The Room Awaits a Baby Girl!

I am pleased to say that with approximately 7 weeks (hopefully) before Cayden's arrival, the nursery is completed, with the exception of a few accessories that I need to add. After a number of opinions, plenty of changes, few holes to patch, I am very happy with the way it turned out!!!

I started planning the nursery with no theme in mind but after a making a few choices, it was leading its way toward a Garden theme. From the wood flowers that Charlie cut and I painted to the tree mural that was really fun to do adding a bird house as a special touch. Not too mention the butterfly rocker, vintage floor lamp post and ladybug metal art.

The bedding turned out absolutely adorable and just the way I wanted it to look. I am so glad that I went with picking out fabric that I love and having it made. I will ever be so grateful to my dear friend Lynn!!!

NOW ALL WE NEED IS OUR BABY GIRL!!!!

Prayers Needed.....

A little over a year ago, we were praying for a door to open up for a new job for Charlie. That door did open and would become a huge blessing. It allowed Charlie to have benefits, work set hours, home in the evenings and every weekend. This year, we often wondered what the future held for his position due to the terrible slow down in the economy. Well, this past week, their branch would receive some bad news. The company let go of the branch supervisor and truck driver which left the office manager, my sister-in-love and Charlie. Though I am very thankful that Charlie was not let go this time, it still has been a very stressful and depressing week. It is so hard to not worry and I wonder every day that he goes in, will that be the day? But I do believe God is in control and though we may have to go through a storm, that storm just might be part of his plan.

It does not look good at all, so please keep us and my sister-in-love in your prayers during this stressful time and what could become more stressful if they lost their job. If this door has to close, I pray that one opens up quickly.

Run Uncle Clint Run!

On Halloween morning, Charlie and Cohen went to support Uncle Clint in a 1/2 marathon. After running 13.1 miles, Uncle Clint finished 26th out of 1300 and 2nd in his age group.

WE ARE SO PROUD OF YOU UNCLE CLINT!!!

A Successful "Trick or Treat"

I wasn't sure how this day was going to turn out with dealing with some yucky weather and Cohen's first trick or treat. Wondering if he would actually wear his costume (one that I was super excited about), if he would even walk up to some stranger's door, or if he would have just some huge meltdown and ready to go home??? Overall, it turned out to be successful one. The plan this year was to just walk Cohen around our cul-de-sac and the off to visit a few people that we know would love to see him. After a visit from Grandma and Papa, we got ready to start our rounds. Thinking he wouldn't walk up the door and say trick or treat, he would surprise me. Now he never would say trick or treat but he had no problem going to the door. Or maybe it was just the thought of getting "Candy" that got him to do it. He even asked one lady, "more please?"... He was doing so good and seemed to be enjoying it, so we made a few more stops in our neighborhood. And that is when the rain started again. We headed over to GG and Pops' neighborhood to make a few stops there and then off to Uncle Clint and Aunt Kimmie's. Even though we had to deal with the rain, we had a good time and plenty of candy for mommy and daddy to enjoy too!!!

Introducing "Lil'Fireman Gibson"

Happy Halloween!!!

Trick or Treat, smell my feet

give me something good to eat.

If you don't, I don't care,

I'll pull down your underwear!

Not sure if in fact this is an appropriate song to teach a two year old but after the first time he heard it (from his daddy of course), he had it memorized and has been singing it everyday since. You mention the words "trick or treat" and he starts and I have to say, it is adorable coming out of his sweet little mouth....

Happy Halloween Everybody!

A Busy Month!

Not sure where October went but it sure did fly by. I cant wait to see how Halloween turns out tomorrow. I am super excited about Cohen's costume and hoping that he is very cooperative with it. He seems excited but never know when the time comes for actually wearing it. But this month has been very busy, from baby showers to working on several projects, from participating in a walk for a good cause to working on Cayden's nursery, let's just say that I am ready for a SLOW DOWN...

First I will give an update on the pregnancy. Everything is going really good and really shouldn't complain, however I have to admit, I am ready for it to be over with. Ready to not be pregnant anymore and of course, ready to hold my baby girl. I am not as big as I was with Cohen but very, very uncomfortable. I feel like I have a bowling ball strapped to me. Cayden is a very active one and constantly moving all day and all night long. She woke me up the other night and for about an hour and half was working on her first dance routine. Unless she has other plans (which wouldn't surprise me), we hope to meet her the last week in December. Though I wanted to have the nursery completed by the end of this month, we still have a few more things to do. But it almost there (minus a search for some accessories) and it is looking really cute. Hope to post pictures within the next week....

One of my many events this month was participating in a Memory Walk for Alzheimer's. A few of us gals joined our dear friend, Crystal, in showing our support for her Grandmother. We had a great time and look forward to participating again next year!

Melanie, Kristen, Crystal, Me and Lindsay
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Another fun event was a baby shower given by these dear friends that I am so thankful for! Once again, I am so blessed to be surrounded by a great group of gals. They definitely made me feel special. I truly enjoyed every one's company and the delicious brunch that was prepared. Miss Cayden received lots of those must needed baby items, some personalized gifts and even her first tu-tu. Now you may be wondering what happened in this picture. It is just one of the many shots we tried to take of us four together. I wanted to get a picture of me with these three hostesses and since I am very forgetful these days, we had to attempt it ourselves. After all the laughter and crying and try after try, we did end up getting one with all four heads in the picture. But this shot reminds of how much fun we were having and a great memory of being with my girls!!!! So, Kristen, Lindsay and Crystal, thank you for making a girl feel special and for a terrific shower...

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Hope everyone has a great Halloween tomorrow!!!

A Little Peek

CAN'T WAIT TO SHOW YOU THE FINISHED NURSERY!!!