Sweet Caroline

Yesterday was a BIG day for a couple of reasons. First off, it was my "turn day" which means I am officially down to the single digits (weeks wise) before we meet our precious Collins. 9 weeks to go...crazy! Our best friends became parents to an absolutely beautiful and perfect baby girl. Harper Anne Sherard was born around 7:30 yesterday morning...mommy and baby are doing great! I hope and pray Harper and Collins are best friends just like their mommies:) Momma Sherard is going to have to show me the ropes in 9 weeks, she will be a pro by then! We are so excited for the Sherard family!! And in unexpected news, we found out that my brother and SIL are expecting a BOY for baby number two!!!!!!!! We cannot be more excited for them, for real! Christie had a doctor appointment yesterday morning (her 16 week check up) and our practice normally doesn't do gender u/s until 20 weeks, but she begged and they were able to confirm it was a boy. We all went to dinner last ni...

NINE WEEKS TO GO! Yippeee!!!! How far along? 31 weeks Size of the baby? 3.5 pounds, 16 or 17 inches long. Maternity Clothes? SAME. Stretch Marks? SAME. I just ran out of my first bottle of Bio Oil, must get more pronto. Movement? For the FIRST time all pregnancy I felt her move to the left side of me last night. She’s been on the right the whole time I have been able to feel her, I could see my stomach move up and watched her switch sides last night…so funny. And whatever body part it is that I can feel that is really hard was on the left side for the first time…I don’t think she liked it as much though because she has already moved back. Sleep? SAME. Food Cravings? SAME. What I Miss: SAME. Symptoms: SAME. Best Moment of the Week? Getting into the single digits week wise! Holy cow, that’s nuts!!! Not much change this week. I am still feeling great for the most part…back is sore every now and then, but otherwise we are still rocking and rolling...

Collins isn't even set to arrive until March 1 and she already RACKED up at Christmas!!! Perfectly fine with us. There wasn't a whole lot that Mikey and I wanted/needed (besides the camera) so it worked out perfectly that most of our Christmas was dedicated to the bambino. We are so thankful for such giving family during this time...we got so many amazing things for our nursery and sweet Collins. Nikon D3100. I've been wanting a nice camera for quite some time, but it was always one of those things I knew I would have to get before we had a baby. This was definitely on the top of our list this year, so even though this is for Mikey and me, I really consider it a "Collins" present as well as we probably wouldn't have gotten it this year had we not been pregnant. Samsung camcorder, this is something Mikey and I decided to pick up for ourselves last minute. Nothing fancy, I don't even know how much we will actually use this...but I wanted one to have a...

My best friend Haven was thinking she might be having her baby today, but the doctor scheduled her for next Thursday, so excited but yet so surreal. Haven is the first of us to kick off the "baby train" (we have about 6 friends who are preggo right now and due within 5 months of each other, nuts!) It's so crazy to think about...we are all getting so close. I cannot wait to meet baby Harper!!! How far along? 30 weeks Size of the baby? 3 pounds, 16-17 inches. The length is what really blows my mind…l know she is curled up in a ball, but it amazes me that there is 17 inches of a BABY in my belly. NUTS. Maternity Clothes? No change. I am still amazed at the mix of clothes I can wear. That for sure is one thing I now know, you don’t really need TONS of maternity clothes…you can still make your regular clothes work for a LONG time. Stretch Marks? None have appeared yet, still using the Palmer’s and Bio Oil a few times a week. Movement? Same. They ...

Yeah, so I had to take a picture of my Christmas card to get it on here...I can't for the life of me figure out how to copy and paste it from the site I made it on. Oh well! I hope everyone has a wonderful holiday season!!

Let it be known that I am writing this post well before we have a baby come into our lives in our little house. I haven't even had a baby shower yet, so we don't have ANY of the millions of things that babies require around the house yet. I know I will learn to deal with it, but it already stresses me out to think how cluttered our house is going to become in March! I need space. As much as I love our house, I am over it. I'm over itty bitty closets and no storage, I'm over one bathroom that you can barely turn around in, I'm over not having an extra get away room. I need MORE. It's funny because for our size house...our kitchen is HUGE, there are actually a couple of drawers in there that aren't full because I have nothing else to put in them. Unlike in my bedroom, but it's not as if I can move my personal necessities to the kitchen now is it. I use the closet in our master, Mikey uses the closet in our guest bedroom and the closet in the nursery...

This week is all about being pampered. Why? Well, for no reason in particular...it's just the way it turned out. I'm actually not one who spends lots of money at salons/spas/etc. I get a pedicure every once in a while...more in the summer, obvs. I'll go thru phases of getting my nails done...it's a lot of upkeep. The ONLY things I do that are constant and routine are getting my eyebrows waxed and my hair highlighted. I do my eyebrows about every three weeks and my hair typically every 12 weeks. Everything just sort of popped up at once this week. My wonderful sister in law (and brother, but let's be honest about whose idea this really was) got me a gift certificate for a prenatal massage for my birthday. I received another from a friend, so I decided I would do one in December and maybe one at the end of January...don't want to wait too late in case for some crazy reason little Collins decides to come early. My back has started hurting a bit over the p...

It's like I don't even recognize myself anymore, weird. I have grown so much in the past two weeks it startles me! Ha! Upon entering the third trimester it's like a switch flipped...I all of a sudden feel very pregnant. I was blessed with an extremely easy pregnancy up until this point...hopefully it stays that way and won't get too bad. But, I can definitely feel that I am entering the uncomfortable stage of this thing....bye bye to the easy breezy part of being pregnant. Only 11 weeks to go! EEEEEKKKK!!!!!!!!! *and no worries, I am getting BLONDE again tomorrow, for the love...ugh. I am so dark here, yuck!* How far along? 29 weeks Size of the baby? 2.5 pounds and almost 16 inches long. Maternity Clothes? Same as last week. Stretch Marks? None have appeared yet, still using the Palmer’s and Bio Oil a few times a week. Movement? Same. They are definitely getting harder though. Sleep? This past week I have started waking up even more duri...

Me time. I’m not one who requires or likes a lot of “me” time. Sure, I like to run to the mall/stores and shop a bit by myself for a short amount of time but for the most part I like being around other people/having someone to run errands with, etc. Call me needy, I guess. I just don’t like or prefer to be alone a lot. Mikey and I typically get home from work within 30 minutes of each other, so there isn’t normally a lot of time at night when I am by myself and that is the way I prefer it. I’ve never lived alone. I just don’t like it. I crave interaction, communication, just someone to be with. It’s funny how I don’t think twice about going to girl’s nights and stuff during the week, but I hate it when Mikey has something to do at night after work and I am home alone! Ha! Mikey plays golf a good bit on the weekends, which is fine. I normally always have something else to do, whether it is shopping with my mom, a shower or event of some sort, etc. However, this...