Thirty Weeks

So tomorrow is a big day for me! I don't know why but it blows my mind that tomorrow I will be 30 weeks with my sweet baby Hunter! So much is happening in our lives I just don't know where to start! We have taken our hospital tour & that was a sweet experience. They took us into the labor & delivery room and just knowing that in 2 short months I would meet my son in a room just like it was mind boggling and I of course, was the only one in tears. Brock wasn't helping though. The minute we walked in that room and the guide began talking us through the process my amazing husband got so affectionate! He denies it but his hands went from my waist to my shoulders and he was rubbing them and had the biggest grin on his face! I love that goofy man && know without a doubt he will be the best support person EVER!

The nursery is almost done, lacking only the dresser which doesn't stop me from washing and folding all his little clothes. By the way, that is an easier task as well since my growing belly makes a really neat table ;)

The bathroom project is still under way, the guest room is needing some TLC but is liveable which is good because someone will be sleeping there in a couple months, and the rest of the house looks like a new home! For the first time I feel like everything will be mostly okay when baby love get's here in April.

Something I have been thinking about a lot lately is renewing our vows. I want so badly to do a small low key wedding that we can really put our heart and soul into, not to mention the time it deserves. The only thing stopping me is not knowing what would be an appropriate time. One year puts us at July, which is only 6 months away. Two years seems kind of random, and five seems to far away! However, July 16 (our anniversary) is our five year wedding anniversary and it falls on a Saturday. Going to talk to the hubbs and see what he thinks about it :)

LUSH to love

So I have officially reached that super uncomfortable stage of pregnancy! My friends and family kept telling me that it would get worse, I wasn't far along enough to feel umcomfortable, and so on. However, this big ol baby of mine has me measuring weeks ahead and I know that I have reached that point. Brock is wonderful. He gives me great massages, often without me even hinting that I want one & often times he draws me a bath and makes me take it easy. However, I decided that I needed to treat myself to something special. I have always browsed through LUSH at the malls, and online but have never really bought anything but the other day I decided I would treat myself to some beauty products!

First thing I picked up was this bubblegum lip scrub. Winter time always means cracked lips and I hate it! Sometimes chapstick just isn't enough, even if it is high dollar stuff that the hubby hates to see me buy :) This stuff is yummmmy! It both tastes and feels good, just scrub some on and give the hubs some sugar!

Next I picked up this tee-tiny little bar of bath melt, in "Dreamtime". It smells like lavender and jasmine and feels like cocoa butter! I used it last night and was in heaven! True to it's word it is relaxing and so smooth. My skin smelled fantastic even when I woke up this morning and I don't know if I actually slept better but I like to think I did.

Bubble Bars. Need I say more? I haven't used this little guy yet but I can't wait! It smells like chocolate oranges which normally isn't my thing but I couldn't pass it up! It's meant for a couple uses, and is supposed to just erupt into millions of bubbles when added to the bath water!

 Last but not least. It's called American Cream and it is my new favorite product, ever. Seriously. It is a conditioner that smells like honey and vanilla. I bought it because the lady had a fantastic sales pitch and I thought, "Hey, why not?" She claimed it is the best product she has ever used, and I was hoping but not really expecting it to live up to her expectations, but it so did! Not only was my hair fuller and softer than it's ever been after styling with a blow dryer and hair straightener, it smelled fantastic! Not just after washing, but after styling, and even when I woke up this morning! Even Brock mentioned it without me fishing for a compliment :) I can't wait till my shower tonight to use it again!

Anyways, that's my little product RAVE! You seriously have to check out some of these products, and pick up a few of your own while you are at it!

New Year's Resolutions, To Make & then Break

Among the Top Ten New Year's Resolutions are some classics. Stop drinking. Quit smoking. Loose weight, and make money. It's also not surprising that only 8% of the people that make them, follow through and achieve success. I am all over the board with this one. I have made them, broke them, followed them, and forgotten all about them and then there are years I don't believe I even came close to choosing something, knowing my own track record. This year, the day after New Year's my husband asked me what I was going to try & achieve this year. Instantly I thought, better wife, great mom, loose weight, save money. Those sorts of things. But I told him, I would not make any this year. He of course, is a set your mind on it and get it done kinda guy so he thought I was just being lazy! We agreed to set small goals each week and hold eachother accountable for them. Mine was stop biting my nails (nasty habit, I know!!). Well, that lasted for about the five minutes it took for me to start worrying about something and then I was biting away. Go figure. 

This morning I was thinking about it and I think the instant you give one of your life goals, "resolution" status, you are destined to fail. Okay, so maybe 8% of us aren't, but for the rest of us it's a no brainer that we are doomed. So I just started thinking about things I'd be really happy to see myself do and this is what I came up with.

-Take better care of my skin.- Exercise, maybe not daily, but certainly as an alternative to sitting on my couch watching old Sex and the City re-runs. -Cook healthier meals for my family. -See our grandparents more. -Stop obsessing over my house, it will NEVER look like a Pottery Barn magazine, no matter how much of our money I spend there. -Take the time every day to tell my husband how much he means to me, and how great he is. - Drink more water. Less Dr. Pepper. I can't quit, but I can replace a few here and there. - Spend more time with the puppy dog, make sure he doesn't feel like we have forgotten him with all of the crazy-ness in our lives. - See new places, meet new people. - Be a better businesswoman. -Eat chocolate cake without feeling guilty. - Use my creative side more. Less looking at pinterest, more making things that are pinterest worthy. -Finish what I start!!! - Document our lives. Photographs, journals, time capsules, you name it. - Smile more, worry less. -Love myself for who I am. I already have a family, a man, and a son who loves me just how I am. I just need to teach me to do so as well!

Each and every one of these things will make me a better person. However, if at midnight next New Year's I am still the same messy, obsessive, Dr. Pepper drinking, procrastinating person that I am today, that will also be okay. I'll have everything I need in the two beautiful men in my life and what else could any girl possibly need?

When one project becomes another...

Well, long time no talk friends! Probably because I've had my hand glued to a can of spray paint, or fabric swatch, or duvet cover for the past couple of weeks! Good news before bad news! Here wo go...

-Hunter's room is absolutely PRECIOUS! His crib & bedding are in. Minus the bumper because we still aren't sure if its a "smother" hazard or not. His glider is not in yet, and the dresser is still under construction, but hey, a pregnant girl can only stand so much dust and paint fumes at one time, even with a daddy provided mask on for safety!

 - Finally sanded and painted the old desk and nightstand I bought awhile back! It is beautiful! Big thanks to my man-power for most of the sanding :) It will makes it's appearance in my guest bedroom. Which brings me to bullet #3...

-Sold the old Queen bed, and found a twin bed I love and so the guest bedroom/office is underway! Brock also gave me full creative control (big surprise there ;) and I can finally have a room that's not gender neutral. I took a trip to the Pottery Barn & Restoration Hardware outlet in Dawsonville and found some great deals! A great floral duvet cover for the bed, and some striped shams that matched my room perfectly. But back to the duvet! I took about a thousand paint chips home and matched it to a color called Icy Teal! It's fantastic! I will want to pay bills, and edit, and nap in there all the time! Okay, well maybe not that first one. So that's where my desk is going. Also found a great website where you can search for building plans based on estimated lumber costs so we picked out a bookshelf I love and now are just in search of the perfect reading chair :) Yay for Mommy's almost done office! Can't wait to paint tonight!

Okay, now the bad.

First I need to say, that if you are a home owner, and are remodeling or DIY'ing something could you do the future homeowners a favor and take the time to do things right?!?!?! Someone, who had our house before us, was just, out of touch I guess you could say. Back story is this:

We are redoing our guest bath since that is where most people will go when they come to visit Bug after we get home from the hospital. It's not a huge space so when we saw that everything from trim, to paint, to cabinets had to be redone it really didn't seem like that big of a deal. Boy were we wrong. First off there are probably 6 layers of paint in this tiny room. Lime green, an awful shade of pink, blue-grey, maroon, and a couple more that I have trouble putting names to. Then behind where the potty is, the Sheetrock was not done properly and said layers of paint were peeling off in a bad way. Needless to say, when we tried to pull off what was peeling so we could sand an area even we saw that was NEVER going to work. After lots of different attempts, we decided to just re drywall the two bad walls with 1/4 inch Sheetrock. So I bought the supplies and we were ready to go. The trim was in awful shape so we decided to re do it as well. As Brock began pulling off the "trim" up top we realized it was not only trim, but an old aquarium themed border that had been painted over and trimmed out to look like fancy trim! I was livid! Now we have four walls to re-do and a lot of heart ache! I am just one irritate mommy. So, while Brock and his Dad Sheetrock, all I can do is, pick out paint and finish the cabinet remodel we are doing. Stay tuned. It's not a little project anymore!!

So that's life in the Watkin's household! Baby is keeping right up though, growing by the minute and always letting me know he's in there wanting to help with a good kick to a lung or pelvis! Sweet boy, so much like his Daddy already ;)

Sshhh Mommy!

This is our sweet, sweet man! We had his 24 week 3D ultrasound and it was just beyond perfect. My parents and Brock's parents got to come and it was so amazing to see their faces when they realized how advanced ultrasound technology is! We could see his amazing little nose and lips and finger and toes! He pulled this one shortly into the session and gave us all a good laugh :)

Brock and I both had a little moment the other day when we really took the time to look at my belly. It's very prominent now, and so round. I'm so lucky to have a man who appreciates the beauty of being pregnant. He loves my baby belly as much as I do and shows it everyday. I feel so blessed to hear him talk to his "little buddy" and tell him to come out soon, and healthy because he is ready to play. It makes me life :) But anyways, with the holidays here we are so busy but we are at least buying his bedding and crib on Friday! I can't wait to just curl up in his rocker when it's all put together and think about the day he is right there with me! 

Better stop before I have a crying, sobbing mommy moment...

Okay, so check back next week for a riveting recap of our first married Christmas and to see Hunter-Bug's room! 

Proverbs 31

^{10 [b]}A wife of noble character who can find?

   She is worth far more than rubies.

¹¹ Her husband has full confidence in her

   and lacks nothing of value.

¹² She brings him good, not harm,

   all the days of her life.

¹³ She selects wool and flax

   and works with eager hands.

¹⁴ She is like the merchant ships,

   bringing her food from afar.

¹⁵ She gets up while it is still night;

   she provides food for her family

   and portions for her female servants.

¹⁶ She considers a field and buys it;

   out of her earnings she plants a vineyard.

¹⁷ She sets about her work vigorously;

   her arms are strong for her tasks.

¹⁸ She sees that her trading is profitable,

   and her lamp does not go out at night.

¹⁹ In her hand she holds the distaff

   and grasps the spindle with her fingers.

²⁰ She opens her arms to the poor

   and extends her hands to the needy.

²¹ When it snows, she has no fear for her household;

   for all of them are clothed in scarlet.

²² She makes coverings for her bed;

   she is clothed in fine linen and purple.

²³ Her husband is respected at the city gate,

   where he takes his seat among the elders of the land.

²⁴ She makes linen garments and sells them,

   and supplies the merchants with sashes.

²⁵ She is clothed with strength and dignity;

   she can laugh at the days to come.

²⁶ She speaks with wisdom,

   and faithful instruction is on her tongue.

²⁷ She watches over the affairs of her household

   and does not eat the bread of idleness.

²⁸ Her children arise and call her blessed;

   her husband also, and he praises her:

²⁹ “Many women do noble things,

   but you surpass them all.”

³⁰ Charm is deceptive, and beauty is fleeting;

   but a woman who fears the LORD is to be praised.

³¹ Honor her for all that her hands have done,

   and let her works bring her praise at the city gate.

So, I read this on an acquaintances blog & it got me thinking. I too, have read the wisdom of this passage. However, it hasn't crossed my mind since I got married and this morning I re-evaluated it. Last night I got home, and I was just beyond exhausted. During the day, at work, it's so easy for me to make all these big plans for cleaning my house and what not. But, I walk through that door, and see the doom waiting on me. The puppy begging to go out, the kitten needing attention. A kitchen I forgot to clean from the night before and a husband with hungry eyes and tummy. In no time I am dead to the world. Something switches off, and I just want to curl up in the fetal position and go to sleep. But, I pulled out a box of hamburger helper {sue me} and cooked duh-hubby dinner. Now, it doesn't matter what I cook, Brock loves it. And believe me, before pregnancy I was a meat, potatoes, veggies, bread and dessert ready after dinner kinda gal. So he of course devours all of his and all of mine, and we are ready for bed. So here I am, laying there feeling like the worst kind of wife. Then I found this when I got to work this morning. My first reaction is that I should be guilty. My husband so deserves more, but, then I really looked at our life. There isn't a day I sit and do nothing. There is no time  in my day, for lazy-ness. I work fifty hours and feel like I come home and work more. Then, Brock tells me he loves me, and thanks me for all I do and I realize that Proverbs 31 is relative to the situation. My husband, my sweet amazing husband, tells me thank you for Hamburger Helper and tells me I'm beautiful when it's been Lord knows how long since I have put on a pair of heels and worn makeup. This Godly man loves me no matter what I put on the table, or adorn my body with. && it was then that I realized that as much as he loves me, I will love him enough to be a better wife and mother. I may not be able to meet the bar every single day, but every day is a chance to get a little closer. I love him and our nest enough to try! So, no, I am not a Proverbs 31 wife. I am messy, loud, unkempt sometimes, and always clumsy wife. What I will say is that I try very hard to make a happy home for my husband, and I can only make changes for the better! && hey, if I can't turn it around myself, then hopefully nesting will kick in and I can get it done anyways ;)

Here's to being a working housewife!

Awkward, Awesome Tuesday

Awkward

-Hugging people, ecspecially with my baby belly, but when your faces accidentaly face the same way

-My body in general these days, plus walking, talking, sleeping. Being pregnant me.

-Talking to tech support people with accents that totally don't match my thick drawl.

&& that's about all I can think of right now. Thanks preggo brain.

Awesome

-Hugging above mentioned belly :) All mine for now, little guy

-My husband. He should have his own comic book, he's so super.

-Watching Birth Stories on TV and crying because in 4 short months that is me, meeting my baby boy.

-Clementines. Seriously cannot even count how many I've had this week. Oh, and OJ. And grapefruits. Yummy.

-3D ultrasounds :) Can't wait for December 17.

-Selling old crap I don't need anymore, online, from the comfort of my couch and fuzzy robe.

Happy Tuesday guys :)