sugar sugar

I apologize in advance for the random order of thoughts (keep in mind, they're Holley Thoughts :) )

hey friends...
Sorry it's been a few days since I've blogged.  I can't necessarily say that I've been busy, just distracted I suppose. 

I received the most special gift in the mail today from a very dear friend of mine, Anna.  Believe it or not, I have not yet purchased any clothes for Charlie.  I guess it's just because I've been waiting until I have her nursery ready and up until a few weeks ago,she didnt even have a closet to put any clothes in.  So, the gift Anna sent me was a precious grey and white striped onsie with purple lining and her name monogramed in purple (I would post a pic but my camera is broken :/) Not only is it so special because it is her very first piece of clothing, but it's even MORE special that it was given to her by one of my very best friends.  Thank you Anna, Charlie and I LOVE you!

Thanks to my boyfriends mother's obsession with Etsy, I TOO have become obsessed. I had no idea such adorable things, HANDMADE, could be purchased from one site alone and guess what? The bird mobile I posted a picture of is available for purchase at a reasonable price! Not that I wasn't willing to make it myself but sewing is just NOT one of my strongsuits.

I'm SO excited, Casey is off work tomorrow and we are FINALLY going to get the nursery painted! I cannot express how elated I am.  I hope to have it completely painted tomorrow and all the furniture this weekend. I'll post pics as soon as things start coming together (and I get my hands on a camera).

Today it seems as though my belly has POPPED out out of nowhere. I'll be 24 weeks on Thanksgiving day which just seems INSANE to me.  It seems like just yesterday I found out I was pregnant (which at THAT time, it seemed as though 6 months pregnant was an eternity away) I've been apprehensive about posting belly pics (absolutely no offense to those who do/have, I'm just still trying to embrace the bump!) but who knows, I might get brave and post the Christmas card pics I intend to take her in the next week or so.

So far in my pregnancy I havn't had an food aversions or strange cravings. My cravings have been as follows:
-skittles (preferably the purple bag)
-chewy gobstoppers (don't ask my why, I've never eaten them pre-pregnancy)
-fruit (canned pears and the bagged apple slices *currently craving some apple slices...yummmmm.)
-chocolate dipped vanilla cones from mcdonalds
-gushers (an old childhood favorite)
As you can see, SUGAR seems to be the ultimate craving.

I hope everyone enjoys the Thanksgiving holidays as much as I intend to!
(Christy this is for you...)
Much love from Charlie and me!!!!!!hahhahahaha