babycation.

next week, matt and i are taking a staycation for our 'babymoon.' we decided not to travel anywhere, but stay at home and do fun things every day. we set a budget for the amount we spend each day and the best part is i don't have to cook at all. we have a few things planned out, but not every day. some ideas thus far are chickie's and pete's and then a phillies game, outlet shopping (and hopefully other shopping as well), marsh creek, maybe get some of chloe's room done, go see movies, eat out a lot (and gain a lot of weight apparently), etc. we are going to do an overnight somewhere, possibly in the city. but, i need more ideas! especially for things to do in the city, other day trips, or just fun things to do. so, please let me know if you have any! today at 3pm starts nine days of matt...should be fun. tomorrow we are headed to NEXT for the day with rick & traci! i'm excited to get that fish sandwich at the inner harbor i've been craving for two weeks. if you are there on sunday, you should go to my dad's church planting seminar and say hi.

deal of the day.

i am very excited about my deal of the day today. i went into bed, bath and beyond today looking for hangers, of which they discontinued, but that is another story...and found this...


a hunter fan originally $49.95 and i found it in the "scratch and dent" department, because it had no box, marked down to $9.95! matt even admitted that it was a very good deal. it is blowing on me right now and i am quite enjoying it especially since the pregnancy hot flashes have settled in.

and here is a photo of me at 24 weeks.


belly is getting bigger. i had a dr. appointment today and she said she is actually where she should be. the nurse had a hard time getting her heartbeat cause she kept moving around...i think it may have something to do with the amount of caffeine i drank today. and we did decide on a name!! chloe jane. it was the name i really liked and matt made a deal that we could name her that if he gets priority pick of name with the next girl (if there is another girl). hopefully that was a wise decision...