Bragging Rights.

I've mentioned my uber-talented friend Meredith before, but I just have to feature her again, for a few reasons:

1. She just moved to Dallas w/ her husband Lee and they bought a house in our neighborhood! Woot!
2. She is having a baby boy in December, which means our little guys can be best friends from the start.
3. She is a cah-razy talented designer (handbags AND houses) and she just launched her new website!!

You should check it out: http://www.meredithmcbrearty.com/

A few sneak peaks at her work:

Can't you see everyone of these rooms on the cover of House Beautiful? Brill!

Tah-Dah!

We (almost) finished the nursery today!! I'm pretty excited. :) Only thing left to do is have the mirrors painted, hang them over the changing table and wait until we see his sweet little face, so we can take a picture of it (or, more likely, 100,999,387 pictures of it) and put it in the frame over the crib with the pics of his mommy, daddy, grandparents and great grandparents when they were little.

We also need roman blinds for the windows, but that's going to have to wait for a bit. I spent that part of the budget on the glider. Already I can tell you that I think I made the right decision! 

The Louisville Slugger next to the big elephant is going over the window, eventually...

My mom and dad bought us the mobile for Valentine's Day...back then it seemed like FOREVER until he'd get here. I love the sweet birds. Hopefully he will, too. I realize he won't be able to actually focus on it for a few months, but we've got other things to help with that. 

When it's totally complete I'll do a better job of taking you on a tour, with sources, and more detail.

Because after he's born, I'm going to have ooodles of time, right??

:)

In other, equally exciting news...guess what else is finished?!??!

The bathroom!! Hallelujah! Pinch me! I truly was beginning to think this day would never come.

Here you go:

It's so darn teeny in there it's a bit of a bugger to photograph. But with the ceiling lifted and the pedestal sink, it feels SO much bigger!

Catching up.

So, I've been pretty MIA for the last few months.

News flash, I know. For the 2 of you who still follow this, apologies.

A few pics to show you what I've been doing...

We went to Leland and only took one pic, which is ridiculous, because you would DIE if you saw some of the cottages I meant to take photos of.

We took our friends Rich and Alexis to Allen's parent's lakehouse and this guy joined us. I am not exaggerating when I say that I freaked. the. heck. out.

I've spent hours and hours working on the nursery. It's thisclose to being finished...and it's getting soooo darn cute.

Half of those hours were spent testing paint samples.

My ob/gyn grounded me from travel at 28 weeks, so we beat the TX heat and went back to the lake for the 4th of July. Allen and Tilly chilled on the dock...

Our oldest niece got stuck in a monsoon while water skiing...which she's getting SO good at...

Our nephew cracked us up all day long with facial expressions like this...(not sure why it looks like he's swimming in liquid kryptonite)...

Allen practiced his baby skills with a dear friend's little boy...

And I continued to grow. Also not sure why my hair looks bi-colored in the pic. It's not a new look I'm trying out.

33 weeks tomorrow! The little man will be here before we know it.

Next up? The bathroom.

No, it's still not done. The marble piece was the wrong size.  Because the edges were rounded. So it's 1/4 inch short on one side....and apparently will be ready "next week", which I've now learned is contractor speak for "the day after never."  It's a comedy of errors and I swear, every time he comes to the house I search behind him for Candid Camera.