The Big Reveal

When I was pregnant with Charles we waited until he was born to know if he was a boy or girl. I loved not knowing and having the surprise at his birth. With this baby we decided to find out what we were having. After the ultrasound Chris and I kept it to ourselves for two and a half weeks (!!!) until we could have family and close friends over to tell them first.
On Sunday we had a 'reveal party' to share the big news.. Boy or Girl??
When guests arrived they were asked to wear their guess by pinning either a mustache or a bow on their shirts.



Later we read through some old wive's tales about how to tell if it's a boy or girl. You know, if you're carrying high it's a girl, low it's a boy. If your face gets fat or pimply it's a girl. If your hands are really dry it's a boy. If you have bad morning sickness it's a girl. If you crave salty foods it's a boy, sweets it's a girl. We even hung a ring on a string over my belly to see if it swung left to right (boy) or rotated (girl).
The option was given to change their guess if they wanted. Then it was time for the big reveal.

Team 'boy'

Team 'girl'

(we obviously already knew what we were having but we wanted to be in the pictures too)

I had made a cake the day before and dyed the batter, the icing concealed the secret so that when it was cut into it showed either blue or pink :)







BLUE! We are having another boy! I am so excited for Charles to have a little brother. I am almost 23 weeks along and hoping the summer goes by fast. We can't wait to meet our little guy!


this photo is from a few weeks ago already.. 19 weeks along

update

What have we been up to? Let me show you...

Como Zoo
 

Lake Calhoun


Cupcake quest with Jessica


playdates with Hannah


parks


Mother's Day crafts


Baby Shower for Amy and 'reunion' with college roommates


Onesies

Charles and Uncle Anthony

Charles loves his Uncle Anthony. And I am pretty confident that Anthony loves his Charles too :)
It's fun to see them interact and imagine how they will get along in the years to come. I predict that Charles will continue to look up to his uncle and that as they get older a strong friendship will form. It's important to pray for the children in our lives and we pray for both these boys.

He might not want to admit it, but Anthony looks up to Chris, and Charles looks up to Anthony (and his daddy too of course).
Here are the three of them. Chris was showing Anthony some yo-yo tricks while they were both listening to their iPods, so of course Charles wanted to do the same. Chris gave him a yo-yo I gave him my earbuds so he could be part of  the action too.

Back in the saddle

I know, I know.. It's been a long time since I have posted. Lets just say that being exhausted and throwing up every night really takes away the desire to blog. But, I am happy to say that I have felt much better the last week and a half and am now ready to begin posting again.

I'm not going to attempt a 'catch-up' post.. that would be overwhelming for both of us. I will however show you a little project I did.
A few months ago I bought this lovely, yet a bit gaudy, mirror at goodwill thinking that I would paint it a fun, fresh color to give it new life and make a cool piece to hang in our home. I envisioned turquoise.

However, after perusing through the colors of spray paint at Michaels I saw something that caught my eye. It wasn't turquoise, but it made my heart flutter. A little more vintage looking. A little more throw-back. Would it work??




You bet it would. I love it. It looks great on our mantle (even though the lighting in this photo is awful)  and although we are moving in a few weeks and will no longer have a mantle or fireplace (sad face) I just know that we will find a perfect spot for this beautiful mirror.



And a little note about spray painting.. once you spray paint one thing you are hooked. Since this mirror I keep thinking about things or seeing things that I want to revamp with a can of spray paint. My almost weekly trips to goodwill with my friend Rebecca are probably not helping this cause. I haven't bought anything else yet, but let me tell you, I can see a whole lot more spray painting in my future.

We have an announcement...

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Cool Dude

Charles freaks out when the sun is in his eyes while we are in the car. We have the cling shades but because we drive a two-door the back window is an odd shape and it doesn't stay 'clingy' very well. We should probably just cut it to fit the window so that it will stay on but in the meantime, Charles just asks to wear Mama's sunglasses while we drive.

French Knots and Outline Stitches

Over Christmas I had a little embroidery session with my Grandma, a very skilled embroider if I do say so myself. :) I just wanted to start out with the basics so she taught me a few simple stitches that I can practice with and use for some upcoming projects I have in mind.

I must say.. I love french knots!