Belle's Nursery!

I was originally planning on going with the brown and pink combo for Annabelle's nursery...and I was searching for the PERFECT bedding for her crib.  Surprisingly enough, even though this is probably the most popular color combo right now and there are a plethora of options to choose from, I couldn't find one that I felt like Annabelle absolutely HAD to have :)  Haha...maybe it's a first time mom thing but I am really passionate about being IN LOVE with her nursery!

Soooo...I just while continuing my seemingly endless search I discovered a set that I loved so much, I registered for it right away and I decided to change my colors to match it!  Here's a preview of what I have planned for Belle...hope she loves it as much as I do!!

Alright, alright...here's a bump picture already! :)

I have been harassed by everyone I know to post a baby bump picture!  So finally, by popular demand, here it is.  I always thought the whole, photograph the bump as it grows idea was a super cute idea....until it involved me that is :)  haha...I've now realized that the concept is WAY cuter when its someone else's escalating weight and multiplying chins you're recording!  

Also one thing I definitely did not get the memo on is, the whole "belly bump" term is a misnomer.  Yes, your belly grows (and that part is actually cute and really fun).  However, no one fully explained that you don't just get a belly bump (unless you're a freak of nature, and if you are I'm afraid we can no longer be friends! :))  Along with this belly bump comes an additional 25-35% body fat, evenly distributed throughout the whole body.  Arms, face, neck, sides, THIGHS, BUTT, and even your ankles (or cankles rather) don't get left out!  So if you have not yet been pregnant, consider yourself forewarned!!!  haha...I wish I had read this post before so I would have been more mentally prepared :)

Why my tiny, now 2 pound baby girl needs all these extra fat stores I have no idea...However, it's her show and whatever she needs is exactly what she'll get!!  It's all about Annabelle, and all joking about my vanity aside, I feel SO unbelievably blessed and fortunate to get to be a momma soon!

Annabelle says hello...

Haha, well right after Brian claimed that Belle wouldn't kick him cause she knew better she made him eat his words! That's my girl :) Possibly in a preview of a willful personality...just a few nights later she kicked her dad her the first time! This time he put his hand on my stomach and we both think she will stop, then Brian suprisedly exclaims, "Hey I felt that!! (couple seconds later).....And that!!"

Well in just about 20 weeks everyone will get to meet the newest Peter, Annabelle Sue!! :) We had our 2nd trimester ultrasound and where we heard the fateful words, "It's a girl!" So this weekend I cleaned out our computer/junk room (the latter adjective was MUCH more fitting.) It was an all-day project and now we have an empty room to fill with pink, white, and chocloate brown stuff!



Annabelle (who we'll call Belle for short) has taken to kicking me, which is very fun! However, without fail every time I call Brian over to feel her kicks she stops! Haha, Brian says it's cause she knows when he comes around she better settle down. Oh yeah...sounds like quite the disciplinarian...just wait till she looks up at him with her big eyes, we'll see how tough he isthen! :)

A Belle Foot :)

She hid her face from us the whole time!!

2nd ultrasound and update!

O.k. so I have defintately been slacking on my blogging! I've had these ultrasound pictures from week 12 ultrasound for quite some time and have been meaning to post them...so here they are finally! This one actually turned out to be a suprise ultrasound...I was under the impression from my doctor that it was just going to be a blood test. So I told Brian, who was off that day and totally could have come, not to come :( Then I walk into this perinatal office that has all the high-tech, state of the art gadgets and equipment, big flat screen on the wall in front of you so you can see the ultrasound, machine that takes pictures, plays audio, and makes a DVD of the whole thing!! I was bummed that Brian missed this one, but figured at least I'll have the pictures and the DVD. That is until I lost the DVD somewheere between the doctor's office and my car (who does that?) and the pictures didn't come out nearly as clear or good as the actual ultrasound looked :(

However, luckily it's almost time for our second trimester ultrasound and my doctor sent me back to this same office with all the bells and whistles!! Most importantly, Brian WILL be in attendance :) So this time it will be an even better ultrasound since our little one is more developed now, and I promise not to lose the DVD this time! Holding onto it will be Brian's job :) Haha...so August 6th is the big day!! And we're going to find out the sex too ...good thing too cause I don't think Brian could wait much longer!

So the good thing about me taking so long to post the pictures is kind of a good thing, because now you guys will only be in suspense for less than a week until even better pictures are up!!

Happy Father's Day!

Brian had his first Father's Day this week! Unfortunately, it fell on a B shift and he had to work. So after we had gone to bed on Saturday night, I snuck out into the garage and created a beautiful aesthetic display of his gifts, with a card artfully placed on top. (Those of you who know me know is wishful thinking because I have absolutely NO artistic abilities whatsoever! Haha, but bottom line I tried to make it pretty!) Well a lot of good that did me, because the next morning as I'm anxiously awaiting a phone call to hear what Brian thought of his gifts...I get a text from Brian saying, "Thanks for the card!" To which I reply, "What about the presents!!?!" Haha...being the gracious wife that I am. Brian asked me what I was talking about...and I told him that I had left his presents, UNDERNEATH the card he picked up from the seat :) He went back to the car, and finally discovered his Father's Day present!


So the moral of the story is, be more observant or habitually keep a tidy car (something I clearly do not do) if you want surprise presents to be found in it...depending on your point of view of course :) Either way, Happy Father's Day to my amazing husband...and soon to be amazing daddy!! The first of many to come :) (Hopefully next one's not a B shift!)

Yep, those are little fire engines and ladders :)

First Ultrsound!

It took me a little while to get this scanned in, but I have our first ultrasound picture!! It's from my first appointment at 8 weeks. It's crazy how small he/she is now, compared to how it'll be in about 6 months! :) I know it's hard to see, but if you look towards the right side of the picture, there a little circular spot that's darker than the rest of the baby's body. That's where we could see the tiny heart beating. :) The nurse said he'/she was only about 1.6 centimeters long!

It was really neat...I'm excited for my next appt. so we can see more. I'm now 11 weeks, and my next appointment is next week. The due date is New Year's Eve, so here's hoping to have the first baby of the New Year so we can get fun prizes from the hospital! Haha...just kidding...kind of :)