:: 33 Weeks ::

 

Welcome to week 33!

 

Wow, what a week it's been. 
This week my darling Dunks (Kevin) had to have 
complete ACL reconstruction surgery on his knee. 
The recovery has become a little more difficult than we both expected it would be. 
It's funny how when one thing goes, everything seems to go. 
We've been having challenge after challenge this week (not including the knee).
BUT despite all that, I KNOW God can use it all for good and that He is!
Through all this, I feel like He's preparing me for motherhood in some strange way. 
I may have broken down and cried like a baby a few time this week, BUT I'm already starting to feel stronger and I really believe it's because God is able to be strong in our weaknesses. 
I've had to do a lot of crying out to Him on behalf of myself and my hubby. What an honor that we have; that God desires our prayers and WANTS to help us in a time of need.
He may not always help in ways we expect, but He is there working out our salvation through all of it.
Thank you Lord for your strength when ours is depleted.  

Dunks before surgery: 

 
Dunks after surgery:

Someone's a little out of it. ;)

I HATE seeing him like this though. :(

Glad it went well though.

 

Recovering after surgery: 

Animals can be so sweet. Leo LOVES Kevin.

He definitely knows something is wrong with Kev, so he is constantly laying on him and

he's actually really careful to not walk on or hit Kevin's knee when laying on him. 

It's really sweet.

Kev at physical therapy: 

LOVE this guy. Praying he gets back to himself soon! 

:: In other news :: 

I've been working on recovering my dinning room chairs this week. 

Despite all that's going on, I've been determined to recover at least one chair a day.

Goal met! I finished the last one last night. 

Here's a pic of one of them. I'll be posting pictures of the others since I used other fabrics on some of the other chairs.
BEFORE & AFTER
PS - between 5 dinning room chairs it took a total of 20 coats of paint to cover them...so you can imagine how relieved I am to have this project done!

:: Random bump shots of the week ::

 
My favorite one: I love when he snuggles and talks to my belly. :)

Cheers to 33 weeks! Not too many more to go!

:: 32 Weeks ::

 Welcome to week 32!

This week has been full of adventure. :)

For starters Kevin and I traveled to Michigan (where we're both from). 

Friends and family put on a baby shower for me and it was so special. :)

Here's a bunch of photos from our trip.
**PS - sorry some pictures are blurry. I really need to start using my "real" camera instead of my iPhone for everything**

You know you are in the North when...

:: SHOWER DAY :: 

*my belly looks HUGE in this picture*

For party favors each person could take a mason jar and fill it full of candy.
 

Some of my friends who were able to make it to the shower. Super thankful for each one of them. :)

My friend Stacy's little girl Ivy was at the shower too. Isn't she a cutie!
I feel like a baby shower isn't complete without a baby there. ;)

This cake might not be the most awesome looking, but it's the BEST tasting. This was the one thing I pretty much demanded be at the shower. It's from a local bakery (Sweet & Savory) - so delicious. :)

 

My siblings and I. My brothers came by at the end of the shower. :)

The loot - SO beyond thankful for all the blessings people poured out on us at the shower. 

 

My house is currently a wreck. I've been working on washing baby clothes and sorting things. 

That's a job! I need to get baby V's closest cleaned out so I can get things in there. 

I've noticed that baby clothes sizes aren't accurate. 

One outfit will say 6 months and be bigger than a 12 month onesie. What's up with that!?

Visiting with family on our trip :: My mom, siblings and I

Brothers :: soon to be uncles 

Our diapers and bumper were waiting for us when we got home from our trip.
We'll be cloth diapering after he's out of newborn diapers. :)
Praying it goes well!

Kevin is so cute. I love how excited he gets about the baby's nursery and other things related to baby. He was more pumped to get the bumper on the crib than I was. He jetted upstairs and did it. Love his heart. I blurred out the background, because baby V's name is on there :)
*I'll eventually take better pictures of the whole nursery and post them*

:: Random belly shots of the week ::

We had fun comparing belly's. 

I'm so thankful Kevin loves my growing belly. 

It really means a lot to me that he does. :)

 

 YAY to week 32, and more to come!