progress

we are making progress... very slowly, but we're getting things done.
we've moved furniture out of the guest room and made a new guest room.
we have started working on perry's nursery.
 i'm beyond excited because we have a "stripped" & primed baby bed!

pieces of the primed bed

note the paint brush in his mouth, charlie always wants to help

perry's daddy has worked his tail off lately cooking dinner, moving furniture, stripping her crib and being extra attentive to yours truly. mr. b knows how to take care of the women in his family, we are especially blessed.

i plan to spend memorial day weekend working on her crib, picking a wall color, and helping my mil with the bedding. i can't wait to see it all come together.

in other news, i worked at the abilene baby expo last weekend. i don't talk much about my job, but community outreach is one thing that i love doing. i spent the day visiting with other pregnant gals about their babies, their healthcare choices, and birthing plans. it was a lot of fun!

while i was there, i had the chance to walk around and check out other vendors. after meeting and having a great visit with an adorable local photographer named hannah vickers, i tossed my name in her maternity session drawing.

folks, i never win anything.

i was in complete and utter shock when she emailed me saturday night letting me know that i won this fabulous prize. and i'm even more excited that i get to work with her, she's very talented. you can check out her photos here.

and i'd like to welcome my precious friend, lucy, to the world of blogging!

we celebrated her birthday on saturday night with dinner & cake

how she didn't end up in a picture ON HER BIRTHDAY, i'll never know... she's always the one behind the camara!

happy birthday, lucy!

so i'm finally starting to feel like the belchers are getting somewhere... we're getting ready for this baby one day at a time! which is good because we only have 13 weeks and 4 days!