hello, blogging world.

well, it's about time for my first post!

a blog has been something that I have wanted to dive into for several months now.  for some reason, in order for me to have a home to create, i have to have things "in order" first.  kinda weird, i think, but i've learned that about myself.

for those of you that don't know all of the things that have been filling my time and taking my attention over the last length of time, the last 12 months have been flavored with:

 [lots of] traveling,
      living in texas and moving to ohio,
            planning a wedding [yeah!!],
  getting hitched to the man of my dreams,
    starting a new job in a bridal shop,
        heading back to college to continue chipping away towards a degree,
   living life as a newlywed,
       living life in love with Jesus Christ [my Savior],
           and getting pregnant [surprise!] with our precious baby boy.

what an adventure... wow.

so this blog is dedicated to life, and life lived abundantly.

i want to share it with you - would love to hear your thougths while you are reading.
take your time, look around.
enjoy the adventure with me.



and
here is a glimpse of life recently! 
last weekend, my man and i had an incredible valentine's day adventure.
we were finally able to make an hour long trip out to one of our most favorite stores, stash style.   we've started the nesting phase of getting ready for mr. baby klefsaas [sometimes i think my husband has hit the nesting phase way harder than i have - and i love it :)].
we've been searcing like crazy for just the right bedding set, and we finally chose it after much searching.  we placed our order, and received in the mail with sheer excitement just a few weeks ago.
wanna see it??  we think it's PERFECT.

so we are moving forward now with the decorating plans!
we journeyed to stash style for inspiration and add-on's to the room.
here's some pictures from our adventure.

me and my little preggy belly [20 wks-halfway!]. 

you can barely see it in this pic, sorry.

gathering our treasuries...

 this store is filled with antiques and created treasuries - love it!!!

my man [chris] in the zone... he gets so focused when he's thrifting!

here we are!

so in love, and so excited to be preparing our baby boy's first bedroom.

a variety of coordinating paint swatches we've swiped from who knows how many stores.

where it's at.

 the jewelry wall.

my man searching for the perfect new hockey stick

[true minnesota man].

that's enough for now.

[yawn!]

good night, lovely world.

.tk