Finding A Happy Place.....

Anyone who has talked to me personally in the last couple weeks knows I have been pretty down over the events that took place at the last Doctor's appointment.  No point in re-hashing it now.  But anyways, I have really been working HARD at rising above it and getting back to my happy place instead of curling up in my bed and just staying there for A LONG TIME!! 

So, what to when I am down......a few things!  1. My little Buttercup, Lily Grace has really cheered me up!  She can always make my heart happy.  LOVE HER SO MUCH!!!  She has spent the night with us a couple of nights over the past two weeks and it really did cheer me up, A LOT!!!  2. Getting everything ready for My Little Man's arrival!!  I just love to wash all his little clothes and squeeze them!  I know that is SO weird, BUT it makes me feel close to him!  #youwouldntunderstandunlessyouwereinmyshoes  So excited that his chair is coming on Monday!!  Can't wait!!  One of the guest rooms has become the storage room for all his stuff.  #ineedmynewhousealready!!!  Pretty much put in my mind this house WILL NOT be ready before Little Man's LONG AWAITED ARRIVAL!!!  This is 35 years in the making people!!!!  I can't believe it is only 2 months 20 days away according to the countdown app!!!  HURRY UP DUDE and get here already!!  3. Shopping.  Who doesn't love to shop when they are down??  It sure as heck helps me!!  I have done a lot of shopping for my Little Man!  I actually think I am ready for his arrival.  I just need to get the formula and diapers and I'm set!  #helloHolleformulaandHonestCompanydiapers!!  Only the best for My Little Man!!!  You should see his little swim outfits for the beach!!  OMG, I could just eat them up!!!  Oh, and the handmade destroyed denim jeans I am having made for him!!!  I can't even stand it!!  Get him here NOW!!!  I probably won't put him down until he is about 4 days old!  Sorry Friends and Family, I doubt you will get to hold my Little Man!!  I will be too busy eating every ounce of him up!!!  4. Lunch with my Sister.  This has been difficult to fit into the house building schedule, BUT due to the circumstances, I fit the must needed lunch dates in!!!  She can ALWAYS cheer me up with her cra cra comments!  I am sure everyone in the restaurant gets a kick out of our conversations!  You know these people listen!!  5. A little core yoga action at Exhale.  6.  Erin Condren.  The woman is a pure genius!  Just trust me on this one!  She will CHANGE.YOUR.FREAKING.LIFE.  Go look for yourself.....www.erincondren.com.  You will thank me later!!! 

So, you know what the BEST part of me being down is.....My Father in Law has been SO much more calm with me and totally butting out of my house building!  Which, has made my trades people SO HAPPY too!!!  I think they might be even happier than I am!!! 
#hereallydoesdriveEVERYONEcracra

My Little Buttercup wearing my Kidd Rock concert shirt!  If you haven't seen this Dude in concert, you are missing out!!  She thought she was SO big in that shirt!  Gosh, I love her!!!

 

So, back to Erin Condren....This is my little gift from her!  It is simply amazing!  It's wrapped like a dang Christmas present first of all.  How cool is that???

The goods!  It's my life planner.  It's personalized with my name on it.  LOVE IT!!  The cover is interchangeable too, so as soon as my Little Man is here, guess what the cover will be????  People, this is LIFE CHANGING!!  I know I said it once already, but I am telling you, it is going to change my life! 

This is the back cover of my Life Planner.  You can customize this little gem! 

I think I might have a problem!!!!  My other Erin Condren book is an address book, BUT let me tell you something, this is no ordinary address book.  This thing is an address book on steroids!  My Life Planner will be going pretty much everywhere I do for the next 18 months!  I can't believe I can even plan Little Man's 1st Birthday in the same planner as his birth!  HELLO.......what is better than that??  Well, except the fact that a year is going to go by WAY TOO FAST!!!!  Ok, I will just keep planning his first Halloween, Christmas and Beach trip!  Oh boy!!!  This Little Man is going to be one busy little Baby!  He might need his own Life Planner!!  :-) 

 

Until Next Time My Loyal Followers,

 

Lesley

 

It's a......

So, today is Father's Day and I thought it would be the PERFECT day to reveal the gender of  Baby R, finally.  I can't wait for Jason to be a Dad to our sweet little Baby.  He is going to make an amazing Father.  Happy unofficial, official 1st Father's Day to Jason!!!! 

Anyways, Jason insisted on a gender reveal party and since he doesn't ask for much, ever, I thought I would go ahead and indulge him.  He called me SO excited one day with this idea of a gender reveal party and how he wanted to do it.  I actually asked him who the heck he was, because to know Jason is to know the man NEVER gets excited about ANYTHING, EVER except if it involves making money.  So, he got mad at me and hung up on me.  I thought it was SO funny, because most guys just really don't even want to do this gender reveal party stuff that is all the rage these days.  So, I called him back and said, ok, I am sorry for making fun of you and you can have this silly party if it really means that much to you.  So, I wanted to come up with a way to make it appeal to men, so I called my Sister and told her what Jason wanted to do.  She laughed too, BUT plans were underway for a Manly kind of gender reveal baby shower, if there is even such a thing.

I decided I wanted to have professional pictures of the Gender Reveal Baby Shower to have lasting memories of the special day that all our friends and family came to celebrate Baby R and the special moment with us.  We loved celebrating Baby R with so many loving people that took time out of their crazy hectic lives to share in our moment. 

The chosen day of the celebration was May 3, 2014.  My Sister and Brother in Law opened up their home to all our friends and family for the special day.  My Sister even gave up her birthday weekend for us and I am so very grateful for her to give up her weekend to share it with us.  She has been the most supportive person during this process and there are a lot of days I don't know what I would do without her! 

The Gender Reveal Baby Shower invitation.  I just loved it!  It was made from a sweet Lady on Etsy.  She did a fabulous job! 

Can you guess what Baby R will be yet??

Mommy and Daddy are SO excited to let all our Friends and Family in on the secret!!!

With the Hostess with the Mostest!!

 

Ok, I will stop the suspense now!  It's a.....

YAY!!!!  Baby R is a BOY!!!!  So excited!!!  Did I mention, moments before this happened, someone fell in the pool.  It was SO funny!! 

Everyone was SO excited for us!

Just some of the people that came out to celebrate Baby R!! 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Shopping Adventures

One of the best things about building a house is getting to shop for it!  I mean, seriously, so much FUN!!  Lots of work, but lots of fun!  But, it does get a little boring looking at tile, granite, bathtubs, faucets and on and one!  However, furniture is NOT so boring!  So, I braved the furniture store with my little mini me #thekidismereincarnatedforreal.  I haven't gotten to spend a lot of quality time with her over the past months with all that is going on, so I picked her up on Friday and took her for pizza (her FAVORITE thing to eat and just about only) before shopping.  She was SO good and I loved the time I got with her! 

She was SO excited to get on this thing!

 

Testing out the chaise for LuLu!  I think she approves!

 

So, today was just one of those days that I feel like I got so much accomplished!  I got up early to unlock the house for the Inspector to tag the AC.  WHOOOOO HOOOOOO, we FINALLY passed and can now get the framing inspection!!  At this rate, there is a very good chance I will be in the new house by July.  Let's all take a moment and pray for this!!!  I got my drapes and blinds ordered too.  I can't wait to see how the drapes turn out!  I LOVE the Lady that is making them.  They are going to be AWESOME!!!  Think bling, people!  Lots of bling!!  I even got some work done and got my formula subscription set up for Baby R!  #onlythebestformysweetlittlelove  It was such a productive day that I had time to do some shopping for Baby before my meeting with the pool guy.#thereissomethingtobesaidforgettingupearlyeveryday 

So, off I went to Buy Buy Baby to got a few things that I want to have right when we get home.  I LOVE how helpful and friendly the staff there are!  I may have gone a little overboard since the sales girl was like, "Wow, you are really stocking up on stuff!"  It is one of the few ways I really even feel that I am actually having a baby.  I know people look at me like I am crazy when I say I am having a baby in September!  

A few of the things I got!

Then, I went to Babies R Us and bought the thing I have been dying to buy!  I can't even wait to use it.  I bought it at Babies R Us versus Buy Buy Baby because Buy Buy Baby excludes the 20% off this item and Babies R Us doesn't and the return policy is a little better!  I want to go on record and say that I still LOVE Buy Buy Baby the BEST for all things baby though!!!  Such a nicer store with a lot better products!!  Kind of like comparing Nordstrom to Macy's.  Nordstrom is just WAY better!!!   So, I am sure you are very curious what the #1 item I want to use more than anything, and here it is.......

Yes people, this is the BEST thing EVER!!!  It's a Keurig for Baby Formula!  This is going to change my life!!  I can't even stand it!!!

 

 

Tomorrow is Baby R's sono appointment to see how the development is going.  These are my favorite appointments and I look SO forward to them!  I just wish it could be a moment I had "alone" when I was there like normal girls!  Oh well, at least I don't have to gain weight and get to drink!!!  #alwaysanupsidetothedownside  Ok, I must end my post so I can get back to planning our first family trip WITH BABY R!!!!  SO EXCITING, yet so weird to plan a trip to with a baby that isn't even born yet!  This Baby has to start being a beach bum like Mommy and Daddy sooner than later, right??  #mustgetapassportforbabyR

 

Good night my people!

 

Love,

 

Lesley