Tree

Brody's room is finally coming together! The painting is 100% done! Now I can spend the rest of the time getting the wall decor in order. Wes is going to install the closet organizer once I pick one out...but that will be a Sept purchase (last doctor payment this month). Eventually this room will be the playroom so I want the closet to have more shelves than bars causing the price go up.

Remember where we started?

Now it looks like this! I am in love! Have to say it's my best work yet! Gender neutral and will easily transition into a playroom and the use of primary colors will work as the boys get older. Score mommy!
I'm trying to find a cute squirrel image to use as a reference for the left bottom branch. But other than that it's done! Thanks to my friend Erica for coming over and helping with the painting or I would have been there for days. lol

The tree goes perfectly with his sheets too.

I have found something to put as the main focal point as you walk in above the club chair. I want it 3 by 3. Now just have to debate with myself pay $45 for 9 or make them myself....

Side note: I just took care of Wes' birthday and Christmas gift! haha He is so simply to buy for. All he wanted was the NFL Sunday ticket. I like it because we can pay it off in 5 months and doesn't require any store shopping. Men and their sports. lol

Baby Book

Post 2 of the day (really all these were in draft from yesterday).
With Brody quickly approaching I need to go ahead and order his baby book...which when I was thinking of it made me want to declutter and re-organize our bookcases since I'm adding to it.

I'm getting the same album as Aiden's. I absolutely LOVE it!! The lady I worked with let me customize so many things. Most baby albums have their pages 0-3, 3-6, etc. I wanted individual months. Yes I paid a little bit more, but I feel like with things like this you want them to be perfect the way you want them. Because before I know it Aiden and Brody won't be babies and I'll want those memories recorded.

Aiden's book is brown, so Brody's I was thinking a blue or green. The design theme will be the same as Aiden's since I'm getting her to do another custom listing for me. I want to have pages K-12 where I can put just their school photo, and since she will only have to create the design once I can get it for $8 instead of $16. (She's reusing a custom design from Aiden's book so I can get it at the old custom price of $5. yah!)

Best part about it is...each page has a clear protector around it!

Strep

Seriously. Again. For the past 2 years I've had strep twice. Now make it 3 times! UGH!!!! Never in my life now it's like clockwork. Every 6 months.

At least now I know once I feel that tickle in my throat and a constant heavy cough it's strep coming. The 1st time I didn't know (thought it was just allergies) until it was AWFUL running 102 fever with sweats and chills.

Maybe that's why I've felt extremely exhausted last week...hard to tell since that is a pregnancy symptom. Glad I can get on my meds and have Aiden at daycare most the day while I'm contagious. Last thing I want him to get. I hate being locked in the bedroom away from him for 24 hours especially when he sits at the door and calls out for Momma. Breaks my heart!

Pains

My favorite thing about summer is squash and zucchini. Literally eat them everyday for dinner.  My sense of smell has been kicking in high gear because for some reason the smell of meat cooking (any type) just makes me hurl. So Wes has to cook it before I get home. But lately my craving is cooking brown rice in chicken broth then throwing in the veggies for dinner. Talk about YUM! I find I wake up better in the morning (no sickness).

Brody is still a kicking machine. Now the morning kicks have died off to start up around 1ish. Like clockwork. Then right before bed around 9 he starts up hardcore. Therefore I've been having lots of restless nights tossing and turning completely draining me. Which makes me give into that cup of coffee the next morning...either that or my brain would shut off I think. lol

Being pregnant and potty training probably wasn't the smartest idea but I didn't want to have a big age gap between kids. Some days we are great at home. Other days (the ones where I'm completely exhausted) I get so frustrated. It literally feels like he goes potty every 10 minutes lol (probably 30 but feels like 10). And now that he is standing up he can't go by himself....or there will be pee all over the floor and all over him. Luckily Daddy is there most the time so he takes over on my bad days, but man the other day I was 1 pee away from losing it until he did the cutest thing. He actually held himself and aimed perfectly causing him to get so excited he turns toward me (still peeing) and pees on my foot. Before I could say anything he said "Sorry Momma!! I did it!!" He sure did! I gave him a big hug and told him he was my big man now! Which of course he got perked up and went running to tell Daddy.

As much as he drives me insane he keeps me sane and grounded. Couldn't ask for a better kid. But seriously potty training boys is tough work! And I get to do it all over again. lol But other good news Aiden's teacher informed the office that he is ready to move up in 2 weeks in the other class when they have an opening. She wanted to keep him an extra 2 weeks to work on his "mini meltdowns". Definitely know what she's talking about there!! ha In his classroom they work on an activity then go to another etc like big school...well sometimes Aiden doesn't want to go to activity 2 but still work on 1. So he pouts his lip or puts his head down having a pity party...so I said if they want to enforce the time-out chair more during those meltdowns they are welcome to it. He just needs to learn to follow directions always and the world doesn't revolve around him. lol say what?!

Good news. Yesterday evening our close friends Trey and Brit had their 1st little boy!! Me and Erica hopped on over during our lunch break today to visit the little guy. OMG SO CUTE and SOO TINY! He was 7lbs and felt so small...guess I'm used to holding 10lb babies :-) Loved his little red hair. Momma was still a little out of it due to her c-section but doing great. Other awesome part about it was I got to check out the part of the hospital Brody will be born at. It's the same hospital as Aiden but their maternity division has a brand new building. SO nice and spacious rooms! We will bring Aiden over to visit in 2 weeks after they get settled at home....to see how he handles a newborn. EK!

As I mentioned in a previous post last weekend was mine and Wes' anniversary. It was a great one. We went to Melting Pot for dinner (Wes had never been). We spent 2 hours in there! MAN! Didn't feel that long. Wes loved the meal and actually wants to do it again for another big date night. For our gifts I got him a new wallet and inside put pictures of me and him and of Aiden writing nice things on the back of them....better than a card right?! Then he gave me my gift wrote a sweet letter to me (made me tear up) and my Pandora bead, which direct quote "picked that one because it's blue so you will think of all your boys." awww that's true. Good job babe!

Scary news. I was outside watering my Hydrangeas with Aiden showing him all the new blooms. Like 4-5 new blooms popping up. YAH!! It might actually be a big bush in 2 years instead of 4-5. Well as I'm doing that I don't know what made me do it but I glanced at the flood light. Couldn't believe my eyes looked again. Then commanded Aiden to go back to the door. Why did I freak out?! Oh because there were probably 30 wasps surrounding it. OMG!!!! I had been wondering all summer where they had been..now I know. OMG! They will live one more day until I stop and pick up some wasp killer tomorrow, but I went in and told Wes to get all over that Thursday evening. Last thing I need is to get stung by one.