The Making of the Nursery and Final Reveal

The crib

The dresser

Putting the crib together

The final product:

My dad was so so kind to paint the glider white for us.  It started out as an orange wood color.  Doesn't it look good?  

The dresser/changing table

I love these elephant pictures that I got from etsy (sorry for the glare)

40 weeks

We have now passed our due date- 12/12/12, and I don't think this little boy is ready to come yet!  The doctor says that he has dropped a lot, but I can't tell, can you? 

I hope this is the last post before he is born!  Come on Baby Areheart!!  We are so ready to meet you.

Maternity pictures!!

Here are some of our maternity pictures.  They were taken at 36 weeks.  We are currently 8 days away from our due date, which is crazy and exciting.  My prediction is that he will either come on December 15 or 19.  It will be exciting to see what happens.

This is one of Ben's favorites of me, although I think I am making a cheesy face :)

38 weeks

 
Here we are at 38 weeks.  I have a feeling this little boy is not going to make his debut for weeks to come!  We will keep you posted!

It's the holiday season!!

I absoutely love holidays, especially Thanksgiving and Christmas!!!  Last weekend, we went to a marriage conference at Calloway Gardens.   While we were there, we were able to go to the Fantasy in Lights at the gardens to start off the holidays.  

The fall trees were beautiful.

We also went to the butterfly area.

Our favorite butterfly with the bright blue colors!

We went to the Birds of Prey exhibit which was really interesting.  

The only picture that really turned out of the Fantasy of Lights.  It was such a fun event.  You ride a trolley car around which was FREEEEZing, but the lights were really pretty.  We definitely warmed up with hot chocolate after the ride.  

Almost 38 weeks!!  My doctor said it was okay for me to go to Rock Hill for Thanksgiving, which was an unexpected surprise.  We decided we should go ahead and make the trip before we have a little one. We definitely took the car seat with us, just in case!  

My nephew, Austin

Some of the little cousins

My whole family!

Hayden is wearing Papa's shirt after she had a little accident in her clothes.  She is ready to cheer on the Gamecocks, but she has the wrong color bow!!

Ben was able to go to the Clemson vs. Carolina game with his buddy Paul!  They had a great time

He even got to see Stephen while he was there!

Three landmarks!

We had three huge landmarks last week-

1. We have reached 36 weeks!

2. We celebrated 5 1/2 years of marriage

3. I turned 30 years old......

I think this means we have to be official adults now!  

It is now a little more like fall here in Georgia, and we have been enjoying lots of walks!  Ben was off on my birthday for Veteran's Day, so we got to enjoy the day outside.

We celebrated my birthday with a nice steak dinner with Ben's parents

Our sweet friends, Joe & Karrissa and their sweet kids, McKinley, Kylie, and Greyson came over to have cake and ice cream with us. 

Only 5 weeks to go!

35 weeks!