32 weeks, for the love

I am 32 weeks pregnant. And I am in shock that my belly keeps getting bigger. Well, I'm aware that when you are pregnant, your belly grows. It's just growing OUT at this point which makes me giggle.

Here's me at 32 weeks, about to go to church at 7:30 in the morning to see our friend lead worship. So the light is crazy on our front porch, but hey, it's a belly picture, not a photo shoot. (I have to tell myself this to keep myself from freaking out while editing this picture.)

That's two weeks in a row on belly pictures. Crazy! Why am I posting so many? I am not sure. I don't like them of myself, but I figured I will look at my blog later in life and wonder where they are if I don't. And it's more fun to take pictures like this than in the 2nd trimester. A big belly is fun....unless you are trying to clean out a closet. 

Next up...

Art work I made for the nursery.......

So the story is I found these prints on etsy that I loved, but I wanted paintings, not prints....and plus the lady who made them lives in Paris. I thought it might take a while to get them. So I decided to try making them. I thought SURE I couldn't do it, but I surprised myself. I can't wait to put them in the nursery! Which, if you are wondering, is almost done! 

In other baby news (cause what else would I post about?) I had my first baby shower this weekend and I was overwhelmed with how wonderful my friends are. It was a great shower and I will post pictures soon. I feel so blessed to have amazing friends who hosted an adorable shower and friends who brought us gifts. Seriously some of the cutest gifts I have ever seen. I love my girls!

4th of July

We had such a great weekend. My in laws came up on Friday, and we had a fun night as the Harms unit. We even got a visit from my Brother-in-law! It was great to all be together. On Saturday we left for Perry, to see Ryan's Dad's side of the family in Perry, OK. We got to see Ryan's grandma and cousins! It was very fun, and that night we went to stay with Ryan's other Grandma in Ponca City. Then, we went to see Ryan's best friend in Stillwater. They had just moved there from Alaska! We are so excited they are close again, and they have the cutest little 8 month old, Charles. He is so adorable and right about now I am kicking myself for not taking a picture of the cuteness.

Then, we went to my parent's NEW house! They had just moved out of the house we lived in for 17 years! It was quite the move, but they are doing a great job of putting everything back together and settling into their new home. I love it! We even squeezed in a quick visit with our good friends from college, the Hejls.

So we saw a LOT of people! It was very fun. And I just keep getting bigger....
(Not my favorite picture....I look ragged and for some reason there is a stick in between my legs, but oh well..)

And check out what we got...

Ryan's Great Grandfather made it long ago! Isn't it sweet? And it will go perfectly in our playroom.

Next Saturday is my first baby shower. Eek...I guess we're really having a baby!

Hope you had a great 4th! We did. :)

Our Playroom

So I had an idea. And the idea blew up. If you know our house, we have moved our movie room out to the game room, and the old movie room became the new guest room. The old guest room is the nursery. Confused yet? We are.

The movie room is done. Hallelujah! But I had to go and have an idea. I just wanted a little play area for the baby in the movie room. Because her nursery is upstairs, I wanted to have the option to take her down the hall to play, or swing. My initial idea was a shelving unit and a rug. That's it. But somehow, this turned into a shelving unit, rug, rocking chair, accent wall, play area, chalkboard wall, toy chest.....It has gotten a little out of control. Especially since I gave myself a $300 budget. (Which makes me giggle, because I blew that so easily) So I have sense lumped together my nursery budget and playroom budget to give me more wiggle room.

I was very hesitant to show pictures, because it might look weird if it's not done. Also, I am petrified of bright colors, so the orange (!) accent wall freaked me out.

But I've decided to share. Ya'll won't judge, right? My friends like it. Or at least they say they do. I'm sure if they didn't they wouldn't tell me.

Here it is right after painting.

And here it is today...

(It's NOT done..)

 

The black bookshelf will not be there, and there will be more stuff. Esk, it's so orange. But, I think I am coming around. :)

What do you think?