Party On

I’m so excited that we’re halfway through this pregnancy. We’re 20 weeks and 3 days along to be exact. Time seems to by flying. We have yet to take a class, check out daycares, or take the hospital tour. It’s driving me slightly crazy not to have it on the books yet, but we’re trying to work it in within the next two weeks or so. We did, however, start the baby-proofing. Not so much because I want to be early on that. More so because all of his stuff was taking up tons of room. Oh! Annnnd we booked our maternity mini session with Rachel King Photography . I’m super excited. We try to get professional pictures done once a year and this should be our best year yet. Now for the belly check in…                Eli was 11 oz a week ago and he’s getting stronger every day. Just last night he was kicking me to the point that it hurt! What a crazy experience. I’m feeling pretty good most of the time, but I’ll be glad when January is here. Here’s a picture of his little profile. He’s alre

Boy!! We are officially 100% sure that our bundle of joy will be a little boy. I can tell you, my family had so much fun with the scratch-offs. My grandparents were the first to get theirs, so my grandmother immediately grabbed my brother’s mail (they live next door to each other essentially) and ran down so they could have theirs too. There were many excited phone calls. My sister and mother have already gone out to shop for our little one. The spoiling can now begin haha! We spent quite a bit of time this morning getting to see little Eli during our doctor appointment. It’s crazy how fast they grow! I was just telling Josh I remember when we had just found out we were pregnant and he was the size of a poppy seed. Wow! Today we saw his kidneys at work, his spine, his little feet kicking like crazy, and his adorable profile. I planned to put up ultrasound pictures, but our scanner is on the fritz. I can’t stop buying things for our little boy. I talked Josh into buying him this s

This baby is growing! I tried to do bi-weekly photos, but week 16 just flew by. Translation: I think I spent the entire weekend either running errands or wearing pajamas. I thought I was showing at week 12, but I can see now that probably was not accurate. Within the past week I’ve had strangers start to comment on the baby, touch my belly (goodness gracious I wish people would at least ask), and have officially graduated to wearing mostly maternity clothes. I still have some loose shirts I can use, and I see no reason to buy maternity cardigans as mine seem to work just fine. I got by from weeks 7-16 using the rubber band trick , BellaBands, and wearing a few items that were a size up. My bank account is hurting from the transition, but the baby is more comfortable. At least, that’s what I assume as I’ve stopped having crazy stomach pain halfway through the day. Please excuse the weird sequence here. Josh keeps getting closer and the lighting keeps getting darker as the weeks go by