Nursery

The Nursery -

There has been great progress done on the nursery.   We cleaned out the room (formerly Rob's office), I painted the room a lovely "Willow Branch" color by Valspar (has a green hue in the right light):

I shampooed the carpets and washed the windows and blinds.   Rob has put together the crib and the dresser and all the furniture is in the room.  

My dad gave me the rocking chair I was rocked in.   My grandpa gave it to my grandma when she was pregnant, it was passed to my dad/mom and now to me!  I love that this will be the third generation rocked in it.   Mom had reupholstered it when I was born.   It was still in good shape but I decided to have it done again.   Found a great person in Springfield to reupholster it for me.   A project I'd love to have tried but not on Grandma's rocking chair!

Here are the before and after pictures:

The material is kind of plain but has all the colors in it that I've used for the nursery bedding - tans, greens, oranges, etc.  

That's all I have to show now.   This weekend I plan on finishing up the crib bedding with the help of Mom :)   Plan on finishing a few nursery decor projects.  

I'm excited to post those when they are done!

Fence and yard

Other news at the Foster Home - we have killed off all of our grass so we can re-seed it.   We also are adding a fence to the backyard.   Rob has been working on his days off to get the fence done.   We are so close now!    I have a few pictures of when the work started and I'll post the finished product when I have it!    You'll see our dead yard in the pictures.   It's nice to not worry about mowing!

Scott's Shower

First off, I can't believe I've been such a slacker on updating!    I have several posts to put up over the next few days.   I'll try to put them in order too!

On Saturday, August 20th, I co-hosted a baby shower for my friend Scott and her baby boy (who has since arrived).   My co-hosts were Kasey and Amanda.   I found an idea online for a mustache shower to welcome the little man.    I thought it was cute and grown up even though it kind of sounds dirty at first!   

Scott had a great turn out and it was a lot of fun!  

Here are a few pictures of the shower and the invite that Kasey designed.    We made all the decor and all the food.  

McKown's Weekend

Our weekend was jammed full!   Our friends Andrea and Nate McKown were down from KC to volunteer at the Price Cutter Charity Golf Tournament.   They spent Thursday-Sunday with us.    It was great to see them and visit.

I'm disappointed in my lack of picture taking from the weekend - but I'll still share what we did!

Friday night we invited Kasey and Jason Gillham to join us and I grilled ribs/chicken and sides.   We played a fierce game of Clue in which Kasey won.   Saturday the guys did a little work in Marshfield and the girls headed to get pedicures.    Saturday night we took them to the Springfield Cardinal game.  The weather was perfect.    The Marines flew the flag in (I did get a picture of that.)

On Sunday, we joined Andrea and Nate to watch the final day of the golf tournament.  Again - perfect weather.  

It was great to see them and catch up.    We look forward to seeing them again in a few weeks up in KC!

I had Rob take another belly picture this weekend - 25 weeks!!   We are moving right along.   I finally have an idea in mind for the nursery.   I'll start that project in the next few weeks.   I'm going to attempt to make my own bedding so we'll see how that goes :)  

Here is the 20 and 25 week pictures so you can see the progress.   Have a great week!

Concert weekend

Last weekend we to Kansas City with our friends Dale and Melanie Replogle to see the Zac Brown Band/Kenny Chesney concert.  It was so much fun!    Probably one of the better concerts we've seen.

It was held at Arrowhead Stadium.  While it was hot - 92 - it didn't feel as bad as it has been.  There was also a breeze most of the time.   We tried to stay in the shade and drank lots of water.  

The concert started at 4:30 with Uncle Kracker, then Billy Currington, Zac Brown Band and Kenny Chesney to finish it off.   At the very end, Zac Brown Band and Kenny Chesney came out together and sang several more songs and covered some songs - so much fun!

Memories

Three years ago today, my wonderful husband asked for my phone number at the demolition derby in Marshfield - and I was smart enough to give it to him.

That wonderful man also sent me flowers today:

Wow I'm blessed!   Love you and thank you for tapping me on the shoulder 3 years ago :)

We are half way there!!!

This last weekend marked the halfway point for Baby Foster!!   20 weeks down, 20 weeks to go!!!   I know these last 20 weeks will fly by - especially since I have not done anything to prepare :)    I've done a lot of looking, have a lot of ideas, but I've yet to act on them.  

I had Rob take my first pregnancy picture after having several friends tell me I need to document the progress.  

20 weeks pregnant:

The only other picture I have to share is the cute onesie Rob bought the baby last time we were in St. Louis at the Cards game:

Hope everyone is staying cool in this heat.   We have an outdoor concert coming up in 2 weeks so I need it to cool down!