week at home

i've really loved having a week with no work, to be completely honest. the house isn't spotless (yet), but dishes are done, the fridge is cleaned out, i've made and frozen several meals, i actually had time to read a book... remarkable, i know! i'm even almost caught up on laundry! will the miracles never cease?


nick's dad was nice enough to offer me a job, making what i did before, part-time and working from home, mostly. so i'll start that next week and still have time for photography! like the wedding we're shooting this saturday :)


life is good!


here are some thoughts & updates :) thanks so much for all your prayers and "good lucks"... we have the best friends and family EVER and are feeling super blessed.

we bought this crib today off of ksl (i love ksl!) and i'm so excited to set it up in a few weeks. it's exactly what i was looking for and it's in almost perfect condition (just a few scuffs to touch up). super happy :)

we also get to find out kreacher's gender on monday... i can't wait just to be able to say him/her instead of "it"! i can also feel the baby moving like crazy now. not all the time, but much more often than i could before. the two times i feel him/her most is at night when i first lay down and recently when i have music playing. since i've been cleaning a lot, i'll turn up the music while i clean and oh man! the baby goes CRAZY! it's soooo funny and it's fun to feel this wiggly little thing dancing inside of me. still kind of crazy, but fun :)

went to ikea yesterday with erin & here sister. erin bought a bulldog.. and named him murphy. at least someone cute has that name now, since my child never will ;)

we also got a bountiful basket on saturday, and i was pleasantly surprised. we'll probably only get them once a month, as it was a lot for just two of us, but i was able to freeze almost all of it, and we used a lot of it this week in meals. 

the kiwis were my favorite... they're the perfect flavor and i've been devouring them. they're slaking my crazy sour candy cravings in a more healthy manner :) and i've figured out how to skin them perfectly without getting rid of the skin! unless you're gross like nick and like to eat the skin... yuck!

welp, that's all for now! we got a bed from my parents for the guest bedroom (aka the horrible pink room) so this weekend we're painting the pink room and then next weekend we're painting kreacher's room. i will definitely post photos! i'm excited to start moving furniture and getting everything settled :)