Little This, A Lot of That

Well this is going to be a super long post. I have so much to talk about.

First lets start with Christmas Stuff. It's really beginning to look a lot like Christmas at the Hughes house, except for the whole presents under the tree thing. Ha! Last week I decorated the inside of the house including both of our trees, our dinning room, the mantel and Brandon put up all the lights on the house. I love seeing it all come together. Here are some pics.




This is my centerpiece on the dinning room table. I just got cheap cardboard boxes and wrapped them in scrapbook paper that looked like wood and then made fake floral arrangements in them. I got the stems from on sale at Hobby Lobby. Then just placed them on mirrors and gathered pine cones, little red ornaments and candle holders I already had to fill in the spaces. I really liked how it turned out.





Last weekend we got started on Hannah's room. Yay!!! I got her bedding ordered which I'm so excited about, along with some other things that should come in within the next few weeks. We chose her paint color, finally, and got it up on the walls. It's called Jamaican Aqua. I'm so excited to have the room painted. This room has been a blank slate since we moved in and it's so nice to finally have a purpose for it. We also emptied out her closet and I'm most excited that we got to set up her crib which has been sitting in a box in our garage for several weeks. Here is the progress.

Yes I realize that I'm 6 months pregnant standing on a ladder painting. A big "no no" I'm sure, but I was careful. We got paint that was low in VOCs so less toxic odors that could be harmful for me and the baby. We also had the window opened to ventilate the room. Just in case any of you were concerned.


I also painted this trunk to match the walls that Brandon and I found for $50 at an antique mall that we planning on storing toys and such in.


Finally a 24 week baby update. I'm 24 weeks and 5 days pregnant today. Only 107 days til my due date. Very excited. I'm getting bigger, but I feel great! I'm able to still do everything I want I just have to take breaks and know my limitations. Baby is just kicking and moving like crazy and I love that. Brandon has been able to feel her and that is really awesome. I found out today that I'm more than likely going to be able to take off 8 weeks after the baby's born and between my extended illness pay and Aflac pay I should be good. So that's a relief. Just one less thing for me to worry about. Well that was a super long post. I told you it would be. I'll leave you with my 24 week baby bump photo.