Sunday, April 29, 2012

23 weeks

I have loved everything about pregnancy so far! Especially the realization that God has actually created, designed, and entrusted me to be a mama! Something I've always dreamed of!!! When baby boy is moving on my early morning drives to work, I always talk to him and pray for him. I love being his mother already! It's such a beautiful and amazing thing! I just don't think I can wait another 4 months to see him, kiss his face, and snuggle him all the time!!!

While I'm waiting, I'll just enjoy these last few moments with my sweet, sweet hubby, the journey of pregnancy, and getting our house prepared for baby babb's arrival!


23 1/2 weeks


Speaking of sweet hubby. He's been reading this book.


One of our friends gave it to him when we told them we were pregnant. He picked it back up this weekend and hasn't put it down! I came home yesterday and he told me all about the funny things this book was teaching him about daddyhood. It's super funny but practical too! 

Here's a peek into some of the things he's learning about:



Hilarious!!



Petey's also read about some newborn "party tricks", been warned about post postpartum, and many more fun {and not so fun} things about having a baby! 






Weeks 21-22 weeks and Nursery inspirations

21 weeks has brought on more movement and more cravings {lemonade and pizza}. Random cravings like a specific type of pizza from a specific pizza place. As my love for pizza is amplified during this pregnancy, I have started a new Friday afternoon routine of stopping at my favorite pizza joint and purchasing one large, thin crust slice of cheese pizza and eating on the way home! 

Nothing like pre-gaming Friday pizza night with...uh, pizza! haha! I literally wake up thinking about it and visions of the NY style pizza floats in my head all day at work! 

I really hope this craving doesn't go away anytime soon! :)

Feeling baby boy move is SO amazing, SO fun, and makes me feel all the more pregnant. I have even seen my stomach jump once!!

He's so active in the mornings and in the evenings. So, I think we'll have to work on this before he actually is born. We need him on a different schedule so mommy can sleep during those times. If you've had a baby already, you're probably laughing at the fact that I actually think I'm going to get ANY sleep when this baby comes! Haha!


On April 19th we had our monthly appointment to check on baby boy. I have been extremely blessed to have a practice who likes to take a peek at our bean EVERY time we go. So, here's Cole at 22 weeks. He's hiding his face...definitely doesn't get his shyness from him mommy or daddy! 

All is well, healthy and growing as he should! Dr. says the placenta looks good and is in perfect position as well as a long and closed cervix! Baby boy is 1 lb. and about 11 inches long!



Confession: I realized I had done NOTHING to prepare the nursery. This thought often makes me anxious! However, I have exactly 23 days left of school, then I am a free woman and will have the next 3 months to do nothing but prepare and decorate Cole's room. 

The anxiety caught up with me this week and I started the planning process. First step, measure and draw up the room to plan where all of the furniture will go- check! Next step, register for all of the things that will fill his room and the rest of our house- check, check! Step 3, search and search for affordable nice fabric that I like- check! 

The fabric came in and I LOVE IT! Here is a pic of the inspiration nursery that I am basing my design off of. I love, love, love the navy and lime. I will be adding a pop of orange and lots of gray!

navy and lime green nursery {photo via pinterest}

The walls in his nursery will be gray, not lime. But, this is very similar to what I am hoping for the outcome of our nursery! My wheels are spinning like crazy and I can't wait to get started!!

Here are some other elements we will be adding to his nursery:
Book shelf doubles as bench?
{photo via pinterest}

Absolutely LOVE this bench window seat!! I am finagling the budget to fit this sucker in!

grey area rug on painted wood floor{photo via pinterest}

I am hoping to order this rug. It comes in various sizes and styles. Affordable price too!





Weeks 19 & 20

Ok, so I have taken a month hiatus from blogging for no apparent reason other than, well, I've been lazy. We did travel to the west coast for a week and I am winding down with my grad school courses and the end of the school year. I guess I could use that as an excuse?!

On to the updates....



As the previous blog revealed...it's a BOY! A beautiful, healthy baby boy and we couldn't be more excited! When the nurse said the words we all screamed in excitement! Honestly, Petey and I always wanted a boy first. Don't get me wrong, we would have been excited either way, but we are thrilled for our first born to be a boy. We've had names picked out for both gender for weeks, so we were finally able to call our baby by name!

I have been wishing and hoping to feel movement ever since my weekly update told me that I may begin to feel flutters at week 15. Needless to say, I was so bummed when the weeks went by and I still couldn't feel anything! I guess baby boy is getting bigger and I can finally feel his little kicks and punches. They feel like popcorn popping at random. It's SO fun!!



Hubby started planning a trip to California as a surprise a few months ago. We got married on my spring break 2 years ago and it's been the tradition to take a big trip each year during that week {last year was Europe!}. Well, he ended up telling me and thus the planning began! :) 

We flew out bright and our first stop was LA. My college friend Allie lives out there so we got to visit her and explore LA for a few days! Fun stuff to see and do there for sure! Rodeo Drive, Beverly Hills, Hollywood, etc! 



Finally making it to LA. Fun LAX sign right near the airport.

This was our awesome rental ride for the week!!



Food and drinks on a rooftop, overlooking "muscle beach"!


My sweet friend, Allie. We were besties in college and next door neighbors! She is now big time and works in LA for TOMS shoes. Love her and miss her!!

                                         










                                                                                       

Petey and I decided to hit up Beverly Hills to see how the "other side" lives. It was fun, fancy, and expensive!! We had a great day exploring all around LA!

After our stay in LA, we started our 12 hour drive up the PCH. With many stops along the way including, Santa Barbara, Malibu, Big Sur, Santa Maria, and many more!


Here are a few pics from our drive up and down the PCH. Breathtaking fews!!
                                                                 






There's a place you can stop and view these huge lazy elephant seals. They were amazing!




We have hundreds of photos and tons of video of the coast. But, we'd be here all day if I were to show you all of those! :)




Saturday, April 28, 2012

it's a BOY!

Our sweet baby Babb is a BOY! On March 23rd, we had our anatomy ultrasound. To say that we were excited is an understatement. The whole experience, from start to finish was one of the most magical events since we found out we were pregnant! My parents and Petey's parents both drove in for the appointment. Honestly, it was so fun to have them all there to see their grandchild in action for the first time.






Cole Ethan Babb is one loved boy already! Can't wait for his arrival!!!