All of our home renovations have been leading to this moment where all of Mark’s building expertise has come in handy… Look at Mr. Muscles putting that crib together. Such a man. The time has come to get the baby’s room ready. Long-time blog readers will remember that the baby’s room first looked like this. We finally renovated it and it looked like this. Now, we’ve got a crib, changing table and dresser…all we need…

It’s a thing nowadays for the husband/spouse/partner to buy his lady a gift for carrying and pushing out that sweet little baby that rips a woman from here to kingdom come. I only have 8 weeks before that happens! Most of the time the push present is jewelry…or maybe a car if you had a really bad pregnancy and labored for 48 hours. Mark asked me the other day what I wanted and I told…

Mark and I are all about goals. Call us crazy, but we believe in speaking those goals OUT LOUD and putting them into the universe where they can take shape and happen! Goal #1: To feel good these next 9 weeks, work all the way up to my due date, then walk to the hospital, spread my legs and have the baby fall out. Goal #2: To keep our composure when the kid comes out…

People always ask if Mark and I fight during our renovations…and we almost never do. Look at us…so in love…(Mark had like 5 beers before this was taken.) We sometimes get a bit testy about halfway through any project, but we haven’t had any big blowups. I think it works for us because we always know that every project will take longer than planned and will likely cost a few more bucks than we allotted….

There is a power struggle that exists between Mark and I when it comes to DIY-ing EVERYTHING in our home. If he had his way, Mark would sketch, design and build EVERY. SINGLE. ITEM. in our house. He would rather live without any light fixtures for a year if it meant that he could take 12 months to craft every single one. I refuse to let him do this, but I had to budge a…

Please tell me you rolled your eyes when you read that title. I did too. Now, let’s move on. I. Love. My. Kitchen!!!!!!!!!!!!! There are not enough exclamation points for me to get across the level of excitement I am feeling. From the butcher block countertop, to the white farm sink, to the chic gray cabinets, to the above-the-range microwave…this kitchen is EVERYTHING and is making me seriously think about cooking. (Yeah right.) My favorite…

Oh my friends…my new kitchen is giving me ALL THE FEELS!!! Favorite husband, Mark, worked every night after his real job to assemble the cabinet drawers. He is now a pro at assembling anything IKEA, and you should call him when you buy stuff from there. The gray cabinet fronts went up easily. After that, we hung the wall cabinets. That went SUPER quickly because, with IKEA, you screw a metal rail into the wall…

Mark and I are at the point in our kitchen remodel where the heavy lifting is done. What we’re doing now is mostly cosmetic, and it makes me so EXCITED!!! Look at that farm sink! With the butcher block counter top! My poor family must endure several texts like this throughout the day as each piece is installed. They humor me…out of love…and text me back saying they love it too. 🙂 A quick rewind…

Our kitchen is THISCLOSE to being done! And since I’m dealing with some pretty bad back pain during these last 3 months of pregnancy, I’m out of the mix right now. So, Mark called my dad and they painted our kitchen. I think he prefers him anyway. 😉 We love PPG Paints and we used the color “Shark.” It’s a very light gray that’s a step above white, and it has a clean finish that…

I wish I was a glowing, pregnant goddess who handled my growing belly with grace…but my pregnancy journey has been more like a sweaty troll who’s dealing with an ever-expanding belly wondering when it’s going to be OVER! Morning sickness almost killed me. I am not a wimp and I have a high threshold for pain, and yet morning sickness had me in tears cursing my husband and his sperm. Pregnancy has also given me…