I just wanted to show you my pretty pansies that I planted and brought back to life. I wanted to make sure I could actually keep plants alive before I decided to invest in any thing nicer. I'm really proud of myself for remembering to water them. Now I have pretty flowers to enjoy when I'm on the back porch reading.

Also, I wanted to share this lovely picture. I walk into Walmart and to my delight see this 50+ man shopping in a cut off mesh shirt. It looked like a football practice jersey or something. I followed him for awhile so I could take a picture and even though he has that balding business in front--I was definitely enjoying the "party in the back." Hah, Ohio hasn't let me down on tacky Walmart shoppers.

Here's baby Nate! He was really wiggling during the ultrasound, she was having to chase him around. I'm just glad he has all the fat on his face now so he doesn't look like a creepy alien. Mitch says it looks like he will have my round nose and big lips. We'll soon see. :) But he's doing great, still on schedule. He's 5lb 11oz..that's what they said. He's right in the middle, not too big or small. So hopefully they are right. I'm getting very anxious, I'm so ready for him to be here. It is still really weird, he was just wiggling and opening and closing his mouth..I'm pretty sure it freaks me out as much as it amazes me. Mitch is kind of anxious, but he's never excited about anything until it happens. So we're just hanging out waiting on Nate to get here.

This is his little fat face.

Sorry guys, I know it's been awhile since I blogged. Well, really all we've been up to is getting ready for Nate to get here. I'm going through everything in the entire apartment to make sure it's all easy to find and space efficient. I finally went through all our bills and whatnot and organizing them all into my file box. And we've finally got everything together to put in our fireproof safe. I still need to put all our pictures on discs to put in there. I'm terrified of having someone catch our apartment building on fire and I lose all our pictures. I just really like being organized.
Mitch is still working a lot and we are still trying to get all of his schooling worked out. It's been a headache trying to get the right people on the phone and finding a program for him. I'm still hanging out at the house, getting things ready and baking a lot. I can't help it. Cookies, brownies, and cobbler..something different every week. Hopefully I won't have gained too much weight at my next appointment. :/ I was quite unsuccessful in my attempt to stop drinking sweet tea. I'm going to go ahead and blame my dad for that.
Well, we miss y'all and can't wait to see you this weekend!! Yay!

Another loss.

Well, we've finally figured out how to play Rummy correctly. And it's another game I suck at. I blew everyone away the first game we played, but that was obviously just beginners luck. Now Mitch just stomps all over me. And he wanted me to post the proof. :)

Something random for my random wall.

I found this big iron grate at the antique mall--only $19! They are usually from $50-$80 for this size and condition so I snatched this one up. Didn't have any plans for it, but as it has sat in my living room for a week, I figured it would look nice in that random corner of mine. But Danny, that doesn't mean don't buy us a huge statue of a naked woman if you come across one. We're still looking. But I think Mitch was just happy I've done a good job at using all the random things I keep coming home with. I still have a huge box of old Player Piano music scrolls I bought a year ago and haven't done anything with them. Oh well, they were $5 for all of them. Oh and also--this is my first attempt at cooking a pork tenderloin. It came out pretty good if I say so myself. Well, miss you guys and can't wait for y'all to come visit us!

Truffles.

This is my first attempt to make those delicious Oreo truffles Paige makes. I know they are supposed to be an easy dessert to make, I mean it's only Oreos, cream cheese, and white chocolate! But my goodness, they are a pain in the butt. And mine are terribly ugly. I guess it's just one of those things I'll get better the more I make them. I made a huge mess with Oreo crumbs and melted white chocolate all over the place. Oh well, they do taste great so I guess it all worked out. I just wish y'all could have watched me trying to make them, it was funny.

Baseball!

Hello guys! Mitch and I went to our first baseball game of the season. Summer is almost here! But the Reds Stadium is very pretty, it's right off the river and the area it's in is really clean. It was a nice day at the ballpark. There were fireworks at the end and a live band which was terrible. They butchered everything from Journey to Van Halen. :( My only other complaint it that they don't have funnel cakes, they have funnel cake fries..It's a nice concept for convenience, but I like the big messy funnel cakes. Oh and Mitch and I are playing a lot of card games, or atleast trying. Apparently all I know how to play is Go Fish and Crazy 8's. So we're working on Rummy and Spades. And I'm really really glad I'm not a poor loser, because I suck at games. I've lost everything we've played. Yahtzee, Skip-Bo, even Risk! Mark beat us all in Risk and I was the only one who had ever really played it. All those strategy lessons from Grandad and I still lost. It's terrible. But I am so excited to come visit! Yay, I'll be there Thursday! :) Well, love you guys! See ya soon!