We started wondering about her. What color hair she will have. What color eyes. It also helps that we can call her "she" now and talk about names. It makes it all so much more real. I'm not completely 100% normal yet but I'm close. I'm getting excited about little girl things (as John says how I'm going to dress her like a mini Naomi). And also as my Mom and John both mentioned, God knows what we need better than we do. I'm trying to keep that into perspective and breath... Yesterday, we went to the Ren Fest. I'm not sure why every year we go. It seems like tradition at this point. We took Jessica our 13 year old cousin this year. She'd never been. We had fun even though it was hot and my feet hurt something terrible once we finally got back to the car. Jess was excited about the petting zoo (she loves Llama's) 
and the head gear. 
I got my hands hennaed (which I've always wanted to do)
and John ate a giant turkey leg (but that was after my hands we rendered useless by the henna art, so I couldn't take a photo).
and the head gear. I got my hands hennaed (which I've always wanted to do) and John ate a giant turkey leg (but that was after my hands we rendered useless by the henna art, so I couldn't take a photo). Also, yesterday they called us to tell us our crib was in. We dropped Jess off and rushed over to pick it up even though we were so tired. We're going to spend today finishing up cleaning out her room and putting together her new little bed. Wow, that's gonna be weird.
The matching bracelet of course. Dad did so well. The ring is my favorite wooden ring from Target.
The CUTE handbag made out of coconut shells. Not sure how they did it but man it's cool.
Yorda's new fall sweater from Target. So very me. She likes it too of course.
New pillows for the couch. Love the contrasting colors.
And last but totally not least, my girl. I love her.
Tomorrow is the big day. At 2:30pm CT our lives will change forever. We find out the sex of our baby. I'm excited and nervous all at the same time. Hopefully I'll have time to post afterwards. More later...
Wicked Cute Grey Dress
Brown Pointy Toe Flats
Really Interesting Brown Leather Handbag
Totally Amazing Leaf Earrings
Super Cozy Blue Cardigan 
Two Tone Wooden Bangle Bracelet
Look at how freakin cute the bottle is. It's Nanette Lepore Shanghai Butterfly perfume. My new favorite. It's really woodsy and earthy smelling. I totally am obsessed over it. It's funny how getting older is changing me. I find myself being less patent leather and more brown leather. Less black four inch heel and more brown funky wedge. I like it. It suits me. 
Then you round the corner to see the sinks and such. I just love this sink area. 
I know you all think I'm loony for taking photos in the bathroom at work but seriously, how cute is this place?! 
They have them in our mini Starbucks at work. They are sweet and tart but oh so yummy. I have to figure out how to make them! 
I hope to get a few more warm days to wear them before fall. I like the grey much better than the brown too.
The colors here are more muted than in real life but basically, it's a really cute aqua bath mat, a "wicker" (as John calls anything woven) low tray and a dark brown, green and cream vase. I spent all day yesterday cleaning things up around the house. Only part of the baby room left to do. Well and move some furniture around. Then I can start making progress. More pictures to come of all that soon.
Also, the ever dramatic Yorda thought it was about time she redeemed herself from the last photos she appeared in here on my blog. 
Today I feel icky. Sore throat, head ache, little bit of a cough. I really don't want to be sick. And I really don't want to be sick on the weekend. Oh well...
Oh the yumminess that was the fried okra, the hot rolls, the green beans. I was in heaven. Sadly my stomach doesn't let me eat like I used to and I didn't to wallow in the total self indulgence that is eating friend okra till the button on your pants pop off. We then proceeded to mess around town going here and there. I finally settled on a present from John. A new Singer sewing machine. It's a beauty and most importantly to me, easy to use. I have a sewing machine. A brand I can't even remember at this point but it's the most un-user friendly machine I've ever dealt with. 
My new one, Betsy as I'm calling her, is divine. Sunday mom and I attempted to sew together anything that would hold still long enough. We both made a "Frenchy Bag" from the Amy Butler pattern. 
Both turned out nice. As with any sewing project you always think of things you could have done different but I'm super happy with the end result. 
She belongs to our good friends Tiff & Dave. I was worried about her for a little bit because we ended up having eight dogs all together and I wasn't sure how she would handle that. She did awesome though. 
Sunday we went to the Royals game with John's work. We by chance saw Tiff and Dave while walking through the parking lot and got to see Willie for a few. He's getting so BIG! 
The game was fine. At least they won. Meeting most of the people John works with was kinda weird. A lot of nice guys though.
It's a Banana Bourbon Cake and it's right up her alley. I haven't made a cake from scratch in ages and excited to try out a new recipe.
At that time I didn't see Voldemort for the complex and interesting character he really is. This book explains is all. I also love the journey that Harry and Dumbledore take together to figure out Voldie's plan before something really terrible goes down. Also the relationship between the three main characters really changes in this one. They all really grow up in a major way. It's a new level of depth for everyone, characters and readers a like. 
It's no secret that this story consumed me while reading it. I could do almost nothing but read these books till I got done and started the next one. I did however put off reading the last one a little bit because I didn't want the story to end. I didn't want the characters to go away. That's what a good book should do.