Charleston

I am headed to Charleston tommorrow for our annual Jr High mother/daughter beach trip. Aren't you jealous?!?! I can't wait to hang out with these girls...

{2010 Mother/Daughter Beach Trip}

30 weeks + i passed!

30 weeks! Only 10 to go. I am gearing up for a few busy weekends coming up in May including a Charleston day trip with our youth and the rest being centered around Emma Taylor. Then comes June when I hope all we have to do is rest at home and finish getting ready for baby girl's arrival.

As of late, I am feeling great! At my most recent doctor's appointment everything was on track. Even my blood pressure was better than it has ever been. I had failed the 1 hour glucose test and had to take the 3 hour one yesterday. I am so glad to report that I passed it with flying colors! That's great news because it was miserable. Now I can eat some dessert again and not be afraid of my blood sugar levels.

Multitude Monday, Week 52

593. a weekend away
594. amazing weather
595. safe travels
596. great doctors visits
597. another beach trip this coming weekend
598. classes at the hospital
599. friend's babies safe delivery
600. a day off to recooperate
601. nights at home with glen
602. being silly in the car
603. free dog sitter
604. informative books
605. walks after dinner

Week 51

at botany bay

at the beach

Crabbing

This past weekend Glen and I headed down to Edisto for the weekend with our friends Andrew & Elizabeth. We have been wanting to go crabbing for a couple of years now, and it finally worked out. The weather was awesome all weekend. It was just warm enough but not summer heat quite yet. Here's some pics from our crabbing adventure...

{first crab caught by Elizabeth & I}

{homemade crab lines}

glider 2.0

So that glider we got a few weeks back at the yard sale has been sitting unfinished in Emma Taylor's room until now. I had a hard time deciding what exactly to do with it. We decided not to buy replacement cushions which would have been over $100 and decided to make it our own (meaning a little untraditional). Here is a kind of before picture. I didn't get the whole glider before I started recovering...

I am pretty sure every old glider has this same blue fabric on it. Its not really my style. So we found a seat cushion to replace the back cushion. It looks a little small comparing it to the old cushion, but it is surprisingly comfortable. I recovered the bottom cushion and the foot stool with fabric from Hobby Lobby. We have a second floral back cusion but it doesn't exactly match anything else in the room so I think we will stick with solid green.

This next picture shows the colors a little better and all the other baby stuff we are accumulating!

Our original plan was to stain the wood on the glider to match the crib but I think that project will have to wait until the next time around!