Its Been a Year!

One year ago, I could not wait to marry this man.....
...Now, that man will not only be a wonderful husband but a wonderful father!!! I love you sweetheart!!

Comments from the Peanut Gallery

I have heard some pretty funny and interesting comments lately from people around town when they see my big belly coming. Here are just a few from the past couple weeks.....

"Ohhh my...giiiiiirl all I saw was your belly coming around the corner...." -Daycare worker during a therapy visit

"You look like you are about to pop. Do you want a reeses or snickers bar?"- lady at Walgreens checkout

"When are you due?" "What are you having?" "What is his name?".....- lady at TJMaxx checkout who wanted to play 20 questions or something

"Oh my gosh, when are you due??" "Oh, thats not far at all, I hope you are ready!"- nice lady at Fresh Market

"I hope you are staying away from all those nasty people with the swine flu!!"- concerned lady at Food Lion

All true and I had a good laugh hearing them all...I love how strangers see a baby belly and just can't contain their comments, haha!

Showered with Love

Diaper cake made by Nicole

Last weekend, my family and friends came together to welcome baby Dillon with a beautiful baby shower. My college roommate and sister in law worked so hard on putting together such a great shower. I loved all the little details like the decorations, advice cards, frame to sign, games and of course....the food!! The food was so good!!

cousin, aunt, me, grandma, mother and cousin

the hostesses with preggers

Baby Dillon received some awesome and much needed gifts. I am so grateful to have such thoughtful family and friends who love this baby so much already!! Baby Dillon is going to really enjoy his handmade gifts from his MiMi and MorMor(grandmas) who put lots of love into knitting a blanket and some sweaters!

My friends came over after the shower and helped put away all his new stuff and put the pack n play together(which was kinda tricky). Even though I was pooped and not feeling well all weekend, I had such a wonderful time at the shower. :)

**I have to post a picture of his closet now that I finally have it all organized(I think I rearranged it about five or six times, along with the dresser drawers). I'm sure that won't be the last of the organizing but everything has its place for now, so it works! Evan doesn't even bother putting things away because he knows I will just move everything around in a few days. haha.

Updated Belly Pic

30 weeks....the countdown has begun!!!

Coming Soon...

The other day, I went to Michael's for some craft things and saw a big banner for a new store coming soon....Buy Buy Baby. I checked out the webiste and it is pretty much like a Babies R Us but with some different and more high end items(at least on the website). Sounds like a fun place to have close to us instead of going to Babies R Us all the time. Plus, Durham doesn't really have a lot of "baby stores" like Raleigh does. Can't wait to check it out!

What We've Been Up To

Well, baby Dillon's nursery is coming along nicely, we've been putting some more finishing touches on the walls like his monogram and bubbles all over the room! I love how it all turned out. I highly recommend vinyl wall decals....they are so easy!Monogram

Circles on one wall and Evan putting the light switch covers on, which we both painted

More circles

Both are from Etsy, which is one of my new favorite websites to find handmade products for a good price. Its also a good place to "steal" ideas of new crafts to try!

We celebrated my sister-in-law's birthday over the weekend at Kanki Japanese Steakhouse(yum, Dillon was doing flips). Happy Birthday, Meg!

Birthday girl with her beautiful family

Brent and Mel

Not so great picture, but the only recent one of us

We have been taking it easy here, trying to stay cool is one of my main goals.....it has been so hot lately and I can't seen to cool off ever! I CANT WAIT until the fall for many reasons. :)

We don't have many plans before the baby comes, just the beach one weekend in August, my baby shower in September and an anniversary get-away in October....and enjoying our time as just the two of us for the last few months!

Still have the craft bug

I am having way too much fun making little things for the babies......

A girly bib for Stella and a polka dot burp cloth for Dillon. Both have terry cloth on the back and are finished off with a zig zag stitch. Hmm, what should I do next??

Trash to Treasure...Weekend Project

Evan and I have been looking for some short bookcases for a while to fit under a window in the nursery. Something to hold books and toys but doesn't take up a lot of space. We have pretty much covered every part of the room except for one empty space....until now! I spotted two cute little bookcases in the back room(the reject room) of an antique store. They were calling my name to save them from drowning in "antique" furniture. I knew they were perfect but Evan wanted to think about it first...he soon realized I was right(haha) in that we probably wouldn't be able to find real wood bookcases anywhere for that price. Sooooo he drove back to get them and what a great fit...but not a great color.....

So the next question...to stain or not to stain? Paint? What color? After some much needed interior decorator advice from a friend, we decided to paint them the same color as our other furniture(MUCH easier than staining...Evan was not thrilled with doing a stain). Evan did a GREAT job on the painting while I watched, crossing my fingers they wouldn't turn out red.they matched perfectly!!

We are going to attach them together as one unit and place them like they are in the picture with a bean bag pillow/chair to the right. Dillon's nursery is coming together nicely, I'm hoping to be done in the next couple months!

Name!!!

Our baby boy has a name.........

Dillon Thomas Leekley

Cuteness....

Appliqued onesies are my new favorite craft. I made the car and tie(my favorite) with fabric scraps, spray adhesive, and then sewn around the border to make sure they dont go anywhere(They were not sewn yet in the picture). I plan on making lots of cute onesies for our little one...maybe an octopus or rocket ship next? Or a lacrosse stick?