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"Hey Steph, remember when you could wear sexy shoes like that?"

- Love Daniel

Thanks honey. Oddly enough he doesn't think these hams can fit into my high heels anymore.... Strange, why would anyone believe that? HA!

Take a look at these sock lines! Mind you these are the new/bigger socks I had to buy because the other ones cut off my new circulation.

Taken on my 28 week mark! Third trimester here I come!!

PICTURES

So we moved last weekend and I have a few pictures. Not everything, but just a few. We are still trying to get everything organized. You know how new houses are, storage and everything is just a little different so we are having to be creative right now. BUT the kitchen and the family room are kind of pretty much in order! So here they are:
Here is the long view of our kitchen. Daniels favorite part of the house is the fridge. It's got a freezer on the bottom and so far we just love it.

This is how our family room and kitchen meet.

Another view of the family room. I am kind of proud of the plants in the room. This is as far as I go when it comes to interior decorating. But these were 40% off and I did it all bymyself! :-)
This is my favorite part of the kitchen... the bar. Thanks to Tammy and John we have stools and I love this part. I can talk to people and vice versa when food is being prepared. Love it! Thank you Tammy and John for your contribution to our house!
Ya, maybe these are getting a little repetative.
So this is the basic view of the down stairs. Three bedrooms, 2 bathrooms and the laundry room are all upstairs. Those pictures might take a while! We gotta paint and organize like crazy. It's like a bomb went off up there. But I am so excited to get the baby's room ready! Right now, his room is pepto pink and cherry red, so it's going to get a face lift but I can't wait to start!

He's Back!

Dang Taylee- givin Brett the bunny ears
Classic Brett face. I wonder what Daniel did.

Ya, don't really know what else to say. Brett came home from his mission last week. Yeah!

Finally My Schooling Pays Off...

One of the problems I have been having with my job is that I didn't go to school to answer phones. I went to school to be a preschool teacher. I love kids and it's so much fun.

That's one preface.

Secondly, Daniel has a wide variety of vitamins he tries to take every day. But something that totally drives me nuts is that he leaves the bottles out (and sometimes opened) all over the counter. Mostly I just put them away, but I kind of got sick of it. So one day while putting them away I sung:

This is the way we put away our pills

Put away our pills,

Put away our pills.

This is the way we put away our pills

Every single morning.

(Sung to the tune of Here We Go 'Round the Mulberry Bush)

That's all. Just sung that song and smiled at him.

This morning I was getting ready for work and I heard some thing. So I snuck into the room next to our kitchen (where Daniel was) and I heard him singing, "This is the way we put away pills"... and so on. He then continued to sing the song in every key, like you would do in choir.

He didn't know I was listening and I thought it was adorable. And sure enough, the pills were put away! He later told me that it was, indeed easier to put the pills away while singing. Haha!

It's just so good to know that 4 years of school has finally paid off! And my student? My dear sweet husband :-)

You know your pregnant when....

You cry on the Bachelor because Ali has to choose between her job and Jake. And then you cry some more when she chooses to leave. Bring on the tears

A Brothers Request...

I have to admit that sometimes I forget I am pregnant. I just think and feel like I am getting fat. Then when I get kicked or I can't squeeze through that tight spot anymore I look down and am brought back to reality quickly.

So when I got this text from my bother yesterday: "Hey send me a picture of how fat you are!", It took me a second for me to get my feelings unhurt and remember that he hasn't seen me in a while and I am indeed getting 'rather large' (name that movie).

I haven't allowed many pictures to be taken of me because in all honesty I just want to cry, but I have been reassured by friends that it is all for a good cause and it will all change as soon as he is born. WHEW!

Although today Daniel did make the comment - 'hey remember when your hot shoes used to fit?'. He was trying to be funny. But really? Why didn't he just say 'hey, remember when you were skinny!' We had a nice giggle in church.

With that said- I am now 6 months along! And it is going by fast! I am LOVING the 2nd trimester. All nasuea is gone! YAHOO! I am still pretty tired but nothing compared to the first few weeks. I did have to get new shoes though, my feetsies and ankles are swollen to the size of small hams :-( I got little porky feet. Oh well, I hear thats just the way it is.

We still haven't come up with any solid names. We'll probably keep that quiet until he comes anyway. He's still a growin though- according to the internet he's the size of a mango. He feels much larger when he is awake though. I tell ya what- he's a kicker.

In other news... I hope its ok to anounce this, but Daniel and I are in the process of buying a house! Crazy huh?! But we are so excited! It was priced to sell so we didn't think we would get it but after waiting for about 3 weeks and me changing out bid while Daniel was in Guatemala we succeeded. We are hoping to close Feb 25 and move in after that! This puts a tiny squeeze on our current apt though. We are trying to find renters to take up the lease until Aug, but that is proving difficult. If we have to simply break our lease it will be the most expensive part of the whole process. Sad! However, I think it will be worth it because I am so excited and I love the house so much. I hope it is everything we want and more. Here are pictures:

Gosh Dangit- Going Private

So we had an incident... My wonderful sister-in-laws crazy ex-husband has taken a liking to stalking his ex-families blogs and well I'm just not ok with that. I've never even met the man but he totally gives me the willies. Honestly don't even know if he looks on this but I'm not taking the chance!

S O . . .

We are going to go private. Please leave your email address if you would like to be included! I really don't mind anyone reading, just not creepies - especially when baby is coming :-)