feathers!

While the girls were in town we decided to get some Feathers!!!  I am always to nervous to change my hair style in any way, but a little feather can't hurt :)  and I can tuck it under my hair and all 3 feathers are completely hidden.  Lindsey and Chelsea's feathers are so cute!  We are so glad we did it:

Day at the Stockyards

safari

My family had the opportunity to go to Africa this summer on a mission trip!  I wish I could have gone :)  My sister uploaded some of the group's photos onto my computer when she was in town.  After searching through some and editing a few... maybe they will look cute in the nursery?  especially the precious baby elephant and its momma :)

cloudy and cool

 I never thought I would be so excited for a cloudy day!  Last week, we woke up to raindrops and cloud coverage- wonderful even if just for a morning :)  The other hot days we have been staying indoors and treating the furs to late night swims with our friends and their new puppy!  

I'm getting ready for a weekend with friends!!!!  Lots to come- including nursery fabrics and sewing projects :)

Refreshing Recipes

It's HOT here- like record-breaking- HOT.  While I work indoors enjoying the A/C and thanking the Lord I'm not 9 months pregnant... it's still hard to turn on the oven or eat anything remotely warm.  Here are a couple recipes I'm going to try and make.  They all look so cool and refreshing!

yummy salsa from {here}

Avocado toast from {here}

 Pioneer Woman's Cowboy Dr. Pepper Shredded Pork {here}

Perfect Iced Coffee {here}

BLT Panzanella {here}

Joyfully Blue!

A few days ago, I let the dogs outside and noticed a bright blue feather on the patio.  It was beautiful!  We were scheduled to find out the sex of baby g next Tuesday, so I thought this might be a little sign that my feeling of having a boy might just be true :)

Little did I know that we would actually be finding out a little sooner... like this morning!!!!!!!  My appointment was changed and it was a rare weekend that their sonogram technicians were in on a Saturday! With all the kicking baby g has been doing, I figured we would be able to tell boy or girl... but I didn't know it would be this obvious:

It's a BOY!!!!!!!!!

He moved around a lot, but mostly stayed with his head facing out towards the camera :)  Love these next few pictures... it is amazing all the details you can see:

and here is a really tacky phone pic of my growing belly at 20 weeks!  Half way there!!!

We are so excited to be having a little boy!  I just knew it was a boy all along :)

If you have tissues handy, watch this video of Brad Paisley singing Anything Like Me:

Special Delivery

 Look what Patrick had shipped down last week:

Patrick's vintage car is finally with us at home!  Now we don't have to wait for Louisville visits to have a special date in this '57!  Hope to have some photos of his car coming in the next week and maybe a few baby bump pictures too :)