SURPRISE!!!

What a great husband I have! He threw me the most fabulous SURPRISE 30th birthday party a girl could ever ask for! And I was genuinely surprised!!

I had such a great time and it definitely made turning 30 hurt a little bit less! Plus, I love my family and friends..and this just gave us another reason to all hang out together!!

It’s very rare that we get one of these pics in, so I’m really happy that all of my girls were able to be at my party!

Thanks, love, for throwing such an awesome party and for being such a great person in my life! I couldn’t imagine spending it with anyone else but you!

Week 19

 

I now have an heirloom tomato inside of me! What a funny looking fruit!

Weekly Update:

Total weight gain/loss: I’ve decided it’s silly to weigh myself….only because I don’t like the number going up! haha
Maternity clothes? Nope…but it’s about that time that I start shopping for some new jeans. Any suggestions for the best maternity brand? Word is AG kicks butt.
Stretch marks? Nope
Sleep: Sleeping like a baby
Best moment this week: Having time off from work!
Have you told family and friends: Yes!
Miss Anything? Nope … super content 
Movement: The babe definitely says hi at least once a day, but only when I’m laying down and paying attention.
Food cravings: I’m still on a fruit kick…although I sure had a lot of unhealthy sweets in the past week or two.
Anything making you queasy or sick: Nope..I may even go back to eating chicken. Poor little guys!
Have you started to show yet: Yup, although I still think I look like a fatso rather than a pregnant chick.
Gender prediction: WE KNOW!!! WE KNOW!!!! IT’S A BOY!!!!!!!!
Labor Signs: Nope
Belly Button in or out? In
Wedding rings on or off? On
Happy or Moody most of the time: Very happy! But I sure do snap pretty quickly! Sorry babe 😉

Looking forward to: Really really feeling the babe move and I can’t wait till Nick feels the babe too!

Merry Christmas!

It’s been a busy 7 days for me (and everyone else, I’m sure!). The holidays sure know how to take up a bunch of your time. And I LOVE it! If I could do what I did in this time span for the rest of my life, I’d die one happy girl.

Here are some fun things I worked on for the holidays…

Chocolate-Dipped Candy Cane Stirrers 

Wedding Invitation Ornaments

Homemade Organic Peppermint Candy Cane Sugar Scrub

Fun Christmas Present Wrapping

Christmas Eve Dinner –  Orange Glazed Chilean Sea Bass with Dill, Cucumber & Orange Champagne Relish

Merry Christmas (a few days too late) everyone! I hope you all had a lovely holiday. Big Kiss!

Week 17

I can’t say I love the onion reference since I”m a total onion hater, but I’ll go with it…

Our little dove is the size of an onion!

Weekly Update:

Total weight gain/loss: Not sure because I weighed myself in clothes today and wasn’t a happy camper…so I’d rather not say 😉
Maternity clothes? Nothing new since the maternity leggings…but seriously need to rethink my work wardrobe.
Stretch marks? Nope
Sleep: Sleeping like a baby
Best moment this week: Finding out what we’re having!!! We’re not sharing yet…stay tuned 🙂
Have you told family and friends: Yes!
Miss Anything? Nope … super content 🙂
Movement: The babe definitely says hi at least once a day, but only when I’m laying down and paying attention.
Food cravings: I want an orange right now!
Anything making you queasy or sick: Say no to chicken
Have you started to show yet: Yup, but to the people who don’t know…def look like I at 7 bagels in one sitting!
Gender prediction: WE KNOW!!! WE KNOW!!!! Can’t wait to share with everyone!
Labor Signs: Nope
Belly Button in or out? All the way in.
Wedding rings on or off? On
Happy or Moody most of the time: Very happy!

Looking forward to: Really really feeling the babe move and I can’t wait till Nick feels the babe too!

Week 16

Our little dove is the size of an avocado…

Weekly Update:

Total weight gain/loss: According to the doc, 4lbs is my total weigh gain up to date.
Maternity clothes? Nothing new since the maternity leggings.
Stretch marks? Nope
Sleep: Sleeping like a baby
Best moment this week: Hearing the little avocado’s heartbeat again!
Have you told family and friends: Yes!
Miss Anything? Not this week 🙂
Movement: The flutters from last week were not the babe…it was definitely my lunch, digesting. haha!
Food cravings: Nothing that I can blame on pregnancy
Anything making you queasy or sick: Still no chicken.
Have you started to show yet: Yup, but to the people who don’t know, I probably still look like I ate too much.
Gender prediction: no. idea. ha!
Labor Signs: Nope
Belly Button in or out? All the way in.
Wedding rings on or off? On
Happy or Moody most of the time: Very happy! Especially now that our Christmas decorations are out 🙂

Looking forward to: Feeling the babe move….I always thought it would be so weird and alien-like, but now, I just can’t wait for the cute little kick. I hear later on, the kicks aren’t so cute or little.