Dinosaur Museum

Bryan and I went to the Dinosaur Museum at Thanksgiving Point.  We get in free because he's a teacher.  Woo hoo!  It was a fun museum, and would be super fun with nieces, or our kiddos someday. 

(It took a while to figure out the lighting in the museum so this one is blurry)

This elephant looking thing was only the size of a dog.  It could be a fun pet back a few million years ago :)

He looks a little scared :)

We had a really fun time (especially for free), and Bryan loved the geography stuff too.  Hope you had a good saturday!

I was reading a blog of a pregnant lady who updated this list of questions with a picture every week.  I won't do it every week, but maybe i'll do it a few times.  This is last week's picture, but I'll update it this weekend when I take a better one :)

How far along? 24 Weeks
Total weight gain: 6 lbs. I don't own a scale so I only find out once a month at my Dr's appointments!
Maternity clothes? This is my first maternity shirt!  I wanted one that would work early on and later (hence the elastic sides).  I got three shirts at Target for 30 dollars.  Woohoo!
Sleep: I just have to tuck a pillow between my knees then its great.  I do wake up a million+ times a night though.
Best moment this week:  Finishing work on Friday at noon!  I came home and took a nap (two days in a row).  Its becoming a habit :) now it feels like we get two saturdays this weekend!
Movement: non stop wiggles
Food cravings: this week has been fruits.  I ate an entire carton of strawberries, 2 plums, apples, and a banana every day
Anything making you queasy or sick: only not eating frequently enough
Gender: BOY!
Symptoms: no swelling, but ligament soreness for sure.
Belly Button in or out? starting to stick out!Wedding rings on or off? On
Happy or Moody most of the time: HAPPY
Looking forward to: Finishing the quilt for baby boy.  And figuring out a name... any ideas? 

Squeaky Clean

While mindlessly wandering through Pinterest this evening I found an idea for a mason jar soap dispenser.  Like these:

But the vintage blue jars aren't cheap, and my kitchen is mostly red so it wouldn't quite match anyway.  So I quickly whipped up my own.  I used a smaller jam jar because who actually needs an entire quart of soap on their kitchen counter! 

I found a black soap pump from some icky smelling soap I got free from work.  Other colors of pumps would be fun too.  Suave makes silver pumps, Jergens makes aqua pumps, ect.  Any color would be great! 

So... Exhibit A:

Isn't it horrible?  I remember buying it when we first got married (okay only 2 1/2 years ago) because we needed any soap dispenser in the apartment, but still how gross!  It has all sorts of .... welll.... stuff on it.  Its been in the kitchen okay!

Exhibit B:

I know its simple (sorry about the white background).  And maybe I'll add colored soap, or even spray paint the lid to match the pump.  But for now at least its clean!

Wiggle Worm

Our little guy has been growing and wiggling like crazy!  I used to feel him every hour or so then He would settle down, but now he's moving all about, doing some kind of aerobics or something! 

It comforts me to know he is there.  That I have someone with me always, and some that is more important.  I need to be a better person for him.  Its going by really fast, almost too fast, but we are both so excited to hold him and have him in our arms!

To keep my mind busy I started his first quilt! 

Here we are at 22 weeks and 2 days.  Pretty sure everyday I get noticeably bigger!  I am trying to eat healthy and keep cravings under control, but I feel like I am growing fast!   

Spring Has Sprung

So I thought Spring was thinking about coming so I made a little spring art piece for the living room.  Then I wake up to 4 inches of snow.... hmm... I guess it'll just be spring inside! 

Thanks to Pinterest I found a fun easy craft to welcome Spring.

First, get a 14 x 14" piece of framed canvas from Hobby Lobby, which happens to be 30 % off right now. 

Then get some scrapbook paper for the birdies and modge podge (which can be spendy but I used my 40% off coupon).

Then cut out little leaves and two birds (or as many as you want!) I also cut out bits of yellow for their beaks. I traced with a pencil where I wanted to paint the branches.

Sorry its blurry, but after tracing the lines, paint the back of each leaf with a little modge podge, and then "modge podge" it on the canvas.  I bought matte modge podge so it didn't even show up when you paint over the sides. Perfect!  Then use a little brown acrylic craft paint and paint brown branches on.

I'm not loving the shells and starfish there right now.  I need a few spring-y things.  Ideas?

Anyway, this adds a little bright color to our apartment!