We found out this weekend that Josh and I are becoming an Aunt and Uncle...again! Andy and Laura had a really cute way of telling us (Laura had on this cute shirt) to announce that they're expecting again! Baby Meckley is due May 2nd (2 days before Baby Halter is due) and only about 2 weeks behind Janell! Everyone is having babies...so exciting! Here's a cute picture of Laura and Kayden with the new addition ;)
I think everyone's rooting for a boy, but I wouldn't mind another little girl. They're pretty sweet. :)
Other than that we haven't done anything exciting. Finishing up the LAST of the bathroom this week. I think I can officially say we WILL be showering in it by next weekend. So that's great. Josh and I went up to the bar for a bit Saturday night - we didn't dress up but it was fun to see everyone who did! I had class today, boooooo, and I'm not ready to go back to work since we had Friday off. BUT...it's November on Tuesday and that means Thanksgiving and CHRISTMAS is right around the corner!<3
We've been spicing up the house lately. Josh has been (of course) working on the bathroom and getting that finished up. He grouted today so not too much longer until hopefully we'll be showering in there! (this weekend?!) While he's been doing that there isn't much I can help with. I've been trying to find a good way to keep the soap scum off the window in the bathroom, especially since we've been going back and forth with getting a glass shower door (and we don't have a water softner...which means the water here stains EVERYTHING. I HATE cleaning the stainless steel kitchen sink!) but other than cleaning the window, the space is too small for both of us to get in there and Josh is pretty particular about how things are done so I just let him do them. So, since I can't work on that, I've been doing some Pinterest craft projects! I did a pumpkin the other day and THEN spiced up my curtains!
I traced an "M" on the pumpkin...it still took a while, but MUCH better than actually carving!
And my biggest and best project is below. I've been looking for some wide striped horizontal curtains for EVER. And by forever, I mean years. I've always loved them...but I couldn't find any anywhere. Thanks to Pinterest, I found this neat website that has a tutorial about adding stripes WITHOUT sewing! SO great! (Since I don't know how to sew). It was definitely time consuming, and I wouldn't have been able to finish them in one night without Jane's help, but I LOVE the way they turned out! This is them before, just regular tan curtains:
During (the picture with one stripe is all I got done one night!)...
After!
I absolutely love the way they turned out!! I may have to just make my own curtains on the other side of the wall, since these turned out so great! :)
We did a lot of yard work today - mowed, trimmed the hostas, raked up the leaves, etc. I only have to work 4 days this week and I have Friday off (yay!). And Tuesday and Thursday are early-outs (even though we have parent-teacher conferences). We aren't going to dress up for Halloween this year (just too much going on) but I am excited to actually go out and see some friends next weekend! Yay!
this has been our life for the past 2 weeks...but it's going to be amazing once it's done. :) and it only adds to how much I love and appreciate all that Josh does for me. <3 floor coming this week!
here's a sneak peak at the tile going around our bath tub. :)
Well...we're thisclose to being done with our downstairs bathroom. Once we're done, I feel like I need to throw a "no-more-home-renovations" party; it has been a long road with these bathrooms! It just sucks that for the most part I can't help much since I don't know much about plumbing, electricty, or drywall. That, and our bathrooms are only made for about one person so it's hard to get both of us in there. We did get them painted though this weekend (thanks Jane for helping!) and now tomorrow Josh is going to start tiling....I have my fingers, toes, and everything else crossed that we get it all finished by next weekend. That would literally be great. Here is the progress as of tonight:
It's hard to see the color correctly because of the flash/lighting, but it's a really dark chocolate brown. I LOVE it and I think the white trim really makes it stand out. I can't wait to get our tile in...I absolustely LOVE the tile colors we picked out.
Also, tonight I had a photo shoot with the puppies outside since more of the leaves have fallen. :) I can't believe it was 86 degress in the middle of October...so AMAZING! <3
Also, if you're reading this, please put my Grandma on your prayer list. She's in the hospital right now with what they think were some small/mini strokes. God is definitely good, and His power has definitely been felt in the past few days with some great news for people around me - but just a few extra prayers up to him for Grandma couldn't hurt. :) good-night blog world!
