So Much to Do... So Little Time!

So Ryan and I approached the month of August with excitment (our baby was coming soon!) and a giant to-do list (I mean, our baby was coming soon!). Ryan spent the last weeks of July completely ripping apart the main areas of our home. He ripped out the old carpet, primed the concrete, scraped the popcorn off our ceilings, and painted ceiling to floor. Our house was a disaster zone for a few weeks, but Ryan worked SO hard (literally night and day) and got everything done JUST IN TIME!


On Monday, August 2nd, our new carpet was installed and, with some help from family and friends, we had the house put back together by that evening. I can't tell you the relief I felt. My nesting instinct was in full effect and there was only so much I could do to prepare for a baby while living in a construction zone! I wish I had taken photos so everyone could see the extent of the work Ryan did. I'm so proud of his hard work. Having a handy husband is often a double-edged sword (he fixes things I want to throw away and replace!!), but in this case it was absolutely a wonderful thing!

Tuesday evening our wonderful friend, Stephanie, came over to take some maternity photos. I joked that most people take these photos earlier in their pregnancy before things get so... large. I had just reached 37 weeks, so we were talking full-term maternity photos - the real deal! We had so much fun together trying out different poses and lighting. I'm so glad I was able to have a close friend take these photos - I felt so much more at ease. Here are just a few of the pics. Didn't she do such a wonderful job?!

This is one of my favorites. :)

See how much fun we had just goofing around?

Like I said, 37 weeks preggo pics are no joke!!

I joked with Stephanie that night and asked her what she would do if my water broke right then. Her face was priceless! If only we knew what was in store in the very near future...