it's only my opinion

For some reason I always confuse Bruce Springsteen and Sylvester Stallone...also Phil Collins and Robin Williams. 

Bristol.  Are you kidding me?  I'm rallying my troops to vote for Jennifer because if Bristol beats her I don't think I could ever watch DWTS again!

Last night, as my husband was checking out sports highlights, I caught a glimpse of this fantastic gold jacket.  Apparently this basketball coach has worn it more than once because this picture does not showcase the wild ensemble she had on last night.  Picture this jacket with a black turtleneck and black disco ball looking glittery pants.  It was spectacular! 

My new favorite scent!  I've officially retired my Gain island fresh. 
I can sit and sniff my kids for hours!

21 weeks and 31 years

 

You know you're getting older when you can't thread a sewing machine without your glasses.

You know your baby is growing when the steering wheel starts rubbing on your belly!

Friday night quick project

True story: 

When I was out in the garage spray painting, Nate was out there doing some spraying painting of his own and said to me, "Did you ever think when we were 30 that this would be our Friday night?"

(Hey, sounds like a hot date to me!)

Anyway...

From the beginning, I've never liked this thing.  
So I did a quick change.

I do like this much better.

Saturday morning.

I guess I need to use some Liquid Nails for the knobs!

what we're reading

 Porter

(He's a reader!)

 Nate

(I hear him laughing out loud from the bathroom reading this!)

 Me

(really good so far)

Blanche

(She's heard it so much she can tell the story by the pictures.)

I found it!

The perfect diaper bag!
I'll be running out for the mail every day until it gets here!

31 things

Aghhhh...today I'm 31! 
I'm no longer just 30, I'm actually in my 30's!
Remember my wild and crazy 80's party last year?  Yeah, well this year we're going much more low key!  Ha!  This old preggo lady can't handle it!

Okay so here are 31 random things you didn't know:

1.  I've got a little Gus in my belly!  (I know you already knew that!)
2.  I never wear socks and my feet are always cold.
3.  I'm so excited about the board and batten going up in my hall.
4.  I don't like chocolate cake. 
5.  I'm already having panic attacks over delivering this baby.
6.  I had to settle for Ruffles original chips today instead of my Salt & Vinegar Kettle chips. 
7.  My doctor wouldn't take two pounds off of my weight yesterday even though I assured her that I was carrying two pounds of water in my bladder. 
8.  She also wasn't really on board with my idea of having a C-Section this time around.
9.  After searching 5 million websites for the perfect diaper bag, I've decided I'll just have to make my own ask my grandma to make one for me.
10.  I'm obsessed with brushing my tongue after I saw a patient with black hairy tongue.  Ew.Ew.
11.  I gag and almost throw up every time I brush my tongue.
12.  I've turned Porter OCD with brushing his teeth. 
13.  Brooklyn thought I was going to the doctor to have the baby yesterday and was very disappointed when I arrived home with no baby.
14.  Jennifer Grey better win DWTS.
15.  I'm already thinking about what the new baby can be for Halloween next year.
16.  I could really use a massage. 
17.  I love cleaning the wax from my kids' ears.
18.  I can type really fast (I've been transcribing for nine years). 
19.  Titanic was the only movie I've ever watched in the theater twice. 
20.  When I was 10 I convinced my mom to order a video from an infomercial called "Turn on the human calculator in your head".  It was supposed to teach you to keep a running total of the items in your shopping cart (in your head)...and I never learned to do it. 
21.  When I turned 21 my friends and I went out to a really tacky bar and Nate waited for us in the car for like three hours.  (He was only 20.)
22.  I got engaged at 22.
23.  I got married at 23.  (I would never let my daughter get married that young!)
24.  Brooklyn and I have brown eyes and Nate and Porter have blue eyes, so I wonder what color Gus will have.
25.  I got married barefoot because the seamstress shortened my dress too much.
26.  Thanksgiving is my favorite holiday and my favorite thing to eat is gravy covered turkey skin.  I can't wait pork out this year!
27.  I went to community college for three years.
28.  I didn't even get an Associates Degree.
29.  It's been four years since I've had a cell phone and I don't miss it one bit.
30.  I write right handed and eat left handed.
31.  My favorite New Kid on the Block was (is?) Joey.  

20 weeks...Oh BOY!

We had our twenty week ultrasound today and this baby is most definitely a BOY!  We could not be more excited!  I love feeling him bounce all around in there.  I really love that I can call him a him now!

Aunt Lo-Lo bought Gus his first gift.

half-bath makeover

Let's take a look at the sad state of this bathroom before.  Yep, it looked like this for a year (or more)!

I LOVE the new color!  
It was scary at first, but it looks so good with the white accessories.

 I'm on the hunt for a chunky white mirror to hang above the sink.  We may have to make one.

 Are you understanding how tiny this bathroom is?  Nate and I had to take turns coming in and out while we were working.  It didn't help that my belly was bumping into everything!

 I scrounged up some sticks from the back yard.

That's it!  
I didn't want to clutter it up too much because it's so cramped in there.  I think it turned out great.  I still need the mirror and a fluffy new rug and then it will be complete.  I may even take it over as my bathroom!

She has arrived!

 

We would like to introduce 

Miss Adeline Diane Dromeshauser,

the newest addition to the Barnes family!

Congrats to Jeff and Audrey!

***

Our sweet little niece, Addi, was born on October 29th and we can't wait to get to Pennsylvania to meet her.  

Please keep this beautiful little girl in your prayers as she soon will be facing multiple surgeries.

Our family is encouraging everyone to donate to this amazing organization.

bittersweet chocolate

For the last year, my half bath has looked like this.  

(I know, I never let anyone back there!)

Now it's looking more like this...

(Don't worry, it's going to be great!)

Brooklyn says

"I'm growing really bigger!  When I get big like a grow-up, I'm going to live in a castle and be a mommy and have a boy and girl and I will be Cinderella.  I'm going to get married with my brother and wear my beautiful black dress.  And when I grow really big, I will get braces on my teeth."

Halloween Highlights

First some thoughts:

1.  When did Halloween become an excuse to wear lingerie and call it a costume?

2.  Wings do not equal costume.  

3.  I think I have a candy hangover.

my pumpkin boy!

Grandma came trick-or-treating and scared the kids to death!

Libby's first Halloween!

Trick or Treating around the neighborhood

Porter chose a pumpkin for our baby.

Halloween dinner

Boo!

This way to the pumpkin patch.