love him.
Thursday, May 28, 2009
Wednesday, May 27, 2009
List of whatever i want it to be about
I've been trying to fit my little random thoughts into some sort of cohesive heading or category. Forget it. Here is my list of completely unrelated facts i feel like sharing in no particular order.
1. today i have actually done design work all day long. This is the first time in the 10 months I've had this job. I find this highly ironic for inferred but yet undisclosed reasons.
2. I think one of the grossest things I've ever done was fishing raw chicken out of the drain in the bathroom sink. Had the pleasure of that feat last night during my determination to make chicken, mashed potatoes, garlic bread and green beans----without a working kitchen. Ambitious? Yes. Messy? Yes. Worth it? Oh yea. Nothing beats eating exactly what you want while pregnant. This is probably the most enjoyable thing about pregnancy so far (besides all the obvious good stuff like finding out he's a boy, bringing a child into the world etc).
3. I really need some new music. Ideally something that is a cross between the Indigo Girls, Patty Griffin meets whoever sings that "Ruby, Ruby, Ruby, Ruby" song. Whatever though, i just need some new stuff. Please send recommendations.
4. Found some pants that fit! this is big news. I found some non-maternity black linen elastic waist (but not granny looking) pants that i can wear to work. I am now working with 3 pairs of pants. This is big news. I love Target.
5. I love fried food and salads. Those are my 2 consistent cravings so far. An ideal world would be a daily lunch of glorious friend chicken salad. YUM!! Love it.
Ok, well that's all i have for now. But who knows what will be next? Monsters? Aliens? Or just another picture post of our kitchen, stay tuned folks, you won't want to miss it, whatever it is.
1. today i have actually done design work all day long. This is the first time in the 10 months I've had this job. I find this highly ironic for inferred but yet undisclosed reasons.
2. I think one of the grossest things I've ever done was fishing raw chicken out of the drain in the bathroom sink. Had the pleasure of that feat last night during my determination to make chicken, mashed potatoes, garlic bread and green beans----without a working kitchen. Ambitious? Yes. Messy? Yes. Worth it? Oh yea. Nothing beats eating exactly what you want while pregnant. This is probably the most enjoyable thing about pregnancy so far (besides all the obvious good stuff like finding out he's a boy, bringing a child into the world etc).
3. I really need some new music. Ideally something that is a cross between the Indigo Girls, Patty Griffin meets whoever sings that "Ruby, Ruby, Ruby, Ruby" song. Whatever though, i just need some new stuff. Please send recommendations.
4. Found some pants that fit! this is big news. I found some non-maternity black linen elastic waist (but not granny looking) pants that i can wear to work. I am now working with 3 pairs of pants. This is big news. I love Target.
5. I love fried food and salads. Those are my 2 consistent cravings so far. An ideal world would be a daily lunch of glorious friend chicken salad. YUM!! Love it.
Ok, well that's all i have for now. But who knows what will be next? Monsters? Aliens? Or just another picture post of our kitchen, stay tuned folks, you won't want to miss it, whatever it is.
Thursday, May 21, 2009
The Renovation Station
Ladies and Gentlemen, welcome to renovation station.
The problem: the floor is falling in in the kitchen/dining room
The solution: replace everything. yes, everything.
Step one: take out the door and windows in the kitchen. Frame, insulate and brick up the wall.
Before:
After: (as of now)
Step Two: Remove dividing wall between the kitchen and the living room.
Before: (p.s. our love seat used to be on this wall)
After: (as of now)
Step Three: Raise annoyingly low support beam above the stairs.
After:
The problem: the floor is falling in in the kitchen/dining room
The solution: replace everything. yes, everything.
Step one: take out the door and windows in the kitchen. Frame, insulate and brick up the wall.
Before:
After: (as of now)
Step Two: Remove dividing wall between the kitchen and the living room.
Before: (p.s. our love seat used to be on this wall)
After: (as of now)
Step Three: Raise annoyingly low support beam above the stairs.
(sorry no before picture)
After:
Step Four: Build support beam in the attic to hold most of the weight that was taken out of the wall. Also pictures is the OSB that Trev laid in the attic for better maneuverability.
Here is a VERY rough sketch of the new plan for the kitchen---
things to note:
- There will be an "L" shaped island where the dividing wall used to be thus creating a new open floor layout.
-Oven is going roughly where the sink was in the old layout.
- Fridge is going roughly where the door to the outside was.
- Sink and dishwasher and pull out hidden trash will be in the new island (where the old fridge/pantry and oven were)
- The new pantry will be twice as big as the old one
- The cabinets will be floor to ceiling
p.s. I'm sure this would be much much better if Trev had drawn it but as you know, he refuses to contribute or even comment on the blog. sigh. However it is worth noting and celebrating and rejoicing and praising the fact that he has done all of the renovation by himself (with some much appreciated help from willing friends). He is my darling handy man. I told our son that he should be helping his father but he apparently timed his arrival to occur AFTER the completion of the kitchen. Convenient....
googlicious
One of my favorite things to do is search google images. You just never know what will show up. Sometimes funny, often times unrelated, and frequently awkward and embarassing--overall it is grand.
Here are some pictures i found this past week that i like. a lot.
* this is very impressive...
i saw this picture and decided that this is my ideal hair. I'm counting on the baby hormones and prenatal vitamins to add those extra 8 inches in the next month or so. I think that's reasonable.
Here are some pictures i found this past week that i like. a lot.
* this is very impressive...
i saw this picture and decided that this is my ideal hair. I'm counting on the baby hormones and prenatal vitamins to add those extra 8 inches in the next month or so. I think that's reasonable.
*p.s. yes mom i know what you are thinking and to be entirely honest and specific i would want this hair at about 22% less "poofiness".
Wednesday, May 20, 2009
this song in my head...
today there is an old song in my head. It goes something like this.
It's a boy, it's a boy, it's a boy, it's a boy.
Praise ye the Lord.
(repeat)
Praise ye the Lord. It's a boy.
Praise ye the Lord. It's a boy.
Praise ye the Lord. It's a boy.
Praise ye the Lord!
In honor of the song here is a picture of our little man conveniently outlined for your viewing ease.
as you can see he's doing some warm-up yoga stretches. Very cute. Either that or he's trying to cover his ears because his mother is shouting "hurray" so loudly. Yea, probably the latter. :)
Well now that we know that this little fellow is indeed a little fellow there are a couple of problems that have arisen.
1. A name.
We had a girl name we were pretty happy with but have yet to determine one single boy name that we are both happy with. Sigh. I have searched the highest mountains and crossed the widest seas (of the internet that is) and am growing more and more (fat?) no, concerned. ok, fine, fat too. ;) Here's our criteria: we want a name that is unique aka not common, but not confusing. We want a name that sounds good with Taylor and preferably one that means something (in other words we don't' want to name our son something that means 'silly pants' or something negative).
ok, consider this the official invitation to send all suggestions you might have. Seriously, we could use all the help we can get.
2. Music control
What i mean by this is that Trevor has already expressed concern about the amount of Amy Grant this baby will be subjected to. I think he would have been more understanding had it been a girl, however since it is a boy he is planning on laying down some listening limitations. I can see this putting a damper on my nightly 2 hour sessions of blasting "Baby Baby" through the headphones on my stomach...
3. did i mention a name?
yes? Ok fine just wanted to make sure that was adequately covered as a concern.
Alright then more later on other big endeavors we are delving into in the Taylor household.
Stay tuned.
*p.s. yes the blog is now green in honor of the new male addition to our family. :)
It's a boy, it's a boy, it's a boy, it's a boy.
Praise ye the Lord.
(repeat)
Praise ye the Lord. It's a boy.
Praise ye the Lord. It's a boy.
Praise ye the Lord. It's a boy.
Praise ye the Lord!
In honor of the song here is a picture of our little man conveniently outlined for your viewing ease.
as you can see he's doing some warm-up yoga stretches. Very cute. Either that or he's trying to cover his ears because his mother is shouting "hurray" so loudly. Yea, probably the latter. :)
Well now that we know that this little fellow is indeed a little fellow there are a couple of problems that have arisen.
1. A name.
We had a girl name we were pretty happy with but have yet to determine one single boy name that we are both happy with. Sigh. I have searched the highest mountains and crossed the widest seas (of the internet that is) and am growing more and more (fat?) no, concerned. ok, fine, fat too. ;) Here's our criteria: we want a name that is unique aka not common, but not confusing. We want a name that sounds good with Taylor and preferably one that means something (in other words we don't' want to name our son something that means 'silly pants' or something negative).
ok, consider this the official invitation to send all suggestions you might have. Seriously, we could use all the help we can get.
2. Music control
What i mean by this is that Trevor has already expressed concern about the amount of Amy Grant this baby will be subjected to. I think he would have been more understanding had it been a girl, however since it is a boy he is planning on laying down some listening limitations. I can see this putting a damper on my nightly 2 hour sessions of blasting "Baby Baby" through the headphones on my stomach...
3. did i mention a name?
yes? Ok fine just wanted to make sure that was adequately covered as a concern.
Alright then more later on other big endeavors we are delving into in the Taylor household.
Stay tuned.
*p.s. yes the blog is now green in honor of the new male addition to our family. :)
Tuesday, May 19, 2009
boy oh boy i'm glad it's a....
wait for it....
wait for it...
almost there...
almost...
...a boy!!!
wahoo!!!
the little guy was super squirmy and doing all of these tricks for us. He started out sitting indian style and then he was resting his hand on his head (probably saluting Trevor to show respect), and then he started dancing (where not sure where those genes came from) then he did some back flips and a triple lux. Yes, the jury is out and this is one talented young man.
Now we are working names and nursery decor. you know, the fun stuff.
more soon...
wait for it...
almost there...
almost...
...a boy!!!
wahoo!!!
the little guy was super squirmy and doing all of these tricks for us. He started out sitting indian style and then he was resting his hand on his head (probably saluting Trevor to show respect), and then he started dancing (where not sure where those genes came from) then he did some back flips and a triple lux. Yes, the jury is out and this is one talented young man.
Now we are working names and nursery decor. you know, the fun stuff.
more soon...
Today is my favorite day
today.
3pm.
Lord willing and baby cooperating,
we will find out the gender of our large onion (where do they come up with these comparisons?)
Oh how excited i am! Soooooooo excited.
I had a dream the other night that we found out it was a boy, i woke up and was so excited. Then i fell back asleep and had the exact same dream, except it was a girl! This time i woke up annoyed, come on, so much for premonition dreams. I mean, what am i supposed to think? (don't you even think it!)
We've got a girl name we like, but still clueless on boy names...sigh so we gave up until today....oh i can't wait, i can't wait, i can't wait!!!!! (so much for learning patience huh?)
ok, stay tuned, more exciting info to come later today!!!
(oh and please pray for a cooperating baby!!)
3pm.
Lord willing and baby cooperating,
we will find out the gender of our large onion (where do they come up with these comparisons?)
Oh how excited i am! Soooooooo excited.
I had a dream the other night that we found out it was a boy, i woke up and was so excited. Then i fell back asleep and had the exact same dream, except it was a girl! This time i woke up annoyed, come on, so much for premonition dreams. I mean, what am i supposed to think? (don't you even think it!)
We've got a girl name we like, but still clueless on boy names...sigh so we gave up until today....oh i can't wait, i can't wait, i can't wait!!!!! (so much for learning patience huh?)
ok, stay tuned, more exciting info to come later today!!!
(oh and please pray for a cooperating baby!!)
Wednesday, May 13, 2009
filed under "F" or possibly under "N"
Here's the thing...
There really aren't that many pictures of me and Trevor together. We need to be better about this, anyway, here are some older ones that i found in a random folder on my desktop (at work).
this one I've entitled "Dreary Day Love"--no idea why, just go with me on this, ok?
I like how my head looks square in this picture. I also like that i look skinny here. Can you look skinny in an over sized raincoat? Sure, why not. This was taken in Charleston last...September i believe.
This one was also taken in Charleston at the beach, same trip. It looks like we coordinated our outfits to match the color palette of the background. I like it. I also like that I have a coffee cup out on the beach. Silly old Briana.
This last picture was taken this coming October, that's why you can see me holding the baby. Crazy huh? My new camera has this awesome feature where it will take pictures of what you will look like in the future. I just programmed in "October", "Trevor", "Briana" and "baby" and this came up. Pretty cool huh?
Ok, fine, actually this picture was taken in October 2 years ago. I'm holding Isabelle (Emily's daughter) and Emily and Tim got cut out of the picture so i could trick ya. hehehe, fine here's the original....
This was taken on our church retreat. Good times. I guess I'll be missing it again this year though...sigh. oh well.
later gators
There really aren't that many pictures of me and Trevor together. We need to be better about this, anyway, here are some older ones that i found in a random folder on my desktop (at work).
this one I've entitled "Dreary Day Love"--no idea why, just go with me on this, ok?
I like how my head looks square in this picture. I also like that i look skinny here. Can you look skinny in an over sized raincoat? Sure, why not. This was taken in Charleston last...September i believe.
This one was also taken in Charleston at the beach, same trip. It looks like we coordinated our outfits to match the color palette of the background. I like it. I also like that I have a coffee cup out on the beach. Silly old Briana.
This last picture was taken this coming October, that's why you can see me holding the baby. Crazy huh? My new camera has this awesome feature where it will take pictures of what you will look like in the future. I just programmed in "October", "Trevor", "Briana" and "baby" and this came up. Pretty cool huh?
Ok, fine, actually this picture was taken in October 2 years ago. I'm holding Isabelle (Emily's daughter) and Emily and Tim got cut out of the picture so i could trick ya. hehehe, fine here's the original....
This was taken on our church retreat. Good times. I guess I'll be missing it again this year though...sigh. oh well.
later gators
p.s. i'm counting on Becky and Kaley to get the Title quote. Don't let me down.
Tuesday, May 12, 2009
Orange you glad it's not a watermelon...yet.
That's how big the baby is this week. Crazy, just crazy. My stomach is definitely pooching. Nice, very nice. I swear every day another pair of clothing goes into the "not a chance for at least another 7 months" closet. oh how i hate to see them go...
On a more positive note--here are some exciting things that are going on in belly-land.
The baby is able to do somersaults this week. I'm not sure at what point they can do cartwheels, of course if this baby is anything like me, that point will be never. Hand-stands are also out of the question if it has my genes. Of course if the baby has Trev's genes, it's already doing soccer tricks and bench pressing 598 lbs. So yea, pray it gets Trev's genes in that area at least. ;)
Other things going on, the baby can make faces which is a very important step in becoming a descendant of the Hart family.
And finally, the baby's legs are now (supposedly) longer than its arms! Hurray! I guess I'll have to stop calling it gorilla now. Oh well, at least i can still call Heidi that.
ha!
Thursday, May 7, 2009
a nurturing nursery
One of the more exciting things we've been thinking about here in baby-land, is how to decorate the nursery. We still have another 2 weeks until we find out the gender so in the meantime we've just been brainstorming some cute ideas.
One of the problems we've run into is finding age-appropriate themes for the room. It just seems to us, and no offense to those of you out there who have used these items in your decor, but it seems to us that a lot of the more common themes are really just not appropriate.
For instance, baby animals. What are we teaching here? Wild animals are our friends? That cuddly lion on the wall would be great to meet up close? I think not.
And it continues? Bees, flowers and birds = death, allergies and bacteria breeders! I could go on but you get my drift. We want to make sure that we are surrounding our loved one with visual images that not only cause them to think about the world around them, but also gives them things to aspire to. (I'm pretty sure i just ended that sentence with a preposition but i don't'care at.)
After much discussion and soul searching, we've decided that the best method is to pick some of our favorite things and surround our child with these.
So, without further ado, here are a couple of wall borders we are considering for the baby's room.
All of these are gender neutral so they will work whether we are having a boy or a girl...
One of the problems we've run into is finding age-appropriate themes for the room. It just seems to us, and no offense to those of you out there who have used these items in your decor, but it seems to us that a lot of the more common themes are really just not appropriate.
For instance, baby animals. What are we teaching here? Wild animals are our friends? That cuddly lion on the wall would be great to meet up close? I think not.
And it continues? Bees, flowers and birds = death, allergies and bacteria breeders! I could go on but you get my drift. We want to make sure that we are surrounding our loved one with visual images that not only cause them to think about the world around them, but also gives them things to aspire to. (I'm pretty sure i just ended that sentence with a preposition but i don't'care at.)
After much discussion and soul searching, we've decided that the best method is to pick some of our favorite things and surround our child with these.
So, without further ado, here are a couple of wall borders we are considering for the baby's room.
All of these are gender neutral so they will work whether we are having a boy or a girl...
or, our personal favorite...
Wednesday, May 6, 2009
make it go away
alright, i'm already very tired of seeing that disgusting picture on my blog. aaaah posting regret, it's a terrible thing.
Ok, well here is a call-out post of all you experienced mommas out there. I will call it.....
THINGS I WANT TO KNOW--CLOTHES:
a) what are you supposed to do when none of your pants fit?
The supposed answer is to buy maternity pants right? ok, well none of the maternity pants fit (due either to being incredibly uncomfortable--see item b, or making you look and feel gigantic). Seriously. I have worn the same pair of pants (drawstring top) to work for the past 3 days. I went to Target last night to try to find any pants that would fit. Tried on like 345 and none worked. I did get this great skirt/dress thing that i'm currently wearing but, yea this is a problem.
b) what is with the gigantic elastic band on maternity pants?
Seriously! is that comfortable on anyone? I'm still in the " i want absolutely nothing even thinking about putting any pressure on my stomach" stage. Does that last forever? I couldn't even try on those stupid pants with the panels or whatever ungodly name they've given them. Yuck! Seriously, what's that about?!
c) bathing suits--what to do?
Now that i have 2 very exciting beach trips to look forward to this summer, i'm already worried about the bathing suit situation. I refuse to wear a pup-tent to the beach but i also don't want to look like a beached whale --is there ANY way to avoid that? not sure ;) I've been recommended to just buy a bigger regular bathing suit top (don't get me started on that!) and then some maternity bottoms (with extra belly room). I'm leaning more toward that option then the pup-tent suits for those modest pregnant women (you like the insinuation there? ;) but still wary of the beached whale look. Any ideas? Tips? Thoughts? Judgements?
Anything else you knowledgeable gals want to share regarding the comfort-fashion war I'm starting here would be much appreciated. Don't worry, I'll feel free to disregard anything I don't like. ;)
Ok, well here is a call-out post of all you experienced mommas out there. I will call it.....
THINGS I WANT TO KNOW--CLOTHES:
a) what are you supposed to do when none of your pants fit?
The supposed answer is to buy maternity pants right? ok, well none of the maternity pants fit (due either to being incredibly uncomfortable--see item b, or making you look and feel gigantic). Seriously. I have worn the same pair of pants (drawstring top) to work for the past 3 days. I went to Target last night to try to find any pants that would fit. Tried on like 345 and none worked. I did get this great skirt/dress thing that i'm currently wearing but, yea this is a problem.
b) what is with the gigantic elastic band on maternity pants?
Seriously! is that comfortable on anyone? I'm still in the " i want absolutely nothing even thinking about putting any pressure on my stomach" stage. Does that last forever? I couldn't even try on those stupid pants with the panels or whatever ungodly name they've given them. Yuck! Seriously, what's that about?!
c) bathing suits--what to do?
Now that i have 2 very exciting beach trips to look forward to this summer, i'm already worried about the bathing suit situation. I refuse to wear a pup-tent to the beach but i also don't want to look like a beached whale --is there ANY way to avoid that? not sure ;) I've been recommended to just buy a bigger regular bathing suit top (don't get me started on that!) and then some maternity bottoms (with extra belly room). I'm leaning more toward that option then the pup-tent suits for those modest pregnant women (you like the insinuation there? ;) but still wary of the beached whale look. Any ideas? Tips? Thoughts? Judgements?
Anything else you knowledgeable gals want to share regarding the comfort-fashion war I'm starting here would be much appreciated. Don't worry, I'll feel free to disregard anything I don't like. ;)
Tuesday, May 5, 2009
you asked for it...
ok folks, here is the very first belly shot. get ready, are you ready? are you really ready? am i building it up to much? i don't think so. This is BIG news after all, right?
heheheee.
Well just for kicks i thought it would be easiest to see the changes if i was wearing my bikini.
I must admit I'm a bit worried about how big I'm going to get based on how big I am now!
Yikes.
ok, well without further ado, here is the first belly shot---
ha, gotcha! I have no idea who this is but if find it scary, very, very scary.
Happy Tuesday.
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