Snow Day

The snow did come! Just several hours later than anticipated. I wanted to wake up to 5-6 inches on Friday morning and instead we woke up to it on Saturday. We got all bundled up and took Maddy out to play in it. I had to scrounge around to find enough layers that would fit me but we made it work! Maddy dearly loved the snow. We don't generally let her out with out a leash so she ran wild. She is very tired now!





Maddy running as fast as she can!



Not a glamorous picture of me but very cute of Maddy! I really should have added some makeup!



Maddy got her a mouth full of snow!



Snow Angel



She loved the snow so much but she was very cold.



Maddy and Daddy. This was before she lost her scarf and hat. They were in her way.



Warm and cozy inside. She likes looking out the window at the snow.

Registering

We had the best time registering for Deacon last night. It didn't take as long as we were anticipating so that was a plus. We had been given lots of good advice from our friends so that made it so much easier. We are still adding to the registries online so they aren't technically finished.


D doesn't do smells! We sure hope this works!


He was curious how he was going to look buying cases of diapers. I think he looks pretty good.

Today I was hoping for a snow day so I could stay home all day with Maddy. Derek had court so we were hoping that would be cancelled as well. Maddy got me up at 4:30 a.m. to use the bathroom and there wasn't a drop on the ground. I went back to bed and hoped it would start before I got up again....no such luck! Maddy woke me up again at 6 to eat and the road was still clear so off to work I went. I only worked until 11:00 a.m. because I only needed to see half of my patients. I had already asked someone to come work for me on Saturday in the event I couldn't make it to work Friday so I left the other half of my patients for her to see. My job is very flexible but it's important to me that my patient's are seen 5x a week so if we are expecting snow I always make arrangements ahead of time for coverage just in case so we aren't trying to find someone to cover last minute! Derek decided to go on to court this morning--he got a little ways down the road and got the call it was cancelled so he got to come back home. He met me for lunch and then we came home to relax with Maddy. We took a nap and have been working on our registries. The snow just now started and now it's dark so we can't even play in it! Next year we are hoping for at least one good snow so we can play in it with Deacon.

We are settling in for quiet night at home which is a rarity for us. I hope you all have a wonderful weekend!

Deacon's Bedding

Deacon's bedding has been ordered! Some of the fabrics are on backorder until 2/24 so we won't have it in our possession until sometime in early March. We are having curtains made and the glider recovered to match the bedding.



We can't wait to really get started on his bedroom. My dad and Derek are making a toybox with bookshelves on top. We rearranged the nursery already and chose a bigger wall for this piece so now it is going to be more like a wall unit. We had a heck of time coming up with the measurements for this piece. We called Jill and had her measure Jackson's tallest book so we made sure each shelf was tall enough. The top of the toy box will have a large cushion with several pillows and then the top will be bookshelves. It's hard to imagine but stay tuned for the finished product! My mom and I have this image of him laying up there on his belly reading his books. If he is anything like most of the boys we know-climbing the shelves and jumping off will be more like it! That's why I'm resting now. I think a little boy is going to rock our world!

Our First Baby

We wanted to do a post in honor of our first baby whose world is about to be turned upside down. Maddy is our 19 month old maltichon and she is the love of our lives. We never knew we could love an animal as much as we love her. She has taught us what unconditional love is. She loves us no matter what we do or how long we leave her and is always very quick to forgive when we get upset with her.



Maddy is very full of energy. I've been told that dogs take after their owner's personalities which scares us a little! Derek and I are both full of energy and if we are at home we are always doing something or working on something. We are both pretty loud and are cut-ups most of the time. There is always something going on at our house and I think Maddy feeds off that. Maddy is always into something so if Deacon is anything like her I will never sit down!



Maddy has taught us what it means to be responsible for someone other than ourselves. We used to have no time restraints and could pick up and go at the drop of a hat. Now we have to make arrangements for her which has given us a glimpse into parenthood.



We have absolutely spoiled Maddy rotten and we are afraid that we may pay for that come July. We got Maddy at a time when we were both struggling with some issues in our life and we needed her as much as she needed us. Since the day we brought her home one of us is at home with her most of the time or she is with us wherever we go. She prefers to be in our laps or being carried around the house. There is never a time when she isn't by one of our sides. If one of us gets a phone call and the other one isn't home she barks or cry because she isn't getting our full attention....we are in trouble we know!



For the past year and a half it's been "just the 3 of us" which I love to sing all the time. We wouldn't have had it any other way. We are very excited to add Deacon to our family but we will never forget the fun times we had just us three. We are glad Maddy is out of the puppy stage before we enter the baby stage.



We aren't naive, we know that things will change once the baby comes. We expect this. The same will be true for Deacon when any future siblings come along. Maddy will go from being the center of our world to sharing her time. We hope and pray she handles that adjustment well. Regardless of the new addition, we will always love Maddy and make time for her...our very first baby.

Coming Home Outfit

I ordered Deacon a coming home outfit from the Gap. It was so adorable and oh so sweet. It was a little brown cotton sleeper and I could just picture it with his name embroidered on it with a matching hat and blanket. They didn't have a newborn size so I ordered him the up to 7 pounds size. I have a feeling he will be bigger that 7 pounds since Derek is no small guy but all the reviews said it runs a little big. I also knew from experience with Jackson that they just look cuter in a newborn size outfit because they are usually swimming in 0-3 months the first few days. Let's just say the outfit will have to go back....it is tiny. There is no way he will fit in it unless he born several weeks early. I was going to save it for Amelia because she is wanting a boy baby doll but I don't even think it would fit a doll! BOO! Back to the drawing board we go!

In other news things are going great with us. Derek is working days this week so he is home with us at night which is a big change but very enjoyable for us as well. I don't think he understood mine and Maddy's need for silence during The Bachelor last night or the endless texts that are sent and received during the show but it was a nice glimpse into our world on Monday nights.

We need to repaint the armoire in Deacon's room so my mom and dad are coming to pick it up tonight so they can work on it at there house in the event of snow. I think my mom is hoping to be out at least one day this week. It is so generous of them to paint this for us and they always offer willingly without us even asking. It frees us up to work on other things. So this week they are working on painting and Derek and I are working on registering. Please pray for us! It took us at least 6 hours in one store to register for our wedding and no less than 10 calls to my mom who was in Florida! Toys R Us won't know what hit them! Walmart no longer has the little guns so we will have to do that one online which seems daunting to me.

Any parents that know of any must register for items please leave us a comment and let us know! We are going in blindly.

Recent Deacon Purchases

Since finding out we were having a boy a week and a half ago we have bought several things for Deacon. We just can't help ourselves. It's our first child so we are a little excited.

This weekend we bought some pictures for his bathroom. His bathroom is also the guest bathroom so we wanted it to stay nice but thought we should add some kid friendly accents so he would feel at home in there.



We also got the lion and the elephant. I think it will be so cute with a little lion hooded towel hanging on the towel rack.



We have also bought Deacon several outfits. I will just post a few of my favorites.
Derek loved the little monkey shirt and I think it will be sweet on him.



We thought he needed a little NIKE in his collection. So we got him some NIKE onesies in our favorite school's colors.



We have always said that if we had a boy we would want him to dress like a miniature Derek. I can't imagine anything more Derek-like than these little Calvin Klein shorts. Derek searched all over TJ Maxx for a little shirt to match them but we couldn't find anything so the search will continue. We can just picture them with a little polo.



This is our latest purchase and one of our most favorites. We weren't going to buy him swim trunks for this summer (he has some for the next 2 summers) because we don't think he will go out many times this summer except for boat rides as the sun is setting. We then decided that we would probably take him out during the day at least once or twice and he needed an outfit. This is probably the only outfit we will every buy full price at Gymboree but we couldn't resist. Derek and I are both bargain hunters by nature so this was a stretch for us. This morning we were both questioning what we were thinking buying an outfit full price that he will only wear once or twice but we are sure his first boat ride will be accompanied by lots of pictures! Nan asked us if we were going to get a matching suit for Maddy which we thought was a great idea!



These are just a few of our favorite things we have bought him in the last two weeks. We are sure there will be lots to follow! My mom and dad are hopefully coming this week to paint one of the pieces for the nursery. I am going to meet with the lady who is making the curtains for Deacon's room and recovering the glider. Then I will order the bedding and the extra fabric. Once we make some progress we will post nursery pictures. Stay tuned....

We are finally getting around to starting a blog. We wanted this to be a place where we can keep family and friends updated on the pregnancy, nursery progress, and eventually the baby. Since we don't have a facebook this will be a place where we can post pictures and everyone can see them.

I'm sure by now that all of you know that it's a boy! His name will be Deacon Asher and he will have the same initials as his daddy. We are ecstatic to be having a baby boy. We really didn't care either way. Our prayer for him has been and will always be that he is a child of God. We look forward to raising a Godly young man. We know we have our work cut out for us in the world we live in today but we have an amazing group of family and friends and the best church family we could ever ask for. We know he will be surrounded in Christian love and by people who have the same morals and standards that we have for him.