It's about time things started settling down...

With November just around the corner, we are finally seeing some time ahead for us to settle down a little and even be able to think about this little one arriving in just a few months. :)
- Volleyball season has come to an end
- 1st quarter of the school year is over
- Report cards done
- Parent Teacher Conferences this week
- One more month of my masters classes!
- This past month: a presentation done, a case study written, a 25 page literature review mastered, and 70 page rough draft for my final project completed.
- Illnesses for both of us, almost gone
- Classroom sorting and purging has begun (SO much stuff!)
- Baby room started
- Trips to Goodwill
- Tons of organizing in our humble little home

November To-Do:
- Crown Moulding on first floor of house
- Finish baby room :)
- Have all organizing done
- Finish my masters
- Todd completes a class too
- RELAX!!!

Happy Halloween to everyone!!
Our Halloween day plans:
- Going to breakfast
- Order our baby furniture
- A prenatal massage and manicure for me :) (a gift from Todd)
- Handing out candy to trick-or-treaters

Have a wonderful weekend! xoxo ~ Lisa & Todd

Oh! and looking forward to delivering our baby gender news on Tuesday!!!

Volleyball Season Update

I have not been very good about updating how Todd's volleyball season has been going as it's flown by. The girls are doing great and wrapping up their season on such a high note. They took 3rd place this weekend in the Spikefest tournament and have had all regular season wins the last few weeks, including big wins to both Geneva and Sycamore. I believe their current record is 20-13 as they head into Regionals this upcoming week. Kaneland is hosting Regionals, which is great. They have defeated both Sycamore and Hampshire already this season, so hopefully they can clinch a Regional Championship win!


Have a wonderful day! There is a tube of cinnamon rolls downstairs in our fridge calling my name for breakfast. :)

First piece of baby furniture

Our glider has arrived (with much thanks to my mom and dad :)).
It waits peacefully down in our living room until the baby room is ready.
However, it's been taken over by our other baby...

Baby Update

It's been a while since I've posted anything regarding our little one that is still cooking. :) We are moving into week 21 this week, officially passing the halfway point. One more week till we find out if this little peanut is a boy or girl. We are super excited and can't wait to find out. We're ready to start getting more things ready, including making baby name choices. Believe it or not the last time we discussed baby names was before we were pregnant. Morning sickness for me lasted a full 17 weeks so doing anything extra physically or mentally just wasn't on my plate (and I definitely didn't want it to be a stressful decision). We decided at that point to just wait till we found out if it's a boy or girl and then only have to focus on name choices for one gender. :) (much easier)
Still up in the air about whether "the name" or any name choices will be shared at all, which we know will be disappointing to some. Todd really wants to keep the name a secret, especially since we will tell everyone the gender. So, I'm going to give him this one (since so many decisions have been passed my way, and maybe it will give me a little extra push for the name I like better :).


Baby is now the length of a banana! Lots of rolling and tapping going on, which is fun. Baby is bonding like crazy with Lucy. :) They will be quite the pair. Lucy is a permanent fixture in my lap if I'm sitting or laying down, and usually stretched across my abdomen/lap area. She is such a nurturer. When she purrs, baby rolls and moves around so much. So the two of them already have their own ways to communicate. Pregnancy-wise, I'm feeling much better...no more all-day sickness. However, I can't quite catch a break from being sick at all. I've been battling a horrible head cold and cough for the last month, which unfortunately puts me right back into sick and upset stomach mode. Oh well. Hopefully I'll get a nice "feeling good" stretch soon. :) All I can say is, Todd is amazing and I am so incredibly lucky to be under his care.
One more week and we will let you all know if we are team pink or team blue!!

Baby Room Phase 1

Last weekend we jumped on the chance to start painting the baby's room while the weather was gorgeous and we could open up the house. Regardless of if it is a boy or girl we knew we wanted a neutral color no matter what. I love simple serene nurseries with all the creams and whites (and then other accents here and there). After hours staring at cream color paint samples, and Todd saying "They all look the same to me" we finally went with Informal Ivory. With our busy schedules, it's still a work in progress...






Emptying out the extra room that has served as a guest room was the largest project, as the closet was our main source of storage for the house. No longer. We have had to get pretty creative with every nook and cranny of closet space in this house.
Sorting through everything...




Which turned into playing with Lucy...





Which turned into a sentimental moment of finding her kitten collar, it's so tiny!

The boys are back in town...

...and they took over our house. :)
It was great for us to be able to have Aidan and Liam with us for a little while.
Here they are taking control of our office...





Liam showing off his scary face...



Here they are taking over our bed in the morning for some EARLY morning cartoons...



...And then enjoyed a little breakfast in bed (apple cider doughnuts and milk - yum!)



So, we had a great visit with the Stickney's and it only took a little cleaning after all was said and done. :)

Bring on the Registry!

Amy came down with Mike and the boys this weekend so that we could spend some time with them, but also so that she could help me out with registering for baby. Somehow we ended up in Buy Buy Baby for over 3 hours! We had a lot of fun looking for things, but our feet were both hurting when we were done. Thank goodness I had her help!
We got a registry started at Buy Buy Baby and Target.