Smoooth Sailing....

My new favorite.....new thing.....

 

I'm pretty much addicted to these smoothies already. They are so easy, no blender needed.  Just add whatever juice you like and SHAKE SHAKE SHAKE.  After shaking I put mine back in the freezer for about 10 minutes to get it even thicker. 

I almost have everything that I need to have when Tenlee gets here.  I bought her mattress yesterday for  her crib and I needed a couple more bras for myself. Mom picked up the changing table pad yesterday.  This morning a lady I work with brought me a gift. 
 The sweetest two outfits...gets me all giddy inside!

 

Congrats to the Tatum boys on winning their basketball game last night.  They won by only 2 points.  I can only imagine how exciting that game was.  The next round of play is Friday night against Marlin.  It's probably going to be more like a "track meet" then a basketball game.  I bet both teams are extremely fast.  Hopefully Leven and I will drive to Nac to watch this one. 

~DB~ 

 

Monday morning.....

A LOT  has happened since I last posted. 

Thursday we closed on our home in Pine Tree.  Leven and I met up at the house to gather the last of the cleaning supplies and said our goodbyes.  We had some wonderful times in that house.  After taking a few pictures, we headed over to the title company to sign all the documents and get our check.  The couple that is buying our house seems super sweet and they are ready to just move in.  It's such a headache these days trying to get a loan and buy a house.  They said they loved our house the moment they saw it.  Makes me feel good inside! It took a little over an hour to get everything finalized and then we were done.

Done with it ALL!

What a relief. 

  

Friday morning I headed to the baby doctor to get a check up.  I'm measuring right on schedule and blood pressure was great.  I told her this baby would def not come early and I would probably have to be induced for sure.  I am going back and forth on whether or not I should be induced or to just wait until Tenlee decides to make her arrival.  Taydem was induced so to me that's the easiest way to go, because that's ALL I know.  I'm nervous about my water breaking and having to rush to the hospital.  But then again, I kind of want to go through all of that.  I'm getting nervous even talking about it.  I'm entering 5 weeks and so that means Tenlee will be here in like a month!! I'm thinking Tenlee is going to be a bigger baby than Taydem! Look at that belly.....

 

We headed to Arlington this past weekend for our second volleyball tournament.  We also got to stay with Leven's good friend, Danny.  It was nice getting to visit with Danny and his wife Mindy.  It's been like 2 years since we've seen them.  They have a Boxer dog named Boomer and Taydem played with him the entire time.  We didn't do so well playing on Saturday but came back and won both games on Sunday.  I figured I would've been worn out when we got home last night, but I was feeling pretty good. 

 

Taydem is so easy bringing her places.  I guess because she's been a gym rat from day 1.  Give this girl an ipad, coloring book and a few trips to the concession stand and she's set. I thought this picture she colored was REALLY good.

 

 ~DB~

 

Mi Casa

The rocking chair and baby crib are finished with paint------> THANK YOU SO MUCH MOM! My parents brought it to the apartment yesterday and started putting it together but ran out of time.  They were headed to Whitehouse to watch those Tatum Eagles play some basketball.  So we will get it put together when we can. 

 [Both the girls and boys won their basketball games last night and advance to the next round!!]

 

Yesterday afternoon, after my wonderful pedicure, my feet and ankles kept swelling.  I seriously couldn't even bend my toes.  I drove home with my sandals off and once I was home, put my feet up ASAP! Today I wore flip flops and right now I have a bowl turned upside down, under my desk, with my feet UP! I'm not going to touch salt or a Dr. Pepper today.  Let's just see if doing these things will help. 

 

I wanted to show you a couple pictures from Taydem's "new" room.  I am learning to adjust to not having much storage space and we are doing just fine.  Once I have the bedding in the crib, I will take a few pictures of the girls final look.

 

 I want to send a HAPPY BIRTHDAY shout out to my handsome, smart and athletic nephew, TRUITT! His birthday was yesterday and he turned 9!!

 

 

We are still looking for a home for a cat, Buddy! He has NO claws and is a house cat. Spread the word for us.....thank you

 

Hump Day? Why yes it is!

~DB~

OH the JOYS..............

......of being pregnant.  Have I told you that I'm over this pregnancy already?

I hate to be "Crabby Cathy" but goodness gracious. 

This is what I see every morning while getting dressed....

I sit on a stool and do my hair and makeup bc it seems to make me feel a little more comfortable then standing.  I have my shirt rolled up so you could see my growing tummy, but none of my shirts cover this belly all the way. I feel like an old man wearing a shirt too small with his gut hanging out the bottom for all to see. You know the kind.....

 

Today I thought I would wear sandals to give my feet and ankles some breathing room, but I'm not even sure if that was a good idea.  Obviously these sandals are a little too tight.  I couldn't wait to get a pedicure during my lunch hour. 

 Check these suckers out:

 

Where on earth did my ankles dissappear too? My feet did the same thing with Taydem, but I just assumed it was the 100 degrees, late summer with her.  And check out those indentions where my sandals were.  The sad thing about the whole pedicure, the lady couldn't even get my pants up over my calves.  I fell asleep while she waxed some lady's eyebrowns (probably the best 5 minute power nap I've ever had!) and when she got back my pants were soaking wet.  I didn't even know they were in the water.  Sad Devin, sad.

 

I promise, I don't complain this much to Leven.  I vent on my blog because it's kind of like my little journal of thoughts.  And my sister and I vent to each other like every hour.  We love to compare EVERYTHING with our pregnancies.  We also both can't wait to have these babies and start working on getting skinny! We both have jogging strollers and we hope to put them in good use. 

 

So enough is enough with the complaining.

  I am very blessed to have my baby and this ever growing bump!

 

Now to end this post on a positive note.  We have found a perk to living in the apartment:

SONIC!

(You can kind of see Leven standing at the left waiting on the bag of ice!

Which means, yes, he just walked over there!)

 

 SONIC ICE!

 

~DB~

Recap the weekend

How was your Valentine's Day?

We had a good time over in Shreveport.  I'm not gonna lie, I was ready to hit my pillow ASAP! Carrying all this weight around is tough.  Speaking of weight- this morning Taydem says, "Momma, can I tell you something? Your legs are getting fat." Then she immediately responds with, "I'm sorry I just said that." Honest honest.  She then tries to explain herself and says that my butt is also getting bigger and with both my butt and legs getting bigger at the same time, it's not so bad.  Wow! Thank you Taydem!!

How many more weeks do I have??

Geez!

 

Saturday morning Leven got up and headed into Longview to get a haircut and run by the house to see how well the cleaning lady did.  He said it looked great! While he was gone, I decided to tackle the new carseat slipcover I bought for Tenlee.  Out of all of Taydem's baby stuff, I kept the crib, high chair and carseat.  But the carseat needed some attention so I bought a 5 piece set to kind of make it look new.  Took me about 30 minutes, but I finally figured it out.  I think it's adorable!

We got all the boxes and tubs finally unloaded and needed to take a few things over to my brother's house to put in his attic.  Our apartment is finally finished! Mom came over yesterday after church and helped me hang the final pictures.  I'm so glad we decided to hang them.  It just makes it feel more like a home.  I think it looks awesome.  I will have to take a few pictures of the apartment to show you what we are working with! We went from 2350 sq ft to about 1000 sq ft.

 

Austyn came over to play with Taydem while we hung the pictures and I told them once we were finished I would take them to the park.  Yesterday was so pretty outside. 

 Hopefully NO MORE COLD WEATHER. 

Happy Monday!

 Have a wonderful week

~DB~

The Day of LOVE

Happy Valentine's Day!

Yesterday when I got home from work Leven had bought Taydem and myself some yummy Valentine's treats.  He bought Taydem a little teddy bear and some candy and he bought me CANDY! Chocolate of course.  He knows what I like.  He said it was for Tenlee too.  So last night while laying in bed, watching American Idol, we munched on these KitKats!

I love him more and more every day!

 

And speaking of American Idol, it is so much better than last season.  They have picked some really good singers (and song writers) this year.  The producers did a good job turning the show around.  It needed it terribly after the season it had last year. 

Leven and I make some beautiful babies! I just love this sweet picture of Taydem.  She has been a "smiler" from the moment she entered this world.  Her name actually means "cheerful!"

Fits her perfectly.

It makes me wonder how much alike Tenlee and Taydem will be.   

Tonight I am looking forward to a little adult time.  We have been going and going this past month and I'm ready to sit and visit and EAT GOOD! Mom is keeping Brittyn and Taydem for us, just in case we get home later than planned. 

 

These three are my special Valentine's

 

 

Big and well....BIG

This chocolate covered strawberry was calling my name a little while ago. 

Big AND Juicy! 

 

I am sooooooooooooo over being pregnant!

 

I seriously can barely fit in the shower in the apartment. Yes, it's small...but both my ends (belly & butt) are almost touching the sides of the shower. I have no idea how I'm supposed to shave my legs.  I'm afraid if I sit down in there I won't be able to get up. 

 

Last night Leven and I both agreed that we think the apartment is very cozy.  After this weekend, I think we will have all the pictures hung on the walls and all the extra "stuff" out of there.  My brother told us we can store whatever we needed to in his attic.  Thank goodness.  That will free up a little space. 

 

Leven is going to either get really mad at me or he's going to learn to change his ways a little bit.  That apartment is just too small for him to be leaving his crap all over the place.  In our house, it wasn't that big of a deal if he left 5 pairs of shoes laying around.  He CANNOT do that in the apartment.  Everything has a PLACE in the apartment.  So he better get ready for me to grip at him everytime he takes his underwear and socks off right by the hamper and puts them on the FLOOR!!! First of all I can't bend over to pick the things up and secondly, the hamper is RIGHT THERE! Help a sista out.....geez!

 

Last night when we got home from volleyball practice, this is what I found from that morning: his toothbrush laying on the counter (I just bought a toothbrush "holder" for our 3 toothbrushes), his hair gel, razor, shaving cream, deoderant and toothpaste (which also has a "holder") ALL on the counter around the sink.  Having two sinks in your master bath is a must people!!!  Now he has his own basket in the closet to put his things in once he's finished with them. Remember everything has a PLACE! It takes like 15 seconds to put back everything.  Again, help a sista out!!! If Trever was living with us, I'm sure this baby would've already made her arrival with them both stressing me out. 

 Like father like son!

 And that's NO JOKE!  

I love you Leven!

(Hopefully he reads this post!) 

 

~DB~