Pillows or No Pillows... That is the question!

Well, hello there! It has been a few weeks since I have written on this thing and still I have not much important to say... I had an appointment with the doc and it's weird to think that I have one more appointment in 4 weeks and then I start the every 2 week routine!  That means we're getting closer to "go time"! Also, from his ultrasound (or sono, whichever doesn't show the pictures), he said that she seems to be having a blast in this tummy of mine... and well, we know how much I LOVE fun people so that made my day, guess it made my whole life!  I mean I know I'd still love her if she was super boring and didn't have fun but knowing that she is already having parties and she is only in the process of forming, I think we are in for a good one:)  

So, with that being said, I must continue to get her room ready!  I am really struggling with this one!  As I said before, I'm not huge on the explosion of themes and am trying to make her room come together by piecing together cute "items" (as we call it in the retail world, there are items and collections).  I feel like "items" can be more fun because it leaves room for improvising and makes changing things later down the road A LOT easier!  I'd rather change a thing or two at a time as she gets older rather than have to  redo her entire room all at one time!  Wow, I tend to think YEARS in advance huh?!  Anyway, I'm still working around these darn pillows... I know Dan doesn't love them and they are causing me quite the headache but they are so super fabulous and I am bound and determined to make them work!  Below are pictures of what is done so far.  NOW, for the reveal... we have not 100% committed to her name but FOR NOW, we are thinking...

Tinsley Milam Thompson.  

I don't really care what you think of it, so all negative comments can be talked about amongst yourselves and can kiss it!  You wonder why I would say that and here's why... people in this wonderful country that we live in have decided that it is acceptable and completely okay to express their right to "Freedom of Speech".  I get it, but quite frankly, I don't care what you have to say about this particular issue!  Again, we have not locked this in and with as indecisive as I am, we may change it once she is here and a million times between now and then, this is just a common ground that we stand on now!  And as Dan likes to hum and do a little fist pump to, it will some day be to her advantage that when she goes to sing karaoke (as I'm sure she will if she has one ounce of her mother in her), she will love to sing the AC/DC song "TNT" modified of course to her own world of "TMT"... Just a side note that keeps me laughing at Dan's wonderful sense of humor! The only reason I even mentioned what her name MAY be is because I know all of you will ask when you see these pictures I am posting what the initials stand for!!!  And the only reason that I am posting these pictures is because I would love to have some constructive criticism and or ideas on how to complete this bedding project I have started with all of the accessories I have already fallen in love with!  Don't worry, there is other furniture in the room just on the other walls that aren't pictured because well, they're super boring for now!!!  So, ready set go!!!  Please also go back to the title of this blog and notice the issue of "pillows or no pillows, that is the question"!!!

(Also as a side note, please know that the black chair and lamp will not stay black... prob be white or any other color that you may suggest!)

 

The feelings of entering another year of existance...

27 was a big year of changes for us... We left a city that we had grown to love with a lot of friends that we loved even more... to move "home" to a city that we have not lived in for about 10 years! WOW!! Talk about a culture shock!  So, then, we decided to make the HUGE adult purchase of a home, which again, was a HUGE shock (who knew you could make the biggest purchase of your life in one day?!)!!  And then, the biggest SHOCKER of them all was learning that we are going to be a mommy and daddy to BGT!!!  So, as I have closed out and made it through year 27 of life, I have learned a lot, hopefully grown up a lot, and am as ready as I can be for year 28!!!

As most of you know, I am HUGE on birthdays.  Whether it be my own, or other people's, I LOVE-LOVE-LOVE to celebrate birthdays!  To me, it is such a fabulous way to show friends how much you love them, and well, it's a random celebration in the middle of the year... who doesn't love that?!  So, this year is a bit different!  As I turn 28 today, which is such an uneventful year (typically), I will not be "celebrating" per say or as Dan says, I'm"temporarily hanging up my karaoke hat" BUT I am looking forward to my 28th year of existence and all of the NEW that will be joining my life!!! And well, it is totally worth NOT "celebrating" to make sure my little darlin' girl has all of her body parts (ears and whatnot) and is healthy and happy... I can "celebrate" A LOT when she gets here:)

On to BGT... I just met a lady who hesitated to ask if I am pregnant... I think she was being nice because there is nothing about me that doesn't look HUGE and pregnant!!! As we began talking, I asked her if she was one of those women who "loved being pregnant"??  She smirked and with the sweetest under her breath voice said "yes".  But then she explained that they had a hard time getting pregnant and that she had to give birth to her baby girl at 20-something weeks and she didn't make it, so her situation was different.  I thought to myself (as I am in my mid-20 weeks), no, it's not different, it's actually very, very,very common.  So hearing yet another tragedy, I can only think that whether we were "ready" or not, the Lord chose us to be parents NOW and we must embrace and obey Him!!! And so far, we have a healthy baby girl on the horizon and we cannot be more thankful and excited!  

We have started to piece together her room but as you probably know, I'm a perfectionist and can't make any decisions! I'm afraid the room won't be perfect and well that isn't ok!!!  I haven't found any bedding that I love and I think it's because I'm not a very "themed" person.  I personally hate patterns and most prints so it's hard for me to have an explosion of anything in one room... I have found these pillows from Guatemala that resemble the Mexican Oaxaca dresses we "San Antonians" used to wear as kids and I'm trying to go off of them.  I'm thinking bright, solid bedding (turquoise, pink, lime, orange-ish) colors, with maybe one wall of something cute like butterflies or something.  But again, I'm hesitant because I want to, and want BGT to LOVE it!!!  Other than that, we have her first 2 outfits that are so stinkin' cute and that's about it! 

So, as I close out yet another, pretty pointless blog, Thank you to EVERYONE for the birthday wishes... Have a great first week of November:)  XoXo