House Update!

     We officially have paint on the walls!  Pretty much every room in the main living area of the house (including bedrooms and bathrooms) have been painted with a first coat - even a few with a second coat.  I can finally see the progression and I'm loving it!  J says that I'm getting too excited and don't need to jump the gun, but I'm thinking that we are almost close enough for flooring to go in...apparently painting walls does not mean this though.  We will get there - slow and steady wins the race (so I'm told!), so hopefully by this time next month we are living in our new home!!  I can't wait to get it all decorated and ready for little Tucker to come into the world - I'm ready to make my nest!! :)

See the photos below - they speak for themselves.

Tucker Wiley's Room

Wall officially knocked out! This is the living room

Master Bedroom

View from Master bath to doorway

All holes patched in the walls!

Pre-paint - looks much better now!

2nd Bathroom - Sage Green walls.

     I have to admit that I am trying to save as much as possible on my colors - so for Tucker's room I had found two cans of "mistent" paint that were the exact same and we used them.  Also, for the 2nd bathroom I found a gallon of mis-tent sage green and really liked it, so we are using that as well.  The rest of the house is painted a "Cashmere" color (Purchased at porter paint, but found the color at Lowes) and a Desert Trails (from Porter Paint).  The Cashmere is in our bedroom, the entry way, the living room, and will also be in the large den.  The Desert Trails was a decision made after the paint was on the bedroom and living room walls - we needed something to lighten up the kitchen, so I'm using that color in the entire kitchen, our master bathroom, hallways, 1/2 bath, pantry, and laundry room.  I absolutely love the colors!! 

We have also purchased our Tile, and it has been laid in the 2nd bathroom - now it just needs to be grouted and then laid in the 1/2 bath, laundry room and pantry...then the tiling is complete!  We are hoping to purchase the flooring this week and maybe start working on that right after Christmas.  I'm really excited about next weekend because I think with both of us having New Years Eve and New Years day to work, and other people who are wanting to come and help, we really might be able to see a lot of great progress by next weekend. 

It's all starting to come together.  I can't wait to post photos of finished rooms...well I'm sure they will never be "finished," maybe I should say furnished rooms!

Hope you all have a Very Merry Christmas! I know we will...

Baby Shower #2

Well this might be a little late to the blog world, but we broke down and shared our name for "little man" on Sunday.  We are calling him.... Tucker Wiley Golding....  If you want a little history behind it - here it is - there is no history.  We really liked Wyatt, but couldn't make it work with anything, and one day I came home and asked what he thought about Tucker - we both loved it, but had to decide what we wanted to go with it, so we thought on it a few days and one day J was sitting on the couch and said "what about wiley" and I said "I love it!", and that was that!

I had anther baby shower this weekend and it was just as fabulous as the first! Some of my friends from the church I used to attend (Faith), and where my parents are still members, threw us a shower on Sunday afternoon. Everything was so nice and we received some wonderful presents.



The table where everyone signed in...the photos are from our 4D ultrasound, and the adorable baby diaper cake was made by Mrs. Wanda and Tracy!



 



Delicious little desserts!





My amazing hosteses - Mrs. Sonya Connell, JenaBeth Nelson, Tracy Rowell, Mrs. Wanda Sirmans, Laura Byrd, and Mrs. Cathy Bird - Mrs. Neta and Lauren Phillips also helped out but were in Texas for their Christmas get together with family.

We are so blessed to have family and friends who care about us and want to make this such a special time - we received so many wonderful things - my little Tucker is going to look so much like his daddy - or at least dress like him.  We received the cutest little outfits, our bouncy seat, play mat, car seat, blankets, shoes, baby essentials, and so much more!

Sporting true camo -Bass Pro style!

Representing those Dawgs...well the Mississippi State ones at least.

Baby Shower!

I had my first baby shower this weekend and it was so much fun! It was a brunch and our hostesses did such an amazing job with everything! It was delicious and decorated beautifully - It was held at Mrs. Andrea Lee's home in Lakeland.

We got some amazing gifts for the little man and I can’t wait until we get to use them! We received our crib bumper and matching sheets from our hostesses, and our crib comforter from my in-laws. We also received our swing, tons of clothes, a homemade crib sheet that was SO soft, a tummy time play space, Johnny jumper to hang in the door frame, a moby wrap for me to use when I need both hands and still need to hold little man, our mattress for the crib, diapers, a mirror for the car, an adorable baby bag, the cutest little farm and truck puzzles, a changing table cover, and a cover for shopping carts/public high chairs, and more.

I had a wonderful time…I think the photos speak for themselves! Thanks to all of our wonderful hostesses for loving us enough to take time out of you busy schedules to throw us an amazing shower!


Sweet little "My 1st Christmas" shoes - part of the decorations!





My Sweet Hosteses - Mrs. Paula Cole, Mrs. Rene Liddle, Mrs. Angie Kasner, Mrs. Candace Jerkins, Mrs. Sheila Burbee, Mrs. Andrea Lee, and Mrs. Susan Moser - Thank you ladies SO much!





The so soft handmade crib sheet





Several of the sweet ladies who came for the shower



My Friend Ashley and her son Logan came - so sweet of them!  He was passed around from person to person the whole morning - they all loved him - and he's just the cutest thing ever - I think my mom and Mrs. Pam were practicing!



32 Weeks!

 On A side note....

We have also had some progress on our house and I thought I’d throw in a quick update. We were able to get the beams in place and everything almost ready for painting this weekend…which means we did a lot of sanding! Also ripped out the flooring in the entry way and we are ready to sheetrock the beam and have it ready to go! I can’t wait to see the finished product of our home! I think paint will start going on the trim, baseboards, ceilings, and HOPEFULLY the walls this week! It could look like a new house by next weekend! I’m not getting my hopes up, but we could really start moving quickly if we are able to get paint on the walls this week.


Our new open rooms!  Beams and column in place.

One of the many holes patched



Kassie loving the sanding process...

Entry Way flooring Gone!

4D Ultrasound

We had a 4D ultrasound yesterday at my cousin Christine's ultrasound office in Cordova...it was so neat!  We had one done at 16 1/2 weeks to determine that we were having a little man, but 31 weeks 6 days shows A WHOLE LOT MORE!! 

He was asleep at first, so we had to shake around and wake him up, and he smiled for us, opened his eyes, and even made the cutest little funny faces at us.  I am so in love and just absolutely can't wait to meet him face to face!  I know that the Lord is holding him in there until he is completely baked and ready to come out, but I just hope the next 8 weeks go by as quickly as the last 32.  I can't believe that we will meet our son in 8 weeks (give or take), and our lives will forever be changed!  I hope you enjoy the photos below!

He's trying to talk to us!



The Reason for the Season

This has not been like any other Christmas season for us.  Normally we pick out our Christmas tree and cut it down the weekend after Thanksgiving and then enjoy it through the first of the year, but with us moving and preparing for a baby, we made the executive decision for no tree this year, not even decorations...which some days makes me want to cry.  I literally have NOTHING out for the holiday season, but it makes me wonder why we go to so much trouble to decorate our house for the season - is that what really makes Christmas so special?  No--It's given me a different way to reflect on Christmas this year. 

Believe me, I'm not a scrooge, far from it - and I will definitely be decorating my cut down tree and new home next year for the holidays (probably all of them!), but this year it was just too much to add to our plate, and in all of that, I'm reminded of God's love and the sacrifices of sending His only Son to this earth He created, in order to save measly sinners like me.  I'm so thankful to have a Heavenly Father who would consider us important enough to let His Son die for us...I'm so thankful Jesus was born in that manger to a virgin named Mary!

I'm looking forward to spending time with our family this holiday season - and truly cherish the real reason for the season! How about you?

Thanksgiving

Thanksgiving is always such a fun time, but it's also very busy for us!  We had thanksgiving dinner on Wednesday night with the Walkers, Thursday at lunch with the Gilland's, Thursday afternoon with the Goldings, and Thursday night with the Whitesides - needless to say we were stuffed and tired!

This is from the Gilland's - we went to Jerome and Debbie's for Thanksgiving this year...it's sad because most of my cousins live out of town, so our gatherings keep getting smaller and smaller - I am excited about Christmas though - Everyone should be here!

The girls hung out in the kitchen, and as you can see, the guys watched football most of the time.

My dad had decided he was going to ride the 4 wheeler for a while, but then the bottom let out and he got soaked!

Jonathan holding sweet Miss Marley - she is such a beautiful baby!

This transitions to the Whiteside's get together - it was raining so hard when we got to the Golding's, I forgot my camera in the car and wasn't going to dare go back and get it.

Miss Kaleigh and Ellie playing so sweetly together.

Once again, the guys watching TV and the girls all in the kitchen - except here they are watching hunting shows.

 We were matching for our family Christmas Card photos, so I thought I better get one while he was still in the picture taking mood!  This is almost 30 weeks pregnant.

On Friday we celebrated J's birthday out at the new house - under construction and all!  We had planned on having a bonfire, but it rained so much on Thursday that we had to cancel the bonfire and just had chili and hotdogs with cake.

This is the pre-party - they were working on taking out all of the remaining doorway so we can completely open up the two rooms - Very exciting!

 Jonathan was opening his present from his parents...

 A nifty knife that he had wanted last year, but it couldn't be ordered in the state of Tennessee, so Mrs. Pam ordered it and had it shipped to Aunt Cynthia in Texas...sneaky!

His 25th Birthday - last one before little man gets here!

 Katherine and Jenny trying to stay warm - the heat was working, but with them working all day, it was hard to keep it in the house with the doors open!

 Everyone having a good time and just relaxing...

I hope your thanksgiving weekend was a good as ours!  I can't believe how quickly 2010 has flown by.  Before we know it, we'll be saying that about 2011.