Bungalow Full of Updates

I have been absent from the blog. I am sorry for that. I never could have imagined how little time I had for the computer once we moved into this house. We have been renovating and updating every moment of every day. Our goal before the baby gets here is to "finish" the living room. When I say finish I don't actually mean having every single little detail done, because honestly this room is going to evolve over time. However, I wanted it to feel comfortable and livable. I figure Josh and I will be spending lots of time snuggling Baby Crain (and Bella too!) in our living room so we wanted it to feel like home. It has been amazing to us how quickly this house really has become our home. We fall more in love with it each and every day. We will both admit that every once in awhile we are overwhelmed thinking of all the projects we want to get done, but it dissipates quickly because honestly we would be bored if we didn't have a million and one projects on our to do list. Will all that said, here are some sneak peeks at our in progress living room.

Yes I realize the pictures are dark and blurry. I did have a reason for that, and the reason is that we are not ready to reveal the full living room just yet. That would be why its called "in progress" folks. New photos will be coming soon!

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Baby Crain Update:

Our little mermaid is moving and grooving in my belly. Feeling the kicks is such a weird and amazing feeling. It makes me realize there REALLY is a real live baby growing in there, I'm not just getting fat. Seriously this belly is growing at amazing rates. The really exciting news is we are THIS CLOSE to knowing if the merbaby is a maid or a man. I do have a theory about what we are having. See, I have come to the conclusion that you have the opposite of whatever gender your pet is (if you have one that is). I am sure someone can prove me wrong on this one, but I only have so many examples to go by and each and every one proves my theory. So, according to this theory of mine Bella is going to have a brother. We will know very soon whether or not my theory is proven correct.


Thanks all for hanging around for my update. I would certainly provide more details, but I just don't have any right now.

Party Like It's Your Birthday

Happy birthday to the most wonderful man, father to Bella, and soon-to-be father to our little mermaid (or merman). I cannot believe how much you have accomplished in your 24 years of life and I am so thankful that I get to spend the rest of your years with you. Thank you for sharing my passion for houses, life, and family. You rock! :)

I love you babe!

Hoppy Easter!

Happy Easter!!!

...and as we like to say in the Crain household, "Jesus is risen. He is risen indeed!"

Enjoy this time with your loved ones. We are off to our church service and then on to my parents for some Easter fun. It is just the 6 of us this year (dad, mom, Josh, me, baby, and Bella), but I have the feeling it will be a special one. It is the last holiday in their house before they move so it definitely has some emotional significance as well. I am bringing a few things to "liven" up the Easter table and I only had to spend a couple of bucks so I am happy with the results. I'll try to remember to post some pictures later on. To get you ready for the true reason for Easter, here is one of my favorite songs out there right now...





We love you all and wish you a very happy Easter!

It's a......Baby!!

Today we hit 15 weeks. We cannot believe it. Only 25 weeks to go. My belly looks like I am at least 5 months along. I'm not. Here is a picture to show that this baby is growing like a weed....or maybe mommy is just eating a lot...

See, I don't lie. There was a picture that REALLY showed the very enlarged tummy, but that one just didn't make it on here. We have been telling everyone that we are having twins. Besides my large middle region, I also am still enjoying morning sickness all day every day. That must mean there are two in there right? Well according to our ultrasound tech I am pretty sure there is just one. Want proof? Here is the photo that most of you came for...

I'm no rocket scientist, but I think my excuses of having two babies is now long gone. Oh and did anyone else notice we are having a mermaid? I can assure you that the other shots we have of the legs definitely show very normal human legs, but can you really get past the fact that our baby has a forked tail? Our baby will be one good swimmer!

No matter how many times we hear the heartbeat or see the baby's sweet face we just can't get over that we really, truly are pregnant. Every single time we get a bit of a shock and say, "that is really in there?!" Maybe it's because we feel so undeserving. God blessed us with something much more beautiful than we could ever imagine. We know it will feel very real once the baby is screaming at all hours of the night keeping us up, but for now it is just completely surreal. We cannot wait to meet our precious little bug. We just love him or her so very much.

Speaking of gender...we did not find out the sex of the baby today. I know many of you were hoping that we would, but the tech just felt like it was too soon to determine it for sure and she figured we would be back in about five weeks for another ultrasound anyway. Although we were looking forward to it, we were kind of thankful because honestly, even if she had told us, we weren't going to tell you for a whole month anyway. And, well, secret keeping is just very tiring. Don't be sad though, five weeks is just a short time away!

One last thing...we cannot thank you all enough for your love, support, and prayers. Honestly, this journey would be so much tougher if we didn't have each one of you encouraging us daily. It feels so wonderful to have so many friends and family that are sharing in our excitement. We are thankful for each and every one of you reading this...even if you haven't left a comment or talked to us, we know you care! So, thank you from the very bottom of our hearts!

XoXo