Good morning and I just realized this is my 100th post! Whoa!!! Well, I have never been 40 weeks and 1 day pregnant before. It’s sort of a weird feeling because you build up your due date so much throughout pregnancy and then it comes and goes with not a whole lot of excitement. At my appointment yesterday, my doctor told me to keep a positive attitude and that all babies come…
People keep asking if we have the nursery done and I have to stifle a chuckle because it looks like this. Okay, so that blue artwork is gone and we have moved the twin bed into Alex’s room and the curtains have been switched out, but otherwise this is the “nursery”. We plan on moving the wood furniture from the nursery to Alex’s room because it matches the headboard for his big…
Can we please talk about how there are less than 4 weeks until my due date? Um…where did that time go?? All of a sudden I’m waddling everywhere and my face that I didn’t think was puffy is actually puffy. I forgot what it’s like to be 8 months pregnant! With Alex, I remember coming home from work and falling asleep on the couch every.single.day. I was exhausted and I didn’t even…
Hey there! Lately, I have been in major nesting mode. I think John might be ready to get rid of me if I move anything else around while I tidy and organize. But, what can I say? I have only 4 more weeks before little man’s estimated D-Day. My mind is in overdrive thinking of all the time I won’t have once there are two small humans to care for throughout the…
Excuse me while I wipe my tears. My little guy is going to be two in less than 3 months. He’s going to be a big brother in less than 2. He’s sleeping in a toddler bed all night long, all by himself. He feeds himself all of his meals and knows some letters of the alphabet by sight. He recently started stringing two words together and he is actually starting to…
Holy Moly! Can you guys even believe that I am six months pregnant?? I can’t. Until I’m running to the bathroom every 30 minutes. Then I’m all like oh yeah, duh! Well, just wanted to share a little update on what’s going on with me (& us) as we all prepare for Baby R to make his appearance. First things first, so I can stop calling him “Baby R #2”, his name…
I had every intention of using nap time today to organize our linen closet and write up an organizing post. Then nap time ended up looking like this… Which, who can really be upset about that? It was one of those days where he clung on for dear life when I tried to put him in his crib. Heartbreaking. Gets me every time! So, here we are, snuggling and catching up on…
About 2 weeks ago, after our extended stay in Michigan (where John ran the Detroit Marathon), we headed up to Mackinac Island. It is a tiny island at the tippy-top of Michigan (the Lower Peninsula). We take a mini-vacation there every year during their last open weekend. It is such a great little place to enjoy some quality family time. There are no cars allowed on the island, but there are horses…
Hey all! I have some exciting news coming out of the Reineke Household…I am now a Thirty-One Consultant! I started thinking about becoming a consultant about a year ago. My friend and I were tossing around ideas of how we could earn a little extra income and still stay at home, and Thirty-One kept coming up. She decided to dive on in, but I was still a little apprehensive. I’m not a…
Well, we successfully completed Alex’s first trick-or-treat last night! The cuteness around town was too much to handle, but our little farmer had my heart all night. He was so adorable going up to all of the businesses who were handing out candy. He would pick his piece out, put it in his bag, and immediately turn to grab more. A boy after my own heart. Of course we had the discussion…
