We Have Reached the Halfway Mark

Can you believe we are halfway? Time was going by so slow there for a while and now we are suddenly at week 20!! Week 20 has been my favorite week so far because I can feel Hadley move around more than ever, it is so exciting! She really likes letting me know she's in there. It's incredible. This week is also awesome because Thanksgiving happens to fall right in the middle of it. Aside from the delicious food I plan on devouring (I am so using the "I have to feed two excuse" these next few days), we truly have A LOT to be thankful for this holiday. Last Thanksgiving I never could have imagined that I would be pregnant this thanksgiving but I am so thankful for this wonderful gift the good Lord has blessed us with. We are so lucky to be able to spend the holiday season with our families and I hope everyone remembers what the holiday season is really about. Faith, Family, and Love.


I had my first official "pregnancy brain" episode yesterday when I was baking pumpkin rolls for my sister. I lined up all of my ingredients as I do when I am baking: the flour, the sugar, the baking powder, the cinnamon.... ok you get the picture. So when it was time to use the baking powder I was really confused when I didn't see it in my line. I looked in the cabinet where I keep it and it was no where to be found. A few frustrating minutes later I went to get a spoon out of the drawer to mix what I had of the ingredients together and HEY THERE'S THE BAKING POWDER

Don't know how or why it ended up in the utensil drawer 

but my excuse is the "pregnancy brain"

Despite the baking powder mishap, the pumpkin rolls came out delicious and my sister will love me for another year now :)

A little update on my belly....it is getting huge!! Well to me anyway. I am now weighing in between 126 and 128 pounds depending on what time of day I jump on the scale. I am loving and embracing the baby bump now though and enjoy showing it off.... here are some pictures and no that belly is not food induced, it is all baby Hadley. 

With the Christmas season flying up on us I decided it was time to take some announcement pictures to include in our Christmas cards this year. Here is a little sneak peak of our Thanksgiving photo sesh. Thank you to my sister for her photo taking skills and thank you to Andrew for putting up with me making you take 100+ pictures. Love you babe!

I am still feeling really great these days and hope it continues this way right up until the very end (please, please Lord let it)!! I really hope everyone had a great Thanksgiving and got to enjoy family, friends, and food of course! I am still stuffed from our 2 o clock dinner so I'd say the day was a success. Looking forward to the upcoming weeks of Christmas decorating, baking and shopping, work party, other holiday festivities and VACATION!!!!

Pink or Blue, We Already Love You!!!

7 days and counting (oh so anxiously counting) until we find out what Baby Turner is!! If you haven't noticed, we are pretty excited! Actually, there are not enough words in the dictionary to express our excitement for next Thursday!


We are halfway into week 17 now and I think it is safe to say that I have finally experienced that whole "popping" thing people talk about. So here it is:

 Would ya look at that belly!!!

It is quite amazing to see how far I've come if you look all the way back to week 5:

... it is becoming really real now. Bye bye tiny tummy

So my friends, I have a confession to make....Pinterest got the best of me AGAIN! I feel ok about it this time though because I am not the only one this week!! One of my best friends just discovered how awesome Pinterest truly is... she is now addicted as well. Because of Pinterest and all of the incredibly cute ideas it gives me on a daily basis, we are now planning a small gender reveal party. I want to have pictures to look back on and I think it will be a good memory to have :) I also want our families to find out together; I figure this is the perfect way to make that happen. Plus it's a good excuse to have a little PARTY and who doesn't love a party??
 
Anyway, without giving away too many details about the party (because there will be plenty of pictures to follow) here are a few of the ideas I may steal from good ol' Pinterest:

I love this!

 I would love to see what everyone thinks our sweet baby is

I think this is super cute and perfect for a simple party favor

Pink and Blue Beverages, AWESOME!

A half pink and half blue table is a must!

I am still looking for more ideas so if you've ever hosted a gender reveal party or have any great ideas please post about them, I would love to hear your stories and suggestions :)