I finally took some pictures of Finn’s nursery. I think the photos make it seem so much busier than it actually feels IN the room. Isn’t that rug psychedelic??? It’s kind of insanely awesome. Tummy time is going to be trippy. By the way, my official due date is NEXT Monday but our boy might be occupying this room within the week. You never know….

(Obviously, not all at once.)

The thought has recently occurred to me that if I had only started blogging (and consistently so) since the start of our marriage 4 years ago, we’d probably have a fully monetized blog right now. Not to mention how nice it would have been to have a record of all of our shenanigans over the years. Who knew that if you blogged about home improvement projects and design inspiration that you could actually earn money? Yes, there are more than a few things that the 2010-me would like to go back and tell the 2006-me.

But something tells me we’re better off without?

In the immortal words of King Curtis “I’m comin’ to the edge.” In fact, I’m quite certain that I could not feel any more rotund. The pregnancy waddle is a REAL and disturbing phenomenon. Trust me, it can’t be good when just trying on your MATERNITY pants sends you into a franticly claustrophobic, oh-my-gawd-I’m-going-to-have-to-cut-myself-out-of-these, tizzy. My darling, growing child has now relegated me to one, count that ONE pair of pants I can comfortably breathe in. Tops and t-shirts are now down to the dirty half-dozen, or less. I’ve tried scrounging around in my husband’s closet for anything that will fit over the bump, only, he likes his tees tighter than tight. Uggh! XL never sounded so appealing. But don’t get me wrong. I’m not complaining, more like stating facts. Besides, who really cares if I look like a hobo for the next 2-3 weeks. (Or 5. Worst. Case. Scenario.) Our little boy will be here soon!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Yes, that deserves a lot of exclamation points. Perhaps when my body settles itself back down I will one day wear clothing like this again, maybe with a few burp cloths strewn across the shoulder.

LOVE these canvas totes. I want the gray or mustard color. Or every color.

These hair accessories from Whippy Cake are cute. I wonder if I could make something similar myself.

How great is this 2011 Moleskine Color-a-Month Daily Planner Set???? I think I might have to order it. Or put it on my Amazon wishlist. Moleskin journals always make me think of my brother and I aspire to one day write in my notebooks as neatly as he writes in his.

Camera Specs: Canon 5D Mark II, Sigma 24mm f1.8 Macro

I can now say that I am no longer absolutely loving being pregnant. In fact, if we can make it just another 1.5 weeks to the officially “full term” point, I’d say baby can head on outta’ here, ASAP. It’s getting hard for me to breathe and I doubt baby Smeltz is loving being twisted up in a mess of knees and elbows. Soon, little boy. Soon. Your mommy has a gobload of things still left to check off her to-do list. (And no, those aren’t nursery related things.)

This is the main living area of our house, in all it’s technicolor overload. Yep, it really looks that bright in person. To see our house through the years, click here.

Camera Specs: Canon 5D Mark II, Sigma 24mm f1.8 Macro