In less than 2 weeks my little boy will no longer be a 2 year old!! I can't believe I am about to have a 3 year old on my hands. We've been busy having fun together and I, watching this little boy grow up before my very eyes.

Dallen started a little indoor sports class. The first 2 weeks were soccer and he was so excited to play!! One of the favorite activites of this endless little ball of energy is BOUNCING. We've gotten to go to a couple bounce places for free over the last couple months, thanks to some friends :)
Dallen is becoming obsessed with superheroes!! He was SO excited when Mimi and Grandpa brought him this little treasure when they came to visit:Dallen has been so patient with his Momma who is moving slower and slower these days!! Sometimes I have really hard days and lucky Dallen gets to put up with dinner at Baskin Robbins, pizza lunches at malls and hitting up drive thrus, you know he's happy to oblige:

Dallen and I have been having so much fun just the two of us, making great memories! Soaking up the days that are flying by!!

{24 weeks}
{25 weeks}
{26 weeks} This pregnancy is so different from the first one, 3 long years ago. It has brought with it so many blessings and a few unique challenges. Some of the greatest challenges this time around are trying to keep up with Dallen. Luckily he has been so great at learning to self entertain, tack that one up in the blessings list!!

One unique challenge that I'm sure would be comical to anyone else watching has been fitting into a bathroom stall with potty-trained Dallen. It is ridiculous how close the toilet is to the door that swings inward, especially at church where Dallen always needs to go at least 3 times!! There is NOT room for Dallen, me and my belly in there!!

My first pregnancy brought with it this random giant football player neck!! Luckily this time it has yet to make an appearance, and I really hope it stays that way.

As for the acne, well I don't remember HOW bad it was the first time, but it is definitely bad this time around!!

One of the greatest blessings of this pregnancy have been my health food cravings. I just love that my body wants to each fresh produce and drink water!!

But one of my very favorite blessings of this pregnancy is that so many of my family and friends are preganant too and it is so fun to go through this together. And to know that our sweet baby girl will have so many cousins and friends her age to play, unlike Mr. Dallen man.

I am SO grateful to be pregnant and so content with the way life is right now. I remember thinking with Dallen that "I just can't wait til he gets here" and although I am so excited to see my daughters face, I am just happy with the way things are RIGHT NOW :) Today I am 27 weeks, my last til the final trimester begins!!

When we bought our house over a year ago, I never imagined it would take so long to get it closer to what I wanted it to be. Thanks to my parents who came out for the weekend, we were finally able to refinish the cabinets and completely transform my kitchen into my dream!! What a difference some paint and manual labor (and good taste if I say so myself) can make. Just look...

BEFORE
AFTER

BEFORE
AFTER

Other pictures of progress along the way:

{When we first moved in, the kitchen housed nearly everything we owned while we were replacing the carpets}
{For the majority of the time that we have lived here thus far, this is basically what the kitchen looked like}
{Beginning the transformation}
{Finally making some real progress}

Just in case you didn't get enough, THIS is my beautiful kitchen!!Thank you to all who have helped make my dreams come true!! A few more finishing touches, like hardware, a matching microwave, some shelves and a new light fixture and this baby will be perfection :)

Dallen started a preschool class last week through our local parks and rec. It's just a once a week, hour long class to give him something to do since some of his older friends started Kindergarten this year. He feels like such a grown up and loves being in school. I had so much fun watching him enjoy every minute of his first day of school and think it is going to be a super fun couple of months :)