I am So Blessed

To have Markus in my life.  He is my heart.  I absolutely cannot imagine life without him.  This year has been full of blessings.  I've come to see just how blessed I am.  I'm so grateful to my Heavenly Father who has seen to it that I know just how HE has blessed my life.  He has shaped it from the beginning, but I tell you this year has been so special.  He lives and is performing miracles daily.   We are getting so close to welcoming one of HIS miracles into our lives!  As I stand in line waiting my turn, I've been reflecting... about my marriage/life.  How we did things.  Why I'm grateful for the way we did things.  I really wouldn't have traded it for anything.  My temple marriage that seals Markus and I and our one day Trevor man all together.  What a blessing.  For the time we've had to enjoy us.  Just the 2 of us.  Not many people make that decision.  I don't think we were selfish.  Smart... maybe, priceless... YES!  Markus and I have had an amazing journey to grow and love one another with each passing day.  It's not always smiley faces and sunshine... just ask Markus.  While this pregnancy has been everything I hoped it would be, Markus might disagree... haha!  But I tell you he is incredible.  He has managed to still love me through all these crazy hormones he doesn't believe exist... It's true!  He even let me buy a Christmas tree BEFORE Thanksgiving this year.  The things we do for the ones we love :)  Oh did I mention he was working that night?  Yeah I really didn't put him through it, like I have in years past in the rain.  I'm so grateful for the love of my life, Markus Christian.  Can't wait to meet the other love of my life in the coming weeks, Trevor Christian.  Let the holidays begin!  But let's not forget how blessed we are.  I love this season.  Thank you Heavenly Father for the gift of your Son.

The Nursery REVEAL!

First I'd like to take a look back at what this bedroom used to look like before Sweet Pea's stuff moved in. Click here for the "Bye Bye Guest Room {Hello Sweet Pea's Nursery!} Post.  We don't have much left to do.  Just waiting on our glider to come in and making final decisions for wall art, but other than that I could wait any longer to show what I've been working on for months!

Prepare for the transformation starting in 5, 4, 3, 2, 1....  Drumroll please!

 Welcome to Trevor's Nursery!

 I put a 3-6 month old onsie on the changing pad just to get an idea of just how small little man will be.

 A Garage Sale find for .75 cents.  Love it!

 Double Dresser re-done.

 You might remember seeing it HERE

 This is he first wall you see when you come in the nursery.  The big rocking horse will move out of the corner when we get the glider in.

 Trevor's play area/corner

 The accent wall with the MURAL!!!

 You don't see this wall when you first walk in and that is what I like about it... the surprise factor!

 Bogey loves his baby room!  haha!  He hangs out a lot in here.

 Bogey likes to look out this window!  I love these little IKEA stools.  I loved them right when I saw them online in someone else's nursery. 

 Had to have a bookshelf.

Now I will reveal my favorite things in the nursery!!

 My Garage sale finds (telephone .50 cents & Vintage 1972 school desk)

 This was mine when I was a kiddo

 Markus' trolley car with the Basel, Switzerland symbol his as a kid

 A "lovey" & a blanket with his name :)

 THE Mural designed and painted by our best friend Fritz!

Boudoir pillow with Sweet Pea's name

Bear made from my Grandpa's shirt

Made by my Granny

 I got this at my shower and it's my heart.  My Granny made this for my son and it means so much.  As you can see the LSU bear is front and center.  Will post more about this fabulous quilt.  Still debating on where it should go in the nursery.  For now it's draped over the bassinet in my Master bedroom.

We are looking forward to the arrival of Our little Sweet Pea Trevor.  I must say that all the work on this room has been well worth it.  I love the outcome!  Thanks for stopping by!

Happy Bday To Me

Last week my sinuses started acting up. Luckily I just happened to be at the Dr. and she suggested not taking Claritin, but instead taking Sudafed to dry everything up. So I bought some of that and took it through the weekend. I was hoping to start feeling better by Saturday morning when I was due to travel to Houston for a shopping trip for my bday. Well long story short it didn't get better, but worse. I was confused and annoyed, but went about my weekend. We got to IKEA around 10:45 and didn't leave until around 4pm. You do the math! It was awesome. I felt like I got to see everything I wanted to. I didn't say I bought everything I wanted to, but almost. It was great. I really wish we had one closer! But we spent longer in the store than we did traveling, so I guess that isn't too shabby :) I picked up plenty of necessities for the nursery, some fun stuff for me and took care of Christmas gifts for a few while there. I like this buying early stuff. Especially being due so close to Christmas. I think that will come in handy. Then off to the outlet mall in Cypress, TX we went. They have a lot of great stores. Of course I told my MIL that it would just be for fun for me cause I spent all the money I told myself I would spend at IKEA... unless I saw something for Markus of course. Which I did at the Calvin Klein store and JCrew store, but second-guessed myself and knew something wouldn't be quite right with it. But did you know they have a JCrew kids??? It's called Crew Kuts and they started around toddler age clothes and go up from there. Ahhh I loved everything I saw of course! Hopefully Trevor man can benefit from this when he finally fits into their starting size. Markus would even have approved of almost everything I saw in there. Crazy! That was an exciting discovery. We stayed with some friends we tailgate with and they were such gracious hosts. They have a little boy who is 3.5 and he made me so excited to have a boy! He is such a good child. I just loved our stay there. I would love to go back, but we will have to see. Sunday on our way back we stopped by Cracker Barrel Country Store. They have the prettiest Christmas stuff. Note to self, MUST GO BACK WHEN STUFF IS ON SALE!!! When we arrived home I was so excited to show Markus all my goodies that I spent a small fortune on at IKEA. I think overall he was then ok with it. A lot of things were for baby and Christmas. Some for me... like kitchen stuff... hahaha! Then he helped me put the bookshelf together and get things in the nursery together cause I was super excited about what I brought home. We had our friend Fritz over for dinner and before I knew it, he was starting on the mural in the nursery and wanting to finish it before he left that night. I. Was. So. Excited!!! Then Monday my bday comes and I can barely get out of bed. Markus after much talking convinced me to call in sick to work. I felt bad enough to do so, so I did. The office manager totally understood. She knew Friday wasn't a good day for me. So I spent a couple of hours trying to get some sleep through all the phone calls. It was fun! Then attempted to be productive and mail out thank you's from the shower. Markus came home from school shortly after that, and we went to Albertsons to get me some different medicine. After talking to the pharmacist I learned the Sudafed I thought I'd been taken wasn't really the full strength stuff. Basically if you want real Sudafed with the pseudaphedrine (sp) then you have to get it behind the counter. Note to self. That would explain why I wasn't getting better. So she said I could take Mucinex and it's been doing great for me. We went home with our new found knowledge and took a nap. At about 6:30 I decided I didn't want my last bday with no kiddos to be lame so Markus and I ventured out in the nasty weather and got me a piece of pumpkin cheesecake from Whole Foods and other little goodies along with a small dinner and ate at the window while we watched the rain. How sweet!?! And that is how spent my last bday without getting a babysitter. Needless to say we are going to party hard for Markus' bday and live it up before baby comes. He'll be 30 anyway. What better age to celebrate... I see NOLA and dinner and who knows what else :)

I am Thankful

I am thankful for my husband today who:

listens to me whine about him making noise on the phone that he swears it doesn't exist.
talked to me on the phone when it "hurt for him to talk" because of his ulcers.
got up from the couch when I walked in from work and gave me a kiss.
takes the embarrassment of me arguing with the cashier lady at Babies R Us tonight when my items didn't ring up on sale.
for allowing me to drive from the passenger seat (he needs help sometimes).
hates hanging ANYTHING on the wall for me (i.e. in the nursery today) because it won't ever be perfect or so he says.
gave up getting a smoothie for a $5 pizza for the two (three) of us.
proved me wrong and returned his used ankle brace to Academy.
tells me when the truth about my "attitude".

I could go on but those are just a few of the things that I'm thankful for today. How can anyone put up with such madness?

Victory tastes so sweet!

At the half I probably wouldn't have thought this was a fun game, but boy the 2nd half sure changed my mind.  I thought I was going to fall down at some points because Winston (Markus' brother) would not let me go and we just kept jumping up and down.  Poor little Trevor, I'm sure he wondered what was going on.  Now I'm debating if I should wear LSU pom poms to work on Monday for the 2 BAMA guys that I work with....  OH Geaux Tigers!  Worth the $70/ticket price tag!

P.S. Can't wait to meet my little Tiger.  Less than 9 weeks (hopefully) and counting down!

My little Tiger {Bakin'}

31 weeks {and counting}

Can't wait to meet this little boy

I love you Trevor Christian

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