heart melting all over the floor...


these days one of my favorite things to do is go peek inside Penelope's closet at all of her sweet cuddly clothes just waiting for her to fill them up. it's still so surreal that one day... very soon... we'll have a baby here to share our days with.

little miss penny, your dad and i CAN NOT WAIT to meet you!!!

a dresser makeover...

just a bit ago i put the final touches on Penny's new dresser, and i must say that i'm pretty pleased with how it came out!
here's a peek at the rough state it started off in...


and here's its pretty new self...
gotta love a makeover!
i found the dresser at my favorite salvage spot, and with just a fresh coat of paint and some new hardware, it's ready for a whole new life! we've still got quite a way to go with the nursery decorating, but this feels like a big thing taken off that check list!

life in iphone pics...

pretty pretty fall flowers for the table
tea time!
a sweet little stray that we found running down the road. don't worry, we found his home!
vegan pumpkin french toast... this was incredible!
the sweetest kind of laundry ever... tiny baby clothes!
a little somethin' special for Penny's room
serious face smoosh!
hello toes! hope we get to continue having these visits :)
lazy nights with my mr. and one sleepy kitty...
it's the most lovely of autumn days here, so i plan to take full advantage of the outdoors and finish up a little furniture revamp project for the nursery, and maybe take the pups for a walk (read: waddle) later. these weekend days are jam packed lately with all the home projects we would love to get done before miss penelope arrives. not that i expect her to come out of the womb complaining that the crown molding in the kitchen isn't finished yet, but ya know, that whole nesting thing is pretty powerful stuff!
happy sunday friends!

weekly bean update

oh me, oh my... these weeks are just flying by now!



this past weekend we had our baby shower and on top of getting loads of lovely baby goodies, we've now got leftovers for days... i might be a bit excited about that! i spent the other day washing baby clothes and organizing them into sizes. it's all so surreal still and i can't believe just how soon our little penelope will be here. i absolutely can not wait!

my belly is growing daily, which means so is my little lady, so i say bring it on! i'm also kinda stoked that the weather and my growth seem to be directly related to each other. the larger i grow, the chillier it gets. that means lots of big cozy sweaters (like the one pictured), along with tea, hot chocolate, and soup... hello favorite things! 

early nesting...



welp apparently the nesting phase of this pregnancy has kicked in. i've been cleaning and rearranging our home like it's my job... and getting evan on board for this obsession as well! just in the past week, evan built us a bookcase, we painted it, i scored us a new kitchen table, painted our kitchen window trim as well as our bathroom cabinets, and we hung up some new curtains. somewhere in between all of that i managed to find time to also rearrange our living room, magic eraser all the walls in our home, clean the baseboards, and bleach our back door. it was kinda crazy around here! i'm loving this energy though, and i'm hoping it sticks around through most of the 3rd trimester as well. we've still got lots to do in preparation for the babe... as if we could ever be fully ready!