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Hi bloggers...what up? Mrs. Douthit is actually still alive and kickin...just crazy busy preparing for baby D!!

Here was our CRAZY month!

 My baby brother graduated from high school and we had all the fam into celebrate!!

I had my first shower!! So fun!! Elephant themed in honor of Baby D's room!!

 I exploded with lots of baby at 28 weeks...the day of our big move!

 29 weeks it only grew BIGGER!!!

 We spend LOTS of time with our sweet pup Minnie....

 My new shower curtain in our new master bath...COBALT blue is my FAVE right now!

 Our new master bedroom is grey and blue and we love it....I posted earlier about how we got our comforter new from West Elm (my love) on sale and these henna curtains from target.com.

 The baby room....looks like this. Boxes still every where but its progress and I cant wait for a nursery post!

 Hi, meet my niece and fall in love. We do every time we see Blakely and we just spent this past weekend with her! LOVE!

My latest project in our living room....I am way into massive wall collages...so here is what I have done so far...

Wow...SO much left to do. We toured the labor delivery wing of our hospital that baby D will arrive at in just 10 WEEKS!! And as I looked at the check list I thought...ok we have 10 FULL weeks ahead of us.

Some fun things I am looking into purchasing...all extras but fun pregnant thing....

A matchy matchy hospital gown found HERE!

The Sony Bloggie Camcorder for baby videos that come in some CUTE colors

An iPhone 4 so the officer and I can face time with baby while he is on his long shifts

And a real sweet lazy boy rocking chair for baby and I to have long talks about life in...

This has been a great season of life that the Lord has constantly shown his provision. He has taught me so much in order to be this little one's momma and I just cant wait.

Nursery coming SOON!!

Preg-Nation

Hey friends...

I am alive.

I am almost 17 weeks pregnant.

I am in the, what I like to call "tweener" stage of pregnancy.

Maternity clothes look ridiculous and my cute clothes are tight and make me look like I ate one too many burritos.

SO WHAT AM I LEFT WITH?? Hah...my uniform shirts from HIGH SCHOOL- shout out to Parker uniform wearers from back in the day and stretchy pants. I have been drooling like crazy on this blog dreaming of the days I will get to dress cute again.

I have been swimming, lifting and running about two miles at a time. I start every day with a protein shake and conclude every day with thin mints and/or a corn dog. BABY LOVES CORN DOGS AND HOT DOGS....I know I am one sick preggy...but what baby wants baby gets.



The highlights...I am growing a baby. The Lord is refining me to be a better woman and follower of him. And life is sweet. I enjoy my job and I love the hustle and bustle. I feel so blessed that the Lord has allowed me to enjoy every stage of being pregnant and not be anxious for the future but content to be where I am at.

That is an update from what has been a blogging slump. I have the best anti-stretch cream mixture I am going to share because all ingredients can be found at Whole Foods (insert big sigh of love right here) and Walgreens. It smells like a beach and makes your skin super elastic and soft....get EXCITED because its two ingredients.

Good night bloggies.

DD

Black Friday High....

Well I am TERRIBLE at taking pictures and documenting big events...mostly because I get very stuck in the moment...and Black Friday was QUITE the moment...

So I had lots of feelings as I spread the newspaper adds out on Thanksgiving morning. I was getting ready for the trot with my fam...total success see below...

Maria, Me, Sister, and Al...it was a blast with the 30,000 other Dallasites

Ok....so back to black FRI....

I saw that...

Old Navy opened at midnight

Target opened at 4am

Ulta opened at 6am

and then all my mall stops opened at 8am...

dilemma...since old navy would only talk about 45 min and that would leave quite the gap between old navy and target...so here is what my mom the excellent trooper did:

11pm- 30 min nap

11:45pm- leave for Old Navy

12am- get to old navy just in time to run in with the other crazies and purchase the following for a grand total of $70...7 pairs of warm fuzzy socks, two running vests, one party cardi, one child onsie, one sparkle tank, one wool coat....um yes marvel in amazement.

12:45am- finish at target...decide to run to Walmart (not so crazy yet) and purchase a blue ray player with wifi for $80...great purchase momma

1:15am- lots of time and already feeling tired....so...we hit 7-11 for some grande vanilla sugar-filled cappuccinos and pop tarts....next it gets crazy

1:30am- arrive at Target and join the small line that has formed...so we didn't want anything to big...but we are a go big or go home family so we wrapped up in a blanket with our coffee and pop tarts, made new friends, stayed freezing and wide awake for 2.5 HOURS!!!

Are you impressed yet? I was definitely impressed with us!!!

4am- Target doors open and several people try to cut but us troopers yell, "No!!!" and we rush into target!!! I was so proud of my mom and I- we split the list to divide and conquer and we did good. Here is what we got with $650 of savings:

40 inch LCD flat screen: $298

Phillips Ipod speaker doc: $70

2 sets of 700 thread count sheets: $30 (each)

King feather down: $25

Channel Throw: $10

Several movies: $4 (each)

Several TV seasons: $12 (each)

Friends seasons 1, 4,5,10: $10 (each)

Winter gloves: $1.50

Pillows: $20 (amazing!!!)

V-neck t-shirts: $6

Sleep sets: $5

5:15am- drive across town in search for a starbucks because our Target High was wearing off at this point and we weren't sure we would make it. So we drove across Plano and finally found a starbucks...can I get an AMEN!!

5:50am- sit outside of Ulta and wait for it to open...OMG so worth it!! We got great deals on Smash Mouth, Stila, and great stocking stuffers...woot woot!!!

7:am- arrive back to my moms house and CRASSSSHHH....

11am- wake up, see jeff, shower and hit the mall!!

I hit Michael's, Victoria Secret, Gap, Bath and Body Works, and finished all my Christmas shopping but one gift. I did a few online purchases if stores were out of things I wanted and let me just say- it was SOOO worth it!!!!!

Now my apartment is decorated for Christmas- see the awesomeness below:

Lots of Black Friday PRIDE lay in and around that tree!!

Now its time for the post thanksgiving and pre Christmas/Marathon prep diet and work out!!! Tune in for updates on how it goes!!

DD

NOVEMBER MAGIC

O. m. g...

Its NOVEMBER!! Everything magical takes place during this time of year for me...

I met my husband (insert sign here :) )

Its my birthday

The weather gets coool

Pumpkin spice and peppermint are regular drinks at Starbs

And BLACK FRIDAY IS NIGH....

Ok...so I love Black Friday and count down for it August 1st.

I love...

the rush

the madness

the intensity

and the DEALS!!!!

I go nuts for Black Friday. I want that hot item women will scale walls, get in fights, and make movies about...simply because someone else wants it.

So stay tuned...I am going to highlight the hot items to be looking for, the best places to go, and tell you the optimal time to get to shops...I have been doing this for 10 years and we map it out Thanksgiving night...its glorious.

In the mean time...check out my fav holiday purchases for Christmas decor. All can be found HERE!

Initial WREATHS!!!!! Love!!! These are $36 but I am going to make mine! I will let you know how it goes and what I did!

OMG AREN'T THESE PRECIOUS!! On sale to purchase and monogram for $25!!!

If you have great holiday sights...DO SHARE!!!

Luke's locker experience....

Luke's is probably one of my most favorite places on the planet. It has tons and tons of running shoes, GU, chomps, and the best running gear ever!! I have had shoe envy for a very long time and I finally GOT FITTED!! The Officer took me down there and let me run on the track and have someone tell me what the best shoe is and VWAHLA...this is what we ended up with!!

Love them! If you are training for a marathon or a half of marathon go down there immediately!! They know so much and fit you with great shoes.

That's all!

DD