{loving north carolina}

We have been loving life here in NC! The weather has been so nice this summer and we just can't get enough of our new house or the fact that we have a bathroom sink and a dishwasher. There are twenty families from our ward who live in our complex, which means lots of new friends all around us. I hosted a dessert night recipe swap at our place last night for the ladies in our complex from the ward. Sixteen of the twenty were able to make it and it was so much fun! So many yummy desserts and a lot of great, new recipes.

We haven't seen a lot of spiders or bugs around or anything too crazy. But there has been one crazy thing; on my walks in the morning I pass a giant spiderweb every day and it is like nothing I've ever seen before. Don't want to know what lives in there! The picture below doesn't even do it justice.

I've been getting a lot of new sewing projects going lately and I start a new photography class in a week! I'm really enjoying this time to work on some hobbies before the baby comes. My belly is growing every day and I love feeling all the {constant} kicking going on inside me. Having life in my belly is something that I wouldn't trade for any terrible symptom or complaint of pregnancy. We love our doctor and feel really confident in our plan for the next 4 months. Travis has been super busy with school and got his grade for his first class he just finished {math bootcamp} and he passed! Wahoo! His new classes started this week and he is a champ. This PhD stuff is intense!