Getting Closer Everyday!

Today I am 29 weeks and counting! Exactly 11 weeks until Evans' due date on August 25th. Sometimes it seems like it is quickly approaching and other times it seems like it will never get here. Regardless, I am almost finished with Evans' room and I am happy with the results. The only thing we are waiting on now is the glider, which was one giant pain in the butt. Typically no stores/companies will ship something as large as a glider to our APO box and I was starting to get really nervous about it. We found ONE glider in all of Mann Mobilia and it was ugly and expensive. On a whim I checked out AAFES.com and was irritated to find out that they DID have gliders but wouldn't ship to APO's. Seriously? A military website that doesn't ship to APO's? Very irritating. As my last hope I went to the AAFES store on the base and asked if they could order the glider for me. SUCCESS!! Not only is the glider ordered, it was inexpensive and I don't have to pay shipping! It could take 12 weeks for it to get here but I really don't care at this point, it is finished!

On Monday, Steph and I hit up Ikea and I bought a bookcase for the nursery. I needed a place to put picture frames, book and other assorted knick knacks. I was nervous that it wouldn't look right but I was super happy with how it turned out. And I even put it together all by myself! I have the bruises under my arms to prove I hauled it upstairs all by myself! Here is how it looks.And I have plenty of room to put more things in there as I get them. When we got home from Greece on Friday I was super excited to find that the rest of the boxes from my shower in Atlanta had arrived as well as the Pottery Barn Kids boxes of the cutest rocking horse EVER and the changing table boxes. Here are pictures of both all set up!My Aunt Kay bought us this super cute lamb chair from Pottery Barn Kids and it arrived as well in the box of shower gifts. He (the lamb chair) is currently sitting where the glider is going to go but he likes his home for the time being.And a close up shot of the crib only because you can see some of the great blankets and animals that we got at our shower. As soon as the glider gets here I will be able to move some of the blanket to it but for now they are all stacked up on the crib. I am well aware that a baby would hardly fit in the crib at this point!Finally, last but certainly not least is my favorite picture that I have taken of Deaner in awhile.He wanted to watch me open up all the shower stuff but waking up at 3:45am to make our flight in Santorini took it's toll on him immediately afterwards. I can assure you that he is not faking and that he slept like that for several hours! Too funny.

Anyways, now that they room is pretty much done I hope I can relax a little bit. I spent today cleaning the house up because I feel like I need to get ahead. I am very aware that it will probably have to be done again before 11 weeks is up but I'm going to try hard to keep it clean. My laundry room has never been cleaner! Tomorrow I need to tackle the kitchen, dining room and den. Yikes! Happy Humpday to everyone!

Picture Wrap Up

I don't want to bore everyone to death with the details of our whole trip so I am going to try and hit the highlights today and move on with my life! It is raining in Germany and it seems like we were in Greece MONTHS ago! Tuesday was another relaxing day for me by the pool. Deaner went on a hike and then joined me again. I decided at sunset that I would let him take a couple pictures of my baby belly.I am pretty sure that it grew on this trip thanks to the delicious food! Wednesday was our (my) adventure day. We rented this super cute Smart Car.....Which was delivered to our hotel bright and early on Wednesday morning. We set out for breakfast in Fira, a trip to Ancient Thira and a visit to Oia. First we had breakfast/lunch across the street from this really high class OB/GYN's office.Nice huh? I am quite glad that I didn't require this guy's services while I was on vacation! :) Afterward our snack we headed to Ancient Thira. I was not as thrilled about this little excursion because it required some hiking and it was pretty hot. Here are a few shots of the view from the way up.You can see the black sand beaches from atop the ruins site. The views were incredible.I have to admit that I didn't do as much exploring as Deaner did once we got up to the top. I pretty much parked myself on a bench and gazed at the water but Deaner was a much better tourist. These ancient ruins just didn't do much for me after seeing the Acropolis in Athens!!Now, on to more interesting pictures! After Ancient Thira I may or may not have been a little bit cranky from the hiking and heat. We stopped off at the black sand beach of Kamari just to have a look before heading to Oia. The beach was not exactly what I would want in a beach but it was neat and different. Look how large the pebbles are on the beach! Nothing like the white sand of Florida!My spirits were lifted somewhat when we arrived in Oia. Oia sits on the far edge of Santorini and has spectacular views and supposedly the best sunsets on the island. We had a light lunch here and walked the length of the town. It was really hot in the middle of the day but the pictures made it worth it.And finally, I am just going to post a few random pictures from the rest of the vacation that will show you just how lovely Santorini was. I do believe that it was hard to take a bad picture here. Unless of course your skirt blew up from the wind! Our hotel...Another belly bump picture. Getting progressively bigger!Cute picture of us if I wasn't so puffy looking.View of Fira.And finally the sunset on the last night. It was a bit windy!And that concludes my 8 million pictures. I hope I didn't bore everyone to tears. It was a nice break from nursery pictures I know! And tomorrow I am sure I will have more to post of those since I have just about finished everything up! I managed to order a glider today and while it is going to take ages to get here, at least I know it is on the way and I don't have to worry about it anymore! Happy Tuesday everyone!

Santorini, Greece

FINALLY.......it is almost 7pm on Monday night and I can't believe I have just sat down to blog. I have had a very busy day. Deaner's office threw me a surprise shower today at lunch, that I was not expecting. It was so nice and they bought us the highchair that we were registered for. I was completely taken aback! After that Steph and I hit up Ikea where I bought a bookshelf for the baby's room and promptly put it together once I got home. I'm super excited with how it looks. I'll have to post pictures of that another day because I have about 8 million from our trip that I want to share! I'll probably have to break it down into a few days but here it goes. We made it to the airport in Athens in plenty of time on Sunday to catch our flight to Santorini. We were picked up at the airport by our driver without any problems. The above picture is the first glimpse of paradise that I saw when we walked into our hotel. The whole trip seems like it might have been fake because I have never seen a more beautiful place in my life. I hope it doesn't spoil the rest of our trips to come! When we arrived our room wasn't ready so we went for a walk to find a place to eat lunch. We found a place with a rooftop patio and stunning views.We spent the rest of the afternoon hanging out by the pool, soaking up the sun and relaxing. The weather was heavenly. The views from hotel room did not disappoint either.We walked to dinner at a restaurant that was recommended by the hotel owner and on the way I got to catch this picture.Can you imagine actually having your WEDDING in Santorini?? Talk about great pictures! We had the most beautiful table for dinner overlooking the water. The only problem? As soon as we sat down Deaner realized that he had forgotten his wallet at the hotel. Nice huh? He had to run back and get it while I waited there saving our table. And they wouldn't serve me a drink until he got back! Semi embaressing but oh well! The food was great and afterwards it was an early night.

Monday morning Deaner got up and went hiking while I parked myself at the pool again for the day. My belly is starting to prevent me from doing things such as hiking but let's be real, I would have rather stayed at the pool anyways! Here are some shots Deaner captured on his hike.After his hike he hung out with me by the pool for the rest of the day. We had lunch delivered to us poolside and got to relax. We were treated to a great sunset before leaving for dinner.I was trying to take a picture of Deaner with the sunset in the background and right as I was about to take the picture the wind literally blew my skirt straight up in the air. Nice.Ha ha! Here is the real one!And a few of us together!It was a really rough few days! :) I'll save the rest of the pictures for the next few days. There are TONS and I haven't even gotten them all on shutterfly yet. The rest of the week was just as awesome and I am not sure I have ever eaten so much feta cheese in my whole life.

Anyways, Deaner is home late from work so it is time to run and eat dinner now that it is almost 8pm. We had a later night last night getting our hair cut over at Steph and Jon's, having a delicious dinner of tenderloin and then playing Phase 10. Tonight I'm sure we will have to go to bed a bit earlier. Happy Monday to everyone!