Rain Storm and a Mud Pit

The other night we had a pretty strong storm come through Enid. Booming thunder, bright lightning, and a little girl who stayed asleep in her bed through all of it. Yesterday Abigail found a puddle of water in the grass in our backyard. As a child, she naturally had to stomp through it and not soon later it became a mud pit. Her new white skirt soon became an Oklahoma dirt red. I've been wanting to dye some shirts with dirt and use some heat transfer vinyl to put Oklahoma on it. But thats another day. She loved playing in the mud and started pretending it was a river she had to cross between me and the large tree in the background. I love how her imagination is growing! We rinsed her off but later that night, just in a diaper, she found her little muddy playground again.

 

Hamburgers, Nice Weather, and a Walk

One benefit of living in base housing here is they have a walkway that goes between the backyard of the houses. 

The other day we were watching America's best food and they showed hamburgers.... so of course it made us want some. Luckily we can have Rudi's Gluten Free Bread. If not. I think we would die. 

Abby has been really attached to her daddy lately. She also likes to have her photo taken. :)

Alabaster Caverns & Gloss Mountain

When Trevor's brother came to visit, we took a fun trip out to Gloss Mountain and the Alabaster Caverns

So we have some big news...

 Today was ultrasound day! and guess what?! We're having a BOY!!!! :) Yeah for toy trucks and roaring dinosaurs! When we got the ultrasound Abby saw the baby I think she finally understands that mommy has a baby in her tummy. While I was laying on the bed, she stood on a stool next to me petting my head. She is going to be such a mommy bird. I love her! She is going to be such a good big sister! Of course I had to go out and buy some boy clothes to celebrate our little son! :) :) :) I am really, really excited to meet our little boy!!!!!! My due date is November 2, 2013. It won't come soon enough!

Sensored the photo a little bit. I just love that she added a little arrow, if it wasn't obvious enough.

Now I need to start thinking about their room; Abby and baby boy will be sharing a room. I am so proud of abby sleeping in her bed at night for the past week. Its been rough getting up 2-3 times during the night, but she is doing soooo good! I will be honest though - I miss sleeping with my cuddle buddy. But with my growing belly, we were running out of room. Baby Boy will definitely be sleeping in his crib. I learned my lesson first time around, Mommy and Daddy need their own bed. No matter how tired you get, just pull through and don't just cave and let baby sleep with you. It will be better in the long run!  Anyway...

IT'S A BOY!!!!

My plans and some photos

Okay so... Apparently I stink at blogging. or rather I stink at trying to decide what I want to blog about. There are several projects that I've done but have taken the "finishing" photos because I feel like my house "isn't" good enough. Trevor and I have only been married for 4 years and this house we have is our first place (not really our place since we live on base. I am DYING to get in a house where I can paint all 4 walls of a room - on base you're only allowed to paint one.) I guess I just don't know what our style is. I see all of these beautiful homes on blogs and begin to sway to decorate like them, but thats not truly my style is it?

While I was doodling/journal writing last night I discovered that I do a lot of comparison between myself and others, which isn't healthy. Others who have had time to "find" themselves and learn who they are. I need to do my own thing. I do feel liberated when I come up with projects and complete them. But I think I stifle my inspiration and creativity when all I do is view others work rather than working myself. I am not saying that pinterest or blog hopping is bad, but when it prevents you from your own personal meditation and creation then its an issue. I am going to try to do more of things for myself, not what I think y'all would like. I stopped blogging for a while when I felt like I was spending money on projects you would like instead of things I would enjoy. If you don't know. I am cheap. Like I really have a hard time spending money. Esp. on myself. But Sometimes I splurge and buy clearance fabric from walmart for $1 a yard. The sad thing is that I bought this fabric a year ago with the intention of making Abigail some skirts. I made like one and the fabric has been sitting on my self since then. I just made the top of the quilt from sewing strips of 4in x 10in rectangles then sewing them together. Abby tried to help of course.

Like when she "helped" me with my makeup when she disappeared for a minute, locked the bedroom door and applied a fully bottle of foundation all over her, a towel, the bed and the carpet. Unfortunately, this isn't the first time she has ventured into my Makeup Artist Kit (I am taking a course right now on makeup artistry). Last time is eye dark eye primer - that stuff was a nightmare to get off. It took a whole bottle of makeup remover to get it off her and the carpet. 

She likes makeup if you couldn't tell. She even used my brushes and gunked them all up. Good thing I deep clean them regularly.

But back to what I was talking about. I like to create without constraints of worrying what others think. So that is what I am going to try and do - be myself. Novel idea huh?

Just a quick update on what I have been doing lately.... P h o t o   T i m e

I am still madly in love with my engagement ring. Its a bummer I can't wear it because my fingers are too small now. Odd. I know.

This one is done by my assistant Photographer Abigail

We bought some flowers to plant in our front yard. Abigail started pulling the flowers off, so we put them in her hair.

I had to do a natural makeup look - Abby was my model. :)

Abby and I were working on a tray for daddy's stuff.

I am off to go doodle! Thanks for stopping by!