sunday song

1. As we were singing this song this morning Micah looked up at me with a big smile and told me he knew how to hum along to this one! It's one of mine and Zach's (and apparently Micah's!) favorites :)
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3. O Love that wilt not let me go,
   I rest my weary soul in thee;
   I give thee back the life I owe,
   That in thine ocean depths its flow
   May richer, fuller be.
4. O light that foll’west all my way,
   I yield my flick’ring torch to thee;
   My heart restores its borrowed ray,
   That in thy sunshine’s blaze its day
   May brighter, fairer be.
5. O Joy that seekest me through pain,
   I cannot close my heart to thee;
   I trace the rainbow through the rain,
   And feel the promise is not vain,
   That morn shall tearless be.
6. O Cross that liftest up my head,
   I dare not ask to fly from thee;
   I lay in dust life’s glory dead,
   And from the ground there blossoms red
   Life that shall endless be.

best bellies

This is the 2nd time Steph and I have been pregnant together. The first time was with Silas and Connor. Connor is 2 months and 3 days older. This time around we've got a boy and a girl coming. Baby brother will be about 3 1/2 months older than their little girl. We took belly pictures the night before I went into labor with Connor so last Thursday night we took some pictures of these two before there is only one belly left :)

joust

Yesterday the movie A Knight's Tale was on and I let Micah and Connor watch some of it. They LOVED the knights, horses and jousting. After the movie they each grabbed a 'lance' and spent the afternoon jousting in the backyard. They did a good job being gentle and took turns knocking the other one off their horse.

chalkboard

This is the new decoration in my living room :) I've wanted a chalkboard for awhile but was waiting patiently until I found a cute, big frame. Our small group at church had garage sale to raise money for a local homeless shelter and I was able to get an awesome frame from it. There was even a canvas inside that I will be repurposing some day. I already had the turquoise paint from the oops section at Lowe's, the chalkboard paint from a Christmas present I made my niece last year, and some leftover plywood from a bookshelf Zach made. This is actually the frame we used in our family pictures. Leslie suggested not putting the chalkboard inside it until after the photoshoot. I'm so glad she did!

This was my inspiration. I love random gallery walls. They can showcase so many things you love in a cute chaotic/organized fashion! Obviously my wall is not there yet, but it will be fun adding to it over time.

welcome to babyland

OK so it's not even close in size to the room from F of the B two and probably only cost as much as one of their stuffed animals ;) but I am sooo happy with how the baby room turned out. After 3 kids this is the first nursery I've completed. We didn't know if Micah was going to be a boy or girl (even though I had my suspicions) so I was planning on finishing it after he was born. That pretty much never happened. Then with Connor we had just put the house on the market and assumed (quite wrongly!) that it would sell soon so we didn't have a room for him at all. He ended up sleeping in a pack n' play for a year until we finally put up a crib in the guest room for him. For some reason this time it was really important to me to make a finished space that would be useful and comfortable and cute for both our baby and any guests we have.

Enter our Woodland getaway :) I wanted a semi mature feel for guests, a vintage feel for me, and a a playful woodland feel for baby boy. There is technically still one thing I need (bed skirt) and one thing I want (cute woodland animals shaped pillow), but other than that here is my baby's room...

Door side wall

* 5 frames from Hobby Lobby with scrapbook paper.

They might possibly reveal something very important or they might just hold pictures.

You just never know ;)

* IKEA shelf
* dresser from my parents' neighbors after they moved away

* green basket is from Hobby Lobby and holding diapering essentials

bed wall

* shelves are IKEA spice racks. Idea via Pinterest

* chair is a vintage brown velvet swivel rocker from Antiques and Stuff in Covington, GA

* white end table from my parents'
* vintage alarm clock from Sadie's Antiques in Conyers, GA

* lamp from Target

*pillow made by me

* shhhh sign from a store in Blue Ridge. It was originally in Micah's nursery.

* three woodland prints were made by me from Target dollar spot canvases

* mobile made by me via pinterest idea

closer look

The guest bed :)

* mattress and box spring were an awesome deal at Ocho in Covington.

* headboard is a barn door from my parents' shed

* window was in Micah's nursery and pretty sure was stolen from the side of the road

* curtain panels, brown accent pillows, green rectangular pillow and sheets are from Homegoods

* bedding is from Overstock

* navy leaf pillows I made with fabric from Ocho

These two little gals came from the garden department at Lowes. I was wandering around and got so excited when I spotted them. They had an owl friend but he was broken :(

Hope you enjoyed the tour. In 10 +/- days there will be a little boy who lives inside it!

maternity and family photo shoot

Last Tuesday night we went to Porterdale, GA to take some maternity and family pictures. There are tons that I love but here are a few of my favorites!

Me and my "could not have done it without her" assistant Leslie :)

TWO WEEKS TO GO!!!! 38 weeks according to babycenter.com...Your baby has really plumped up. He weighs about 6.8 pounds and is over 19 1/2 inches long (like a leek). He has a firm grasp, which you'll soon be able to test when you hold his hand for the first time! His organs have matured and are ready for life outside the womb.

halloween activities

We had lots of fun activities this past weekend for Halloween.

On Friday Connor got to have a bonus day at preschool for his halloween party and Micah trick or treated with his class.

On Saturday we celebrated William's third birthday with a costume party. Micah decided to make his own costume for Capt. Hook instead of dress like Mario again.

On Sunday our church hosted our very first Trunk n' treat for the community. It was a huge success. My little Mario Bros. were there to cheer on our trunk themed Mario World. It was a fun and exhausting afternoon.

On Monday I woke up with a horrible stomach virus and was in my room ALL DAY LONG. It was seriously awful :( Thanks to Zach who stayed home from work, went to Micah's Halloween Party at school and took the boys trick or treating last night. Micah starting getting sick last night so it's been a pretty pitiful couple days in our home. Overall lots of fun, but it was nice saying good bye to October and HELLO NOVEMBER (think tom hanks voice in You've got mail!) because it will be a very special month :)