California... and Baby Projects!

So this past week Robbie went to San Francisco on a boys trip with a few of his friends (doesn't sound gay at all, does it? haha!) He had so much fun, but for the record... I HATE having him gone. Hate it. Loathe it. It sucks. I tried to keep myself busy while he was gone with baby shopping and baby projects though, and I actually had a very productive week! So here's a quick recap of our week- him having fun in California, and me stuck here... (no, I'm not bitter, why do you ask? lol)...


One of their first stops was the Jelly Belly factory! To all of the people to whom Robbie promised a bag of Belly Flops, you got em... there are 24 pounds of jelly beans sitting on my coffee table at the moment, lol!

They also spent a day at the Monterrey Bay Aquarium, and got some beautiful pictures! Here are a few of my favorites...







Someday he is so taking me to San Francisco because this is absolutely beautiful...



So while he was gone, I did some serious work on some of my baby projects. My biggest project so far, and favorite because it turned out EXACTLY like I wanted, is Lauren's baby blanket. My grandma is an amazing seamstress and was willing to spend HOURS helping her sewing-impaired granddaughter make the perfect blanket... Thank you so much Grandma!





A few of my other smaller projects were picture frames and burp cloths! The picture frames were just plain wooden frames that I decorated, and the burp cloths were white cloth diapers that I tried to make a little less plain!




I am so glad Robbie is home! I'm glad he was able to go and have fun, but everything is better when he's here :) And can I just tell you, every time I see this, I smile...


It's the present Daddy brought home for Lauren. Oh my goodness, I love this man!

24 Weeks!!

Sunday marked 24 weeks for me and this little girl! Might not sound that exciting, but it was one of those milestones I've been holding my breath and waiting for. So weird to think about, but 24 weeks is viable. Seriously, I'm so happy to be at this point. I had an appointment with my midwife today, and everything is right on track! My uterus is measuring exactly how it should be, and her heart rate is still as perfectly beautiful as ever. Hearing it never gets old. (Side note: I really cannot sing the praises of my midwives enough. At the end of my appointment, which was already like 15 or 20 minutes, she was like "So... this felt like a really short appointment. Anything you'd like to talk about?" Love, love, love her!) The one thing she did say was she was not happy about the number of hours I've been working and that she doesn't want me doing it again. I told her not to worry, I learned my lesson with how bad my hips hurt after 60 hours on my feet last week (oh my gosh you guys, I could hardly stand yesterday). I guess I might need to spread my shifts at my second job out a little more, lol. Anyway! After the appointment my wonderful husband took me shopping and out to lunch! He really is the absolute best! I love him!!

Loving This

The other night when we were going to bed, Lauren was more active than she probably has ever been. The girl did. not. stop. moving. for quite awhile. And it was a little stronger than it's felt before, so we decided to try and see if Robbie could feel her... :) And he did! It was still super super light to him, but he could feel her! I was elated! I love being able to finally share that with him. And I can't even say how much I love this little girl already. I love being able to share this time with her and get to know her a little before she's born.
According to the Baby Center app on my phone (adore this, by the way) she's about a pound, and just over 11 inches long. She can hear everything I hear, even though it's obviously muffled. And her inner ear is developed which means she can feel movement. I'd say that's for sure. I always have music on when I'm in the kitchen, and I'm usually dancing around while I'm cooking or cleaning or whatever. And a few seconds after I stop, I get kicked. (I admit, this has led me to dance around for a minute and stop, then dance around for another minute and stop again, just so I can feel her move around again. I'm so mature, lol). I am adoring this part of pregnancy. I'll admit my hips are killing me and if I'm not waking up every few hours to pee, I'm waking up because my hips hurt like crazy, but I don't even care. It's so worth it.

Baby Projects Are So. Much. Fun!

I have had sooo much fun lately working on projects for Lauren's nursery. I'm already well into the giant flower headband making process, and I realized I'm going to need a way to organize all of them. I looked all over the internet for cute ideas and found nothing I liked. So I completely made this up on my own (I really hope it's as functional as I 'm thinking it will be). It was originally just a plain wood magnet board. I spiffied it up though and now it looks like this:



The ribbons at the bottom are to clip little hair clippies to!

Then the headbands... I still need to order some plain crochet headbands (seriously, you cannot find child size crochet headbands in stores- so annoying), since those really are more the style I like, but this is what I've done so far:



I added a few painted magnetic knobs to hang the headbands on, and here it is!