Almost 1/2 Way

I think so far I am doing a good job staying on track, with all the craziness going on in our lives I do still get a few moments to relax and "play" online.

So another week has passed and the belly is getting bigger! As I sit here, full from my delicious lunch from Subway (that I ate WAYY to much of) I am really thinking I shouldve stopped at the 6 inches and possibly not have eaten a sub twice the size of the little man inside of me...hmmm. It was just so darn delicious at the time though!

Well as for our lives things are going swimmingly.  We are taking our 2nd look at 2 different houses we saw last Sunday and we think the 1st one we EVER looked at may end up being "the one"! My parents are coming along on this trip just to help out and give us the thumbs up or down.  These are definately exciting times!

I have already come up with a nursery theme idea and I am thinking along the lines of this....

I fiound some ridiculously cute "crab" fabric on Etsy.com I am going to buy and make our crib sheets and changing pad covers (yes that is plural I am thinking 2 since they tend to get dirty!)  The fabric has red crabs on it so we will get our "pop" of a bright color.

The wall graphics I found on Etsy as well and am planning on ordering the exact same ones as above!

I also sent this to my dad and asked him if he could make it.  I found the idea (again on Etsy) but with shipping it would cosst over $70 which is OUTRAGEOUS, so we'll see how the old man does :) as he says he can build "anything" lol.  Oh btw this will be used as a growth chart in little mans room!

I dont have a 19 week picture yet of the bump but here is mine from Hump Day Bump Day on Wednesday :)

Thats pretty much it for now. I will be sure to update next week when we are HALF BAKED! But for now here's my survey for the week!

Survey Says....

How Far Along : 19 weeks


Produce Size Comparison : We've got a Mango!


Symptoms : Hungry! Slight Heartburn (not as bad as last couple of weeks).  Still early bedtimes


Cravings/Aversions : Milkshakes & really all ice cream products


Weight Gain/Loss : +2 lb


Next Appt : March 14th


Sex :  BOY!


Stretch Marks : still none (knock on wood)!


Maternity Clothes : still working with the same ones I have had, no new purchases


Baby Related Purchases? : nothing besides the fleece (waiting till we move)....


Movement? : still kicking when I lean forward, kicking more at night! KB felt him move from the outside one night, very cool.  More movement during the day (especially after eating)

Whats Baby Doing this Week : This week your baby starts bulking up and packing on the grossly named "brown fat" he'll need to keep warm when he gets evicted from his comfortable uterine home. Other highlights this week:

Vernix, a milky white coating that protects your baby's skin, appears all over your baby's body to keep his skin from getting pickled in the amniotic fluid. Under the vernix, a fuzzy layer of hair called lanugo now covers baby's body.  Most of the fuzz will fall off before baby makes his grand entrance. Your baby's kidneys are fully functioning and producing urine this week.

He now weighs about 8½ ounces and measures 6 inches, about as long as half that footlong I had for lunch! :)

18 Weeks and Counting....!

Ahh, sorry guys I am so behind!  This week has been a complete whirlwind and I have had no desire to do anything besides lay in bed any time I get the chance.

Ok lets start with the reason I know you are all reading this...our Baby Appt!! As you know we had our appointment on Valentines Day and let me tell you, I was a nervous wreck the entire day wondering about what was going to happen.  Dont tell KB but I had a feeling deep down (in my stomach, hehe) that it was a boy, but I was holding out for my girl!

Most of you know already from FB (I really need to learn how to keep secrets), but heres the picture showcasing what we are having...

There are boy parts right above where it says "It's a Boy"

Thats right folks, almost EVERYONE was right and we are having a bouncing (literally) baby boy!

So I found out again how much I LOVE my Drs office as the tech that did our U/S was amazing!  We got there a bit early and after my routine pee sample, blood pressure check (she had to do 3 times as I was SOOO excited, lol) and finger prick she took us right back and put me on the table.  

The U/S room was awesome, they had a large flat screen in front of myself and KB so we didn't have to sit there with our necks cricked the ENTIRE time (which was a good 35-40 minutes).

So our tech had a bit of fun with us and started out with the head and measured everything, showed us the brain, ect, then slowly moved her way down. While she was doing that we were both amazed out how much he has grown from a little peanut to a little person.  She had no problems getting all the measurements all the way down to his little wee! KB's face LIT UP when she said it was a boy and he saw his man parts, it made it all worth it to me and I have come to love the fact I will have a little boy.

Well after all that excitement we sat back down to wait for the Dr and talked names and .........WE AREN'T TELLING hehe :) but little man does have a name!!

 

Survey Says....

How Far Along : 18 weeks, 1 day

 

Produce Size Comparison : It's a Sweet Potato!

 

 

Symptoms : Still fighting Heartburn, Tired, Peeing Constantly

 

 

Cravings/Aversions : Sweets! Ice Cream/Milkshakes mostly / Bojangles / Chips n Dip

Weight Gain/Loss : +1 lb

Next Appt : March 15th

Sex : It a BOY!

Stretch Marks : still none (knock on wood)!

Maternity Clothes : still working with the same ones I have had, no new purchases

Baby Related Purchases? : nothing besides the fleece (waiting till we move)

 

 

Movement? : apparently baby brown does not like it when I lean forward so he'll kick me, moving during the day sometimes, always at night laying on my back

 

On to our next good news......

HOME BUYING!!!

So we have been in the process of buying our first house since August, yes I said August, of last year.  It has been stressful and a roller coaster but the program we were attempting to go through was known for its lengthy process so I was ready. What we werent ready for was it to have us going month to month on our lease.  Well after thinking about it, I decided to see what my company (I work for Wells Fargo Home Mortgage) could offer us.  This was also on Valentines Day (yes it was an AWESOME day), and 30 minutes after talking to our loan officer, we were APPROVED!!

So tomorrow we will be going on our first house hunt and hopefully within a few weeks we will be under contract!

Wish us luck :)

More to come later, keep your eyes peeled!

~Nicole~

17 Weeks and counting...

Well almost 17 weeks so we'll run with it :)

So this week has been okay, yea just ok, pregnancy wise.  Nothing major, have def been feeling the little one moving around a lot more; especially today.  One new realization is I am ALWAYS hungry..ahh I eat then an hour later I want to eat again, I feel like I could eat all day long.  From this new and wonderfully expensive new symptom I have decided that this child is 100% KB's (we all already knew that anyways but..) that boy could eat all day long if he wanted to and now I know how he feels!

First DIY Wedding Project....

As for DIYing I have started getting into a couple of wedding projects. As promised I am posting some pictures of a project I did for my bridal party "asking" them to be in my bridal party.  I initially found the idea on etsy of a little box where you pull out the paper and then at end there is a gift for the recipient.

This is what will be my "finished product"

Step 1 : Items Needed

For this project you will want to get....

1. A Small Box (be creative, I was lucky & found the ones I used in the dollar section @ Michaels

2. Paper (any color you wish to use, I raided the scrapbook section)

3. Scissors

4. Pliers

5. Chain

6. Charms for Jewelry

7. Stamp Pad (in your choice of color(s)

8. Stamps

9. Ribbon (I used a thin yellow for the inside and a thicker one for the outside)

10. Sharpie or Marker

Step 2 :

Next you will want to measure out the inside of your box and cut strips of your paper in an appropriate length to accordian into the box.  It may take a couple trims to get it to fit just right, dont worry if its not perfect you can hide an errors once placed in the box.

Step 3:

Decide what you will want to write on the accordian (I made up poems, 1 for my bridesmades boxes, 1 for my flower girl and then a special one for my maid of honor).  I used a Silver Sharpie marker to give it some extra flair and match the silver bracelets.

All writing I did by hand but you can type it and glue it to the paper or use any other creative technique you can think of to get your wording across

Inside of the box...

Step 4:

Place ribbon around paper and tie in a bow to secure.

Now pick your stamp and grab your pad and decide where you want to place your stamps. This is one of the ones I used...

For the outside of the box I used a simple Sea Horse (keeping with my theme of our nautical/marina style wedding)

Step 5:

Once your ink is dry ahead and place your tied paper accordian into the box. 

Now we can get started on the bracelets.  I am no jewelry maker by any means, so I decided to keep it simple. 

I went to my local craft store and bought charms (1 style for my bridesmads, 1 for my flower girl and 1 for my maid of honor).  I also picked up some chain, metal circles and lobster claw clasps.

Next using my own wrist for measuring purposes I measured out chain and using a pair of needle nosed pliers opened the chain and seperated it at my mark.

Once seperated I added the metal circle to one end and the lobster claw to the other. 

Next find the center of the chain from the clasp and open the chain and place your charm on.  Close up and voila! You have a simple, yet cute Bracelet!

 

Here is a picture of the fnished bracelet.

Total Cost of this project (for 5 boxes) : Under $20 total!

I am excited to say we will hopefully looking for our 1st place within the next couple of weeks!  I will be having a lot more projects on here once moved in and I can let my creativity really get flowing.

I do already know of a few nursery idea's I am dying to try, one which include getting the sewing machine set up and ready to go!

Preggo Watch 2012

Ok so back to the little booger!  Here is my 16 week picture (I havent done my 17 yet) and survey..hope you all enjoy!

This one as you can see was taken at 16 weeks 3 days, I am starting to really see my belly "round out" now that time is going by!

Survey Says....

How Far Along : 16 weeks 6 days (17 as of midnight)

Produce Size Comparison : It's an Avacado! (an Onion tomorrow!!)

Symptoms : Heartburn has rseared his ugly head, peeing 2-3 times per night

Cravings/Aversions : still craving sweets, nothing die hard though.  No aversions, at least nothing is making me sick ;)

Weight Gain/Loss : finally back up to where I was at my 9 week appt (according to my scale)

Next Appt : Feb 14th @ 3:40 (expect a mass text with the sex of our little booger!)

Sex : will find out soon, countdown 4 days!!

Stretch Marks : thank god NO (hopefully they nevere come!)

Maternity Clothes : went shopping Sunday and bought some work pants with my bestie, also bought some jeans (my 2nd pair from ON) and another shirt!

Baby Related Purchases? : found an adorable fleece zip up for the fall at ON for 1.97...yea I bought it!

Movement? : lots the past few days; especially laying in bed on my back (propped up of course) and this morning at work felt like a little fishy flopping in there

The End...

That is all for tonight, but be sure to be on the lookout for your text Tuesday, if you are on the list, or make sure to visit the blog Tuesday/Wednesday for our "sex reveal" picture!!