Nursery Update

Last Friday, Chase came home early and wanted to go look at fabric for Brantley's room in hopes that we would find something "gender bender" so that he could then paint the nursery. (He has been itching to do that for a while.) So we did! We went to Hancocks and of course found the perfect fabric within minutes. We love it!

Then we arrived at our first problem...there wasn't enough at that store. There computers were down so they couldn't check and see if the fabric could be reordered. Our only other option was to drive out to the Hwy-280 store and see if they had any of it. Chase didn't really want to go out there but I did, so we did and they had a whole role of the fabric at their store. (Insert big smile here) It was wonderful!! Of course we went back to the Hoover store and got what they had as well. Now we have WAY MORE than enough for everything we need to make for the room.
So then we went to Lowe's and picked out the paint color. I wish I remembered what it was called but it was something about Spring and LIME green!! We were REALLY skeptical at first when it was going on the walls but now we like it! We think it will be great once everything else gets added to the room. See, look...

What do you think? We have white and chestnut furniture to go in the room as well. Once everything else moves in and get hung up on the walls it should be GREAT! Right?

I convinced Chase that we needed to put the crib together and get that big box out of the room. Hehe! I really just wanted to see it in the room. I love it! We're hoping it will be perfect and everything the reviews said it was and some of the things they said it wasn't. ( For instance, some people said their kids were able to climb out easily and at an early age. Let's pray this one doesn't happen.)
Anyways, it was a pretty great weekend because Chase and I spent every moment together and we got a lot of baby "stuff" accomplished. Yay for us!

Here is one more, closer look at the BEAUTIFUL crib!

I can't wait to put or little one down to sleep in it! Wow! Oh and yesterday, Chase and I were driving in the car and all of a sudden, he had a revelation (if you will) and he said, "I'm going to be a Daddy!" It was so funny/cute! He had realized that before but it just hit him again as we were leaving Chuck E Cheese's. We had been there for Brittany's birthday party and we were talking about how we'll probably take Brantley there in a few years. CRAZY!! I can't wait for the crazy times and the loving/sweet times!! It's all going to be so life changing and great.

Our assistant principal at work told me this morning that having kids is great, wonderful and the best thing in the world, but she also said "you'll be a nervous/tired wreck for the rest of your life" because you worry about if you're kids are okay or not. I know, this is so true!!

I hope everyone is having a good day!
Brittany's Birthday at Chuck E Cheese coming up next.

Sneak Peak!

This weekend we've gotten a few things accomplished so this post is just to give you all a sneak peak at some of the things we've picked out.

Yesterday, Chase picked up Brantley's crib from Babies R' Us. Look how big the box is! It's HUGE!! We aren't going to set it up until we get finished painting in the room.

This is the color of the crib. I can't wait to get it out of the box and set it up.

Here is a sneak peak at our color choice. It's a little loud and we're starting to second guess ourselves but we're still going to keep painting and see what it looks like when the whole room is covered. The color matches the fabric perfectly but it's still VERY bright!

This is it! Chase and I went to look for gender bender fabric today, not thinking we would actually find anything that would work. After searching through the fabric at Hancock we ran across this one and at one look we both said "this is the one." It's really different but I love all the colors and we hope Brantley will like it too.

What do you think?

Urban Dictionary

So as I was surfing around on Facebook during lunch today, and I discovered Urbandictionary.com. A friend of mine had looked up her name and got a very interesting definition. So of course, I tried it out! This is what I got....
1. Allison: A woman defined by brains, beauty, class, and membership in the upper echelons of society. Can usually be found wearing pearls or sorority letters.
I agree with the brains, beauty and class part but I don't consider myself in the upper echelon of any society and I rarely ever wear pearls and was never in a sorority.
2. Allison: coolest b**** on the block
Ha! I laughed when I read that one. I guess I'm cool, sometimes, but definitely not the coolest.
3. Allison: A common English name with Anglo and Celtic origins meaning "truthful" or "honest".
This was the definition I expected to get first. I've always heard that my name meant "truthful" and "honest." I agree with those and like to believe that I'm both of them most of the time. I'm not perfect but I try to uphold those qualities everyday.

I looked up Brantley and the definitions were absolutely horrendous/embarrassing/offensive! I mean not a single one was good. That's so sad! I hope Brantley never gets this idea to look up his or her name on urbandictionary.com. It might make him/her feel bad.
Chase didn't have very nice definitions either. Oh well, at least my name was an okay one.

Anyways, I thought this was a pretty fun thing to do during lunch. Now on to cleaning up the kitchen and the rest of my house. Boo!

Our Wedding Album

Today our wedding album came in! I'm so excited!
I created it on Blurb.com with there software program that can be downloaded there. It was pretty easy and very fun!
My picture taking isn't the greatest because I took them at the wrong time of day. But I'm excited and I didn't want to wait to post about it.
Enjoy!

This is the front of the album.

On the left page it says, "The ceremony was held at the Colonial American Village in Montevallo, Alabama."
On the right page it says, "The reception followed the ceremony in the Barn."

Our first dance was to Making Memories of Us by Keith Urban.

This is the back of the album.

These are just a few of the pages. There are actually 92 pages in our album. Our photographer, Jessica Wright, did a wonderful job on our pictures. We've been very happy with them all!

I just love the way our album turned out, even if I did design it myself.

...And they lived happily ever after!!

The Zoo

Sunday afternoon, my mom and I took Alyssa to the Zoo and we all had a great time!
I didn't get to take many pictures because once we got there I realized my camera battery was about dead. Sad!
We did get to ride the train and that is when Alyssa and I took this picture. I wish I had snapped a picture of she and her Nana as well but I was hot and tired and didn't think about that at the time. Hopefully next time we see her, my battery will be charged and I will be able to take more pictures.

She's getting so big and I love her so very much!

Marley's Birthday

Today, Marley had her 1st birthday (she's 7 in doggy years). We didn't do anything real special for her but I did make her this hat.

I thought it turned out pretty cute, but she didn't like it all that much!

See look what a good sport she was. I love her and I can't believe she's already a year old. I guess I have to start buying new ADULT dog food and such. Strange but she has to grow up. Like I already said I love her!!

Happy Birthday Marley Anne!!!

Belly post - 13 weeks

Here I am at 13 weeks. The belly is growing!

Yay! I can't wait to meet you, Brantley!