The Bed...

We are about to transition Will to a "big boy" bed. Mom was here all last week helping me paint Will's room and nursery, furniture, etc. We got a lot done! Thanks mom (and dad - he came over the weekend and helped too!). Anyway the bed was quite a saga. The weekend before my mom came I went to Atlanta to shop for some furniture. We went to Scott's Antique market where I could have spent a FORTUNE! They have so many great things there. Anyway, I found this bed (below). Loved it. I asked the guy...it is a standard twin, right? Oh yes maam...blah blah blah. So I am excited...

Well we get home paint it, distress it, have it all ready to go. We put it together - looks oh so cute. We put the box springs on or try rather...bed is TOO SHORT and TOO NARROW. I was not happy. So long story short we run around town looking for metal rails to fit - no such luck. What are we going to do??? I can't take it back and am not paying for custom made mattresses... The original bed rails ran along side the bed like panels almost and hooked into the headboard and footboard. So Michael ended up having to make new side rail panels and bolt them too the bed. You can still see I haven't painted those yet! He saved the day and wasn't too upset with me - haha! Should have measured it huh! I think all in all it turned out cute!
Still nothing on the walls and I think I am going to do white drapes...

Loving his new bed! He was also VERY excited his Uncle Kyle came to see him! If he said his name once he said it a 1000 times!

What have we been up to?

I have been such a blogger slacker here lately....blame facebook! :)  Just kidding.  I never post pictures on facebook really, but I waste a lot of time looking at everyone else's!  ha!  I decided to blog now since the Bachelor is being interrupted by the presidential news conference.

We have been busy playing outside and enjoying the nice weather like everyone else!  It was crazy we had snow on the ground and then the next day it was 60 degrees!  Enjoy the pictures!

Enjoying some ice cream and some slightly warmer weather...

I have been trying to upload pictures for days on here and it has not been letting me!!!!  This is the only one I could get to upload tonight...grrrr!  I have some cute outside pictures that Michael took when we had a slightly warm day, but they wouldn't upload.  

We are doing well just trying to stay warm and waiting for spring!  I don't know about the rest of you, but I am OVER winter and am ready for us to be able to play outside!!!  There are only so many things you can do with a 2 year old indoors...  Will is so much fun these days, talks non-stop and says some of the funniest things.  I am now 21 weeks and feeling good!  I can't wait to meet her!!!  No name yet...

All for now... 

Valentine's Day

I am offering free shipping on all Valentine's Day orders now through February 9th!

It's a....

GIRL! We are soooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo excited and so thankful she is healthy! Let the shopping begin...;)

Winners!

Can you believe I actually drew and posted the winners when I said I would!?! Ha! Anyway, random.org gave me these two numbers...

#30 - Kristy
#38 - Courtney

Just email me at lovemybabyjewelry@gmail.com and let me know what you would like!

We'll do another drawing at the end of the month so be sure to check back!

Giveaway...better late than never!

It's time for another giveaway - yeah!  I started doing the giveaways last January - I can't believe a whole year has past...crazy!  Anyway, the drawing is for...

$50 Gift Certificate for anything on the website!  I will draw 2 names...

The website is a little low on earrings and such since Christmas, but I plan adding some new things soon.  Also if you have something in mind that you would like etc, I can always make something up for you!

Just leave a comment to enter and an email address if I don't know you!  I will draw Sunday!!!

Latest baby news....

So I have hardly posted about being preggers!  A friend sent an email the other day checking in on me because I hadn't mentioned much about the pregnancy!  The second time around is sooo different!  I don't have time to sit around and think about it all day every day like I did with Will!  haha!

So I am 16 weeks and we will find out the gender on January 15th!  Can't wait!  Also, I started to feel he/she move this week which is always fun!  

I will keep you all posted...

Christmas at our house...

Leaving cookies and milk for Santa...shortly after this picture the milk was dumped in the floor.  Sorry Santa...
Checking out what Santa brought!

Already lining up his new cars...
The table is set...well except for silver ware.
Kiddie table...

Mimi, Abby and Beau.
Let the gift opening begin...
Playing a game of RumyCube (I think that is how you spell it!).  Larry (Toby's dad) got this going and it was so much fun to play!
Poor Dee Dee...
Playing so nice...
Abby helping Aunt Ann decorate her "belated" birthday cake!
Will helping Mimi play RumyCube...

So after our trip to Atlanta we got geared up for all of Michael's family coming to town.  Dee Dee, Toby and the kids came up from Shreveport for Christmas and were able to see Toby's family too because Toby is from up here...Anyway, we had a house full!  We sat 12 people around the dining room table along with a kids table, a high chair and a partridge in a pear tree!  It was a lot of fun filling up the house with people!  The kids played great together!  Will thinks Beau is hilarious and was so excited to play with him!  Seriously what am I going to do with all the toys???  It is RIDICULOUS!  

Christmas in Atlanta

Waiting in line at the Pink Pig with Grandi and Aunt Cari (or Carwee as Will says).

How cute is baby Claire??!!
Checking out the Pink Pig!
Ready to ride...
Ready for church with Grandad!
Rockin' the knee socks and saddle oxfords...love it!
Taking off in my F-150. You can see he is flooring it as he is leaning back from taking off! He just rode it around in mom and dad's basement since it was so cold outside!
Opening MORE presents...

I took Will home to Atlanta for a few days to see my parents. Michael had to work and couldn't go :(. We had so much fun and my parents spoiled him ROTTEN with christmas presents which included a Ford F-150. He is SO hilarious when he drives it. Most of the time he throws his hands in the air like he is riding a roller coaster!

On the way to Atlanta I stopped by to see Casey and Henley in Chattanooga. They just moved into a new house (which is gorgeous!). We had fun catching up for a few hours and ate lunch at this place that I am still salivating over...

I met my parents, aunt, uncle, cousin, and her baby Claire at Lenox on the way in town too! We wanted to let the kids ride the Pink Pig (an Atlanta tradition) and see Santa (which I only have printed pictures of - I will have to scan them because it is really funny). I love Lenox mall at Christmas...

Gingerbread House...

Will and I decorated a gingerbread house.  He really got into it...especially eating the candy!!!

Santa

Sunday after church we went to Brunch with Santa.  Will is okay with Santa as long as he doesn't have to sit in his lap.  This Santa was so great - he told me not to try to make him sit in his lap.  He got down on the floor with him and was showing him ornaments and talking about trains and cars and Will warmed up to him (without realizing it!).  We got a couple of cute pictures of him.

There was another couple with their kids in the room with Santa.  They had two cute little boys so I was like, "oh how old are they?"  He tells me then says, "How old is she?"  I said, "She's a he and he's two...is it the outfit?  The hair?"  

Be honest - does he look like a girl in this outfit?  I thought it was relatively "boyish" smocked thing...oh well.  I think he is cute and very manly :)

The winner is...

#13 Laura Beth

I am late on the giveaway and late again on the drawing...oops! Congrats Laura Beth! Just email me through the website to let me know what you want!

Giveaway Time...a little late again!

I can' t believe how quickly November went by...now Christmas is on it's way!  This giveaway is for a $50 Gift Certificate!

There is a slight hitch to this giveaway...whoever wins I just ask that you wait to use the certificate until after Christmas.  I have SO many orders to do right now!!!  I hope this is okay with the winner!  If you were wanting to get a gift (for Christmas) with the gift certificate I can do a website gift certificate to the person you want to give it to.  You could even do $25 and $25 for two gifts.  Hope that makes sense!  Okay just leave a comment to enter!  Leave your email if I don't know you...I will draw Wednesday!

Also about Christmas orders (since you asked, Becky:) I am going to continue to take orders until the 16th for guaranteed delivery before Christmas.  You can still order after the 16th, but I can't guarantee that it will be there by Christmas.  You can order gift certificates up until the 20th for Christmas delivery or up until the 25th if you just want the gift certificate emailed to the person.

Thanksgiving 2008

Didn't mean for this to be the first picture...oh well! Here is our den tree (without the tree topper!) - fa, la, la, la, la
My little turkey...
Will has not learned chivalry yet...obviously. Poor Mary Paul!
He probably deserves that look...

Making apple pie with Grandi...
Playing in the leaves...
Football with Grandad and Daddy...

We had a great thanksgiving in Atlanta this year at my parent's house. I took lots of pictures of Will, but not many of the rest of the family! I need to hire a photographer to go with us everywhere because I am SO bad about not taking enough pictures...Anyway, we had a really good time. It was so relaxing - help with Will, shopping, Michael played golf and football, watched football, slept in late, ate lots of food...you get the idea! Hope all of you had a great holiday too!