A Potpourri of The Last Few Weeks.

I get really particular about keeping a clean house. I'd probably vacuum the carpet by the front door every time it was opened if Ross would let me. The last few weeks, we've been working on our house. We put up some autumn decorations on the piano, and got some new pictures and posters on the walls. The posters are super epic, heroic posters and I love them. You can check them out here. We got a HUGE one for Ross' study room, and a medium sized one for the front room. They look SO much better in person than on the site. I'm really excited about how they turned out. We're still waiting on a temple picture we ordered. At Costco, there was an artist who does custom paintings, both religious and not. It was really neat, so we decided to get one of the Portland temple.

The nursery is finally painted. That was such a pain in the butt, but I'm really excited about the way it turned out. I'm waiting to take pictures till the room is actually finished and put together. Right now it's just a mess with the new stroller and car seat I put together and I'm still trying to figure out where I want everything. Yesterday we found a crib, mattress, and bedding on KSL for super super cheap. I can't wait to get it set up!! I've rearranged all her drawers about a million times, painted, moved her furniture around, and put together the travel system; so I figured I'd let Ross build the crib so he wouldn't feel left out or anything. I'm definitely ready for this little girl to get here.

We had a surprise in our bank account a couple weeks ago. I've secretly been saving up for a new TV, something Ross and I have talked about for a while. I wanted it to be a surprise, but after the bank account surprise, I just went ahead and told him and we ended up getting a new TV. Ross also ordered a custom PC to hook up to the TV as a media system. It came last week!! We've had a lot of fun loading movies onto the PC and getting the media system going. I think I won't mind the 3 AM feedings as much anymore. :]

Yesterday I decided I wanted to read the Book of Mormon by the end of the year. I really liked the First Presidency Message in the Ensign this month, and decided to make that my personal goal. There's a really cool site that lets you create your own reading plan. You input what you're reading, when you're starting, and when you'd like to finish. So I made one for beginning yesterday and scheduled to end on December 31st. I would love to invite you to take on this challenge with me! You can find a link to the site so you can create your own reading schedule here.