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  • What were we listening to?

    My grand ambition is that this blog will help document our growing family for years to come with pictures, videos and commentary about our everyday life. Years from now my hope is that we can look back, smile and laugh at ourselves the same way I laugh at this fantastic display of early 80’s awesomeness.020

    On that note, almost without fail you can count on Andrew for two things at this point; 1) to kick, punch and move around without abandon in my tummy and then go completely still when Andy puts his hand on my stomach for a feel. And 2) to dance around in utero when music- particularly house music- comes on.  So what were we listening to this summer? ‘Jealous’ by Chromeo was deemed our song of the summer and one that always seemed to make baby Andrew (and Mom of course…) move around.

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  • About ready…

    Mommy ran some errands and Daddy assembled baby gear. Dare I say, ‘We’re about ready?!’

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  • Last birthday without baby!

    Here comes 32!IMG_0498.JPGSleeping in, Levain cookies, Mamoun’s, Otto’s & friends (plus a glass of Chianti) makes Kristi a happy girl!

  • Baby Shower!

    Baby Shower!

    On September 6th Grandmas Connie and Diane, along with Aunt Kelly and Aunt Cathy, threw me a beautiful baby shower at our new house. It was an awesome celebration for our growing family that left me speechless with all the love and affection we were showed. Thank you to all who came from near and far! Baby Andrew is already so blessed to be a part of such a wonderful community of family and friends.

    Thank you to my gracious hostesses!
    Thank you to my gracious hostesses!
    Sisters! (And Charlotte!)
    Sisters! (And Charlotte!)
    4 hot pregnant mamas
    4 hot pregnant mamas
    Handmade by the talented Bianca.
    Handmade by the talented Bianca.
    Adorable.
    Adorable.
    My mom repainted my old rocking chair for Andrew.
    My mom repainted my old rocking chair for Andrew.
    Painting ABC's and trains for Andrew's nursery.
    Painting ABC’s and trains for Andrew’s nursery.

    The finished products!

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  • Babymoon!

    Babymoon!

    To celebrate our first year as Mr. And Mrs. and have one last splurge before baby arrives, we took a little trip to the southwest (and work was sending us both out there so it was free!). Here are some pics from the trip. More to come soon!

    Lunch! A must for the west coast.

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    Sedona, AZ.
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    Morning hike in Sedona, AZ. Not bad for 31 weeks pregnant.

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    IMG_0720.JPGAndy is not a lover of hiking.

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  • Documenting ‘The Bump’

    Photos courtesy of Aunt Kelly.

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  • Growing boy!

    8 Weeks: 4/11/14
    The Bump says you were the size of a raspberry. Looks more like an olive to me.

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    12 Weeks: 5/12/14
    Apparently you were a plum.

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    20 Weeks: 6/30/14
    A banana… And a boy!

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    Can’t wait to meet you!

  • One man’s trash….

    Moving from this:

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    To:

    IMG_0562.JPG Needless to say a 4,000+ square foot house left us with a lot of house and few things to fill it with when we first arrived. Over the last few months I’ve been transforming hand-me-down pieces from our family into our very own. It may not be HGTV or Pinterest worthy but I’m quite proud of my handy work if I do say so myself.

    Project 1: Kristi’s Desk
    Courtesy of Diane’s basement and her desire and love of cleaning out!
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    Project 2: Dining Room Chairs

    From Bill and Connie’s kitchen in the mid-90’s to our dining room
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    Project 3: Changing Table
    Tried and true by the Phillips babies
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    Project 4: Lamp for Baby Andrew’s room
    Thank you grandma!
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    Project 5: Sprucing up Candlesticks
    Goodbye brass, hello navy (quickly becoming my new favorite color)
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    Project 6: The Wingback Chairs!
    The biggest project yet. Still getting up the guts to tackle these monsters. May need to call in some reinforcements to help.
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  • The Nursery is Coming Along!

    Whoever doubts that ‘nesting’ is not real has clearly never spent time with a pregnant lady. Lots of paint, more paint, hanging and assembling and Andrew’s room is starting to take shape.

    PS- Andy did the hard work. I managed.
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  • Beach R&R

    It is so wonderful to be able to come down to LBI for the weekend and unplug. You can almost forget about the grass cutting, trash collecting, and everything happening in the office…… Almost.

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