Trip to Illinois

We had the opportunity to visit our parents places for a little over a week in Illinois. First, we visited Chad's family. They live in a little town in southern Illinois. We relaxed, did a little shopping in the small boutiques in town, and had a big family dinner with Chad's sisters and his nieces and nephews. As always, we ate delicious homemade food made by his momma! Chad got his fix of fried bologna sandwiches! 

Next, we headed up to my parents house. Luckily, my bro was able to drive up and visit at the same time! We grilled out, spend a LOT of time in the pool, and  took a day trip. We went to Michigan for a day to my mom's friend's winery. I didn't get to taste test (womp womp) any wine, but I bought some DELISH sparkling juice! We went into downtown St. Joes, MI and walked the beach, the pier, and ate amazing homemade ice cream! We also got to spend time with my "uncle" Jack and his wife Monika! We went to dinner in New Buffalo with them to a place called the Salty Dog. YUM!! 

We had a wonderful time....and then...bad news! Our renter called and we found out the A/C died at our rental property. Needless to say, we had to spend our last day searching for a new A/C and furnace for the house and someone to install it for...wait for it...$3,000!!!! We knew this day would come, but it couldn't have come at a worse time!! As you could have guessed, I cried! Although, in keeping a positive perspective...it could have been worse! God is good and we are blessed to be able to invest in our rental house!! 

Road trip snacks...(m & m's were already eaten!!) haha! 

You need to try these pretzels!!! Chad's mom gave me her recipe and I CAN'T GET ENOUGH OF THEM!! P.S. You are welcome. 

Wrigley loves going on trips!! 

Homemade Lemon Sorbetto! 

Chad said he wasn't going to eat M & Ms  on the way home. Lies! Haha! 

Sneak Peek of Nursery Decor

Wooden Letters (JoAnn Fabrics w/ coupon $2.00/each) + super cute fabric (Hobby Lobby fabric sale $4.79) +Mod Podge ($5) = awesomeness for Eisley's room for only $21.79!! 

P.S. ignore the messy floor! I like to say it's all part of the creative process...;-)

25 weeks

Here's a belly pic at 25 weeks! 

Eisley is growing right on schedule and is constantly moving. We have only one more monthly appointment before we start seeing the doctor every two weeks! (Ahhhh!! Where is the time going?!)

 I'm currently trying to talk Chad into a 3D ultrasound! Help me out! 

Gatlinburg

Chad surprised me with a birthday trip to Gatlinburg this year for my 30th. What a great time we had. We got a small cabin (in the middle of nowhere) and had a great time around the Gatlinburg and Pigeon Forge area. 

We decided to go to Ripley's Believe It or not Aquarium; we are so glad we did! What an awesome place! I just love aquariums and that place definitely made it to the top of my favorites list! 

If you know Chad, you know that we FOR SURE stopped to get a Philly Cheese Steak on the GBurg strip. That sandwich followed by a soft-serve swirl

Ice cream cone was my favorite!! 

We also stopped by all the little shops and outlet malls and spent way too much money on our little Eisley girl! 

What a great trip with great "just the two of us" memories! :-) 

Chad being impaled by an inflatable unicorn. Yep, they sell those (and anything else you can imagine) in GBurg! 

Ripley's Aquarium!