSERY UNVEILED!!

We have had the nursery finished for awhile, but the entire house has been in chaos, so pictures and computer access and time just hasn't been possible, but YAY, it is finally time! Putting the nursery together was a lot of had work, very time consuming and really fun all at the same time. Corey and I actually work well together and have some of the most fun when we work together!We got to spend a lot of late hours laughing, planning, shopping and yes, some bickering, but

I have to say, I think that we really had a great time together planning a perfect room for our first little one.

We have gotten a bunch of funny faces when we announce the colors that we chose for a baby girl, but I just have this feeling that it's going to fit our Lilah Claire perfectly! It's fun,bright, cheerful and just precious!

This is a finished picture, there is much work ahead!!

June was absolutely NO help in the process, but you can see that she's excited. There have been a few mornings that I have woken up to her sound asleep in the green rug infront of Lilah's crib. Chula hasn't made up her mind about what she thinks about all these changes, so she's coping the only way Chula does....she hides.
I was really excited to get to put some of my love of painting into the nursery. I painted a cabinet that was once a pantry in my apartment in college to match the room. It was fun and frusterating, I am beginning to LOATH sitting on the floor! I also painted Lilah's name that hangs above the crib, which turned out really nicely, I think!!

Ughhh, putting together the crib!! You always hear the horror stories about putting together the crib. The crib was a piece of cake compared to the changing table!! There are no pictures for very good reasons, we were up until 3am finishing it, and there wasn't anything pretty about that!!

Grammy Boucher came over more than once to help paint. Corey and his momma have one major thing in common, they NEVER sleep!! It hits 10pm and I start getting delirious, but these two can work into wee hours of the morning. I'm just glad there will be people awake in the wee hours for feedings and diaper changes!! heehee!!

See, I try to hang in there! It's dark outside and I'm still in there painting!
There are, of course, so many things that we did that there are not pictures of: Corey did a beautiful job on his first attempt at crown molding, put in a new ceiling fan and his personal favorite, the nightlight light switch!!

The room is such a calming, pretty room. I think that Lilah will love it! Corey's dad bought us the crib and changing table, which are absolutely lovely! We are slowly adding things as we receive very appreciated gifts. We are waiting on the arrival of our nursing chair and the curtains that Gramzie Winters is sewing and I think we will be complete!

The changing table is very beautiful! I am slowly forgiving it for all the stress of putting it together.

Here is the finished bookshelf that I painted. I absolutely love books and really want Lilah to love them too. She already had a nice collection and Gramzie was wonderful enough to dig up some of my favorites as a kiddo too! And, yes, my favorites included princesses, big beautiful dresses and a prince or two~it also included My Pet Monster!!! (I was well rounded-heehee)
We also were pretty excited to discover that we both had our handprints from when we were little. We were REALLY excited to see that they included the SAME EXACT POEM!! Corey's prints are in black and he was old enough to write his name. Mine is in green and I was 11 months old. We bought a matching frame so the we could have Lilah's done also.

My very talented sister, Auntie Lacie, put together this beautiful wreath for a shower I had recently. It's, as to be expected, perfect colors and style for the door of Lilah's nursery. We also plan to put it on the door at the hospital when the little lady arrives.

And if it's a girl, you can't leave out the closet! This girl is not hurting for clothes and this is just the closet!! She has a drawer full as well. The toy box is one of my favorite things. It's the toy box that my Dad built that I had as a child. It will be really neat to see my daughter use it as well, and I'm sure it'll make Paw Paw pretty proud too!

Building Fun

One of our biggest projects this summer has been putting a building in our back yard. Corey took on the part of laying the concrete, which turned out to be a VERY big, complicated project. With a little help, the concrete was laid and the building was finished and we love it!! I am including only a few pictures, but this was extended over weeks, maybe months of really hard work. Between the heat, learning as he went, and a full time job, Corey really did stretch himself very thin to accomplish this major project!

June wanted to be in the picture...she's proud of all the napping she did during the construction.

I never knew there was so much to laying concrete! Here's Corey tilling up the area
and he's making it look easy...it was really hot and really hard!

I can't even pretend to know what all the steps were, but here was one of them!!

Corey consulted a man with a long history of projects, and Dad was willing to help

frame out the slab. It was so hot on this particular Sunday, I think they went through

3-4 pitchers of tea! (That was my job) Notice June napping in the background, such a big helper!

June doing what she does best.

Looking good! Progress is being made!

There was much, MUCH more done before this step ever came, but while the actual concrete was being poured, I was lucky enough to be at work!! Here, a week or so later, the actual building is going up (again, I was at work for this fun~whew!) Corey and Dad were able to kick back and let the builders take it from here. This was a very exciting day for Corey, months of hard work were finally taking shape!

And finally, the man and his man-shop!

The building is very nice and we are really enjoying having it. The patio is really awesome, and we have plans to really do some fun stuff with it. we have goals of electricity and a sink and much more, but for now, we are going to focus on Lilah's nursery before she gets here; I'm not sure how CPS would feel about us keeping her in a shop!!

GOOD JOB ON THE SHOP, BABE!!!!