an inlaw easter

 

ronnie and i hosted easter at our house this year.

we finally brought out our deck furniture

and made it an outdoor event since it was SO freaking nice.

we had many rounds of hunting for easter eggs,

a little game of bocce

and lots quality family time.

 

not to mention i have leftovers for the rest of the week.

sa-weet.

 

happy easter!

 

 

 

 

(31 weeks)

help!

we are having a middle name crisis.

i love brette.

but i don't know what i love with brette.

so i need some help.

maybe you can come up with something i haven't thought of.

or vote on your favorite from my list below.

anything is helpful at this point.

 

here are my rules.

1. it needs to be two or three syllables. i prefer three because brette and cox are so short.

2. it needs to be girly.  since brette is so gender neutral, i would like her middle name to scream "she's a girl, you idiot!" most of my favorite names could work for a boy or a girl and i'm not sure if it's fair to give her a boy's first name and unidentifiable middle name.

3. i would like it if it weren't SUPER popular. but really, at this point, its just a middle name, so who cares if everyone else and their mom have it too.

 

brette _____ cox

ready, go.

 

brette annalise cox

brette olivia cox

brette carlene cox

brette annalynn cox

brette gwendolyn cox

brette london cox

brette caroline cox

brette margaret cox

brette eloise cox

brette alaina cox

brette marie cox

brette louise cox

 

 

seriously, this is hard.

and its freaking me out.

ronnie has a favorite, that i don't love.
i have a favorite, which i don't know if he loves.
they're both on the list, i won't tell you which ones.

this is probably the one and only time
i want your opinion on my kid's name,
so take advantage.


 

 

 

 

 

a real looker

beauty comes from within,

yes?

 

so it doesn't matter that my at home outfits

are getting worse and worse?

because i'm pretty sure ronnie is worried that he may have

lost his wife somewhere along the way.

 

want this amazing look for yourself?

just grab your yoga pants, your husband's sweatshirt and an old hat.

really, its that simple.

 

i promise i have better style,

but the snow and the weather are heinous

and in turn, so are my clothes.

wah wah

but there is light at the end of the tunnel.

i bought two new maternity dresses.

they were on sale at old navy

i have showers and weddings coming up

and i needed something to wear.

hopefully the weather starts cooperating.

 

 

 

 



a work in progress

we got our chair for the nursery!

i was so excited because it was four weeks early.

nebraska furniture mart definitely gets my seal of approval.

isn't it pretty?

you can't really see the pattern,

but its a celery green gingham.

very nursery.

and did you notice the adorable pillow?

i got that off etsy.

(pretty much where i've been doing all my shopping)

its coral dandelions. i was instantly in love.

other things i've gotten off etsy?

art for my gallery wall over the dresser.

(i changed the hot air balloon from pink to coral

 - another reason i love etsy. personalization.)

(and this is supposed to be kites over london. a little shout out to my english heritage.)

i can't do much more until after my showers to see what i still need for the bedding.

and really, i'm not missing much else, except for things on the wall,

which i already have everything i want in mind.

i just have to find it.  or have ronnie make it.

i still need a light fixture.

oh, and a mirror.

if you see anything like this for cheap,

let me know.

can't wait to get it all put together.

so much fun!

the weekend

ronnie went on a guys fishing trip over the weekend

 

 

so it was the perfect time to spend with my girlfriends.

we ate a lot food.

and talked.

a lot.

it was the best.

dana and i are both pregnant with girls,

so we also got to complain and compare together.

just what i needed.

 

oh and i have leftover cake.

just what i didn't need.

but yes, i have had two pieces today.

shut up.

 

 

scary story of the weekend:

leia got into kass's bag while we weren't paying attention

and ate a whole pack of gum.

i looked it up on google and it said that it is fatal to small dogs.

i freaked.

we made her drink a tsp. of hydrogen peroxide and throw up.

5 mins later i had 4 (huge) piles of blue gum on my kitchen floor.

and i couldn't have been happier.

i don't know what i would do without this little girl.

 

 

 

 

 

 

happy st. patty's

st. patty's day weekend is one of my favorites in lee's summit.

they have a parade downtown followed by a pub crawl.

we can't resist a good pub crawl,

so we've made it our mission to go every year.

even when i'm pregnant:

 

 

and we always have a lot of fun.

a look at years past:

 

 

 

pregnant women

i l.o.v.e. these girls.

and i've laughed about this video for years,

and now that I'M the one pregnant

i can finally share it without hurting anyone's feelings

because i'm just making fun of myself.

 

clichés i said i would never do:

 

1. speak in terms of weeks.

i mean, come on, are you 4 month along or 5?

i don't know what 29 weeks means.

fail. i am counting this shit down to the day.

 

2. speak in terms of months after the first year of having a child.

is your kid 1 or 2 years old?

i don't need 22 months, just say "2 years old."

tba, who knows what i will do. but hopefully i can sidestep this.

i'll try hard.

 

3. admit to wanting a boy.

we all witnessed how i walked that line.

 

4. have the baby consume my every conversation/life.

fail.

obviously.

when is the last time i wrote on this blog about something other than

pregnancy/baby/nursery?

 

 

so, yeah, we (pregnant ladies of america) must turn into really annoying people.

i apologize.

and thanks for continuing to read anyway.

one day, i'm sure i'll go back to my old self

and have some sort of craft project, recipe or ronald story to share.

i will not promise, however, that it won't be for the nursery or baby.

 

life as we know it is over.