Jackson's/Spare Bathroom

We have a very big spare bathroom,  We didn't have the extended counter put in the bathroom....because it was a extra upgrade we didn't want to add, but instead put some kind of armour or shelving.....just something.

Now that we have Jackson on the way. We wanted to make the spare bathroom his and find a way to make it organized, so that bath time goes pretty smoothly.

Jeff had this book shelf/TV stand since before we were dating. I have always liked it and it has come in handy through the years we have been married....with the new house we were not sure where to put it, so we were going to donate it to Goodwill.....until I was thinking wait! it just might fit in the spare bathroom! I was excited, and told Jeff about it.....he thought I was a little crazy but he was a good sport. We took off the original back and replaced it with bead board...then painted it white.

Here is a before and after of the shelf.

             I loved the way it turned out! Jeff did such a great job!

So here is a before of the spare bathroom.

Here are the afters of the bathroom

One day we would like to paint the walls a color and have a duck theme....but for now I think it is perfect and holds all his bath things pretty well.

OH! and please excuse Bailey's butt in one of the pics.....she is my shadow :)

Baby Shower

                                        

My family put on a baby shower for the soon to be favorite Grandchild......well until he gets preempted by another bundle of joy one day.

I loved everything about it. My sister spent hours on Pinterest, and with families help, put together one of the cutest baby showers I have ever seen :)

Since Jackson's nursery is Baseball (Cubs) Themed, they went with a baseball themed shower.

With a amazing baseball ticket invite

 With Baseball themed decorations

                            Yummy food and drinks.

 

                                    

                   Some adorable take home favors.

 I had a great time with family and friends. We played games, ate, and laughed.  Thanks for the wonderful shower and all the beautiful gifts that will help start Jackson's life in this world. I couldn't have asked for a better shower.

Nesting

I used to think nesting was fake until recently...........I have always been a little OCD when cleaning to begin with.....so I thought it was that, but as I sit and really pay attention to what I am cleaning....I blame the nesting.

Here are some things I have done....that will not help or even affect Jackson if we brought him home without this done.........

- I organized and went through Jeff and my closet.......to me I finally feel I got rid of stuff. :)

- I completely scrubbed our washer and dryer to get every speck of lint and dust off of them.

- I got every water stain off our water glasses.....they sparkle....no joke.

- I scrubbed our stainless steal pots so they look brand new. I even washed the other pots just because               they were there.

- I want so bad to clean our baseboards.....but the thought of me telling Jeff I crawled around our whole house on my hands and knees....does not sound fun.

- I have no joke put everything through a cycle in the washer...minus Jeff and our dog Bailey.....it is a little tempting :)



I am really hoping Jackson comes soon.....So I can stop laying around and feeling I need to clean pointless things.

The bump

It has been pretty amazing to me how your body can create another human....its just amazing that it just knows what to do....to make a adorable baby or even your tummy to be able to stretch tot he size of a watermelon. 

Right before I found out I was pregnant.....I notice a change in how my clothes fit.....but I thought it was because of Christmas and our vacation we were on.  None of the jeans I packed and I fit in a week before would button. After a melt down in the hotel room....I got a loving, yet stern lecture from my husband telling me he didn't like to hear me talk so bad about my self...I didn't deserve it. It clicked that day, that it didn't matter what pant size I wore...and even if i wasn't a size zero....I am healthy and living.  So I should embrace my big boned body I was born with :) 

When I found out I was pregnant it made a little more since that I was a little swollen (I like to say)....I was beyond excited to rock the baby bump that was coming ahead and just could not wait.....I feel I started to show a little sooner then normal....in the beginning my little pooch seemed so big to me.....but now that I am almost 37 weeks....I had no idea what big was....and what my body was capable off.

So here is my baby bump pics so far.....I'm getting bigger by the day....I have to say I'm pretty excited to have the little guy, so I can lotion my own feet again. But at the same time I have a feeling I'm going to miss him being with me all the time....feeling his hiccups and his kicks in the ribs when I am singing in the car. I'm not sure if that's him saying "You sing awesome Mom!" or  "ugh Mom stop....you so are not beyonce"