Happy Birthday John!

Happy Birthday to the best brother ever!!! I love you John!!

John spent the day in sunny Florida where he said it was 80 degrees while we were hiking to the top of Camel's Hump wearing snow boots - what a difference! Hope your day was wonderful!

xo!

Baby Bump Weeks 16-18

The belly is growing :) We had our 20 week ultrasound this week - I'll share pics soon. Baby T weighs 13 ounces and is moving more and more! Hopefully in a few weeks Matt will be able to feel it too....

xo!

Happy Birthday Willow!

I'm a few days late in wishing a Happy 3rd Birthday to my Will! We love our sweet noodle. It's hard to believe she is 3 years old! Look at this face - could you resist it?!

xo!

Nursery Planning

I started following baby blogs long before I was pregnant (I'm sure I'm not the only one...). I figured once I officially knew I would need a nursery I'd be way ahead on things and know exactly what I wanted. Yeah right. I should have known myself better than that!

Anyway - Pinterest has helped quite a bit and I've found some great inspiration nurseries that have helped in my decision making :) Here are a few (of many) examples.

Love this one - a new one from Apartment Therapy....

So serene. From Project Nursery.

So cute for a small space. I need to go a bit more gender neutral with not so much pink but love it still. From Ohdeedoh.

Simple, clean lines. From Ohdeedoh. I have considered buying this crib too....it's from WalMart - can you believe it?

Great one. From Ohdeedoh.

Some things I noticed when I was pinning...

- Most of the walls were gray (or another light color)
- All cribs were white and had simple clean lines
- Most had a fairly neutral rug
- Color was brought in through accents like fabric and art

I decided to paint the walls gray - picking a shade of gray will take another post. I'm still trying to make a final decision. I have also done hours of research on white cribs that aren't outrageously expensive...again another post!

Now I do realize the baby isn't going to appreciate this nursery and could care less what its room looks like. This is all for me (and Matt and other visitors who might appreciate it). I can't help but want it to look perfect...maybe that's a negative aspect to baby blog reading and Pinterest. At any rate - it's getting closer!

xo!

Florida Part III

Hello friends! Happy Wednesday - the week is already halfway over! It's time to share the rest of my Florida vacation photos - even though vacation feels so far away now as it's almost February!

We spent time in Naples doing lots of things besides going out on boats :) We spent one full day on the beach relaxing and it was wonderful.

Houses on the beach...

There were lots of boats in the Gulf but this one was by far the most beautiful one we spotted.

John rented a paddle board....

Starting out...

Looking like a pro...

Relaxing...

The fam didn't think the paddle board was the safest activity for a pregnant woman (considering I had already pushed my luck on this vacation) so I didn't give it a try. My dad did though!

Sibling love!

Meg was there too I promise - she just didn't want to join us for a pic :)

One day Matt and my dad rented some fancy bikes and took a long ride. Matt went 100 miles up to Captiva Island and back. I think it was the highlight of his trip.

On New Years Eve we went up to Captiva Island for dinner and to see the sunset. It was beautiful!

We tried a few poses before we settled on a good one for the family holiday card!

This was the winner :)

The restaurant was at a resort with lots of Florida Christmas cheer...

The food was delicious but we weren't too wild and crazy - it's only possible to stay up so late when you're 14 weeks pregnant...

That's all my pics! It was such an amazing trip - thanks again to my parents for taking us on such a great family vacation!

xoxo

Happy Birthday Dad!

Happy Birthday to my dad! His birthday was actually yesterday so I'm a bit behind :) I have the best dad ever and I'm so thankful for him!

LOVE YOU!!!

Baby Bump Weeks 11-15

I should probably title this post pre baby bump to barely there baby bump pic :) I grouped them all together because there wasn't a ton of progress to show!

I'm 18 weeks now and the belly is actually getting bigger! It's still not huge but it's getting too big for my clothes at this point. I'll post more recent pics soon. Things are moving along...pregnancy is more fun now that everyone at work knows and I'm feeling less and less tired. Here are a few more updates....

- I can feel baby T moving now! It's a hard feeling to describe. It's really faint and only happens when I'm sitting very still.

- I'm going to prenatal yoga here. It's AMAZING and I love it. I received a 10 class card as a gift and it has been the best present :) Thanks Mom!

- The only pregnancy "craving" I've had so far is chocolate milk. This is the first time I've had this much milk (let alone chocolate syrup) since I was in elementary school. Starting this week I can't get enough. Guess there are worse things!

Hope you had a good week! It's almost Friday :)