Anyway, I have my last day of clinicals with some adorable preschoolers that I'm really going to miss next Wednesday. But aside from that, I have no major plans for the next 10 days. The forecast looks just about perfect for this weekend and next week, and I'm pretty much feeling on top of the world. I hope to work on some nursery projects and spend the entire week enjoying this pregnancy and focusing on Scarlett and her upcoming arrival! I feel like I haven't been able to fully do that in the past 15 weeks because I've been so busy.
Hopefully with the extra time I'll have in the next week, I'll be able to blog a little more often. I thought I'd start with my Friday photo dump since I haven't done one in awhile.
A few weeks ago I tried a Pinterest manicure. Pinterest picture above on the left, and mine on the right. I just used the bottom end of a paintbrush to make the polka dots. I don't know if I'm too old to pull off polka dots or not, but it turned out better than I thought it would!
My mom bought this stuffed animal for Scarlett just minutes before I told her I was pregnant. True story. My mom just had a feeling that's what we were coming over to tell her. Anyway, here Gabby is stalking it. We may need to teach the cats about boundaries before July...Scarlett is not even here yet, and doesn't have any siblings, and she's already having to share her toys. Not fair.
Luke is in a small basketball league at our church and plays on Monday nights. Here he is getting the rebound! It was fun to watch him play, but the league was pretty aggressive, and I was terrified he was going to really hurt himself every time he played. So I'm secretly kind of glad the season ended last week. Bring on the softball season!
Life of an SLP grad student. I kind of love it.
Gabby's specialty is finding weird places to hang out. I'm always amazed at the tight spaces she can fit into.
I had my glucose test last Friday. I passed! This is the gross drink I had to chug beforehand. It wasn't pleasant, but definitely not as bad as I was expecting.
Th cats' new favorite pastime: to lay on the nursery carpet in the sun every morning. They lay there until about noon when the pools of sunlight have disappeared, and then move to either the couches or the bed. Ahh, the life of a cat. I think mine sleep at least 20 hours a day. One of my professors shares useless trivia with us every class just for fun, and this week we learned that giraffes sleep just 20 minutes each day. A friend from class posted on Facebook that she would call them "giraffe naps" from now on instead of "cat naps." I have to agree that that makes much more sense. I don't know where the term "cat nap" came from, but unless you're planning on napping for at least a 4-hour block of time, that is probably not an accurate name.
Speaking of cat naps....while Gabby's specialty is to find weird places to take them, Ellie's specialty is finding the most uncomfortable positions for them.
Last Saturday, my church had a women's retreat for the day. The theme was joy. We had a great speaker, and it was great to just refresh and get some encouragement! We all got notebooks to take notes in during the session, and then we got to decorate them.
On Tuesday night I took a nice walk with my cousin Sarah as she pushed Hudson and Hadley in her double stroller. (Whom I accidentally called "Hudley" last night while talking to my mom. New nickname for the pair of them, Sarah? ;-)) Anyway, it was a beautiful evening! I just had to snap a picture. I can't wait until Scarlett is here and I can walk her around the neighborhood in her stroller!
Another cat picture. I just can't help it. They melt my heart with cuteness. (I am such an annoying cat-mom). Anyway, if I leave the doors of my wardrobe open for more than 4.2 seconds, Ellie likes to jump in and burrow behind my neat piles of clothes, completely messing them up.
Yesterday was Luke's 29th birthday! Everyone keeps saying to him, "Only 1 more year of being young!" Yikes. I asked him what he wanted to do for his birthday, and he said, "nothing." How boring, right? I figured I'd just make him some ice cream and cake and keep it low key, and next year we'll do it up big. We had lots of visitors last night to wish him a happy birthday, even though we hadn't had anything "formal" planned. I think he had a good day!
At my wedding shower, my mother-in-law gave me a recipe box full of Luke's favorite recipes. One of them was for homemade chocolate cake and frosting. Baking a cake from scratch always seemed so daunting for me, and I've been afraid to try it. But I thought I better practice now, so I'll be able to make one for Scarlett on her birthdays (and future children too). So I came home yesterday from my last day of class and nervously threw the ingredients together, praying the whole time that I wouldn't mess it up! And somehow it all came together okay. While I was baking I couldn't help but imagine Scarlett helping me bake a birthday cake for Daddy in a few years, and thought my heart was going to explode from happiness.
Luke got an ice cream maker for Christmas a year or so ago, so I decided to make some homemade ice cream too. I wanted to make mint, Oreo ice cream, but overdid it with the mint a bit. It wasn't terrible, but definitely could have been better. If I was going to mess something up, I'm glad it was the ice cream, and not the cake!
That about sums up the past few weeks in my world! Spring has been good this year, regardless of how long it took to get here! I feel so blessed, and can't wait to see what the next few weeks have in store!
i am so impressed by your nails! they are so cute!! i had the fruit punch drink too - it wasn't as bad as I thought, but definitely not good!! yeah for passing!!
ReplyDeleteI LOVE your nails! I think I like yours better than the Pinterest version. Now I"m going to have to give that a try! :-)
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