Sweet Caroline

WHEW!  That's how I feel right now...talk about a LOT going on in our lives...it's officially NUTS in the Glenn household.  We had a FABULOUS Memorial Day Weekend with friends.  That's a whole other post, as soon as I get a chance to upload photos. So...we have officially started the de-swaddle process for Collins.  She rolled over Tuesday morning for the first time...yay for milestones!!  *the first time rolling over from her back to her stomach, May 29*  Girlfriend did all this IN HER SWADDLE without the use of her ARMS.  I don't get how babies can do that.  But, she did. Thankfully, I was awake because she did it after she had been stirring around for a few minutes and I watched her roll over on the monitor and was able to go in there right away and get her.  She did it again during her nap, so we knew we had to get rid of the swaddle ASAP.  We tried it last Thursday night just to see what would happen and she was fine for the fir...

So, of course I have started (well I have been LOOKING for a while) REALLY thinking about/looking at how I want to style/decorate/design our next home. I will definitely re-use all of the furniture we currently have and will of course have to BUY lots more as the house we want is almost twice as big. YAY! *Yes, Mikey..I know I will have to do this in stages...I'm not a millionaire, k..thanks* Anyways...moving on. I think I am going to use Passive Grey (SW) as the MAIN color in the house. This is the same color I painted Collins' nursery. I LOVE it. It is very light and airy looking...and if I don't use this EXACT grey, it will definitely be something similar...will have to consult my fab SIL who is an interior designer! The grey would be used in hallways, entry, living room, etc. Right now I am thinking of waterscape (my bedroom color now) for the kitchen, dining room and breakfast room...they all flow together. (Of course if we get this particular house that is. ...

Ah. My master. I started to MAJORLY re-do my master bedroom around this exact time last year. You can see what it used to look like here ...and then I found out I was pregnant. And ALL renovations/purchasing came to an EXTREME halt on my master bedroom. *There was a nursery to decorate!!!* I spent so much time and money on the nursery that I got kind of burned out around January and haven't really picked back up yet. So, my master bedroom hasn't really changed much since my initial changes/purchases. I still LOVE it, the wall color is beautiful and feels extremely serene and peaceful to me...it is Waterscape by Sherwin Williams. But, I am now ready to get at it again. And what is even more fun...I will have a whole new space to do it in soon, yay for a new house!!! This is the only BEFORE (before we moved in) picture I have of the master.  Bland, boring, yucky floors.  We refinished all of the floors in our house, put crown molding in, new ceiling (the old one was tile...

We were FINALLY able to enjoy a lake day on Sunday. We have been so busy lately we haven't had much time to relax. We spent the night at my parents house Saturday night so we could take advantage of a GORGEOUS day on the lake. Sweet girl had LOTS of firsts on Sunday and we had a blast! The whole family was there and we truly had such a good day just hanging out on the dock and boat. I finally got some sun, YAY...maybe a little too much, oops! Lake Murray days are some of my favorite in the world...ending it off with a family dinner on my parents porch watching little Belle perform to Taylor Swift:) Such a glorious Sunday! Collins' first time in a bathing suit:)  It was just a tad big in the top, but she still looked adorable!  I just took her bouncy seat to the dock and put it in her little sun dome tent and she was set to go! How freakin' adorable, right!?!  Matt and Christie brought a blow up pool for Belle because she still is a little unsure about swimmin...

Now that we are moving, I think it is time I finish documenting all of the renovations we did to our house. I know it will be so neat to be able to look back on this in thirty years, blogger will still be around then, right?!?:) As I have said, we did some major renovations to our house...the kitchen and bathroom are completely re-done/brand new. It took a lot of hard work (thank you daddy and Mikey!) but it was WELL worth it. I have already documented all of our kitchen renovations here (my what a difference a year and a baby makes in my mind set!) and the nursery is here , even though I didn't put up any "before" pictures...it was essentially just a blank room, nothing exciting. On to the ONE and only bathroom.  Honestly...having only one bathroom really isn't the MAIN problem space wise for our house.  The only time it really sucks is when we are entertaining...I don't like that my only bathroom/personal space is the one everyone has to use.  I'm no...

My sweet girl is THREE months old today! There is a part of me that feels like February 17 was FOREVER ago, I feel like Collins has always been a part of this family...I can't imagine it without her now. BUT, of course...at the same time, time flies!! What's that saying...the years are short but the days are long. That's fitting.  These past three months have honestly been the BEST months of my life. Hands down. Collins has brought so much joy to her daddy's and my life, we are absolutely beyond blessed to be able to be her parents. I thank God every single day for allowing us the opportunity to love on this little girl. Mikey and I always joke that our next child just has to be a terror because Collins is so good:) Does she fuss? Of course...ALL babies fuss some. But, generally she can be soothed pretty quickly one way or another. She has the SWEETEST smile first thing in the morning, she is always happy as a lark when she is woken up in the mornings. Sh...

HOLY FREAK OUT!!! Let me explain.  As I have noted here several times...I've been itching to move into a bigger house.  I absolutely LOVE our house...we renovated the hell out of it and the kitchen is gorgeous! (I may be a little biased) (and actually probably will be bigger than our next house kitchen)  BUT, the rest of the house is not so big.  There is NO storage space and the ONE bath thing gets old.  Mikey wasn't quite as ready to move as I was so I told him it was up to him...I didn't want to force it and him not be ready.  We also own (with my parents) a rental house (where I lived in law school) and are ready to sell it as well.  So...Mikey and I started talking and we figured at least one of them would sell and whichever sold first we would live in the other until it sold.  Well, we put our house on the MLS Thursday night, and as of yesterday afternoon we are UNDER CONTRACT.  Ha! NUTS, huh?!?  The contract was finalized befo...

We shall dedicate this post to all things breastfeeding.  Hooray!  I know...don't roll over from the excitement.  I have been wanting to document my thoughts/feelings on this little journey though so I'll remember it forever.  Breastfeeding used to FREAK me out.  For real. I don't know why, I KNOW it is completely natural...but it just kinda gave me the heebeejeebees (is that how you would spell that, ha!).  However, when I became pregnant I knew without a doubt that I wanted to give breastfeeding a try.  I don't care what other people do at all, but for me; I do believe *if it's possible* breast is best if you can, for however long you can.  *I totally understand that it just doesn't work for some people for whatever reason, and I would have been completely okay if that was the case for me.  But, I just felt that if it does work, then do it while I can.  *make sense?* I'm not one of these people who feels like I am creating a specia...

........but a photo dump!  Not much time for the blog lately, but I still want to document what's been going on...so here goes, in pictures. And of course they are out of order...whatevs. My best friend Maggie took the plunge and decided to move to CHARLESTON...yay!!  I am so proud of her...so we had a going away party to celebrate.  Unforunately, Maggie didn't make it in any pictures with me that night, how in the world did that happen?  Oh well...some of the girls at the celebration.  We hosted a wedding shower for our good friends Emily and Travis the other weekend...bbq, beer, and good times...what else can you ask for!  The wedding is this weekend and we are SO excited!!  It will be our first night letting our girl spend the night out!  I know it will be perfectly fine though because she is staying at Lolly and Granddaddy's and will be spoiled rotten:)  Friday night cook outs...our "new normal."  I love it.  Us girls...

Not much time to report today...crazy busy at the ole' office, but down 1.5 pounds since last Wednesday!  If I can just stay away from the sweets this may not be so hard........ Inspiring photo of the day: Ha! Yes, that's me...I know, super corny but this is at our honeymoon and this is what I need to look like again.  PRONTO.

One of the toughest things for me as I have adjusted to life with a baby has been the scheduling. I (obvi!) can't just pick up and go like I used to be able to. Doing most things now requires time management, patience, and PLANNING. During my maternity leave it was fine for the most part because I was home all day and had more TIME to "schedule" for fun trips to the mall, ball games, target runs, etc. Now...it requires lots of THINKING ahead! The patience thing is a bit hard for me, I will admit. I don't like to waste time, so I get aggravated a lot when I feel like it's taking me too long to do something and I am not able to leave or do whatever I was planning as early as I had intended. I KNEW it was going to be this way...but you really don't realize how much longer it takes to get ready to go places with a baby until you have one:) It seems as if she always likes to squirt a little RIGHT after I change her diaper before we are set to hit the road, ...