33 week Bumpdate!!

This week: We were in recovery mode. Organizing and setting up the nursery was top priority and it's definitely baby, baby, baby around here! Summer school ended!!!! Can I get a hallelujah?!? I am SO excited to have three weeks off to prep for baby. This is the beginning of the busiest time of the year for a teacher and to throw a baby in the mix means I have a lot to do! Oh, and it's SHARK WEEK!!!! Jeff and I are OBSESSED with Shark Week!!

How far along? 33 weeks!

Baby's size: Baby P is the size of a durian! Seriously?! Or a honeydew. She could grow up to an inch this week alone!! She'll also gain about a half a pound a week from here on out!

Total weight gain: 14 lbs.

Maternity clothes? Yup! The outfit in the picture is not maternity, though. Thankfully maxis are the big thing this summer so I have been finding lots of cute dresses that I don't even need to size up because my belly is taking care of the hem!! :)

Stretch marks: Stupid hips. I don't even care about the ones on my thighs since they're on the inside and technically were already there before the baby but my the ones on my hips can be seen above my bathing suit. I just wasn't expecting them there so it sucks.

Sleep: Still just okay. My sleep is pretty interrupted and my dreams are out of control.

Best moment this week: My summer officially started!! I love the little things like spending time in the nursery with Jeff going through our gifts and talking about how excited we both are and starting to pack the hospital bag. This is such a special time.

What I miss: Sleep and my bladder of steel. As a teacher, I have mastered the art of holding my pee for over 12 hours. Now if I move a certain way, I'm running to the bathroom.

Movement: Yes! And I LOVE it! I can definitely tell she's a bit cramped in there but I'm still loving those movements, even if they're painful sometimes.

Food cravings: I will literally see someone eating something and need it. What's up with that?!

Food aversions: Nothing new.

Gender: Girl! Girl! Girl!

Belly button - in or out? It's out for the world to see!

Wedding rings - on or off? Still on and they can still come off. Hoping this weather sticks around because I'm pretty sure that's helping me out big time.

Symptoms: Pelvic pain, peeing a LOT, and being worn out. I went to the grocery store and Target back to back and I was ready for a nap when I got home. That's so unlike me.

Mood: Getting excited!! And nervous!

Looking forward to: Having a baby!! Of course, I also started getting excited about back to school, too. I love this time of year and having a baby at this time will be so fun!

ps. Baby shower recap will be on the blog tomorrow! K, Erin? :)

  

Things only a father would say...

Jeff and I were beginning our task of sorting through all of the amazing gifts and baby gear that we have received for our baby girl, to get the nursery prepped for her arrival. We started with the clothes, sorting them all out by size, and I already had everything else sorted into categories.. feeding, bathing, books, bedding, personalized items, hair supplies (she has enough to fill an entire basket!), safety, the list keeps going. Every so often, Jeff would stop and look around the room and just sit in amazement that there will be a little girl sleeping and playing in here very soon. He was making me laugh, nearly making me cry, and making my heart swell bigger than big, with the sweet and funny things he was saying.

These are some things that only a father would say...

While taking a quick break to scan the room in awe: "I just can't believe there's a crib in here, and a dresser, and a mirror!" So I said, "a mirror?" He replied, "Yes. A mirror! Can you believe that?"

Looking through her hair bows: "She better still be a girl when she gets her. I know we saw her parts but I don't know how I'll handle that. I need this girl."

While passing him the newborn clothes: "I can't believe how tiny she will be. These things won't even fit on my hand. OH my goodness! The hanger won't even fit in here!"

While passing him the 24 months clothes: "Um, what just happened? These are so big. Two minutes ago this wouldn't fit my hand, now it might fit part of my leg. My little girl is growing up too fast. Please stop."

While handing him a Christmas shirt: "Ok, can we put this in a special place? This will definitely be her outfit when we're decorating the tree. It's really special, I want to make sure I don't forget it."

While sorting through her sweatpants: "Oh, this is great! These will be her lazy Sunday outfits. Do we have a place for lazy Sunday clothes?"

While handing him some bigger onesies, he looked at them funny. I said, "She'll be in onesies for at least the first year." He responded with, "She'll be in onesies until I tell her she can stop wearing onesies!"


I love, love, love this man with my whole heart and I know how big his love is for our little family. I cannot wait to watch him fall in love with our daughter. She already has him wrapped around her finger! He is going to the best Daddy.

Rocky's first day with us, snuggling with Dad.

{Look how teeny he is!!}

32 week Bumpdate!

My big belly is actually making my boobs and eyes look smaller.

I never thought it would be possible to look like I have a small(er) chest. 

I always feared that my already squinty eyes would start to get squished in my face.

Shoot!

This week: We had our baby shower on Sunday!! It was such a fun day and it was so amazing to be surrounded by so many people who love our girl already and who are so happy for us. I cannot wait to share pictures!

How far along? 32 weeks! Iyy yi yi!

Baby's size: Baby P is the size of a squash! Pretty sure I've seen squash on this list before AND I'm pretty sure a pineapple is bigger than this thing. I've also heard she's the size of a jicama, whatever that is. She's actually about 4 lbs, according to our last ultrasound.

Total weight gain: 14 lbs. woof!

Maternity clothes? Still in cotton dresses as often as possible, thankfully mostly regular dresses, too. I hate spending money on maternity clothes so I'm not doing it! Hubby's gym shorts are comfy, too! 

Stretch marks: My thighs and hips :( It seems like the teeny tiny ones I had are just spreading out. 

Sleep: It's okay. Getting up in the middle of the night is the worst but inevitable. I have been SO tired lately and I hope I can catch up on sleep next week when summer school is over and I don't need to get up so early.

Best moment this week: Our baby shower!! It was perfect!

What I miss: Sleeping on my stomach and energy! I am SO tired lately!

Movement: Lots and lots. She is moving constantly and her movements are so big and sometimes painful. I can feel body parts jabbing out and my stomach jumps around all the time.

Food cravings: Pretty much just everything I see anyone else eating. And chocolate banana smoothies.

Food aversions: Nothing new.

Gender: Pink everything!!

Belly button - in or out? It's pretty much out at this point. I've actually seen it pop out like a turkey timer when the baby moves sometimes and it is usually sticking out through my shirt.

Wedding rings - on or off? On. I try to pull them off at random times to make sure I still can and so far, so good.

Symptoms: Pelvic pain is back. So, so tired. Pregnancy brain like whoa. - The other day I threw a load of Jeff's baseball uniforms in the dryer, threw a couple of dryer sheets on top and that was it. I never dried it. Jeff opened the dryer to find his clothes wet. Oops! (Um, and I actually couldn't remember what the other symptom was that I had and literally sat here for five minutes thinking, what the heck was I going to write?? Pregnancy brain is real.)

Mood: Happy and sleepy.

Looking forward to: 3 more days of summer school and then I'll really have the time to tackle the nursery. It looks like a bomb went off in there after the shower and I can't wait to finish organizing it! 

  

Pregnant feet and baby shower sneak peek!

Happy Monday!! It's the final Monday of summer school and I am sippin' on a grande iced coffee from Starbucks, all caught up on my work before the kiddos show up. Not a bad way to start my week :)

I had a fabulous weekend and hope y'all had the same. Saturday was a catch-up kind of day... taking care of the housework that I'm too tired for all week and working on my assignments for grad school that I'm too tired for all week. See a theme here? Jeff went up to the lake with his dad for the day so after my work was done, I treated myself to a mani/pedi and went shoe shopping. Even though I have been living in Old Navy flip flops all summer, I decided I wanted to wear heels or wedges to my baby shower. Shoe shopping while pregnant is um, let's just say, ridiculous. I have always loathed my feet. They're tiny and wide with a high arch, not exactly the most ideal for many popular styles right now. I love wearing a shoe with a high heel but now that I'm pregnant, my feet won't fit into them. As in, sausage toes everywhere. Shoe shopping at the very end of the day isn't the best idea for a preggo, either. My feet were definitely a bit swollen but I think they also grew. I can usually wear a 6.5/7 but I was pushing an 8. I must have tried on about 50 pairs of sandals and wedges before coming across a pair of dressed up flip flops. Praise the Lord, they were $10 on clearance at TJ's. I was really ready to start flinging shoes all over the place, Theresa Giudice style, if tables were shoes. Apparently the people that say they love shoe shopping because shoes always fit, have never been shoe shopping while pregnant. I'll definitely be flip-flopping until this child is born.

Sunday was my baby shower!!! It was such a beautiful shower, hosted my my mother, mother-in-law, sister, and sisters-in-law. Every little detail was perfect and baby girl was insanely spoiled. I feel so incredibly blessed to be surrounded by so many people who already love my little one so much already. The shower had a book theme and everyone brought a book with their gift or in lieu of a card. Love, love, love!! Baby girl's book shelves are officially full!! I can't tell you how happy this makes my teacher heart! My sister took lots of pictures and I will do a full recap once I have them all, but for now, here's a peek from my sister-in-laws Instagram pics.

Only 8 more weeks until we meet the star of the show!! :)

Five on Friday

Happy Friday!! This is my new favorite link-up because it's easy enough for my pregnant brain to handle.

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Can we just take a look at last Thursday/Friday compared to this Thursday/Friday? Um. I'll take some more please! Last Friday the air conditioner broke at work and I was ready to go ape shit. I literally couldn't even see straight. I was so hot and SO mad that no one felt the need to correct the situation. I fixed it with a ginormous limeade from Sonic on the way home but nothing made me happier than the weather yesterday and today. Yesterday felt like Fall. Fall is my favorite. Cool, breezy, sweatshirt weather. Even Rocky didn't know what was going on. He must have sat at the window for an hour, just watching the rain and trees blow.

2. The highlight of my week was definitely seeing my chubby cheek baby girl at our ultrasound. 31 week bumpdate & pictures here. I cannot wait to kiss those cheeks!!

3. My summer officially starts in one week. ONE WEEK! True, it will include getting all the final baby prep done, packing a hospital bag {O.M.G}, childbirth class {OMG.OMG}, and hopefully a shit ton of nesting, but I am so looking forward to three weeks off. We are hoping to squeeze in a few lake days, a few days away AND we have lots of parties coming up. Let's just keep the temp in the low 80's perhaps?

4. Starbucks has been saving my life this week. I didn't realize they would still make the Chocolate Vivanno smoothie {chocolate & banana} but they do and they did and oh my oh my. It fills me enough to not have me thinking of a million other foods and the chocolate is perfection in the morning. I'm making an attempt to be healthier in the mornings and this helps me avoid a breakfast sandwich breakdown.

 

5. This is my most favorite way to spend my time. I am SO tired when I get home from work and this boy knows the way to my heart.

Happy weekend, friends!

TBT: Our Honeymoon!

This time last year, I was on the most amazing vacation. My husband and I celebrated our honeymoon in Punta Cana in the Dominican Republic for ten glorious days. We were married in April but due to my schedule, as a teacher, we had to wait for the summer to take our honeymoon. I'm so glad that we did because it was really nice to have something to look forward to after the wedding. Of course, we were thrilled to be married but wedding planning is so time consuming and then it is over in one day. This way, we still had this trip to look forward to even as life began to settle all around us. 

Jeff planned the entire honeymoon and told me on the day of our wedding, in the limo after we were married, where we were going. He could not have picked a more perfect place. It was the best mix of adventure and beach bummin'. People told us not to leave the resort but we did and every time we did, we had the best time. These pictures are just a teeny tiny fraction of the pictures that we took but looking at them brings me right back. Here are some highlights from our trip...

First day @ Macao Beach

We rented dune buggies and had to spend $10 on bandanas to keep the dirt off our face.

Bad.ass smoking a Dominican cigar

Swimming in a cave with the locals

Ziplining {and I forgot sneakers!}

We swam with this guy

Borderline terrified

Shark Week enthusiast

We survived :)

Saona Island

We spent a lot of time doing this, too.

Our honeymoon suite :)

Hibachi? Don't mind if I do!

Catamaran cruising.. drinking that Mama Juana

My handsome hubby catching starfish in the Blue Lagoon

Dreams Punta Cana

last night