12 weeks

GUESS WHO HAS SOME ENERGY!? Yep, me! The morning sickness is GONE! My appetite is BACK! I'm even using the CAPS LOCK! AHHHH!

So, I'm 12 weeks along now! I've successfully surpassed the first trimester! BAM!

Check me out:

I don't have much to update at the moment. Maybe tomorrow.

xo
M.

crafty things as of late...

Having two days off in a row is weird, but I like it!

I found a really cute pregnancy memory book online and decided to make my own. This is what I've done so far, it's not finished though. I plan on adding more pages like, designs for the nursery, and when we find out what we're having I'll make an announcement page and maybe a few others.







I mentioned in an earlier post that I've been working on some book art. This is one of them. I hate the pics though, they don't do it justice.

11 weeks

I'm now 11 weeks along. One more week and I'll officially be done with the first trimester! yay! Check me out:


What's weird about taking these photos, is that I look a lot bigger at night than I do in the daytime. In the daytime I don't look like I have a bump, but in this pic it sure looks like I do! Right?

I'm really hoping once I start showing more I can do something better for my weekly photos. Something more artsy and cute. We'll see. Hubby and I have to come up with something. :)

So, how is everyone today? I'm feeling pretty darn good actually. I'm still kinda wiped out, but I'm feeling better mentally. I'm feeling really excited and finally feeling happier. Not that I wasn't happy or something, but my doc took me off my anti-depressants so I was feeling kind of down in the dumps for a few weeks. I think I'm finally on the up and up!

Work is going well. I really love my job. I go to work every day and I love being there. I was talking to my friend Dori today and was telling her how excited we are about going to MI this summer. We talked about how hard it is to leave your family and pick up your life and start somewhere new. It got me thinking that we're really lucky that our coworkers are (for the most part) awesome people. Without knowing them, we wouldn't know anyone and we'd be really unhappy. I truly believe that some of these folks will be in our lives for a loooooong time. I feel lucky to know them, they've opened their hearts to us and I'm so grateful for that.

Especially since getting pregnant, it's really shown me that some of them truly care about us and our well being and our future. It means a lot to us, seriously.

Something funny about pregnancy, I've never loved drinking orange juice so much. I seriously can't get enough. Specifically, Tropicana Tangerine Orange. OMG it's so tasty.

Tomorrow, Hubby and I both have the day off. Who knows what we'll do, but I know we've gotta send out some mail. I've got a birthday present to send and two Easter gifts! Maybe we'll clean this pigsty of an apartment. haha!

I think I need this shirt:

I think Jim needs this, hehe:



goodnight!
xo.
M

good news

Today we found out that Hubby's sister, who is also pregnant and is due in August, is having a baby Girl! We're going to have a niece this summer! She's due the day after our wedding anniversary! How exciting!!!

wednesday

Hi all,

As of yesterday, I am now 10 weeks along in my pregnancy. Our little babe is the size of a kumquat, which apparently is like a tiny, oblong orange. See?

So my sister-in-law is also preggo right now. She's due in August and she's finding out this week sometime what she's having! I can't wait to find out if Hubby and I will have a niece or nephew this summer!

So I've been thinking A LOT about how we get to go to Michigan this summer. I am ecstatic about this trip. I wish we had more time than 11 days to spend up there. I feel like it's not enough time to do what we want to do. It's not enough time to see everyone we want to see enough.

I wish we had time to go to Mackinac Island. It's one of my favorite places in Michigan and Hubby and I had our honeymoon there. It was an unplanned honeymoon and it was 3 of the most relaxed days of my life.

I know that I'll be going to Kensington Metropark, one of our favorite close-to-home getaways. It has a FABULOUS 8 mile hiking trail and if I wasn't going to be 6 months preggo by then, I'd go do it, but being that I will be, I'm thinking the 8 mile hike that used to kick my butt every time isn't the best idea. hah!


Anyways, lately I've been working a lot on my crafts. Not just my painting, although I've been doing that too, but I've been quite inspired by book art lately. I'll explain this better once my projects are done, and of course I'll post some pics on here. They involve wall art and a book page wreath, so stay tuned!

Also, could this bookcase be any cooler? I can imagine painting it some awesome bronze color or something and having it in my bedroom. I want it!


Goodnight all!

9.5 weeks

a boring Saturday evening

Hello All!

Just wanted to share some cute images I've found while perusing the blogosphere today.


I NEED THIS BOOKSHELF. How whimsical and different! I love this!


How cute is this baby Max from Where the Wild Things Are costume? SO adorable, right?


Also, can I have this in my room? I kind of need it.



That is all! Good nite!

if we have a girl

This bedding is really cute. I don't think it's my #1 choice yet, but we'll see what else I can find! I do love that it's not pink!

This might be the most adorable thing I've ever seen. How totally cute is this?

These are so adorable! I think it'd be so cute to have something like these on a shelf in her room. You should click the link to see them better, the one picture doesn't do them justice!


This is too flippin' cute. I think I could make this, but I'm not sure how. haha!



These are really cute and I think would be really fun to mix with painted walls too.

This is so cool! They sell these ceramic piggy banks at Michael's so I could totally make this myself!


This baby beanie is so sweet!


This tutu is the cutest thing imaginable!

if we have a boy

Ok, so I've been thinking a lot about the baby's room and how I want to design it. I know I said a moon and stars theme and I think that's just going to be a general guideline for it. If we have a boy, I'd love to do a robots theme! How fun, right?

Our kid is going to be a sci-fi dork like us, especially since he'll be named after Fox Mulder of the X-Files!

Here are some of the images I have in my idea file on my computer!

Hobby Lobby currently has these awesome robotic rocker dudes. I almost bought them the other day but I stopped myself because obviously we don't know what we're having yet. I'm so worried they'll be gone though by the time we do find out! I actually almost bought Hubby the motorcycle one because I know he'd love it....what do you think, Hubby?




This was a really cute robot painting I found on Etsy that I could totally recreate if we wanted to. I thought it was just really sweet.


These are some super graphic robot wall decals which are great because they're easy to use and easy to remove when you decide to change themes.


This was a really cool outerspace-y lamp that has my favorite planet, Saturn, on it. For those of you who know me, I have Saturn tattooed on my arm along with the other beautiful gas planets.


OK, isn't this robot plushie the cutest thing you've ever seen? I want one! Even if we don't have a boy, I want one! I found it here.


This is an awesome toddler shirt. I love the mint green color and the vintage looking robot on it. I found it here.


This robot onesie melted my heart! Isn't it precious?


In a few days I'll post the stuff I'm finding for a little girls room. I can't wait to find out what we're having!!! ahhh!!!!

In other news, we've officially decided when we'll be going to visit our families in June. I cannot wait to see our families and give them the millions of hugs we've been missing out on since we've moved. I miss everyone so terribly and think about our trip daily! We'll get just about 2 weeks off so I cannot wait!!!

I also can't wait to see our friends. I know Hubby keeps saying, "when we go to Michigan, I'm going to go out drinking with the news team for two days." (Anchorman reference) meaning he's going to hang out with his friends, and I can't be more excited for him, and ME! I miss my best friends and while the folks we've met down here are awesome, and I'm so grateful to have met them all, it's a whole other experience when talking about my girls.

My girls are my rock, my support, my sisters.

syonara OBGYN, hello Midwife!

So, I'm 8 weeks along! I battled the nausea-monster this week moreso than I have had to in the past, but I won, so that's good. Those sea-bands have been a tremendous lifesaver/sanity saver, so I'm very grateful to have found out about them.

I plan on doing something way better than this for the weekly shot, but I thought I'd get started so I took a couple quick ones. Here's me at 8 weeks!




Still not showing much, I can't tell if what's showing is baby or my chubby tummy from before. haha. All I know is, I can't suck it in anymore, so that's gotta be baby, right? RIGHT?

So today Hubs and I went to the Nativiti Women's Health and Birthing Center to meet the midwife and take a tour of the complex. I was nervous about it, but it turned out to be the best decision we've made! We loved the complex, which was more like two houses with a hallway attaching them. The birthing rooms are gorgeous and have these massive birthing tubs that I just wanted to jump into now. It looks like a spa. haha.

It seemed as though we'll get the kind of birthing experience that we're looking for. A more personal approach with no pressure to get things like epidurals and "emergency" c-sections and random things put into an IV. It just seems perfect! So we're excited and really happy with our decision to go here instead of our OBGYN.

:-)

xo
M.