Saturday, February 28, 2009

Paintings for McClane





These are the pictures that I painted for McClane's room.  I worked on them ALL weekend last weekend.  I really enjoyed doing it.  I found similar paintings online for $100 each and I decided I could do them on my own for much cheaper so here are the results!    The hardest part was getting the green right - I nearly threw them all away at one point because I couldn't make the green I was looking for.  I bet I mixed 20 different shades of green.  But I'm happy with the way they turned out.  I want to hang them over his bed.  His furniture will be navy and his bedding is navy and white with lime green trim/accents.  We are going with a nautical/sailing theme so I think these pictures will be a fun addition.  Now I need another project!  I can't wait until his furniture comes in so that we can get it all ready!!  

Grant and I are still working on cleaning out what will be McClane's room.  It has been our guest room for the last two years and it also holds all of Grant's clothes.  We have a ways to go, but we'll get there.  We've been making numerous trips to the Salvation army to get rid of tons of clothes and things we don't need.  I'm looking at two huge trashbags right now ready to get shipped off tomorrow.  And we're throwing away a lot too which feels great.  I don't know how or why we accumulate so much stuff!  I'm getting all of my spring cleaning in early this year!  Hope everyone has a great weekend!  We'll post more soon!


Wednesday, February 25, 2009

New Bump Pic




This is my second baby bump pic - we took it last Tuesday when I turned 28 weeks. As you can see, McClane is GROWING!! I feel like it took a while for him to pop out and then he grew really fast and now I feel like he's slowing down again. I guess he hit a growth spurt!

I am going Friday for my gestational diabetes test so keep your fingers crossed on that one! As most of you know, sweets are my favorite food group, so I would hate to find out that my diet has to be changed :)

I also have two showers next weekend in Blakely that I will be flying down for so I'm super excited to be home for a couple of days and see friends and family. I can't WAIT! All in all, things are great - I'm feeling good and hoping for these next 11 weeks to fly by so we can meet McClane! We've ordered all of his furniture which will come in sometime in April and I've painted some pictures for his room which I will try to post pictures of soon. They turned out really cute. I can't wait to get his room ready!! I'm definitely in "nesting" mode - I want to clean out everything and throw away half of what we own. I think I'm driving Grant a little crazy asking him to get rid of some of his stuff. Hope everyone is having a good week! I'll be posting more soon!