Bay house, Moving, and the Nursery!!!

What a crazy week it has been! I got to go down to Point Clear to my parent's bay house and visit with family for a few days before coming back and moving. This was my last visit down south for a while since Baby Knox is about to be here! It was so fun to spend time with my family... I love them so much. They are so laid back and relaxing. I definitely have mixed emotions about having my first baby without my mom and sister being close by, but I haven't given up hope on one day possibly being reunited!! I would follow Lee to the ends of the Earth, so as long as I am with him I know that everything will be just fine no matter where we are :).


Praise God that we are finally in a house! Most of you know the drama we have been through with trying to find a house with the space and time frame we needed. It has been very hard living out of boxes for the last month in an apartment where we could barely move (if you will...please resort back to the rat story with the first house. We definitely stayed packed up in boxes between then and now). BUT... it was totally worth it. The Lord really provided for us after the first house fell through. We have so much more space, a backyard, and most importantly (for me, at least :))...a NURSERY! Waiting 35 weeks to start putting the nursery together is NO FUN! But, like I said earlier, it was well worth the wait! I am so happy with the way everything turned out. Especially the colors with the artwork matching the walls and the bedding.

We started moving small stuff over on Friday, and the movers moved all the big stuff on Saturday. Can I please tell you how AWESOME Lee's Aunt B and Uncle Tom are (I guess they are my aunt and uncle, too)? They helped us Friday, brought us dinner for 2 nights...including a delicious casserole, breakfast for the weekend, and TONS of drinks. PLUS...they came over on Saturday - EARLY - and Uncle T helped Lee while Aunt B practically painted Knox's ENTIRE room! I am still practically speechless about it. I was able to get in there a little bit and help out, but she definitely did most of the work. She has so many little projects that she wants to start at her own house, and she took the time to come over and paint for us! What a blessing! Thank you thank you! SO...because of all the quick, hard work we now have a nursery ready. Well, almost ready. It's missing a few final touches, but for the most part it is done. Thanks to my sweet husband for putting all the furniture together. I literally fell asleep on the floor at 11:00 p.m. the other night while attempting to "help" him with it. He just let me sleep, and when it was finished he gently woke me up and said, "Hey babe. It's done. Lets get you in bed now." Oh how I love him...


I am terrible at posting pics on this thing. I simply cannot figure out how to do slide-shows like some of my fancy friends. Maybe someone can give me a lesson soon??? I only have a few, but i will put up what I have. More to come!!!

P.S...I am not exactly a whiz with the camera. Lighting is horrible in some of these. Sorry!


view from the bay house porch:


view from the wharf:


Sunset:


Sunset:


empty kitchen...still waiting on table!


Sweet Aunt B!:


living room...terrible lighting:


view from Knox's window. It lights up at night!:


Pavilions across the street from the house:


playground directly across the street:


Daddy assembling the crib:


seeing the bedding on the crib for the FIRST time (even thought I have had it for months)!


finished product:


crib with artwork:


part 2- before we fixed the crooked letters:


white shadow boxes to go on the wall soon:


book shelf: