PREGNANCY - 25 weeks with baby #2

How far along: 25 weeks Baby's name: starts with a J ;) Gender: BOY Best moment this week: We had Gavin's birthday party last weekend - which was so fun! He was crabby for about the first half of it... "it's my party and I'll cry if I want to" seemed to be his theme song for the day! Oh well, he can get away with that for a little while yet. ;) It was still a super...

PREGNANCY - 24 weeks with baby #2

How far along: 24 weeks Baby's name: We finally decided on a name! BUT... we're keeping it a secret until he's born :) Hint, it starts with a "J". Gender: BOY Best moment this week: Working on the nursery! I love being able to watch the room slowly come together! It's also a huge plus to be done with the painting and onto the fun stuff like picking furniture and decor!! Cravings:...

Gavin's 2nd Birthday

My little boy is turning 2 in a couple days... (enter sappy mom post...) I honestly can't believe my sweet baby boy is 2 years old. I can remember the day he was born like it happened yesterday. Everything about it. Everything from (finally) being in labor, the delivery, and then that awesome, miraculous moment I first laid eyes on him and snuggled him on my chest. Heavenly. I...

DIY Giant Magnetic Chalkboard

I have been DYING to do this project! I've seen so many cool, BIG chalkboards. Some people have them painted right onto their walls, which I considered doing, but our walls are pretty textured, and I didn't want to sand them down, because, well then that's a non-textured, chalkboard chunk of wall forever... unless you repaint, retexture... and you get the picture. I wanted a giant...

Baby J's Nursery Sneak Peak

Well first and foremost, our baby boy #2 finally has a name!!  It took us awhile to decide on a boys name, we had a couple that we kept going back and forth between. Then we finally had the right combination of first & middle name- and it was like BAM- that's his name! So we knew!  We've decided to keep it a secret until he's born, which is what we did with Gavin also. BUT, it...

PREGNANCY - 23 weeks with baby #2

How far along: 23 weeks Baby's name: We finally decided on a name! BUT... we're keeping it a secret until he's born :) Gender: BOY Best moment this week: I finished a project I've been dying to do........ that I'll be sharing a tutorial post for soon!!!... It's a giant, 3'x5' magnetic chalkboard in our playroom! I didn't have a tutorial to follow, since I had entirely my own idea on...

DIY Barnwood Towel Hanger

Comin at ya with a super easy, and cheap DIY project! I have about 1,000,004 little, crafty, decor projects I want to do in this house... and this was one of them! We didn't have any sort of hand towel hanger in our bathroom, which was not going to work for me.  I couldn't stand leaving our hand towel in a bunched up pile on our countertop any longer!!!  So today, I finally took...

Pregnancy - 22 weeks with baby #2

How far along: 22 weeks Gender: BOY Sleep: Sleeping really well! As long as I have my pillow between the legs! Makes such a difference with helping me get a good night's sleep! Best moment this week: I started painting little baby boy's room!! (photos to come) I am SO excited to get his nursery put together! Worst moment this week: We're closing on our old house this...

goodbye old - hello new

Well to be honest I expected the process of selling our first house to be a bittersweet one - and wow, was I right. This was the home Aaron and I first bought, only one month after being married. So it was our beginning to everything- homeownership (and everything that comes along with that), marriage, living together, and bringing home our first baby! It was a spaciously cozy (if that makes...