Hidden Baby Blog - November 7, 2010

We've known for 5 days now that we are going to have a baby, and it has been SO hard not to tell everyone we know!! We just got back from a trip to Phoenix for Michael's grandmother's 80th birthday party. Everyone on Michael's side of the family was there. I mean EVERYONE: parents, siblings, grandma, aunts, uncles, etc. We were dying to tell them! But, we know I'm probably only 3 or 4 weeks along, and we haven't even been to the doctor yet, so we've decided to keep our lips sealed no matter how hard it is. And believe me, it's HARD! So I'm apologizing in advance to all of the family when they find out we knew while we were there :) Just know we can't wait for you all to find out! Our first doctors appointment is this Thursday at 9:45 a.m., so until then....

Hidden Baby Blog - November 2, 2010

Welcome to our baby blog!! We are sooo excited to announce that we are pregnant!! We just found out today, so no doctors visits have happened yet, which is why we decide to start this blog. Some good friends of ours had a hidden baby blog going until they revealed the exciting news so that they could keep track of exciting things even though they weren't telling anyone yet. I loved the idea, so here we are doing the same thing!

I took a pregnancy test this morning before I went to work. It was positive! BUT, being somewhat of a skeptic, I thought for sure the test was broken and decided not to tell Michael until I had gotten more tests to confirm. Well, I took 2 more tests and guess what....positive! So, when Michael and I got home I had an "early birthday present" for him to open. Yep, it was the tests! Needless to say, we are both so happy :)

We haven't decided yet when or how we are going to tell our family and friends, we just know we're not doing it yet. We definitely want to see the doctor and make sure everything is ok first. But as soon as we have decided, I'll blog about it!

Get excited for Baby White 2011!!!!

Conquering the 'To Do List'....

Hello July! Wow, this summer is flying by. I really thought I would have finished a lot more of my projects by now than I have, but I can't say I'm suprised. It's kinda in my nature to procrastinate :) Anyways, I thought I'd go ahead and post a few of the things I HAVE actually completed over the past month. Don't get too excited, it might take a total of 15 seconds for me to list everything, but here goes nothin:

-I had previously written that I desperately wanted to find a new dresser for our bedroom. Since we recently got rid of my highschool, black iron canopy bed (FINALLY!) and got what we call our "grown up bed", my black dresser didn't match. I wasn't sure if I wanted to save up for the dresser that matches our new bed, or try to find something inexpensive and do the whole mix and match thing. Well, we were driving back from a visit to Michael's parents house in Texas and stopped at an antique store. This place was full of treasures! Seriously, if we'd had a Uhaul handy, I might have done a lot of damage! Unfortunately, we didn't have much room, but we did have just enough to haul back my new dresser! I love it! It still needs a little work, but I absolutely love the color and the style of it.







-Ok, the next thing wasn't exactly on my original to do list. It was one of those things that I did when I didn't feel like doing anything on my actual to do list. But, now that it's finished I'm glad I did it. I wanted to spruce up the wooden chair I had in my classroom this past year and give it a little pizazz. I still have to find the perfect cushion (I thought I found one with a perfect brown pattern, but my eyes were just playing a trick on me, and when I got home the brown was actually black :( ) but other than that it's finished!








I know what you're thinking..."Is that ALL she's done?!" Well, the answer is pretty much YES! It's summer! I'm taking full advantage of my 'allowed to be lazy' time and it has been wonderful. However, I will say that I've been doing some organizing around the house. I've also attempted at some gardening and also figured out which t-shirts I'm going to use for my quilt (both of which are on my to do list, thank you very much!) Anyways, I know everyone is eagerly anticipating the completion of all of my projects, so I'll be sure to post pics as soon as I have something to show! (That was a joke by the way. Courtney, I think you might be the only one who reads this!)

Until next time!

Summer

Summer is here!! I wasn't sure if I'd ever make it to this point, but I have now successfully completed my 1st year as a teacher! It wasn't easy, I'll tell ya that much, but I can't wait for many, many more years to come with the kiddos.

Now that school is out, I've found myself not exactly bored (I would NEVER complain about getting to sleep in everyday!) but I guess you could say restless. I seem to feel the need to start a million different projects to keep myself busy. I haven't really completed anything yet, but here's my "to do" list that I'm aiming to conquer:

- Find the perfect fabric to make curtains out of for our master bedroom (and FINALLY finish the hemming on the one's I've already hung in the other rooms)

- Either find a new dresser and nightstand for our bedroom (preferably an old one at a garage sale that I can redo) OR use the dresser we currently have in our living room and replace it with something really cool :) Here's what I would LOVE to have in our living room under our TV:

















ahhh I love El Paso Imports :) But, I also have a budget to follow, so this might just have to wait. Hopefully I'll find something really unique that's similar to this piece that I can redo and make just as beautiful.


-Make a T-shirt quilt out of all of my college t-shirts. I've wanted to do this for SOOO long!! I've just never had the time to do it (or atleast that's been my excuse) Welp, guess what? Now I do!!


-Do some gardening. I've always enjoyed planting flowers and making the yard look pretty, but I've always picked my flower choices based on what color I like the best instead of the important things like how much sun they need, which ones grow best together, etc. So, I'm hoping to sharpen my gardening skills a bit this summer and maybe create a new flowerbed in our backyard.


I know there's more, but this is more than enough to keep me busy for a while. I'll post updates on how things are movin' along!!

Adventures in Cookie Baking

Well, I've never been much of a cook, and it usually takes me a few tries to get something right, but for some reason I decided that I should try to make fancy cookies for Mother's Day and my sister's graduation the night before I need them. Suprisingly, it turned out ok! Not perfect, and I definitely messed up a few of the steps, but I'm satisifed. And now I may even have a cookie baking addiction....

Here are some pictures throughout the process. Courtney and Jen, these are for you!

Just getting started......

All done baking and beginning the icing!

Finished!

It's been a while...

Well, I started this blog so excited to get on every day and fill everyone in on what is going on in our lives, and obviously that isn't what happened!! I can't believe it's been this long since our last post. We have definitely had a busy past couple of weeks; Weddings, jobs, and this crazy winter weather!

We actually just got home from a pretty crazy weekend as well. Michael's sister, Kallie, plays basketball for the University of Mary Hardin-Baylor in Belton TX, and has been a starter for 4 years. She's a senior and will graduate in May, so Michael and I went to TX this weekend to watch her play. She also just got engaged!! Congrats Kallie and Colby!! It was a lot of fun to see the family, but a lot of flying/driving places, and the trip was definitely too short!

Michael is enjoying his new job in the Insurance business, but it is a lot of hard work, and it's been a little stressful. We're definitely thankful for this new opportunity, and he's much happier than he was at his old job, but keep us in your prayers! Financially, it's a lot more difficult not knowing how much his paychecks are going to be each month, but we're making it!!

It's conference week this week at school, so I have a lot of preparing left to do before I go to bed. I hope everyone has a wonderful week!