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!!!!

Good News Friends

Despite what the first ultrasound picture indicated.... I am actually carrying a human.... not a gummy bear looking alien.

How exciting!! 

Today marks 12 weeks and 4 days; we are in the home stretch of the first trimester!!!

When I think back to the day before we found out, I could have never imagined we were going to be blessed with the news of a baby but now I can't imagine life any differently. Although we are nearing the beginning of the second trimester already the time seems to be going very slowlyyyyyyy!!! I will blame part of that on my urge to shop but I can't shop without knowing what the baby is going to be.

I wasn't going to share this publicly but the ultrasound tech put her money on a girl BUT nothing is for certain until November. Good thing we've already decided on super cute PERFECT bedding for a girl 

(By My Baby Sam)

or AWESOME outdoorsy little boy bedding

 

(By Lambs & Ivy)

Can you tell I have been busy obsessing over what I want to buy once we finally know what the baby will be? That's the fun part isn't it? With that said we will be happy either way, all we pray for is a healthy happy baby and pregnancy. 

This week so far:

I crave: Nothing really except I REALLY want Zip'z pizza for dinner tonight!!

I weigh: 122.6 lbs

I feel: Energized, Excited, and Anxious

Today was a really exciting day, we saw our little munchkin move, saw the heart beat and fell even more in love!