16 Weeks!

How far along? 16 Weeks

Baby's size? My iPhone app still says avocado - but the fruit/veg will change tomorrow. I'll let you know.

Weight Gain? 5 pounds.

Maternity clothes? just my Gap jeans.

Stretch marks? No.

Sleep? still great.

Foods I am loving? pickles, sweets, salt & vinegar chips, cinnamon raisin toast.

Foods I am hating? Meat.

Movement? I'm going to answer yes, because I still feel these bubbles down low. Not 100% sure if it's movement or not.

Symptoms? I'm a tad emotional. I cry over commercials - you know? things like that.

Gender? I'm still sticking with BOY...2 weeks until we officially know.

What I'm looking forward to? Heading to Baltimore for Mike's wedding - and our gender ultrasound and Thanksgiving...I guess a lot!

Weekly Wisdom: "Do what you think is best"...still.

Milestones: Finding out "G's" gender soon.

Emotions: Happy!

* I don't have a 16 week picture...I'll be sure to take plenty at the Wedding this weekend.

* My girlfriend Casey had her gender ultrasound today. I was wrong - she's having another GIRL. It just goes to show that all those "myths" - are just that. Her baby's heart rate was always in the 138-140s. She craved things that she didn't with her girl, she was a lot more sick with this one...

* Tomorrow is my last day of work this WEEK. Yay for a long weekend! Chat next week...with lots of pictures.

11.09.10!!!



15+ weeks & a weekend wrap-up

Happy Monday! I can't believe it's Monday again. I also can't believe how much I say that. Ugh! This weekend went by way too fast. I feel like I wasn't home for two days - and now, we are already back to work. It was a busy weekend, albeit a fun one...

Saturday, I had a hair appointment, then Stew and I went out for a bit...and ended the day with an amazing dinner at the Common Man - our favorite spot. The pub chips were delish as always.

Sunday - I picked up my Mom and my Sister. We headed downtown for lunch and had the Trans Siberian Orchestra concert at attend. By noon, we were downtown at Portland Pie Company...which happened to be at the City Marathons finish line. We had a window seat to all the action. It was a lot of fun watching everyone cross the finish line. I must have cried 15 times. Seriously...I couldn't help it. I saw a Mom (my age) running by herself - Husband and small daughter cheering her on...and the (maybe) 2 year old daughter cross under the gates to run across the finish line with her - hand in hand. Cue the tears!

The concert started at 3 and ended about about 6:15ish...and was a blast. Baby G heard the music for sure. I felt a lot of flutters during the concert. I guessing "G" liked it.

We were so close to the stage - when the pyrotechnics went off...you could feel the heat. It was insane. So thank you to my Mom for taking my sister and I. And thank you to KDC and Mom for a great lunch and a fun day!

I'm looking forward to this week though. It's a 4 day week because we are off to Baltimore for Mike's wedding. My Sisters birthday is tomorrow! My girlfriend Casey is finding out her baby's gender on Wednesday (I think she's having a boy)...oh and did I mention the new Boss!? Yeah, my old boss sold the company...along with me. So I'll have a bit more of a commute and whole lot more of responsibility. I think this week, I'll head down south to check out my new digs!

Ok...now onto the "15 week" part. Stew left the house before me to go grocery shopping, so he wasn't around to take a picture of the growing belly. I made do. Here is my 15 week 4 day picture from yesterday.

Oh! and did I mention that our gender ultrasound is in 2 weeks! 2 WEEKS PEOPLE!!!!!!!!! Yes, a tad excited.

That's all for today. More to come this week....

Sneak Peek - Vegas Style

Stew and I are going to VEGAS in February. Stew has a "work" trade show to attend - so we are going out early for a mini vacation. Here is a sneak peek at what we'll be doing...

A little of this...

...a lot of pictures and sight seeing.

... catch a few shows.

More pool time...



...got to love the 24 hour buffets!

...and staying here!

:: I can't wait for our vacation - 30 weeks pregnant and all ::

:: Happy November ::

I can't believe it's November already! This is a very busy month for us - but more about that later.

This past weekend was a blast. My Mom and I went to the Outlets shopping all day on Saturday. I picked her up at 9:30 and we didn't get home until 5:00. I was exhausted - but so worth it. We stopped mid-day for lunch at an awesome little Seafood place on the coast.

After hitting Yankee candle, Coach, Carters, Jcrew, Banana Republic, Gap and all the other little stores - we were both done...and had a trunk full of stuff - both for us and Baby G. I think I found our diaper bag at the Coach Outlet. I'm going to take Stew to look at it too...I tried out a few strollers...and think I narrowed that down as well. Such a good day. And I even treated myself to these Uggs...so warm. so comfy.

When I got home on Saturday, Stew and I carved pumpkins and baked up the seeds. We made a pizza and watched "Little Monsters". The fire place was on, my new Yankee Candle was burning...just a perfect way to end a great Fall day.



On Sunday - we prepared the house for Trick or Treating! Stew decorated the front porch with our Jack-o-lanterns, cobwebs, spiders and a rat. We also got his "costume" ready, so that he could "scare" the kids. (I use those words loosely, because... 1. As you can see, it was a sheet that I cut eyes into. 2. I was laughing so hard that I'm sure he didn't scared as many kids as he would have liked. And 3. What you can't see is that he was holding a beer under the sheet.

And today...it's back to work! But it's NOVEMBER. We have so many things to look forward to:

:: Haircut (I might do something different - we'll see)

:: Trans Siberian Orchestra with Mom and my Sister

:: Baltimore for Caruso's Wedding festivities

:: BIRTHDAYS: friends and family members

:: Our 5 year Engagement ANNIVERSARY

:: GENDER ultrasound (23 more days)

:: Start the nursery

:: Thanksgiving with Family

:: Mini Holiday Vacation from work

:: Holiday Parties

:: Tons of FOOD

:: Possible new owner/boss at my company...(I'm not 100% sure I'm looking forward to this, we'll see)

That is all for today...but if you have the opportunity - grab (in my case, Decaf) a Gingerbread coffee from Dunkin' Donuts! It's amazing. I stopped for a Pumpkin coffee, but they are "done" with that flavor...so I went for Gingerbread.

Have a great first day of November...stay tuned for pictures from this weekend.

What I'm loving...

...Amy Butler Fabric!

With our gender ultrasound less than a month away, I'm starting to narrow down our nursery choices. But today, I'm torn. I'm in love with Amy Butler's fabric on Etsy.

And it's not only the baby bedding fabric I love. I'm loving all the adorable onies as well! 

I mean seriously? How adorable would our daughter look in this next summer by the pool?

I {heart} Owls

And don't even get me started on the diaper bags that I found. A.DOR.ABLE! 

Ok, I'm done obsessing. 14 weeks...and still feeling good. I can't wait until we start on the nursery. Depending on what we pick for bedding...I'm almost positive we'll go with this furniture. It'd be between the cherry or white.

:: That's all for today. Happy Hump Day ::



Belly and Business

Happy Monday! I hope everyone had a great weekend. Ours was mixed with some good and bad. Friday afternoon started off not so good. I left work early feeling under the weather...I felt feverish, achy and tired. I went home, took a shower, put on my PJs, grabbed my pillow, blanket and Nate - and went on the couch. I made some tea and put on Oprah. By Saturday, I felt much better. It could have been an "end of the week" sickness...who knows.

Saturday, Stew and I went to lunch at Chili's...then to the Mall to look at and shop for maternity jeans for me. I found a few pairs at Gap Maternity - but figured I'd start off with one pair and see how I liked them. We got to the register and the sales clerk asked if I wanted to open a Gap card. I, 9 out of 10 times say "No, thanks"...but she got me this time. She said "Today only, we are offering 45% off your entire purchase if you do". I was sold. I gave her my information and we continued to shop. How can you not for 45% off? I ended up getting two pairs of jeans, a long sleeve shirt and an adorable t-shirt that Stew picked out - it said "Creating a bright future". After $168 in maternity clothes, I walked out paying about the price of one pair of jeans. I was beaming from ear to ear! Plus, I got a months worth of 45% off coupons to use in November. Cha-ching! I'm definitely saving the last coupon for baby clothes...once we find out the gender.

Sunday started off normal. We worked out in the morning, then off to the grocery store and a few other stops...including McDonald's. Whoops. We got a call after the grocery store that Stew's grandmother wasn't doing well and was in the hospital. We made a quick stop at home to unload the groceries and drop off Nate. We made it to the hospital around 2:15ish. She wasn't awake, but when she heard Stew's voice, she knew - knew we were there. Stew told her it was OK to get comfortable and go if she was ready. We told her that the baby was there with us...she was in the presence of her great-grandchild. We told her that we loved her. Stew's Nana loved Angels. She had them surrounding her when she was at home, sick. Angels of all kinds...yet, she didn't have any there in her hospital room. I took a napkin from her nightstand and pen from my purse. I drew the best angel I could have drawn and wrote - Angel for Nana. We love you. We placed the napkin on her pillow and told her she now had an angel with her. We kissed her good-bye and left. Within 10 minutes of leaving the hospital - we got the call - she was gone. It was a hard day, but we know she is not in pain and off to see her Husband and the rest of her family. We know we will see her again.

And finally, on to something to smile about...Baby G. I had Stew take a few belly shots on Sunday. Here is what me and Baby G are looking like at 13 weeks 4 days!

{You can see my buddy, Nate looking at me in the lower left hand corner. so cute}



Enjoy this last week of October!