This and That

Last week, I got my hair chopped off... and I love it! My hair had gotten pretty long and I wasn't unhappy with it, I just needed a change. And maybe something a little easier to fix when I have two kiddos! A mommy-do, if you will.

 

We've been loving some Monopoly lately. Livy always starts out playing with us but eventually moves on to something else, so that's when the game gets serious. Sort of. Drew has this ability to win at every single thing he does. It's really not fair, but he's lucky I'm not that competitive, so it all works out. He always wins Monopoly because he always gets Boardwalk and Park Place. Lucky dog.

 

Last weekend, Pappy and Annie were taking the girls down to Shreveport to Gators and Friends to see all the animals. So Drew and I decided to go do some Christmas shopping while Livy was away. I had a blast spending the day with him. When we were dating, we used to go shopping together all the time! But we haven't done that in a long time, so it was nice. Between having a new shopping partner and never having much money to spend, we don't get to actually do too much shopping.

 

Drew had a few Visa gift cards that he had gotten through work that we've been saving to use for Christmas presents only. But somehow our Christmas shopping trip turned into a nursery shopping trip. I think we got Livy 3 Christmas presents, and spent the rest on the nursery decorations... and deer corn. Oh well! It was still a very fun day with my very hott husband!

Update on the Baby's Room

I've slowly been working on the baby's room. It took me a while to get started. I had my eye on that fabric in Hobby Lobby for a long time, so I bought it a while back. At the time I was super excited about it and couldn't wait to get started on it. Then I let it sit there, and I started to doubt myself. Was this really what I wanted my baby's room to look like? But it was too late, I had already spent the money on that fabric, so there was no turning back.

 

I eventually drug my sewing machine out and started working on it. I did the bumper first. *Disclaimer: Honestly, I had no idea what I was doing. So it's definitely not perfect, but as long as you don't look too closely, it'll work. I made the crib skirt next, and finally some pillows. I gotta say, I just guessed how much fabric I was going to need when I bought it, and it turned out to be just what I needed! 

I made some pillow cases for some old Pier1 pillows that I don't use anymore.

The initials (CEB) will go in the frame above the crib. When I bought them, Hobby Lobby didn't have a B in the store, so I'm waiting for it to be delivered... any day now!

I've still got quite a bit to do, but I absolutely love the way it's turning out. I'm so glad I didn't change my mind! I will admit though, it's looking a little more on the boyish side to me, but I figured it'll be a lot easier to "girl it up" if we need to, than the other way around. Oh, I can't wait to meet who we're bringing home!

MHS Homecoming & 10 Year Reunion

October 18th was Homecoming at MHS, and the next night was Drew's 10 year reunion. Really? 10 years? That's a little hard to believe!

 

We went to the game with Livy, and Drew got to catch up with some old friends he hasn't seen in a long time. The Panthers lost, of course, but it was still a fun game.

 



Livy took this picture of us... she's getting to be quite the photographer!

Livy spent the majority of the time with Taegan and Trevor, who were sitting right behind us. Guess Mom and Dad just aren't that cool anymore.

 

Reunion time! I love this man.

 

Drew and the guys

Even the babies had fun with the photo booth!

The Flower Girl

In the end of October, Livy and I drove up to Little Rock for a day of shopping with Aunt Lori. We met Elizabeth at David's Bridal so we could order Olivia's flower girl dress for Elizabeth's wedding. She's going to make the most beautiful little flower girl. I can't wait to see her coming down the aisle. We're so honored that Elizabeth asked Livy to be a part of her big day!

This is just the dress they put on her to get the right size... she loved twirling around in front of the mirrors!

 

This is THE dress (just a few sizes too big). She doesn't get the concept of what a flower girl does quite yet, but she sure loves the idea of looking like a princess. The wedding is going to be gorgeous!

 

Livy, and the beautiful bride, Elizabeth!

 

 

We spent the rest of the day shopping and hanging out with Aunt Lori. 

Dentist

Back on October 16th, Livy Lou had her very first big girl dentist appointment.

 

 

She wasn't nervous at all, until we got into the room. She was a little apprehensive, but cooperated until Mrs. Ann pulled out the big pointy pick thing and wanted to count her teeth. I gotta say, I don't really blame her... that thing does look a little scary! She cried a little, but Mrs. Ann had the great suggestion that I use it to count her teeth so she'll know it doesn't hurt. And voila! Mom had the magic touch! It became fun after she realized it wasn't scary.

 

Her favorite part of the whole experience was when Mrs. Ann squirted water in her mouth. She thought that was hilarious!

I even got a thumbs up!

 

They sent her home with lots of goodies, and she has played dentist several times around the house. She always says,

 

"Yooks yike you forgot to brush your teeth... you need a check-up!"

 



 

27 Week Check-Up

27 weeks

Heartbeat: 150

+10 lbs <----- yikes!

 

So, yea... I gained 10 pounds this month. Dr. Watson didn't seem at all concerned. She said baby is growing well and I look great, so I'll try not to worry about it either. Technically, I lost weight in the beginning of this pregnancy, so I was due a few ten pounds, right?!

 

Not a lot has changed this month. The past couple days, I can't seem to keep my eyes open once the afternoon hits. I might or might not have fallen asleep. Ok, I did. This afternoon I kept waking up to Livy kissing my lips and saying,

 

"Aww, Mom... you're just a tired little girl aren't cha?"

 

She takes good care of me! ;)

 

I drank the yummy juice this morning so I could get my blood drawn for the glucose test. I should have those results back by Monday. Hopefully everything will look good there!

 

I go back on December 2nd, then every 2 weeks, and that means the countdown is on! For real!

 

Oh, and in some very exciting news for Mom and Dad, Livy has finally agreed that Charlotte and Cameron are pretty cool names after all. She was so set on Rapunzel/Eugene that she wouldn't even talk about any other names. I just kept telling her that Rapunzel was actually a princess name, and there was already a Rapunzel so we wouldn't be able to use that name. She eventually agreed. Woo hoo!

Lizard in the House!!!

A few weeks ago, Livy's friends Oakley and Andee were coming over to play around lunchtime. So to kill time, we had been outside playing with the cats and drawing with chalk. It felt so good outside, we just wanted to enjoy the cooler weather. The front door had accidentally been left open while we were outside. Oops!

She dressed herself up for the play date.

We came in to make sure the living room was picked up before they got here, and I just happened to notice a LIZARD in the window sill. I may or may not have done a little that thing gives me the heeby jeebies dance right before I called Drew. It went a little something like this...

"Drew. There is a lizard inside our house!"

"Well, get it out."

"Seriously? How in the world am I gonna do that?"

"Just trap it until I get home."

"I can't trap it. It's way too fast. It'll run at me as soon as I try. What am I gonna do??"

"I don't know, Meg. What do you want me to do? Come home from Crossett to get a lizard?"

*Umm, yes... that would be nice!*

"Eewwwww! It's so gross! I can't just ignore it. Then it could be anywhere in the house and I'll never know where it went! Kelly's on her way over. Maybe she can help me think of something?"

"Tell Kelly to bring her hair cutting scissors to kill it!"

So Kelly gets here with the kids and I immediately run out to her car and tell her we've got a situation on our hands. Bless her heart, she didn't know she was coming over to work! With the kids playing in the living room, we didn't want to spray anything poisonous, so she suggested using hair spray-- leave it to a hair stylist!

So I ran and got some hair spray while she kept an eye on the lizard. Thankfully, she was the brave one because I just can't handle things like that! She sprayed that lizard until it quit moving, and we were eventually able to trap it, and there it stayed until Drew got home that evening.

GROSS!!!!!