House Goal Number Ten- Complete!

You know how yesterday I reminded you of our house when it was in complete disarray back in January? Yeah….I didn’t even have a lick of energy to care either. Luckily, the living room gained some normalcy, but it wasn’t until the bedroom had the terribly awful blue carpet removed and replaced.

You see, this is what the room looked like before we moved in. It’s a good thing I can see past cosmetic problems and can actually find the potential.

I was beyond excited on the day Colby and one of his friends ripped out the carpet while I was laid up in the bed.

Sorry about the quality of the photo. Once again, little energy was to blame. However, you can already tell that the coat of paint on the wall mellowed out the room.

But then, the carpet man came. My mom checked on things as they installed it, and I signed the papers confirming everything was satisfactory. Thank you, Lowes, for making it so easy on the pregnant chick.

This is the state of the room as of now.

Right now, it’s serving as a guest bedroom/office. The carpet is as plush as I could have asked for and the perfect color. I highly recommend this carpet from Lowe’s. If you’re in the market for carpet, just let me know, and I will provide the info on it.

A big thank you goes out to the following people:

• My in-laws for giving us the king-size bed. Our guests will be appreciative for sure.
• My BIL and SIL for the cute little white table. I had no idea what or where I was going to put it, but it serves a great purpose as a printer stand.
• A dear friend who created the art piece above the television. I have gotten many compliments on it =)

My main goals for this room are:

• New bedding {quilt, bed skirt, shams, king size pillows, and throw pillows}
• Curtains
• Lamps to go on each side of the bed
• Something functional over the desk
• A headboard or something to take the place of that
• New light fixture

It’s going to take years for me to accomplish all of my goals in this house, but I’m willing to be patient to get exactly what I want. After all, it’s all about making a house a home.

House Goal Number One- Complete!

Remember in January when I was under the weather and posted some atrocious photos of the current state of our house? That month had to be one of the best and worst months of the year so far! We officially went to the doctor to confirm our little bundle of joy, but in the same month I was struck with the worst sicknesses I’ve ever experienced!

Luckily, things have made a huge turn around! I’m feeling terrific! The house is clean! Things are getting done, and the warmer weather is bringing out the best in me!

If you missed the one of two posts I made in January {how pathetic, right?}, here’s the state our living room was in.

Good thing no one wanted to enter the premises with all the germs that had invaded our space! This room was scary and definitely did not say welcome to our home! It screamed, “RUN AWAY!”

Other than the fact that I thought I was on my death bed, this room was in the state it was in thanks to the guest bedroom having the ugly blue carpet ripped out of it. Don’t believe me? See the ugly blue strip of carpet? That’s what we were living with. Ugh!

The good news is that we’ve made progress in the bedroom, cleaned the living room out, and ordered our brand new living room furniture that I blogged about back in November.

Still not even close to being a finished room, but a huge improvement!

We opted to go with the Rowe Nantucket slipcovered couches in Champagne, which is more like a nice linen blend. Totally comfortable! Totally easy to clean! No need to deal with the dry cleaners when you can clean them at your own home!

This room still has a long way to go though!

Hopefully, we’ll be knocking out number two on my House Goal List over the next couple of weeks. My goal is before Easter, but I don’t know if it will happen or not. Right now I’m floating between a gray green or a gray blue. We’ll see what happens when I actually go to the paint store.

Hope you all have a great start to your week!

A Relaxing Kind of Weekend or Two

The past two weekends have been filled with relaxation. Who in the world wouldn’t want to enjoy the gorgeous weather we have been having? When I see mid to high 70s on the ten day forecast, I start planning out an enjoyable weekend. The cold and I do not mix well. Cold weather just forces me back in my hole more commonly known as my home. Warm, sunny weather is just inviting me outside.

With this being our first spring in this house, I have been elated to see the different hues that keep appearing throughout our azalea bushes. It’s been a surprise every time we go outside. The blooms get bigger and more colorful each time.

The best place to find relaxation and not think about all the projects that could be started or finished is not my house though.

It’s this place.

And the best thing to do at the farm is to feed the fish, watch other people fish, read, and swing…..

So, I’m looking forward to spring break and getting the opportunity to spend much more time out there. What can I say? I can’t resist.

I hope you are enjoying the weather as much as we are! Now, I’m just crossing my fingers that the weather will be this terrific during spring break!

Slugs and Snails and Puppy-Dogs’ Tails

That’s what little boys are made of!

I’m so excited about our newest addition, and he hasn’t even made it here yet! It seems like everyone we know that is having babies around the same time we are are all having boys. I feel sure that I have many days ahead of me that include camping out and fishing, and I can’t wait!

Ever since Colby and I have been together, I could see myself having a boy first. When I first found out I was pregnant, I immediately thought “boy”. Then, as it got closer to time, I had multiple dreams that it was going to be a boy and didn’t expect anything else. Everyone always asked my opinion, and I always told them “boy” and that I would be shocked if he turned out to be a she when we got the ultrasound done.

When we first arrived, the girl doing the ultrasound was super sweet and confirmed that we were their to find out what we were having. It didn’t take long to find out either. It was like as soon as she put the thing on my belly, she was able to tell us that we were going to be seeing a lot of blue in our future. He was proud of his business and wasn’t afraid to show it….haha!

Everything became much more real that day! My love for this baby grew ten times stronger, and I can’t wait for the day when I can hold him in my arms. I’m not sure what I’m going to do when he gets here other than love him with my whole heart. I know absolutely nothing about little baby boys. I’m from a family full of basically girls, but I guess it will be a good learning experience!

So, all of you mamas of boys or recent mamas with advice, here’s your time to spill your insight on life with babies! Spill your beans!

What’s Baby Langham?

Colby and I thought from the beginning that we were having a boy, and we couldn’t have been more right! I had three dreams last night that it would be a boy, and that’s the first thing we saw in our ultrasound.

Here’s a little video of what we came home with from the doctor today…

Baby Langham

More details to come tomorrow!

My Absence Explained

For the first time since I’ve been blogging, I took a little break. It wasn’t intentional, but it was a much needed time to focus on other more important things. Plus, winter gives me the blues. All I want to do is cuddle up with a blanket and pillow on the couch keeping warm by the fire and watch DVR’d episodes of my soaps and favorite television shows that I’ve been too exhausted to stay up and watch.

Why the exhaustion, you ask? This girl is officially 16 weeks pregnant! Due August 10th!

On January 2nd, I had my first doctor’s appointment. At the time, we were trying to keep things on the down-low until I was at 12 weeks along. So much for that! While we were there, I saw like five people from our town….one of those being the mother of one of our very good friends. Needless to say, she was on to us! How many wives bring their husbands along to that kind of doctor without their being a reason associated with being pregnant? We were able to brush it off to all of those who asked, but we knew they weren’t stupid.

Two days later, I was struck with kidney stones….at school. I didn’t know what was happening, but I thought for sure I was dying. The pain was excruciating! So horrible, in fact, that I had no reservations about laying down on the gym bathroom floor. You know you are in trouble when you are able to do something like that. All I knew was that I couldn’t move from that position. Long story short, they had to call Colby at work and my parents at home to come and get me. Going to the emergency room like that meant that the truth had to come out. My parents and the whole world knew from that point on. It’s kind of hard to keep a secret when they put you in the OB hall. Luckily, I passed the stone quickly and was released.

Sickness set in from that point on, and I’m not really talking morning sickness. Sinus infections and horrible headaches. For what little morning sickness I had, I learned how to control it a little better. Nighttime digestion has been quite a problem that I’m still dealing with, but will hopefully get some relief for when I visit the doc again on Monday.

Between work, sickness, and normal day to day activities, I’m completely zapped at the end of the day. Bedtime comes early for this girl. By the time the weekends roll around, I’m completely worthless.

With all that being said though, some major things have taken place around these parts lately in the house department. And we’ll be finding out what baby Langham is this afternoon! Stay tuned for the big announcement!

Fruit Basket Turnover

I would say that’s the perfect way to describe what is going on in our house right now. As a matter of fact, the same thing is happening with my ALL of my in-laws. Remember that list of goals I made? It’d be pretty hard not to seeing as how that’s the last post I’ve made. I’ve been pretty pathetic here in the blog world lately, but life’s been throwing me some curve balls. Hopefully, I’m on the road to feeling better. The good news is that lots of progress has been going on around the house lately although if you walked in my house you might disagree.

I wouldn’t blame you. Want me to make you feel better about your house? Just look at what I’m living with in the mean time.

See what I meant when I described our house as a fruit basket turnover? We have carpet going in the bedroom that you see up top. The boys moved all of the furniture and ripped out the carpet, which has left me with this mess. (Of course, I’m grateful for all of their hard work though.)

Quite frankly, I’m not sure what’s going to happen with all of this furniture because our in-laws are giving us a king size bed to go in the bedroom since my BIL and SIL are moving into the tailgate house in Auburn that my in-laws own.

That’s right. A whole house of furniture is coming out of the tailgate house, and a whole house of other furniture is going to squeeze in. You people might see a pretty good yard sale happening in the future. Between the three households, we might have plenty to get rid of. If it happens, you guys will be the first to know and possibly see a preview.

In other news, the last picture that shows my living room filled with my junk will be filled with living room furniture very soon. It has officially been ordered, and we’re just playing the waiting game. If the carpet doesn’t get here pretty soon, I see a king size bed being placed in there as well.

I know this is normal for a period of time when renovations are taking place, but this might just drive me crazy before the reno is over.

Let’s pray that carpet installer calls early.