Pregnancy Survey

*WEEK 30

How big is the baby? About 15 inches long

Weight Gain: 16 LBS

Maternity Clothes? Oh, yes. I have become discouraged with the maternity options recently, and started buying flowy non maternity tops that accommodate a bump :)

Sleep? Good and bad. Some nights are better than others. Depending on how tired I am, I can sometimes sleep through a few rounds of needing to pee.

Best Moment of the Week? I hadn't felt hiccups yet, and yesterday morning I did! It was a strange sensation. My doctor says they are a good sign of well being. Yay!

Food Cravings/Aversions: Just trying to not eat everything in sight at this point :). I've got a pretty healthy appetite!

Movement: Wild. That's all I can say. Will loves feeling him move at night. We both love to watch my stomach do some pretty strange movements. I think he looks like he's trying to break out!

What I miss: My pre-preggo bod. It's hiding under all of this fetusness somewhere :)

What I'm Looking forward to? Meeting him! All I want to do his hold and kiss him! I cannot wait to snuggle this little booger

Test It. Blog It. Win it.

I am excited to announce that I will be participating in THIS exciting competition...

This is especially thrilling for a budget savvy gal such as myself. I have never owned a super nice piece of furniture before. This is my chance to see what the hub bub is all about. What is it like to own a nicer-than-IKEA piece of furniture? Up until now, I wouldn't have known how to answer this. Stay tuned and I'll tell you what I think!

I have been surfing their site (which is, by the way, AWESOME). Right now I've got my eyes on this pretty picture...



Found HERE.

So, what do you think? Would you rather go furniture-less for months in order to buy an expensive piece, or do you find the cheap stuff serves its purpose?? Where has everyone gotten their dining furniture???

Belly Shots

He's Here!

"From the lips of children and infants, you are praised!"
Psalm 8:2



Welcome to the world, Liam!

Congrats Jonathan and Esther!!

Belly Shots

NESTING

Will and I will be moving in the next few weeks. It has been absolute torture not being able to "nest". I cannot wait to unleash these pregnancy cleaning and organizing powers (not limited to operation baby). Although a move will be difficult during my "delicate" state, I believe the nesting phenomenon (which is in fact a real thing) will provide more than enough energy. When you hear the word nesting, you imagine a woman softly humming while folding layettes and blankets in her nursery. More accurately you will find a crazed look in a woman's eye as she tears about her home filling bag after bag of "trash". A nesting woman has been known to throw away perfectly good household items in an attempt to create a peaceful, uncluttered environment(husbands and pets should head for cover).

Besides tossing most of our belongings into trash bags, my only outlet of release has been online research revolving around home organization, decoration and of course, the nursery.

What's inspiring me now for the nusery:

Sister Sister

A visit from my sister is good for the soul!

Belly Shots

Pregnancy Survey

*WEEK 22/23

How big is the baby? About 11 inches long. And weighs over a pound :).

Weight Gain: About 10 lbs.

Maternity Clothes? Still in my same F21 pants and a mix of maternity/non-maternity tops. Although, the non-maternity tops are starting to show my belly at the bottom! Time to go shopping :) (Sorry Will!)

Sleep? My Snoogle continues to be my best friend. Best pillow ever! I will say that the whole getting up to pee thing is getting OLD. I do love how every night and morning my little guy kicks up a storm. This morning Diggy barked and the baby was startled and jumped. I don't know why I think this is so cute-but it is!

Best Moment of the Week? Well, during week 20 Hubby finally felt our boy kick. It was a precious moment. Since then he has felt him a number of times-this little kicker is not slowing down! I will say for this week, my sister who came into town felt him kick. That was pretty fun!

Food Cravings/Aversions: Meat continues to gross my out about 90% of the time. As for cravings-SPINACH! I eat about two or three huge spinach salads a day. Yummm.

Movement: The movement continues to grow stronger and is becoming more frequent. A fun moment from last week was when I felt something by my lower right rib. I put my hand down there and two feet kicked me! It's so strange to see his body continue to take over new parts of mine. Now I feel him kicking me all over! I don't even want to know where my organs have gone...

What I miss: Nothing. I am loving being pregnant :)

What I'm Looking forward to? Our upcoming move so I can start NESTING. I have the most intense urge to organize and clean. I am surrounded by boxes-so clearly that cannot happen! I must move soon or I am going to start organizing the silverware drawer...which I suppose wouldn't be so bad :)

IT'S A.....

Our little man's profile...



Two of my first little boy purchases!



Thank you Chad and Rachel for baby boy's outfit and blanket!

I knew all along that the little one in my belly was a baby boy!

I cannot wait to meet our SON!!

Esthers Tea Shower

On February 5th I threw a tea party baby shower for my good friend, Esther. We had delicious tea and great food! Four of us girls at the shower were all pregnant. It was fun to compare bellies :) Our teas included chocolate, vanilla, orchid, chai and more! With an array of goodies we left full and happy!