WELCOME EVERET JAMES

As begin digging out of the fog that is having a baby, I’m excited to finally announce the arrival of our little man! On Wednesday, December 10^th, we welcomed a happy and healthy baby boy into our family. Evert James Williams weighted 8 pounds, 10 ounces and was 21 inches long. In the past two months he has filled our life with so much love, smiles, sleepless nights and poopy diapers! He loves lights, eating, reading stories with his daddy, being entertained by all his cousins and anything that swings/bounces/sways (including our arms!). He’s not such a fan of sleep.

Needless to say, we are absolutely smitten and I can’t wait to share more about him and our “new normal”. I will be returning to work in a few weeks and plan on soaking up this time as much as possible. Hope to have some other updates here soon. In the meantime, as always, I’m going crazy posting cute pictures of him over on Instagram. As in, like lots of them! You've been warned.

HOMEOWNERS

We might be totally crazy, but this past week we closed on our first house. We were going to hold off until Spring considering we were in a lease, expecting our first baby and (hello!) old man winter is closing in. Not the ideal time to uproot for the third time in a year, but, as they say, we're hoping this time is a charm. We looked for a few months, would get our hopes up, lose out on the deal and then move on to the next. The house we ended up buying was literally the one and only house Kim ever said he'd never consider looking at. It's just a few blocks away from our rental house and every time we walked by, for no particular reason, he cringed. He hasn't done that to another house. Ever. Coincidence that it's the one we ended up buying? I think not! It's true that it has a lot of work to do but once we went inside, visualized some potential and decided we could make it work before the baby came, we jumped on it. Fast forward to one month later, we own the place!

It's definitely a fixer upper but we are up to the challenge (it's okay to laugh, point your finger at us and say we have no idea what we are getting ourselves up to with a new baby and house - I kinda know it!). This blog has been pretty quiet for a few months, err a year, but I'm hoping to reboot her with the pending DIY projects and baby boy. He'll be here in a month, I can't even believe how much time flies. Can't wait to see what the upcoming months have in store. Stay tuned!

FRIDAY'S FAB $15: H&M HOME PART II

This blog can't all be babies and ultrasound photos now can it? It's been a while since I've done Friday Fab $15 but I'm resurrecting it! If you're not familiar with it, on Fridays I post fabulous finds for under $15. I love to decorate on a budget and am constantly scouring the internet and stores for good deals. For the past year or so I've been loving the H&M home decor and have been filling our new house with little bits from them here and there. We recently got their linen duvet and love it! Although it doesn't fall in the under $15 category it's still a steal compared to other linen bedding sets I've found. Have you had any luck with H&M home goods? If so, share your favorites with me below. Cheers (from my sparkling water in a wine glass) to a happy weekend!

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IT'S A...

Two weeks ago we had our 19 week ultrasound, you know, the big one! After patiently waiting while she checked to make sure everything was looking good and healthy - like having 10 fingers and 10 toes, she asked us if we were sure we wanted to know. YES. I can't stand not to know what's going on so there was no way we weren't finding out.

Well, our intuition was right and it's a boy! We couldn't be more excited to meet the little man. Between our nieces and nephews, it's almost all boys and we're excited to contribute to the little clan of monkeys. I'm pretty sure he's going to be a wild child - went from barely feeling him flutter to full on jabs. Needless to say, we're both pretty excited, not just for a boy but for a so-far healthy, wiggly baby. Time is starting to fly by and can't believe we will get to meet the little man in four short months.

A SALE FOR THE MINIS AT ZARA

Ever since we found out we were expecting (okay, maybe a little earlier) I've been ooohing and ahhhing over all the cute baby clothes out there and picking up some keepers along the way. One of my favorite sites for miniature clothes is Zara. I'm honestly not always a huge fan of their women's clothing since I'm tall and they tend to run pretty short, but their baby clothes are ridiculously adorable. Best part is, if you're patient enough, they have sales twice a year. The summer sale happens to be going on now and you betcha' I've started stocking up the baby's closet with neutral colored clothes (we find out if it's a boy or girl in a few weeks!). Here are a few of my favorite sale picks for the little ladies or fellas in your life. If you like something, I recommend snatching it up quickly as they tend to sell out quickly! Let the mommy blogging begin...?

AND BABY MAKES THREE!

For those of you who follow me on Instagram, you may already know, but Kim and I are thrilled to announce we're expecting a little guy/gal in December! We figured hey, why not add having a baby to this crazy year of getting married and moving across the country...seems like a stress-free thing to do :) We've already met him/her a few times through an ultrasound but can't wait to have a little elf with us for Christmas this year. Thanks to everyone who has already been showing this little one lots of love, we can't wait!

 (Everyone, meet my uterus. Uterus...everyone.)

WEEKEND WORDS OF WISDOM

This about sums up the past year. Via hplyrikz.com.