#thedudleysdaily2014 January part 2

Let's finish up #thedudleysdaily2014 for January! 

I cannot recommend the devotional "Jesus Calling" highly enough. No matter what is going on in my life it always seems to speak exactly to me.

Reunion of the besties! Julie came into town for the weekend and it was so good to catch up!

We had a holiday for MLK day and I somehow talked Ryan into driving me an hour up to Ikea. It did not disappoint. 

Oh happy day! #ishouldhavegottensamoastoo

Graham had better come out with a ton of hair, because oh the heartburn! 

 Dinner with one of our favorite guys!

I just can't wrap my mind around this, y'all. Not to mention where would you display this?! 

Checking some of our many home projects off of the list before G man arrives

Trying to eat some fruit to even out all of the other not so healthy things I consumed in the past month. (but mainly because I had an appointment with the scale two days after I took this picture haha)

I watched The Bachelor wedding and boy, o boy, was it awkward. Especially the lingerie part. 

#imagrownwomanforheavenssake #whoisalsopregnant

Bottoms up! 

I am so blessed to be a part of an amazing lifegroup. These people bless me daily. 

I hate having to contact parents and tell them that their kid is naughty. #soiincludeexcessivesmileyfaces

AND....on the last day of the month my precious little sister turned 18. Being 7 years older, there are many times where I feel like I take on the mother rather than sister role and I am seriously struggling with her growing up. #blameitonthehormones

Happy Birthday, Mae! We love you so much!

#thedudleysdaily2014 January part 1

I never make new year's resolutions. 

The main reason? Because I know I won't keep them. And more than anything I hate to fail/lose. So I just never make them. 

But with the big changes coming our way this year, I decided in January that I needed to take more pictures. So...what did I do? Jump on the Instagram photo a day bandwagon. 

#thedudleysdaily2014

We are 31 days into this and I'm already kicking myself. 

Sometimes at 9:00 at night I'm literally walking around the house trying to find some random object I can take a picture of for this damn challenge. The good news is in 3 months Graham will be here and I can just fill everyone's newsfeed with pictures of him. #instaGraham

I know, I know. I'm so clever. 

Here's what we've been up to this month...

I began my photo challenge with a little grocery shopping. I love get up early Saturday morning when Ryan goes to school and do my grocery shopping for the month. 

Graham's nursery coming along!

I have this theory that you can tell a lot about a family by their front porch.

My sweet MIL is the best hostess and always has the most amazing spreads for our weekly Sunday meals. 

I went back to work on the coldest day in the history of like ever. This Texas girl hates cold weather. 

In bed by 8:30. Watch out!

The baby wanted it. #andmommadidtoo

Week 24 with G man

It's much more fun to spend my conference watching Graham kick than to actually be productive. 

Date night with my sweet hubby!

Buy this album. Thank me later. 

Snail mail is so fun! 

I love politics. And Ryan hates it. 

It was a LONG, busy week!

I made the mistake of letting my kids listen to this on Pandora. And heard ring a ding ding ALL. DAY. LONG. 

25 weeks!