We're Home!!!

Lee and I have been out of town for the past three weekends, but we're home now for a while. Two weekends ago we were in Pontotoc. We had a really good time just relaxing, and we bought a crib, which was so fun. Actually, we took Lee's parents with us for some help in picking one out, and they surprised us by buying the crib for us! We were so shocked and excited.

Last weekend we went to the Coast Friday night. My parents met us there that night. We went to a surprise part for Lanette's husband Michael and left from the party to come back here. We had some serious work to get done! My sweet family worked so hard all day Sunday and Monday. It was my mom and dad, Alyssa and Sam and Lia. Those were some late nights! But we did get the nursery painted. We've had a bit of trouble painting the chair railing. The guy who sold us the paint was supposed to also sell us a color primer...but he forgot to do that. We found this out after painting four coats of paint on the stuff! So I still have to finish that this week.

This weekend Lee and I flew to Houston. Lia had her first home football game as a Standleader, and Lee got to go to the Texas A&M game with a guy from my parent's Sunday school class. We almost didn't make it on Friday. We got on the plane and then were taken off because there was a flat front tire on the plane. At that point we were told that they would either fix it or get a tire flown in from Houston! We were hoping they would just fix it, but instead they canceled the flight all together! There was a 6:40 flight, but by the time we got up to the counter to see about getting switched, it was sold out. So we were on the standby list. I literally sat down in the airport and cried. Some of that was due to exhaustion, but I really wanted to see Lia at her game, and we weren't sure if we'd be able to go again. Thankfully, we got on the flight and made it to the game by halftime...just in time to see Lia on the field for most of the time. Their outfits are so funny, but they do a great job getting the crowd involved.

Lee had a great time at the game on Saturday. Little did anyone know that it would be such a great game. Triple overtime!! Lee got to spend some time on campus looking around and learning some of the traditions that are really neat. The game was really hot. Apparently they were carrying people out of the game after they had passed out! What dedicated fans! Definitley would not have found me there.

While Lee was at the game, my mom and I went to see Kelly, who is helping us decorate the nursery. Her own is AMAZING, and she has been such a huge help to me. I am so not creative. I need someone to tell me what to do and send me in the right direction. And she has done just that. The nursery is going to be vintage cowboys. We found the fabric a few weeks ago, and Kelly painted this canvas for us to put over the crib. It is so amazing. I mean, it is almost an exact replica of the actual fabric. I actually think it's better. Thank you, Kelly! Check out the cute stuff on her blog.

So we got home after midnight last night. I was really sad to leave my family, but it is nice to know that we'll be home for a while. I'm just not sure how much more we could go. With Lee being in class and studying all week and me working and having little things to do in the evenings, it's hard to get anything done...basic things like cleaning the house and cutting the grass. I'm looking forward to a late Saturday morning! It's weird because I want to go and do things because I know that our time left to do that is getting shorter. But we also have so much to do here before this sweet baby comes!

I added music back to my blog. I love this new song by Casting Crowns.