Beau's Nursery

Less than two days to go! Here's my final belly pic at 38 weeks:
And here's the finished nursery:





I can't wait to put pictures of him in those frames!

Ta-Da!

Our guest room addition was complete a week and a half ago, but I finally got around to having J take some "after" shots this weekend. For a refresher on how it looked before, click here. We are so pleased with the final product & love our "new" house!
Level ceiling in the living room where it was once split-level

Solid wall in the den where the look through once was

French doors added to the upstairs office
Entrance to new room

We weren't using the wide-angle lens, so you'll have to piece these together in your mind for the full effect. I love the color we ended up using & can't wait to hang some things on the wall this week!

In Stock

I've been in nesting mode lately, which in my case always includes lots of food prep. As a result, my freezer contains about 5 cups of cooked diced chicken, 6 lbs of browned ground beef, a couple of large containers of spaghetti sauce, 5 casseroles & various other items that can be used in the coming weeks when I have less time to cook.

I feel much better now.

Just the Four of Us

Justin took the morning off on Friday so that we could take the kids to the Dallas World Aquarium. We wanted to do something special with Jake & Mal before Beau's arrival, & this turned out to be a perfect outing. J & I had been a couple of times before, but it was years ago. The kids were so excited on the way there as we talked about all of the different animals we would see.

Our tour through the aquarium began with lots of birds & monkeys, which thrilled the kids. While looking into this enclosure of mostly birds, we got a surprise when a huge anteater walked out of his little cave. You can see his nose here on the right side of the picture.
The glare is bad on this one but it shows how big he was.
Around the waterfall in the center of the building, we spotted flamingos, ducks, monkeys & all kinds of crazy birds.
The pink one on this branch was Mal's favorite.
This is the only pic we got of me with either child. Not our best, but oh well.
The sloth was hanging out in a tree that wasn't behind any barriers, so we got to get up close & personal with him as he slowly munched away.
We had fun spotting parrots & toucans all over the place.
Jake & Mallory spent a long time looking at this tank of stingrays. Each time they swam away, Mal would say, "Hey stingray! Come back by me!"

We probably spent more time in front of the big ocean tank than anywhere else. There were huge turtles, catfish of some sort & all kinds of other fish. We had seen several sharks when we were up above looking down but couldn't ever find them once we got down to the tank.
The highlight of the morning for Mal was getting to see manatees. She hopped around & was absolutely giddy as she looked at them & sang "Barbara Manatee" from Veggie tales. Jake thoroughly enjoyed them too.

We ended our visit in the gallery of aquariums with fish from around the world. Jake excitedly ran from tank to tank saying, "I found more fishies!" This octopus was pretty cool!

Like any proper outing with the Chamblee family, we ended with lunch at Chick Fil-A. It was fun to do something special with our big kids.

Pre-Baby Date Night

On Saturday night, J & I enjoyed one last date night before Beau arrives. I had at first wanted to go out for a nice steak dinner, but once we discussed how few movies we'd seen lately, we opted for a more casual dinner followed by a movie.

We ate at Taverna, one of our favorites, & it was delicious as always. We'd planned to see Unknown, but it was sold out, so we ended up seeing Just Go With It. It was cute, funny & surprisingly clean, especially since Adam Sandler is in it. Jake & Mal enjoyed an evening with Miss Leah & Mr. Kevin while we were away.

Thanks for a great date, sweetheart! Only 9 days to go!