In Just One Week I'll Be...

- crying because I'm flying....pregnant. The two don't go well together, believe me.

- headed to Canada.

- drinking a slush

- seeing family I haven't seen in way over a year

- getting to squish all 14 of my nieces and nephews

- eating my dad's world famous BBQ(well, family famous)

- wearing pants and sweaters! YAY

- watching Zach's little brother (hahaha little, he's about a foot taller than Zach) get married...well in two weeks, but you get what I mean ;)

- watching my little girl be a flower girl for the first time.

- and a WHOLE bunch more!!

I'm not going to lie, we would not be going back if it wasn't for Jordan and Ashley's wedding. We just don't have the money. And for a looong time I let that get in the way of me being excited to go. How were/are we going to pay for the trip?... it always ends up being super expensive to travel back, way more than you plan on. No matter how hard you try, you get into vacation mode and eat out more. There are so many restaurants (as I listed in a previous post) that I have not been to in a LONG time and they don't have them here in the States. Not to mention clothing stores that I love and are cheap, but  add up in the end.

I had only planned on going for the week Zach was going (in Intern Year you only get one week off at a time, three weeks over the year, but you're not allowed to take them at once) because I have developed a MEGA fear of flying....and that started when I was pregnant with Aubrey and flew to England....and I'm pregnant now--not good for my fear. 

I did NOT want to fly with Aubrey alone, seriously. I end up just holding her in my lap and bawling while grasping the arm rests during turbulence......yup, I'm quite the sight on a plane.

But God provided me with the most amazing of amazing friends, Marcy. She's going to fly back to Georgia with me, which enables me (and my stupid fear of flying) to come back 2 weeks later than Zach. This is the same friend who has flown out to help us move, twice! Yup, she's amazing and is coming through for me again. Everyone needs a Marcy, seriously, they're amazing blessings ;)

And to be honest, I'm assuming God's going to provide us with the $$ because, well, that's just how He rolls!

So, I'm one week out and I'm now getting excited to fly back! Still nervous about flying, our finances, and being away from Zach for 2 weeks, but I'm looking at the amazing way's God has provided for us in the past and I know He'll do it again.

There are more reasons that I'm excited to go back to Canada, but I'll share those another time(have to ask permission to share first!). 

Now I just have to get past that pesky flight there and I'm golden! 

My whole family....minus Zach (another trip where he went home earlier than Aubrey and I)

Aubrey and her Opa (my dad)

with Grammie!

Playing with Jordan

Auntie Marcy

I Can't Be Stopped!

I'm a sewing machine (haha) these days (and by days, I mean two days in a row). Funnily enough, I'm not feeling that great (still), but I'm really in a crafty mood. So Sew I will!

I got this idea (and tutorial) from an awesome new blog I discovered, Ruffles and Stuff, and I had to make it....right away, as in minutes after seeing it on the blog. Yeah, that good!

lollipop shirt tutorial

I mean, seriously?? How cute is this lollipop?! And it was so easy to make, took a total of about 20 minutes (I had a plain tank on hand) and Aubrey loves it, perfect!

A little close up of the "candy" part. Man I'm good ;)

And this little scarf I whipped up from a half yard(or was it a quarter of a yard...hmmmm) of jersey I had bought, back in Jersey (haha man I'm on a roll today). It was so simple to make, just sew three sides together and turn it right side out and slip-stitch it closed! It's so soft and I can't wait to wear it on our up-coming Canada trip!

It's a bit shorter, so it has a bit of a cowl look when on.

I'm planning on buying white jersey and making this one from

Dear Lillie

(click on the link....and then check out the website...and their blog! You'll be glad you did....well, maybe not. You'll want to buy everything and get lost in this woman's life and photography for hours like I did.....but do it. It's good, and worth it.) 

And here I am, modelling it...

The lighting in our bathroom is not really picture friendly. Our place is pretty bright, but not enough for pictures. It's annoying.

and SHAZAAM! Here I am. Large and Lovely at almost 14 weeks. Yup, the memory foam in my body is remembering my pregnant body just fine. Awesome.

Totes Magotes...

I finally got some sewing done yesterday which, to be honest, is kinda funny because yesterday was one of those days that pregnancy kicks your butt. But hey, I'll take what I can get. I've been wanting to make Aubrey a library tote since, well, she got her very first library card a few weeks ago :) 

 She's so cute when we're there, just wandering and grabbing books, not really looking at them and just shoving them in the bag! 

Random Story--- on our first visit to the library, Aubrey was doing her thing and picking books. We did a quick once over and got rid of a few we didn't like/agree with and Zach saw one that said, "getting ready for the new baby" and he's like, "oh that should be good" and I agreed.....well, little did we know, but it was some crazy random book about kids feeling left out because of the new baby and addressing why they don't like their baby brother/sister(I really don't want to fill her head with those thoughts because she hasn't uttered a peep about it yet). 

But the worst part?? It explained (in depth!) the birds and the bees!....with pictures(of animals oddly enough)?!? WHHHATT? It was totally geared towards Aubrey's age too, I want to know who tells their child at 3 ALL the ins and outs of procreation?!? Seriously??

Anyway, back to the tote... I wanted it to give it a little somethin' somethin', so I added her initial and a few cute buttons to the front pocket(which I wish wasn't that purple color, but hey, whatcha gonna do now).

And there's a cute little pocket inside for her own personal library card :)

I used some Amy Butler fabric from her Love line and I wish I had bought more than just a yard of this when it was on sale at the local fabric store back in NJ. I absolutely love (haha, get it??) this fabric!

I'm pretty happy with how it turned out, but Aubrey's even happier! And that's what matters most.

Linking up at....

Scenes From Savannah...

Well, the long weekend with Zach really was everything I had dreamed it would be (that's for you Astrid!)! We made the most of his whole time off, we didn't waste a minute! 

Saturday was spent at home relaxing. Zach and Aubrey went in the pool for hours, and by hours I mean 5! Seriously, they have waaaay too much fun in that thing. I was able to go out by myself for a couple of hours and did a few errands/returns/crafty shopping. Any alone time is coveted! We grilled some steaks for dinner and it was just a fabulous day. 

Sunday we tried a new church that was recommended to us by one of Zach's coworkers and we LOVED it! I'm so glad we tried it, it's totally not something we would have gone for on our own. It's one of those mega baptist churches that I've been so intimidated by, but they did such a fabulous job of making it feel close knit and the worship and preaching was amazing! And don't get me started on the Sunday School program! Aubrey was in her glory! 

Right after church we headed into Savannah. Only Zach and I would make an afternoon trip with a 2 and a half hour drive one way! We had such an amazing time and it's an out of control gorgeous city!

My only complaint was that it was super cloudy out. Now, it was fabulous for the comfort/sweat factor, but the pictures took a bit of a beating. It was the super dark kind of cloudy, not good for the pictures(my skillz just aren't there).

We were there for a total of 5 hours and we made the most of it, walking around to see all we could. 

I love love love Savannah and I can't wait to go back...soon!

Monday was a get-stuff-done-around-the-house kinda day. We finally tidied/cleaned out the garage(and by we, I mean Zach) and we can actually park our car in it! Yay!! We'd been putting it off for quite some time and it felt so good to get 'er done.

So that was my weekend in a nutshell. A pretty great nutshell if you ask me :)

High On Life....

 We were wishing it would happen and it did....

Zach has the long weekend OFF!!! Seriously, 3 whole days off!! What to do, what to do?!? I think we should fly somewhere...seriously, it's that rare!  

I'm thinking a trip to Atlanta for the day is in order...

We have lived here almost 3 months and have yet to visit...we'll see. 

No matter what happens, it'll be amazing!

Thank you Lord! We needed this!

My Day...

Well, this day did not go as planned. Don't get me wrong, we were stuck at home(as usual), but today had an unwanted spin on it. 

Aubrey woke up at 6 AM and proceeded to start throwing up. Non stop. Seriously. 

Now if there are 2 things you need to know about me it's that I LOVE my sleep in the mornings and I just don't do vomit. blech.

And vomiting close to me while I'm pregnant and close to it myself nearly all day?!?! Let's just say I thought that I'd be joining her a few times. It was touch and go for the first few times. Fun.

I'm happy to report that she's on the mend and that after over a dozen "fun moments" this morning she stopped throwing up. Yay! 

I still have no clue why she got sick, no fever or anything. Weird.

All that mixed with her and I having a joint nap today, that started at 2:30 and went until almost 6 PM?? I'm guessing it's going to be a messed up night. Wish me luck....

A Little Bit Of This And That....

*so I did a little redecorating on the ol' blog today. Am I the only one who gets bored with the way their blog looks? Their blog title? I could change it every day if I wasn't so lazy.

*We'll see how long this one lasts.

*I was looking back at some of my pictures from England....

*Ummm not helping my longing to go back.

 

*I'm just past 12 weeks now(at least I think that's how far along I am...going to head to the doctor's when I'm back in good ol' Canada in a few weeks and get that all figured out).

*I had about 2 whole days where I didn't feel like complete and utter crap. Annnnnd I'm back to feeling sick today.

*good news? I got a vacuum in today during my 1/2 hour feeling OK, hurray!

*bad news? I feel complete shame at the amount of crap in my Dyson.

 

*all I want to eat is this.....

*and it's all the way in Grenada....how do I get around that??

*where did this little girl go???

*said little girl has been going through a no-nap phase. No fun for me. 

*Yesterday and today she's made up for lost time with 3 hour super naps. Yay for me!