Tonight we are celebrating...

for the past year and a half the hubs has been taking masters classes. 

and waiting.waiting.waiting. 

to be accepted into the special masters program he was trying to get into.

We just got word today that he is IN!

WHOO-HOO!!

I am so proud of him... all the hard work, extra effort, the above and beyond things he does everyday to support our growing family. He is my superhero.

He likes the brown chocolate and I like the white, 

so I made a little of both. 

I may or may not have a few more on my row. haha.

the weekend...

this post could almost be titled:

what the pregnant-fatty ate over the weekend

because most of these phone pictures have to do with food. haha

I did spend most of the weekend here... at Tanger. This night I was trying to catch the sunset. I love how it is staying light until 9pm here. Makes you feel like you can get so much more done in your day!

It was a HOT one here in Georgia too... we had a quick thunderstorm that cooled things down to a balmy 90 or so, but for the majority of the weekend it was HOT, HOT, HOT!

Just a few of the things the baby made me eat. (haha) Arbys beef and cheddar.
Movie and pizza date night with the hubs, and zaxbys salad.
(ps. I think that Jesus owns Zaxbys... those salads are just heavenly)

My favorite part of the weekend was visiting with baby Sawyer. She is such a sweet doll. I loved catching up with her mommy and daddy and hearing all about new-parent life. The hubs thinks this is the smallest baby he has ever held. (seeing how he has only held like 3 ever, that is probably true). My heart just melts listening to the guys talk about baby stuff. I can't wait for bear to be an outside baby!

Bestie is always looking out for me... 

we are thinking "rustic nautical" for baby bears room,
and the boats and such we're on sale this weekend at Hobby Lobby.

ra and Jackson stopped by the store to see me on their way to Old Navy...
I told Jack to give the doggie at ON a high five for me when he got in there.
I love this kid.

The hubs went kayaking on Saturday with some friends from work. He said it was a blast but he was so sore and sunburned (he did put sun block on his face) but guess he thought his legs needed a little tan. whoopsie!

OK, and now for something nasty. So stop reading if you are not feeling so hot today.

I got sick a couple times this week but I didn't really think too much of it (heck, I was throwing up 4-5 times a day for the first 3 mo of this pregnancy... so a little sickness here and there didn't phase me).
It was mostly after breakfast, which this week has been a bowl of cereal and milk. Again, thought nothing of it. Saturday night (pizza and a movie date night) I drink a HUGE glass of milk with my pizza. Like maybe 20oz of milk on the rocks. (I heart ice). I felt so sick the rest of the night. "uuugggg, I'm never eating pizza again".
Once again, I don't really think anything of it. Get up Sunday morning, pour cheerios in a bowl, get out milk, pour in bowl. BARF. It is curdled. Like freekin cottage cheese on my cheerios. WTH? It's not even close to the expiration date. I seriously think I've been drinking spoiled milk all week. poor baby bear.

 

So, that was my weekend. Hope you had an awesome one.
I have a feeling this week is gonna rock! so Bring.it.on!

DIY Kitchen Island

or maybe I should say DDIFM?

Dad, do it for me?

I really needed a place to store my cake plates...

other than their current home on top of our fridge.

The rattling and shaking that went on every time we opened the freezer 

was about to give me a heart attack. 

I found this beautiful table that was constructed DIY 

from plans on the anawhite website and fell in love.

If you are not familiar with Ana White, you should check her out here. She is an amazing DIYer that shares detailed plans and features followers building projects all FOR FREE. She rocks.

So my dad got to building, and sanding, and building, and staining. Then he brought me this gorgeous table last weekend. I can't stop staring at it. I am obsessed with the wood grain. The slats. The perfect handmade storage solution. The contrast between the dark wood and my mostly white serving pieces. The height. The endless entertaining possibilities. 

I promise the pictures do not do it justice...

THANKS DAD!!

It's a...

BABY!

oh, you already knew that?

haha.

silly me.

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We are beyond thrilled to announce...

Baby Reagan is a BOY!

  

Last Thursday night we headed to Newnan for our 3D/4D ultrasound. We were so excited to find out if baby bear was a boy or a girl we could hardly wait. I was really feeling like bear was a girl, and hubs was just positive baby bear was a boy.

We go inside. I get all cozy in a big recliner. lay all the way back. warm jelly on my belly. Bear pops up on the big TV and the hubs yells "I see a penis!" I about died laughing, and so did the tech. What he saw was Bear's leg... but there were some boy parts in there too. He was proud to show them off. For about 15 minutes we got to watch our sweet baby kicking, sucking his thumb, twisting, and punching. He even smiled for us. We could not be more in love with this little man.

 ::the money shot::

 ::full body::

 ::face::

It was just us at the ultrasound. Both of our parents we're out of town (mine in Davidson, and Chris's in Panama City) so we called them to give them our news. Chris called a couple friends and I stopped by ra's on my way home and did a little balloon reveal for them. I had planned to wait till the next day, but I was about to BURST. Then I told my girls at work with cake pops. It was so fun to see their reactions... some "I knew it!" and some "awww...boys are the best." 

Now it is starting to sink in that we are almost half way there. In 2 weeks, baby Bear will be the size of a small cantaloupe and we'll have a half-baked bun in the oven. Lots of things to do before he arrives, but for right now we are just being giddy-in-love with our little baby boy. 

BIG thanks to Aunt ra for taking the announcement photos... uda.uda.best.

A chair for everyone...

I wanted to share a quick picture from this afternoon...

the hubs and I have been busy in the office today.

trimming, organizing, and finishing things up.

Putting together a new office chair for him

(leaving this old one for Cole to sit in) 

hahahahaha

Now, I am sitting here glued to my computer...

watching video from the Casey Anthony trial.

(I am obsessed with it)

If you are not caught up, today was the closing arguments.

You can view videos HERE

video 1 is mostly instructions for the jury, then the state starts on video 2.

I.can't.take.my.eyes.off.of.it.

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Hope you all have an amazing July 4th.

We are planning a low key day at the house...

cooking out, a little organizing, and movies on the sofa.

sounds amazing.