Took our first classes through CMC - Prepared Parent Childbirth (two nights, 3.5 hours each) with the Bolands! Thankfully our instructor, Diane, was amazing! // Worked on the nursery a ton over Labor Day // Luke started temp job with DHEC and really likes it // Launched Old Town Church // Started House Church & … Continue reading September 2020
Shopping with my mom to complete her sitting room. // Hannah's Baby Shower // Alli's Wedding Shower // Coordinating two small weddings // Jaimie's Baby Sprinkle at Knowledge Perk // Game Night with Bolands + Lindsey and Travis // our anatomy ultrasound // weekly dinners with Bolands // Brian's birthday cookout // Ice cream + fountain … Continue reading August 2020
My mom and I had a fun time transforming this room in her house. It's basically the first room you see when you walk in the house, so we wanted it to feel cozy and welcoming! It had functioned as an office for my dad for a while and then had sit empty, so it … Continue reading Mom’s Sitting Room
Bolands living with us while transitioning into new house // 4th of July cookout at the Boland's new house! // Baby shower for the Brazil family with our small group // Ice cream with the Cavin kids // Announced we were pregnant on social media // beginning of 2nd trimester // still working from home … Continue reading July 2020
Now that we are at the end of our 1st trimester and all our people know the news, I thought it would be fun to post a first trimester recap, so I can remember and share with baby someday! We found out we were pregnant on Mother's dayand I was exactly 5 weeks - so … Continue reading 1st Trimester Recap
**I wrote this post back in May, but posting now since our fun news is finally out 🙂 We had the best time celebrating my sweet mama with brunch from Local Dish in Fort Mill, SC on her mama's china. We had shrimp and grits, ham biscuits, fruit, iced tea, and mimosas. I got a … Continue reading A Very Special Mother’s Day/We’re Pregnant!
May was month three of life impacted by COVID-19. Things have started to open back up a bit, but it still feels very far from "normal." There have been good days and bad days, but this was certainly the month where I started to feel "over it" for lack of better words. We are all … Continue reading May 2020 & Porch Portraits
When we first moved into our house a little over a year ago in February 2019, it was of course Winter, and so I had on rose colored glasses and wasn't really all that concerned with the state of the back yard...because all yards look pretty bad in the Winter, right? Haha. It wasn't even … Continue reading Yard Progress
April was the first FULL month of quarantine due to the coronavirus (COVID-19). It consisted of working remotely, church via zoom, no restaurants, limited contact with other people in person, having to wear a mask to the grocery store, etc. Crazy crazy times! But there such has been a lot of silver lining! Slower days, … Continue reading April 2020
#Quarantine2020 has been full of house projects (low cost) and dreams about bigger projects for later this year (*hopefully*). At some point during 2020, Luke and I hope to furnish out sitting room, which is the room connected to our kitchen that has a wood-burning fireplace! The fireplace was a reddish brick that we painted … Continue reading Sitting Room Design Thoughts
