Slowly but surely

Here is a little update on the house :) Slowly but surely we are moving in the right direction. If this doesn't send Gary and I to the looney bin we will be in good shape. Everything has been demo'd and now they are just working on getting it all put back together. We have run into a few small problems so far. The flooring in the Hallway was uneven so they stripped that down to the bare bones and rebuilt the floor- $. There was paneling in the Living room and Davis's room that was disguised as actual sheet rock. That was taken down and insulation and sheet rock put up-$. Our last little hiccup has come in the form of plumbing issues. Oh joy! The plumbing in the hall bath has to be completely redone and a few things tweaked in the master- $$$

We are really hoping that is the last of the issues, fingers crossed!!(cross them people!)

Onto the pictures!!

We had 9 trees taken down this week. Hello beautiful house!! It looks so much better. The huge trees on the corners of the house were not only a hazard but crowded the house so much. I'm in love with how open in is now. Thanks Millers Tree Service!

There was a huge tree right there in front of me. Im most excited about this one being gone. It was LARGE and overbearing

three trees came down here two on the outside of the fence and one on the inside where the pool is.

No trees cut down here but they trimmed up a lot of limbs that were crowding our storage shed

This is the front of the house on the right hand corner. There were two really large hickorys here. So glad to see them go. It opens it up so much and now Walker will have some pretty light coming through his windows :) {that is his room on the top corner }

Walking in through the carport into the Living room. we now have pretty walls and a nice built in for the tv.

Nice big deck in the works! New roof goes on tomorrow which will give us a covered deck looking out over the pool

Weird built in be gone! New built in coming soon :)

They are working on painting our room right now. The color on the wall with the window is the new color :) This room still needs a lot. As does the master bath

Looking out from the Master

Kitchen, loving this color. They are laying the tile this weekend so we can get the cabinets installed next week along with the appliances.

The foyer has a nice new coat of paint. I have big plans for this little area. I'm so excited to have a true foyer. To the right is the dining room, to the left the playroom. If you keep walking straight you go into the Living room

Down stairs bath. Which if you remember it was purple with green laminate floor. Purple and green be gone! A new vanity, toilet, and flooring went in here. Still a few more finishing touches to do but we are making progress people

Sweet Walkers room. Can I just tell you how obsessed I am with this paint color?! Perfect perfect shade of navy. This is just one coat. Cannot wait to make this a perfect little space for him. {Hey Davis}

Oh and this lovely mess?? Well this is the hall bath I was telling you about. Sigh. All new plumbing coming tomorrow! Neither the master or the hall bath have had much done other than demo because of the plumbing issues. Once these are resolved in the next 2 days they are hitting the ground running getting these finished.

I had to include this picture because I think the sky looks so cool and spookey with the moss blowing on the trees! I'm thinking we will have a Halloween party in October

We still have a long way to go but if everything goes as planned we should be in by the first week in February. I'm so ready!

Hello Third Trimester!!

Admittedly I am not good at the every week updates...we've got a lot going on right now I'm lucky to keep my head above water most days! ha

So strange to me I feel like in this picture I don't look as big as I am. I feel huge and am really starting to have some serious back ache and round ligament pain. Both of which are keeping me up most of the night. Add in the remodel of our new house and I am just about at my wits end. You've been warned people...stay out of my way. I'm just so ready to be in our new house and get settled and ready for sweet Walker. I feel like we are running out of time and it is making me a little anxious. We are (fingers crossed) hoping to be in the house in the next few weeks. Cheers to that!


How Far Along:28 weeks

Size of Baby: large ;) seriously though I swear he kicked me in the kidneys the other night. Play nice Walker 

Total Weight Gain: None yet...but dangerously close! ha

Gender: BOY! Walker Hanson

Movement: See above. He moves all of the time. I never have to stop and think when was the last time I felt him move?? He lets me know he is there all day and night. Gary just laughs when we lay in bed at night because its like he is dancing in there. I love every kick and roll I feel. Even when it feels like he is trying to break my bottom rib off ;)

 

Sleep: Awful. Just awful. SN: we need a king size bed. I think that is part of the problem. I need my personal space and G just isn't sharing the bed to well these days.

Maternity Clothes: All maternity bottoms but the tops and tunics are a mix

Signs of Labor/Symptoms: Thankfully we are back in the clear! At my last drs appt everything checked out beautifully. My cervix is much much better! Dr. D seems to think it will be smooth sailing from here on out. Wahoo

Bellybutton: In

Cravings: Still love salads. and coke floats. I may or may not indulge in one almost daily

Here is just a little update on the reigning prince ;)

Davis is about to turn 3, is fun loving, strong willed, crazy, funny, and everything we could ever want. I will do a full post on him for his 3rd Birthday. We are gearing up for a fun filled Spiderman filled day! 

Boys clothes

I'm linking up for Kellys Korner Smock Swap!

All of the following items include shipping :) Happy Shopping!

Castles and Crowns 2t smocked whales jonjon. Only worn 3 times, excellent condition $24OBO

Smocked Anchor short set 12 mth/ 18mth Excellent condition, only worn once $24

Lolly Wolly Doodle 18 mth pirate smocked longall $20

Bailey Boys Sailboat jonjon 18mth SO cute for summer! $22

Ralph Lauren 12mth romper (wrinkled sorry!) $12

Tearing it down

Well we FINALLY closed on our new home last week. The next day the renovations were set to start...and boy oh boy did they start. WOW is all I have to say. I have never been involved in any kind of renovations or building a home so this is all new territory for me. And I'll be honest while I am so excited about this amazing home that we have been blessed with and the means to basically rip it to shreds and put it back together I am really overwhelmed as is Gary. Again, VERY excited but a little freaked out too! You'll see what I am talking about when you look at this pictures. It is scary to walk into a home that you just bought and see it torn apart. We have a vision of what we want it to look like, just hope we can execute it ( and by "we" I mean our contractor! ha) I simply cannot wait to see it come together, it is so fun to pick everything out and have it just the way you want it. With everything we are doing it is going to basically be a completely new house. What drew us to this house was the square footage, the outside(all brick, swoon.), the pool, the lot. The inside left A LOT to be desired...I'm talking green toilets, barney purple walls, ....you get the idea. It needed help and a lot of it for that matter. We are so incredibly blessed to have this opportunity to make this house our home. My sweet husband has worked so hard to make this a reality for us.

The following pictures are ones I took today when we went to go check on things. I may have had a small panic attack when I saw all the demolition. I had a "holy crap" moment. ha!

This is the view from the carport(one of my favorite parts of the house!) We are tearing that deck down and building a larger one and landscaping

Walking into the master bedroom

Looking out from the master bath. To the left on that wall there is actaully a window behind the dry wall...dont ask, we have no idea. what I do know is that window will be born anew here soon :)

The view from the bathroom hall outside my walk in closet(yes!) don't you just love that vanity?! lord

Toilet room. ( held the camera up to try and get a good view. Kinda turned out weird) Oh the wall paper in this house just kills me

Looking out from the potty room :) I love that the toilet has its own room with a door, it will solve a lot of arguments over bathroom use ;) The whole vanity is being taken out

Our lovely shower/tub area. Again don't ask...we don't know. This is being gutted and turned into a big wonderful shower.

One of the shower heads in the shower..

and the other. wow

Coming out of the master you walk down into the Family room( hey D!) I personally love those red walls ;)

Right off the family room is the kitchen...this is being gutted. We are doing black to the ceiling cabinets, granite counter tops and an island. all new appliances including a double oven, thank you Gary!  I am really really excited about this

The foyer, I have never had a foyer so I am pumped about decorating this. The door will be painted black and the color in here is a custom color called "Ashley Grey" It was a Benjamin Moore paint called Sandy Hook Grey(bad choice of name) we got all of our paint from Sherwin Williams so they just matched it and renamed it after me ;) To the left of the foyer is the dining room and to the right is what will be the playroom.

Looking out from the kitchen is our lovely fire place. We are having a new mantle built and a built in to the right where the bookcase is now. Out that door is the carport

Playroom

Dining room

Standing in the kitchen. To the right is the living room and through that door way is the hallway and the dining room

Hall ( hey babe!)  He was checking out the disaster that was the hall flooring. When they pulled it up the sub floor( i think that is what he called it) also came up with it. so this all has to be ripped up and rebuilt. That was the first issue we came across today. But this is actually going to work out for the best because the floor was a little un-level so this will be fixed in the process

Looking from the hall into the dining room

Off of the kitchen is the laundry. This isnt getting much other than some paint and shelves.

Davis's room. Issue #2 of the day. The walls are actually just paneling with no insulation behind them. So this all has to be taken down, insulation and sheet rock put up.

Baby Walkers room

Guest bedroom. Don't you just love that faux wood paneling??

Hall Bath. This was demo'd on the first day and I wish I had a before picture. It had a nice emerald green toilet to go with the mustard yellow. oh and it has a ceiling fan in it. Just in case you get a little warm while using the bathroom. Again,...no idea what the previous owners were thinking.

View from the back porch looking at the pool and fenced part of the yard

This wood has seen better days. All new larger deck coming soon!

I did not take any pics of the outside or downstairs but I will be doing that in the next few days and will post them on here. As you can see we have a lot of work ahead of us but it is going to be amazing when it is done. Follow me on instagram ash_smith85 to see more day to day pics. I stop by there almost everyday and hope to post a pic or two of the progress along the way as well as doing full blog posts on it. Stay tuned!!!

23 Weeks

Ok so I have gotten behind on this whole weekly bump update thing, but I swear I've had kind of a good reason. We have had some crazy stuff happen since my 20 week anatomy scan. Lets just say I left there in tears, by myself bc Gary was out of town and with the words "your body may be trying to miscarry, and there is nothing I can do" ringing in my head. This was a few days before Thanksgiving..and Gary was out of town for 10 days hunting. It was a mess. Without making a long story even longer the doctor saw a shortened cervix and a "developed" lower uterus. Which means that I've been having contractions which has caused my cervix to shorten. I went on bed rest and camped out at my moms until Gary came home. I drank tons of water...like 80+ ounces a day and really tried to not do too much. The plan was to come back in a week and measure it again and see if it had shortened more. When we went back the next week the Doctor took a look and said not only had it not shortened but it had actually increased in length a little and my uterus didn't look near as aggravated. PRAISE HIM!!
Seriously, I don't even want to think about what would have happen had it shown that it shortened. The doctor told us things looked much better and that my regular OB would keep an eye on it from here on out. I left there on cloud 9. You hear so many heart breaking stories about babies that are lost, I felt like for a week I was on the verge of living that nightmare. I kept saying over and over "you cant tell me that this baby that is kicking me, is healthy,  has a name, and hopes and dreams being made for him is just not going to make it and there is nothing you can do. I just refuse to believe that." I cried a lot and thank God had a great support system to help me with Davis while Gary was gone.

So here we are at 23 weeks with a healthy precious growing little baby boy. I still have the contractions but not near as much..I'm telling you, DRINK YOUR WATER. It has helped a ton. I probably have about 4 a day, they last about 30-45 secs and then fade away. As long as they don't get any worse we should be good. I'm still on a modified bed rest of sorts. Meaning I rest as much as I can with an almost 3 year old ;)

How Far Along: 23 weeks

Size of Baby: ummm....a grapefruit I think? 

Total Weight Gain: None yet...but I have gained a few since last update, I'm at 8 lbs from my pre preggo weight now

Gender: BOY! Walker Hanson

Movement: Yep! All day and night. He is an active little thing

 

Sleep: Awful. How am I already this uncomfortable???

Maternity Clothes: All maternity bottoms but the tops and tunics are a mix

Signs of Labor/Symptoms: refer to above.

Bellybutton: In

Cravings: Still love salads, and Ice cream...or milkshakes. I'm not picky ;)

I wanted to write this down so I remember it years from now...we have been talking a lot to Davis about baby Walker and when he gets here what it will be like, etc. He ask about 5 times a day to "see" baby Walker. He looks at my belly button and says "Oh! I see him!" then proceeds to take him out of my belly button and put his shoes on? Such a silly boy.



We are in the process of trying to sell our house and buying and renovating our new one....needless to say we have a lot on our plates. Prayers would be appreciated for a smooth rest of the pregnancy and smooth house selling, buying, renovating. My head spins just thinking about it all.

18 weeks

I'm loving the styles that are in this pregnancy. I find myself in leggings and tunicy shirts with boots almost every day. So comfortable but I also look half way decent. I've had a few people ask so I'm going to start including what and where each item of clothing is.

Green slouchy cardigan : motherhood. LOVE it. Got it in 3 different colors and will wear these even when not pregggo
White shirt: motherhood
leggings: maternity from target. they are a slick material which I love my tops dont cling to it.
boots: Uggs



How Far Along: 18 weeks

Size of Baby: The length of a bell pepper from head to rump 

Total Weight Gain: none. Still holding strong at about 10 lbs from my pre pregnancy weight. loving this!

Gender: BOY! Walker Hanson

Movement: Yep! Kicks :) Waiting to be able to feel it from the outside.

 

Sleep: Starts out great and then ends with me on the couch uncomfortable and wide awake

Maternity Clothes: Mostly maternity bottoms but the tops are a mix

Signs of Labor/Symptoms: none. But I am on modified bedrest until further notice because of Placenta Previa and bleeding. Baby is doing wonderful though and it does not seem to be effecting him at all but it has the doctors a little concerned so I'm supposed to be taking it very easy, resting, feet up, no heavy lifting, pelvic rest . How fun does that sound?! You can imagine how well this is going with an almost 3 year old. Needless to say it really hasnt been working.

Bellybutton: In

Cravings: I'm all about salads right now. Yumm