Giving Thanks

We're 30 weeks pregnant today! 

The picture on the left was taken Saturday night just as the clock on the Clemson/South Carolina football game was winding down and the Gamecocks locked up that fifth straight win in the Palmetto Bowl.  

The picture on the right was taken the day after Thanksgiving.  Apologies for the poor lighting.  

Last week Caleb and I spent our first Thanksgiving together as husband and wife.  We had a wonderful day with family and I was really reminded of why I left beautiful Charleston, SC after law school to return home to practice law.  I love having my family nearby and lots of times take for granted the fact that they're just around the corner or right down the street.  We're lucky to have such wonderful families- especially as we prepare for baby Campbell's arrival in February!  

We have so much going on right now and it's hard to take a minute to be thankful for all of our blessings, but over the holiday weekend it was so nice to have a minute to slow down and be thankful.  

We received word late yesterday that we'll be closing on our first home near the end of this week and we couldn't be more excited! The sweet couple we're buying from has been nice enough to let us go ahead and get in the house and begin painting to speed up our moving process.  I am so hopeful to be able to put a Christmas tree in our new house so that Caleb and I can enjoy our first Christmas together in our new home and it is so kind of the previous owners to let us get a jump start on that process.  

I foresee many late nights preparing for our big move to Chesterfield over the next week. Caleb has been so sweet and accommodating to my new found inner interior decorator and didn't even blink an eye when I insisted the entire house had to be painted floor to ceiling, literally.  I'm so excited to see the outcome! 

Choosing paint colors is the hardest thing I've ever done.  I am not a decision maker.  I embrace my indecisiveness and love to ask for input from others.  Funny though, when you're picking out paint colors it's hard to get anyone else to commit to a color! I've decided on a few colors so far.  Fingers crossed I love them because I really dread having to tell Caleb they're all wrong ;)

So far, we've chosen these:

SANDSTORM for the living area of the house.  Perhaps the master bedroom and guest bedroom as well.

GRAVITY for baby Campbell's room.

SAILBOAT for the kitchen.