25 weeks

 Today : 25 weeks 6 days

Weight Gain :  13 lbs. I’m not exactly sure when my belly surpassed my boobs, but that’s a thing now… and not just in an “oops,  I just ate a burrito” kind of way… more like in a strangers can actually tell I’m pregnant now way.

Maternity Clothes : Obviously. 

 Most of my non-pregnancy shirts look like this. I'm one Natty light can away from fitting in at a Nascar race. 

Stretch marks : No way.

Sleep : Yes please.  Usually sleeping really well, but Samson still loves to practice his ninja skills at 3 am.

Sickness: No, but acid reflux is a more regular occurrence. Gross.

Movement: My belly is moving more and more. Samson’s getting big enough to make my belly lopsided periodically, which is hilarious.

Cravings: The usual… for the love of Dr. Pepper. Also, we had pizza twice this week… I don’t know how it happened, but it did and I’m not complaining.

Exciting happenings: Went to a WET wedding, saw a beautiful bride (Congrats Alyssa & Shayne!), and spent some quality time with my brother Michael, his wife Ashley and their two beautiful daughters, Annalyn & Emelina. 

Annalyn! I sure hope Samson is this cute!

 

My new "mom" glasses... for the future when I don't have time to shower or put on makeup.

I also got new glasses and highlights/lowlights. Aaron took a day off, so we got to spend some time together. I got to spend time with my sister-in-law Ravelle and mom.  Did some crafting with my dear friend Kali and made a hippie-esque dream catcher, which will most likely find it's way to Samson's room. We saw our best friends James & Jenny and their perfect little girl Gemma. Samson and Gemma are bound to be best friends and they might get married someday, who knows.

I went rogue with this... I can't decide if I need to rearrange the feathers. #hippiehomedecor

This week was so busy and so much fun! I need to stop procrastinating my blog until the end of the week, so I can include more fun details. 

Additionally, Samson got SPOILED this week. You know who you are! You guys are way too good to him (and us!) We love you!

Post Labor Day Ramblings

 Happy Wednesday!

Hope you had a good Labor Day weekend. I obviously took an extra day to recover. The weekend itself was the same old for us, I worked and Aaron led worship at church. Monday was a work holiday for him (lucky) and I had to work 2^nd shift at the hospital. We made the best of it though. Aaron woke up early and made us a pancake breakfast, yum! While eating our pancakes, we schemed of ways to take advantage of my dad’s FANTASTIC waffle breakfasts for 12 weeks straight when I’m on maternity leave. 

Aaron & I have been back and forth since we bought our house on when to buy a new washer and dryer. A series of unfortunate laundry events recently took place and helped us solidify our decision.  We had already shopped around so we knew what we wanted and what we expected to pay. We went to Lowe's and took advantage of the Labor Day sales and saved a bundle on our new washer and dryer. They are a special order, so we have to wait a while before they will arrive, but I am so excited to have pulled the trigger. I have big dreams for our laundry room my friends.  **Update: the washer/dryer links work when using a desktop, but don't seem to work from all mobile devices. If you are really curious, we got a Samsung 5 cu. feet high efficiency washer and a Samsung 7.4 cu feet high efficiency electric dryer with steam cycles.**

Thanks to Aaron the nursery is primed and ready to be painted tonight!  I have been staring at an empty room for 5 months and am so excited about all the things that will be going in the nursery (mostly the little dude himself).  Even though, yes, they are just things, I think some tangible objects just might help me wrap my mind around the fact that soon enough our house will be home to one more person.  Hopefully after seeing the room painted I'll be able to make some of my ideas come to life. 

(Dear future second child, sorry in advance that you're nursery will probably never receive this much attention, but I have a lot more time on my hands now... I promise I'll love you the same ;))

Cash and his post holiday blues...