Closet

I am really starting to feel like a pregnant woman these days. It's getting harder for me to get up off the couch, floor, bed or even out of the car. I start feeling fidgety after sitting for about 30 minutes. But I run out of energy very quickly too. My body doesn't stay content long.

Hampton is constantly moving. He enjoys dance parties and practicing his karate moves. I read something interesting about when babies move. They enjoy the soothing, rhythmic motion of the mother moving around. When I'm active he is sleeping. But when I rest he wakes up and is on the move. We're on completely different schedules. It's actually nice to know when he's up because it gives others the chance to feel him kicking.

Jeff worked on Hampton's closet this weekend. He bought some organizers and shelves. He did such a great job. It looks like a different closet now. I wish I would have remembered to take a before picture. But this is part of the "old" closet so you can get an idea of what it looked like before. We just had one hanging shelf.

Here is the finished product. Jeff added another hanging shelf under the old one. He also added four drawers which are awesome to have!

I couldn't resist taking this last picture. It is unbelievable how many diapers we have been given. But I also realize that these won't last long :)

My birthday

My birthday was Tuesday, July 17th.  I think this is going to be the best year yet. We have so much to look forward to. To celebrate, I went to Atlanta to spend some time with Jeff. While he was at work I went shopping at the outlets. It's hard for me to shop being 24 weeks pregnant. I have to buy basic maternity clothes but also want to get some things that I can wear when I'm not pregnant. I have to choose carefully and it usually takes a while. Jeff usually isn't much fun to shop with since I take forever. So I went by myself and was actually successful.

We went to dinner at a restaurant called Coast, which obviously was a seafood place. We had an amazing dinner and talked about our future and how blessed we are. 

I ordered shrimp scampi which came with a crab cake on top. It was so good!!! Jeff ordered yellowfin tuna with a side of mac n cheese (with bacon and shrimp). He LOVED the tuna. For anyone that does not know Jeff, please let me explain. He is an extremely picky eater. His "go to" dishes are pizza and chicken fingers. And don't even get me started on vegetables or anything that is actually healthy. He can't eat those because he is "allergic" to anything green. At least, that's what he tells people so they will stop asking him to try new things. So, for jeff to even order tuna was amazing. Plus he said it was one of the best dishes he's ever had. He was even to full to finish his mac n cheese. We're making some progress! 

My sweet pups

Surprisingly the baby has not been consuming my every thought lately. It's been my sweet puppies, Max and Zoe. They have had fleas for the past two weeks and it is breaking my heart. I constantly hear them scratching and licking themselves. They have red bites and scabs all over their sweet little legs. I can't tell you how hard it's been to know that I've done absolutely everything I can think of to get rid of them and I'm not sure what else to do. We have given them 3 baths, treated the backyard twice, vacuumed the house everyday for the past week, washed all of our bedding, cleaned all blankets, pillows, etc.,applied Frontline AND given them a flea pill. I mean look at these precious faces.

Jeff and I worked on Hampton's room a few weeks ago. We wanted to add some things to the walls. We weren't sure what we wanted to do so we started looking for inspiration. My mom sent me a pictures of wall decals that looked really cool. I loved the ones of hot air balloons because it reminds me of July 4th in Lexington, Virginia. Every year they have a balloon rally where they give balloons rides. I used to love sitting in the yard watching all of the beautiful balloons fly by. 

The wall decals weren't exactly what we were looking for so Jeff decided to make them. He found balloons at Hobby Lobby and attached them to little baskets. We were so excited about the stuffed animals from the Disney Store. They are some of our favorites characters.

Under the balloons we painted a small bookshelf. Jeff bought a few books of fairy tales and nursery rhymes. I can't wait to curl up and read to my baby.

We also bought a shelf to put on the wall and some letters to spell out Hampton's name.

I am now 23 weeks and feel Hampton kicking constantly. I love the constant reminder that he's in there :)