Welcome Luke!

Megan had her baby last night! His name is Luke Benjamin Marshall and he weighed 7 pounds, 10 oz and was 20 1/2 in. We are so excited to welcome another nephew into the family! I'm a little sad that we won't get to meet him until the end of December, especially since I got to meet Patrick the day after he was born. We look forward to meeting him though! At least he will be at a more fun stage than a newborn when we get to see him. Unfortunately, I don't have any pictures, but I wanted to share the news :) Congrats to the Marshall family!

Quentin's 23rd

Quentin's birthday was on Monday. He turned 23. I made him a fun-fetti cake with rainbow chip frosting...his favorite.

Our friends, Michael and Karen, came over and their baby, Andrew, wore his present to Quentin. He loves Quentin, so he started the Quentin Bell fan club. Andrew is president and has invited Butters to be vice president. This is how much Andrew loves Quentin... Maybe the bib should say "My Heart Belongs to Quentin."

So I think Quentin's birthday turned out pretty well. He got a new pillow (so he can't complain that mine is better anymore), some brown and khaki socks (so he doesn't have to wear black socks with brown shoes), some sweat pants (so he can take Butters out in the cold), a CD I made him with a bunch of Muse songs because he really likes them, Season 5 of The Office (even though we opened it like a month ago), the new family picture that I already posted on here, an electric screw driver and some money from my parents, and some delicious chocolate from the Jacobs. Happy Birthday Quentin!

Family Pictures

Quentin's birthday is on Monday and the only thing he asked for was a family picture to include me, him and Butters (yes, that's right...he specifically asked to have Butters in the picture). Arlaine came to visit this weekend, so we asked her to take out picture. I thought it would be just one or two, but she got pretty into it and set up our poses and everything. Here are a few...

More Nesting

I know you are probably all sick of pictures of our living room, but too bad. For some reason I'm stuck in this nesting phase, so the rest of you get to hear all about it :) So I sewed pillows to go with our love seats and they are the same fabric as our curtain. And by "I" I mean that Mom did a lot of the work, so thanks Mom. Then we decided a rug would be a nice touch for our new little space. We found the perfect one at Target that Quentin and I both liked, so I bought it for Quentin for his birthday (mostly because he would not tell me what he wanted). Happy Birthday Quentin!

I am so proud of how this room turned out! Our apartment is becoming so homey and I love it! I had so much fun with my extreme makeover apartment edition.

Enjoying the New Living Room

Quentin and Butters snuggling on the new love seat :)

Butters new favorite spot...he crawls through the end table to burrow into the pile of pillows and blankets.

Our new coasters...I'm pretty proud of these. They are supposed to hold pictures, but I just put cute paper in them instead. Yep, I'm pretty creative.

New Love Seats :)

Here it is...the moment I'm sure you have all been waiting for...the new love seats have arrived! We rearranged a little bit and now it seems like we have a ton of extra space in here and I love it! We also got some new end tables at Wal-Mart that are really cute. AND I got new coasters :) So I have really been spoiled lately. Here's a picture...and you will all just have to come visit to get the full effect.

Our Saturday

We had a pretty busy Saturday this week! Cassandra and Alexa came to visit and it was a day full of shopping, eating, home decor, and just hanging out. Alexa absolutely LOVED Butters, and even kept trying to give him kisses. She is so cute and it was great to have them visit! Thanks for coming Cassie! On our shopping trip, we stopped by Hobby Lobby and these shelves that I've been wanting were on sale for 50% off, so we bought those and put them up after Cassie left. I should have taken a before picture, but all I have is the after. It looks so much better and Quentin did a great job hanging them! I also found some curtains on clearance at Target that will match our living room, so I hung those and bought another set to make pillows with that we can use with our new love seats.