Preparing

Summer has officially hit. We hit the upper 90's now and so travelling from A/C to hot car from store to store leaves me a sweating puddle. Nedda bulungi. Daniel and I decided to stay where we are right now on a month to month lease since we love the location, how low rent is which allows us to save, and to give it a shot. It's about 800 sq. feet, one bedroom, one bath etc. Space is kinda tight for us so Daniel and I have been super busy going through boxes and moving things into storage that we don't use right now in order to make more room for Baby Brantley. =) That has allowed me to unbox several things like the children's books I've collected over time from babysitting and such. The few items of clothes that we have are hanging up in the closet or put in the dresser. The nesting phase has seriously begun and I've been working hard to start and complete some projects to get them up and put away! It's been really fun to do projects again. I'll post pictures soon! 

Baby is at 31 weeks and as time draws nearer everything seems to become more and more real. We're going to have a baby. Real soon. Daniel and I continue to discuss baby names and meanings. I think we've somewhat have that narrowed down. But, I don't have my heart set on it yet because I know one of us just might change our minds again. Choosing your baby's names are completely different than naming your dog or bird. It's intimidating at times. We have like two months left and even if we pick names out for both sexes, well at the birth we might change our mind again. Who knows??! Baby is moving a lot these days. Less kicking and more moving-I suspect space is getting somewhat tight and limited in there. =)

Shopping trip!

As busy as we are lately (and that will continue for the next several weeks with family coming in town, baby shower, more rearranging and organizing, and shopping and, and, and...) Daniel has treated his wife out on a shopping trip to get a few more clothing items (amazing how quickly you outgrow things!) two weeks ago, bought me cheery flowers and this past Friday we went to the movie theater (we like "never" go to the movie theater, this is a big deal! =) and watched "Man of Steel", grabbed supper out at Don Pablo's, and shopped around and got the baby some sleepers and Daniel a pair of cool running shoes. He graciously helps out doing laundry, washing dirty dishes, cooking meals, and whatever else. He takes such great care and interest in providing for me and meeting my needs. So grateful to have Daniel as my number one supporter through this journey! Couldn't do this without his sweet love, encouragement, and listening ear. 

Joyful flowers!

Happy grins!

Pecan tree we HAD growing til Hammy came back!

We hit the ground running yesterday at the start of the week going to church, eating at Pei Wei with family (Caleb, Hope, and Winston!), crash at home for 40 minutes, off again to our birthing class in Hurst, and then to our Flock group. Daniel is out hauling hay today. Meanwhile I'm doing laundry, made ham quiche for breakfast, and will be taking off for the chiropractor, library, grocery shopping, and midwife appointment soon. I'll be dwelling on this encouraging verse today as I run around: My flesh and my heart may fail, but God is the strength of my heart and my portion forever. -Psalm 73:26. Happy Monday!

The Triples

This is coming in a bit late, but a week ago Saturday Jon and Emily Manning invited Kathryn and Layton, and Daniel to go rock climbing with them in Grapevine at Summit. They had a Groupon that needed to be used up-so why not? 

The Hinkle couple tackling the course

Sorry for the spots. Blah.

Emily trying her hand at rock climbin

The Hinkle couple again... =)

 Well, I receive a text from my mama (who was in NC at the time) asking what our Saturday afternoon agenda was and I told her we were out rock climbing. Her response? "You aren't right??!" Mine: "Yes. In a skirt." =) No rock climbing at 29 weeks. So I took pictures instead. I forgot to take a group picture. Dang it. So these will have to do. =( 

This was a hard one, but he made it to the top! Go Daniel!!! 

Daniel did great! 

It was fun. Thank you Jr. Mannings! Afterwards we all ate out together at Cheddar's. Yum. We definitely agreed to do it again sometime soon. We enjoyed the friendship, fellowship, and working out. 

Hope y'all have a great week. Daniel and I had a crazy, crazy weekend. It's going to last for about 8 more weeks. With our birthing class in Hurst for 12ish weeks on Sunday afternoon, it really makes our Sunday short. Or rather long depending on how you look at it. Too many hours of sitting in one day. Baby Brantley or mama don't like that too much. But that just means visiting Rachel (a great chiropractor!) on Mondays to get adjusted after I go swimming. =) Happy Monday!