Pipe Down!

The Tuesday before Thanksgiving Brian & I got quite a surprise (& it wasn't a good one)! The toilet supply line in the guest bathroom burst & we came home to find 2-3 inches of water throughout the front half of our apartment. Luckily, it doesn't look like we had any real damage, but it was a big hassle to clean up!

The furniture had to be moved all to one side of the room so that the water could be extracted from the carpet. Then, the furniture was all moved to the other side of the room. You can see my foot in the corner. I was supervising all the furniture moving.

Brian was a quick thinker & immediately took care of the dining room table & chairs before he took care of the big screen TV. Luckily, we don't seem to have any damage.

So, the water was sucked up & fans were placed around the apartment to help dry the carpet and padding. We left town Wednesday evening for Thanksgiving & returned Sunday to a 93 degree apartment. Someone was supposed to come turn the fans off or take them away on Friday, but that didn't happen. The fan motors caused it to heat up in the apartment, so it was quite warm. On the plus side, though, the carpet is REALLY dry.

Hopefully, a carpet cleaning is all that's left to remedy the problem!

Hope everyone had a great Thanksgiving! Ours was great! I had a free pass on checking my blood on Thursday, so I carbed out! Now, I'm trying to get back on track.

Also, my mother-in-law & sister-in-law threw me a great shower over the weekend. More details on that later!

Shower & Nursery Updates

My hometown church threw me a shower a couple of weekends ago.

It was very nice & I got lots of great things!

Brian came at the end to help load up all our goodies!

The next weekend my in-laws came to help paint the nursery.

It turned out really cute.

These decals will go around the room in intervals once we get the rest of the furniture in there.

Brian's family is throwing me a shower Thanksgiving weekend. We're so blessed to have such great people around to help us prepare for our little one! I'll have more pictures to share soon!

Merry Christmas (in early November)!

Christmas seems to come earlier & earlier every year! This past week I've hummed along to Christmas carols as I shopped in Wal-mart. Last weekend I went home to Conway where I encountered this evidence in the downtown area that Christmas has definitely come too early this year!

Here you can see that the Christmas wreaths have already been attached to the streetlights downtown right next to the scarecrows & Halloween decorations outside of Town Hall. Also, flags still line the street from Election Day!

What gives!

Carbs are No Longer My Friend...

I found out this week that I have gestational diabetes. This means that I have to cut back on my carbs & check my blood sugar 4 times a day by pricking my finger. It's not too bad; just requires more planning at meal times.
On a happier note, we're heading home this weekend where my home church in Conway is giving me a baby shower. I'm really about it! I'll get to see lots of people I haven't seen in awhile & hopefully get some much needed baby things.

I'll have pictures from the shower to share next week. More updates soon!