Daily Doily

Life Lately, according to my instagram.

Zac + I saw Local Natives play this past week.  I LOVE them :)  We first discovered them together in Nashville when they were the start up band for Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros.  They have such a positive energy and their music just makes you feel good.  I got chills a few times while they were playing haha.  One of my favorite lyrics is "as you think, the bad feeling so bad makes the good so good".  It's at the very end of world news.

This weekend we went to the movies twice!  We saw Before Midnight (I absolutely LOVED Before Sunrise + Before Sunset).  It was a lot less romantic, but I still really liked it and seeing how the characters had grown.  We also saw Mud.

On Saturday, we went to the famers market.  Zac asked if I wanted to get any flowers so of course I had to say yes :)  I picked out some Zinnias.  We went for tomatos (to make salsa) but ended up only getting peaches.  I made a peach cobbler on Father's Day.  It was SO yummy!!!

25 Weeks

This week it's getting harder to get up/move around and I've noticed my feet swelling.  I'm still feeling really good.  Zac said "Wow, we only have like 14 more weeks to go".  Him saying that made me feel like it is so soon.  I started to get nervous, haha.  I just feel like I still have so much to do, prepare for and learn.  It's my first, so I don't know what to expect at all.  I've started to read a lot.  We saw Local Natives play live and Everett was moving + grooving.  I hope baby button likes it and isn't too freaked out :(

24 Weeks

This week we moved my Nannie's (great-grandmother) dresser into the nursery that we are going to use as a changing table and for Everett's clothes.  I've hung all of the art, prints, maps and pictures on the wall.  It's all starting to come together :)  I've been posting some sneak peeks on my instagram, but I will do a full post once the nursery is complete.  I finished sewing Everett's baby quilt/play mat this weekend.

23 Weeks

This week I haven't been sleeping that great.  One night Everett was squirming so much it was hard to fall asleep.  I can only imagine how it will be the further along I get.  So far I've had such an easy pregnancy and I LOVE it.  It felt GREAT to go to my prenatal yoga class after missing the past 4 times.  Zac finished painting the nursery and I can't wait to start hanging stuff on the walls.  Everything has been pushed to the center of the room, so I'm looking forward to it looking like a nursery again instead of a cluttered mess ;)

Currently.

Watching: The Real World: Portland, The Little Couple, Cupcake Wars...most of our shows aren't on right now.

Listening to:  The new Vampire Weekend album "Modern Vampires of the City" and the new Wild Nothing "Empty Estate"

Dreaming about:  What baby Everett is going to look like, ever since we saw the 3D photos.  I don't want to speed this time up at all because I LOVE being pregnant, but I dream about the day we get to meet our son and how our life will change.

Reading:  Would you believe I STILL haven't finished the freaking 50 Shades of Gray series yet.  Geeze.  I'm also still reading What to Expect When You're Expecting and The Parent's Tao Te Ching: Ancient Advice for Modern Parents (the lady reads from this in yoga and I LOVE it).  I just ordered like 4 more baby books, haha.  Time to get my read on.

Looking forward to:  Decorating the nursery!!!  Zac is going to finish painting the walls tonight and then it's so on.  I just have to move a bookcase out and a dresser in.  I'm so excited!!!  I'm sick of it looking cluttered right now.

Drinking: I think I found the BEST pregnancy drink ever, haha.  Jamaican lemonade!!!  It combines my citrus cravings and ginger ale.  I only wish I had found it in my first trimester.

Making me happy:  Feeling Everett kick :)  How sweet Zac has been, when he rubs my belly and talks to Everett.  Celebrating two years of marriage!!! and how in love with him I am.

Eating: The BEST popsicles EVER.  I'm pretty excited that I found a place close to work that sells the most amazing paletas.  I tried the avocado, strawberry-kiwi, and cherry (yum...I can't describe how much I loved it [pictured above]).  I also sampled the oreo (which I'm getting next time).  I've started making a list of all the flavors I want to try and brushing up on my Spanish.

Knitting:  Baby blanket.  I just started color 3 out of 7.  I hope I finish before he comes :)

What about you? What have you been up to lately? If you do your own "currently" post on your blog, link back in the comments!  I'd love to hear.

*Thanks again to Danielle + Megan for the inspiration of these posts.

We've decided on a name :)

Everett was the only name we really liked and agreed on.  Fletcher is a family name on my mom's side and Zac was sweet in suggesting it as a middle name (since it was my #1 for a first name).  I think they sound great together :)  Everett means "brave as a wild boar" and Fletcher means "arrow-maker".  We are so excited to meet our little man and show him the world. 

22 Weeks

Things have been busy this week since we got back from the babymoon.  I bought baby button an original Bobby Spillman painting and can't wait to hang it in his nursery.  We went to the doctor and had another ultrasound.  She wanted to look at the chambers of the heart when I was further along.  We got a SPECIAL surprise too.  I'm not sure if it was just because she was having trouble seeing the heart, but we got to see him in 3D.  It was amazing!!!  We saw him grab his foot and bring it to his mouth, haha.  We also saw him sucking his thumb.  It was so precious.  I spent most of the day staring at the print out of his mouth, head, nose, eyes, chin and hand all day.  I'm sure his looks will change but it's so neat to be able to see him in such detail and try to guess who he looks like :) 

Jackson, WY \\ Day 4

We were determined to see more animals on our last day, haha.  We joked that we spent most of the time in the car looking out the windows for animals (even once we got back to Memphis it seemed like we should still be looking, hah!).  We saw moose from really far away, antelope, bison, elk and a black bear!!!  We REALLY wanted to cross moose and black bear off the list so we were super excited.  We decided to head back downtown, shop a little more and have lunch at the Silver Dollar bar.  We found baby button the cutest moccasins.  Then it was time to head to the airport and say goodbye :(  It was the perfect babymoon for us.

Jackson, WY // Day 3

We decided to go to the other side of Yellowstone that we missed the day before.  We saw yellowstone lake, lake village, mud volcano, sulphur caldron, hayden valley, artist point, lower and upper falls. There was a buffalo right outside our car window and we saw another grizzly bear :)  Before dinner we walked around downtown and got our picture taken under the elk antler arch.  We had dinner at Snake River Grill in a romantic corner booth.  They had the best (and HUGE) onion rings and of course we had to get the eskimo bars that were on the show best thing I ever ate.  I wish we could bring back the restaurants in Jackson to Memphis because they were THAT good.  That night we saw that the fire pit was lit in one of the tee pees and had to go check it out.  It was so peaceful and relaxing; I knit some of the baby blanket too.  It was a perfect ending to a perfect trip!

Jackson, WY \\ Day 2

We went to Yellowstone National Park and on the way saw an elk and a grizzly bear.  We headed to Old Faithful Geyser first and then ate lunch at the Inn.  We bought baby button an arrow and a map to put on his wall.  We also saw biscuit basin, midway basin geyser, grand prismatic spring, fountain paint pots, and artist paint pots.  We spotted a coyote (really wished it was a wolf, but I don't think it was) and lots of elk.  We had dinner at Trio and it was AMAZING!!!  I had the best lemonade, fish and hazelnut cake ever.  After dinner we took some pictures of the elk antler arch by our hotel.