In case you missed it on Facebook, we had a pretty exciting day today! Hannah made a special announcement after she saw the sonogram at the drs office today. Here it is:

Football, Fall, and Fingerpaint

Ok, here's the post you're all really looking for-- the one that has anything to do with Hannah ;-) (It's ok, I won't get offended if you aren't excited to hear about my home improvement projects-- she is a lot more exciting after all, I have to admit, lol!)
Well, it's definitely college football season! We finally found an Alabama Tshirt that fits Hannah (she hasn't been able to represent since she was in 3-6mo onesies) so of course we captured some of the cuteness for you all to enjoy :-)

 

 

The other night, Andrew had the brilliant idea to put Hannah inside the linen closet in the bathroom to (jokingly) "punish" her when she told him she didn't want to brush her teeth. Well, his plan definitely fell through because she thought it was the funniest thing ever, and didn't want to get out!! (but as you'll see from the pictures, she did brush her teeth, lol!) She played peek-a-boo many times!

Thankfully, with this weekend's rain, the weather has cooled down quite a bit, so it's beginning to feel more like fall!! Of course it's nothing like the NE fall's we've had the past few years, but 75-80 degree weather is enough of a change to make me feel like some fall crafting is called for :-)

Hannah got to finger paint pumpkins (which, by the way is one of her favorite new words) and color pictures of a leaf and pumpkin. She had a blast, of course! I'm hoping to carve pumpkins in the next week or two, which I think she'll really enjoy too! :-)

 I left her drawing on the cardboard for a second to get scissors to cut out her handprint leaves, and when I came back, I found that she was making beautiful drawings-- ON HER LEGS!!! lol! Of course, rather than stop her, I grabbed the camera-- it was too cute to pass up (and besides, it washed right off in the bathtub later, along with the finger paint!)

 

The finished product!!! And mommy's creative little pumpkin :-)

HAPPY FALL, YALL! 

Lots of Projects!

Well, I finally believe that I'm in the second trimester. Until this past week, I still had no energy and frequently felt sick, but thank goodness it seems that has now all passed!! Sooo that means that its time to tackle all the projects I've been wanting to get done for the past 3 1/2 months!! (and Andrew groans... lol)
While Hannah was at Mom and Dad's we completed the massive project of unpacking all the rest of the boxes from the move, sorting and organizing the garage and attached room-- believe me, a HUGE accomplishment!  This weekend, we decided to go a little easier on ourselves ;-) Last week we found a table on Craigslist and planned to refinish and antique it. Here are some photos from the process:

This is how the table looked when we got it 

So we stripped and sanded it down (well, at least Andrew did :-) 

Then, of course, we primed it

I tested out multiple options of colors and techniques to find
the perfect one for the look we wanted to get :-)

Then we painted the brown base coat

Finally, we painted a top coat of off-white. The plan was to let it dry, then lightly sand it to get the antiqued look. However, the weather apparently had other ideas for us on Sunday, lol! While we were at church, the table got rained on, so we are now letting it dry inside the house, and we haven't officially done the antiquing yet-- although I'm thinking the rain may have helped us out a little bit!

Next weekend's project: recovering the chairs!! I can't wait :-) Once it's all finished, I'll post "After" pictures :-)