Baby bump

Finally!

-21 weeks-

I finally got my horse :)

Cute huh? In fact we were talking about these exact horses last night, after church.

So I finally got my horse this morning, but it was not nearly as nice as that little black miniature one above.  In fact, I woke up screaming and unable to move.  That's right, I got my first pregnancy-induced Charlie Horse.

Fun Fun

So if I'm hobbling a bit, or not inclined to ever go to sleep again, you'll understand, if you've ever had a cramp so bad that it left a white mark on your leg...or if you try to get up and can't walk because your leg is so stiff. You'll understand :)

It's a Boy!

I went to my ob-gyn yesterday for my 20 week sonogram and we found out we're expecting a boy! :)

I loved seeing Keith suck his thumb and wave his hands around during the ultrasound.

Keith Westin Bryan sure is cute :)

Have fun Liz!!

Saturday, Steve and I drove up to Rome, GA to join my family for the day.  We got together to see Elisabeth off, she's leaving on Monday to attend college in Wisconsin.

Steve and I decided to stay overnight with my Mimi and Great-granddaddy Corrbett, Susie and Ben stayed too!

 My awesome parents,

The girls, 

 My dad is Soooo handsome BTW :)

 Susie and I tried to see the pictures in the Magic Eye book but just ended up looking silly.

We had a great visit :)

Door makeover

Our front door has never been painted...ever.

I saw a front porch with a bright blue door one time, and loved it.

So here goes!

Cleaned and primed... 

One day later....a new door!

Family Camp, Oct 2012

This year's family camp was amazing!!!

The food, singing, messages by Pastor Ron Williams, and the people there, too :)

I may be biased, but I think that I have the cutest nieces and nephews anywhere!

 Alyssa

 Gavin

And Kylie, with her friend Emma to the left right.

 The scenery was gorgeous as always, and with the rain the weekend previous, it was cool and breezy.

A surprise baby shower

Monday, Nessa and I worked with one of the ladies from church to throw a surprise baby shower for Sara Bryan.  Nessa and I spent several days before that working on different aspects of the party.  Remind me never to sign up for anything again :)

No, it was a fun shower and I've never gotten so many ladies to play "Pin the Tail on the Donkey" before :)  Or in our case, pin the bow on the carousel horse.

 It was an ice cream sundea party.

It was carousel-themed.

Elizabeth Price made this "Strawberry-Chocolate-Raspberry" carousel cake.

I made Ma Carpenter's punch recipe and it was amazing :) 3 ladies brought the ingredients, and I just combined them with the chilled base at the party.

Buffet-style.

Yum yum! Everyone enjoyed themselves.

Fall Decor and Fresh Eggs!

Mom texted me the other day and said, "Do you have your fall decorations up yet? :)"

Of course I didn't tell her that I didn't have any!  Today I went searching for items here at home that I could remake or repurpose for autumn decor.  I was surprised to find that my secret pal at church had given me these pilgrim figures last year...forgotten...and also she gave me a small box of foliage and pumpkins too!

 In the living room...

 I used some of the foliage from my pal to decorate this grapevine wreath that Lucas had made this summer for me...aren't brothers awesome?!!

 I didn't know what to do for a table centerpiece, then I found these rootbeer bottles I'd saved (for vases??) and did a candle theme...

I plan on changing this some more...maybe.

 Yay!! A first egg!

Yummy :)