Where oh where, Oh where is Brittany...

...just because I haven't been here, don't think I don't love ya! 

Sooo....what's been going on around here?

1. Rain. And Cold. It's been rainy for a week and it's making me CRAY.ZEE.  The weather man says the sun's supposed to shine this afternoon and tomorrow. I'm holding him personally responsible if it doesn't. My flip flops NEED me...

2. Total chaos in the entire house. Why does making a room for one baby have to utterly destroy the whole place??!! I will stay calm. I will stay calm. I will stay calm.....

3. A teensy bit of photography practice. Emphasis on the "practice". I got a new external flash and diffuser and I've been playing with it a little bit - maybe I'll be able to get some better room shots now for you peeps! At least, that's the idea.

4. Vacation planning. Gulf Shores, here we come!!! It will be our last hoorah before the baby gets here - the whole family is soooo looking forward to some sand and sun. And a few of the weirder ones are totally wild excited about the Naval Museum and the old war fort... I'll let you guess who'll be going to those - I, for one, will not be torturing myself in that way this year, but will instead be enjoying the afore mentioned sand and sun. And Outlet Malls. And some good gulf eatin'. And I have a thing for watching the little sandpipers. They're just too cute. Actually, I may tag along to the fort, because it looks like an awesome photo site ;)

5. Nursery planning! But sadly, not much action. I've got the plans all laid out in mind, if only I had enough energy to get 'er done. I gave up the wild notion of making my own crib bedding - as if that would have actually happened. HAHA, Good one, Brittany! Found a good deal on a set from Amazon and I'm quite pleased with it and haven't sewn a stitch. Boy, I'm getting lazy... Hopefully we'll make a little progress this weekend and I'll be able to post some updates. With real PICTURES. And just because I hate posts with no photos, I'll throw in a few to give you an idea of what our weekend will be like...

We'll be moving this bed

 and all the other guest room furnishings,

To this room. 

(I KNOW I had a more recent piccy of this room somewhere...honestly there's not ALWAYS a Christmas tree in there. Really. And there's been a coffee table in there for about a year now... Just do me a favor and imagine it, K? )

This will make a temporary guest room until the attic project is completed - which could take months. Or years. But we're not gonna think about that right now. Which means, I have to touch up the walls in the beachy room and get all the junk cleared out so that the man of the house can do all the moving of the big stuff. 

Because lately, it's all I can do to carry around my own big stuff... 

I'll never take simple little things like, you know, being able to breathe,  for granted again. And sleep. You ever tried to sleep while tied to a watermelon?! Huh?! But, really, I am glad the little guy's growing good - and he MUST be growing quite well, because he's sapping all my energy. 

And just because I'm a glutton for torture, I'll even show you the latest fat lady piccy. So you'll know how much to feel sorry for me. 

As you can probably guess, he's measuring well "ahead of schedule". And yes, I do have 3 more months to go. And, yes, I've already had to pack away some so-called maternity clothes that I couldn't squeeze into anymore if my life depended on it. And no, I really don't know how I'm gonna make it 3 more months if he keeps growing at this rate! I must say, though, that having had one baby that weighed 9 lbs 6 oz, and another that weighed 5 lbs 10 oz, I'll take the big fat baby. My bigger one was so healthy and happy, and slept all night long at 9 days old. He was a dream baby. Then.... we had his brother. That little guy was much more finicky, fussy, and sickly, and has been smallish ever since. But he does run circles around his larger, lazier brother ;) He's the one that keeps me on my toes.

 If only I could still see them...