Babymoon and other updates

Dear Blog-

I am sorry for the neglect...things have been busy and frankly I just haven't felt like updating you lately. Please forgive me...I still love you.

Nathalie

OK now that that is out of the way.....Andrew and I have been keeping busy lately. I really should start with telling you all about the beautiful baby shower we had at the beginning of November. I don't have any pics with me today from the event though so I will have to postpone my remarks from the evening to a later post.

For now, please enjoy some recent shots from our latest adventures and projects.

Adventure #1: A&M vs. Baylor football game. Location: Waco Texas

This is always a fun event for us since Andrew attended Texas A&M and I attended Baylor University. It was an exciting match up...well the first half was anyway. A&M came back in the 2nd half and ended up with the win. I was sad but it made for a more pleasant ride home with my Aggie.

Adventure #2: Colorado Babymoon and Thanksgiving  Location: Colorado

The week of Thanksgiving was spent in the lovely mountains of Colorado where I grew up and my family still lives. We saw deer, snow, and ate like kings (I am dreading my OB appointment tomorrow for fear I gained 12 pounds)! During our visit with my family Andrew and I took a couple of days for an official "babymoon". If you are not familiar with this term, it means one last hoorah before a couple becomes parents thus ending time alone forever. We got countless advice that one last trip "just the two of us" would not be regretted and cherished for years to come. We chose to visit the little town of Buena Vista Colorado and spent our time exploring and enjoying the mountains and time together. It was awesome.

Lovely river we walked along....

30 weeks on this day! It snowed while we were there which sadly covered the mountain views, but it was still really pretty!

I imagine this will be one of our last "just the two of us" photos....crazy!

Adventure #3: Nursery Art Project. Location: Julianne's room 

I have been slowly working on a few things for our girl's room. I found a tutorial online for this and thought it was such a great idea. My inspiration came from the quilt I had made for her and loving the fabrics that were used.

I love that it is unusual and custom made

Another view...I decided to order 3 of the fabrics in the quilt online and use it as artwork on the wall.

First I went to Hobby Lobby and chose some plain wooden frames in the size I desired. These cost me a total of $10 (made 3 frames)

Next I cut the fabric slightly larger than the frame

Then I ironed the cut piece..

gathered my supplies....not pictured here, but a husband is also nice to have around to operate the stapler while the wife holds the fabric tight

I started on one side pulling the fabric tight as I went and then did the same on the opposite end. Saved the corners for last....again...Andrew was very helpful for this part. Thanks babe!

For the corners I tried to wrap it like a gift. Seemed to work well....

 And Done! I am going to be changing the way they are hung...going for something more A-symmetrical I think. I didn't want to not show the finished product though. I am very pleased with how they turned out! Total cost: $25

I also now have some extra fabric to use for other things in the room as well. I don't really consider myself a crafty person, but this was so easy I would totally do it again or recommend others trying it.

Thus concludes this ridiculously long and random post. Thank you for reading....assuming you still are.

Nathalie