This & That

I'll give you fair warning, this will probably be a long post. I had a fun-filled weekend, & on top of that I recently found my camera charger, so I'm feeling the need to post some long overdue pictures =]

I'm hoping that posting some old pictures will spark my interest in taking pictures again. I used to take pictures of EVERYTHING. Now I go through a weekend of seeing multiple out-of-town friends, attending my own baby shower & working in the nursery and how many pictures do I take?? NONE! ugh.

Anyway, here's a few I felt were blog-worthy:

This is a photo of me with some of our girls in the youth. Last summer my mom & I took them on a little weekend trip to Houston to shop at the Galleria. We had a blast!!
Not long after my trip with the girls, Robert & I celebrated our 1 year anniversary! We saw a pre-season Cowboys/Texans game in Houston (I was SO EXCITED! I LOVE the Cowboys!!) We also visited the Houston Zoo & some museums, but of course I didn't take any other pictures...
Except one of my boys, of course!!!
Annnnnnnd finally, this picture is just too cute not to post. That's our sweet (but crazy) cat, Freckles. When she was small enough she looooved to curl up in the dogs food bowl. Now she just chases me around the house until I fill it up when it's empty!!

On to this weekend:

Friday after work, I got to spend some quality time with my childhood friend Lindsey, who lives in South Carolina now. She was in town for her little brother's graduation & just happened to be able to attend my baby shower, also. Yay! I had dinner with her family & then we had fun browsing at Target. Who doesn't love a good trip to Target?!

On Saturday I was SUPER lazy all morning. The only thing I really accomplished was getting some knitting done on Brylee's baby blanket. Then another good friend, Heather, came in from Spring! I haven't seen her in over a year, so I was soooo happy to see her!! We hung around the house for awhile, then went into town for some Chicken Express and a little mall walking/browsing =] We finished off the evening making tacos for dinner.

We had a typical Sunday morning, church & lunch at my parents house. Then at 2 it was time for my baby shower!! Yay!! I had such a good time seeing everybody! I got to see a lot of friends I hadn't seen in a long time, as well as friends & family I see often. Robert & I are so thankful for everything we received yesterday.

After the shower Heather had to head home & my sister came over to help me do the 'stamp border' in the nursery. We got that finished pretty quickly while Robert had some quality uncle/niece time with Londyn =] He did SO WELL, he's totally ready to be a daddy!

Robert & I ended the evening sorting through all of the gifts and getting things organized. I'm feeling much more prepared!

Phew, that was a lot to type out!! I hope everyone else enjoyed their weekends as much as I did!! I'm already counting down to Friday again =]

Happy & Blessed

I am the happiest girl in the world right now. It's the little things =]

I'll admit I've been stressing lately over all the things we have left to buy before Brylee gets here. We need a stroller & a car seat, a crib, a changing table, a rocker/glider, a pack&play. Those are just the major purchases. Then there's the REALLY major purchase, the new baby-mobile that momma needs.

And I keep thinking to myself 'How will we afford all of this?'. If you want good quality items, they don't come cheaply. I've been scheming and planning how we will get each item, what is actually necessary and what is not. What we need right away and what can wait a month or two or six.

Today I got the urge to take my lunchbreak early and run by Babies-R-Us. They are having a 15% off sale on stroller/carseat systems and pack&plays, but only on In-Store items. I thought I would run by and see what they had in the store since so far I've only checked online. I pretty much struck out in that category, they only keep the expensive stuff in the stores so 15% off isn't really all that much help.

I thought I would mosey on over to the furniture section since we have yet to purchase any nursery furniture. AMAZINGLY there was a crib, same style & color that we want, for $100!! In case you haven't done any baby furniture shopping lately, that's a REALLY good deal. The one we were planning on buying next week is $230, and that's middle-of-the-road as far as pricing goes.

I was reminded for the second time today that my God is bigger than my needs & my finances. My God knows exactly what I need and He will provide if I let Him.


I'm just so excited =]