Big News

I have big news to share in blog land. Will and I are expecting our first child on (or around) October 3rd. We are very excited.

One of the first questions people ask me is "are you going to find out the sex??" If people really knew me they would know I could NEVER wait to find out what it is until the delivery. I am way too much of a planner. I already have a lot of items picked out that I would like for the baby's room. I have the "boy" plan and the "girl" plan. We will see which it turns out to be. Will swears it is a girl. I go back and forth. Initially I thought boy, then I thought girl, then I thought boy again and now I am officially undecided.

I plan on crafting some things for the nursery, but in the meantime I can't - not until I know what the sex is. So tonight I crafted something for baby Amelia.

I found these cute bows that you can make out of scrap fabric. This website has the tutorial. You can clip it to those stretchy headbands baby's wear. I just put a little clip on the back with hot glue.

I'm on Spring Break this week!

Happy Valentine's Day

Happy Valentine's Day world! I hope everyone has had a special day today, I know I have.

I love Valentine's Day at school. All the kids give you hugs and are so kind on V-Day. I wish the Valentine feeling could be in our school all year. It's so cute. They really can all be friends (even after weeks of indoor recess). So whether you got roses, candies, a special dinner - or some other sort of present today - happy Valentines!

And to my Valentines ... I love you Will and Sam!

Ok, I'm Updating

I always get bad about updating our blog in the winter, I don't know why! You would think I would have all this time in the winter to type since it is cold outside. I'm at home today for a snow day. We are under a BLIZZARD warning in STL. We could get 12 inches of snow today on top of the third of an inch of ice we have already gotten, CRAZY!

I've literally been watching the news all day. It's not that I want to watch it, its just that there is nothing else on. Our Netflix isn't here yet and I'm all caught up on my DVR. So I'm browsing blogs today and Internet websites.

Will and I added some new "artwork" in our living room recently. We have a huge long wall in our living room. In the center is our fireplace with our TV mounted above it. On one side we have this arch iron grid we got from Pottery Barn last winter. The other side of the wall has been blank however, and was annoying us slightly for a while. So we decided to buy these huge frames from Pottery Barn and instead of putting pictures in them (which we may one day), we decided to make these random number collages. All of the numbers are actually dates that are important to Will and I. We just mixed them up to create artwork!

The dates include when Will and I started dating, when we graduated from Auburn, when we got married and when we closed on our home.

Here is a view of the whole wall. Excuse the news coverage on the TV, I told you we are in a BLIZZARD warning... The khaki color on the wall is a little darker than it appears in the picture. The wall almost looks white and its not!

Other big news...our Auburn Tigers are National Champions! We cheered the Tigers on to their second National Championship in January. Will and I have now experienced two Perfect Seasons since we have been Auburn fans. It was a pretty cool season. My brother in law gave us a Cam Newton autographed football as a gift to commemorate the season. He gave it to us after our Iron Bowl win. Cam went on to win the Heisman and a National Title.Our best friends had their baby two weeks ago today. Check out their blog for more about Amelia Short.

Some of our other great friends, Katie and Shawn, got married on New Years Eve. I was lucky to be in her bridal party. The night ended with a great party after their ceremony! Congratulation to them as well!

That is really all from here, Samson and I are cuddled in to ride out this winter storm. I may do some crafting this afternoon. I'd like to make a new wreath for spring, but I'm not sure I have all the materials on hand that I need - and driving to Hobby Lobby is NOT an option right now. I'll have to dig out my craft boxes to see what I can do...I may be back to posting tomorrow, if we get another snow day. Happy Winter!

Christmas Cards

I am so excited! Katie gave me my Christmas cards today! They turned out super cute and she even packaged them up with a beautiful bow. I love the pictures she took of us. She does such a great job with her photography. I can't wait to get my prints too. I have plans for the landing at the top of our stairs. She got my cards printed on this really pretty linen paper. I love them! I'm planning on sending these cards to family and close friends.

I'm also going to order some cards from Shutterfly. These cards I will use for extended friends and family. Last year I ordered our cards on Shutterfly and loved them. They were very nice quality and really turned out just how we wanted for our first ever Christmas card. The thing I love about Shutterfly's cards are they are so affordable! Another great thing about their website is it is so easy to use. You just upload photos and put them in the different card templates to see which one you like the best. The best part is how many choices you get with Shutterfly. You should follow the links below and head on over to their website to start planning your cards today - get in the holiday spirit! Christmas is just around the corner!

Check out their Christmas and Holiday cards. And for future information, you can even get super cute birthday invitations there!

The best thing is they are giving away 50 free cards if you blog about how spectacular their cards are!

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Gift Wrap, Cards and General Christmas Fun

Today I discovered the Christmas station has started playing holiday music. This made me very happy. I discovered this while driving around doing my holiday shopping. My side of the family does our Christmas gift exchange at our Thanksgiving gathering. I have all but one of my presents finished for my family. I was just in the holiday spirit today. I almost even put our tree up (but stopped myself because it is just a little too early). I stopped by Bath and Body and bought a Evergreen scented candle. When I got home I dug into my Christmas wrapping box and started wrapping those presents I bought today. I was just in the spirit. I can't wait. I love the holidays. Samson loves laying under our Christmas tree.

Katie told me my Christmas cards came in on Friday afternoon. I'm so pumped to see how they turned out. My friend Megan's sister, Kristen, blogged about how cute Shutterfly's Christmas cards are this year. So even if you don't live by Katie and can't have her take your family photo, check these cards out. I got my cards from there last year and really liked them. I loved the photos Katie took of our little family about a month ago and I'm excited to see them. I may order a set from Shutterfly too - to send to extended friends and family and friends from college. Last year I saved one of our cards and I plan on saving our card each year and displaying them in a cool way each Christmas. I may snag something like this from Pottery Barn to display at the holidays. How fun will it be to look back every year at the cards from the previous year?

And on a Tiger football update - 11-0 feels pretty good going into the Iron Bowl. War Eagle!

Katie's Bachelorette Party!

It was a super fun night! Here are a few pics of the decorations...

I made this garden flag for the entryway. I think it turned out pretty cute!

The invitation framed...always a must for a party.

I spray painted pumpkins black and added fun tulle ribbon for decorations...a perfect thing for a fall bachelorette party!

The door hanging I made...

I bought some pink flowers and put them in wine bottles for the table decor and tied a tulle ribbon around them.

A shot of the mini black pumpkins with hot pink ribbon. The day is almost here Katie!

I've been crafting...

So this Saturday we are having the beginning of a bachelorette party at my house...so this was a much needed excuse for crafting (especially since I have not done much of it lately). So, the past few days I've been working on a few cutesy projects for the party. I can't share pictures yet, because the bride to be checks my blog sometimes...so check back after the weekend and I'll share some fun things.

Happy Mid October everyone!