29 Weeks: NY Edition

How far along? 29 weeks

Gender: boy

Maternity clothes: need to purchase some fall clothes

Stretch marks? no

Sleep: hard to sleep through the night

Best moment of the week: having my family able to feel little man's kicks while I was in NY

Miss Anything? alcohol (hehehe) and candy

Movement: he has been moving a lot more and i can see the movement now

Food Cravings: frozen yogurt, italian food

Symptoms: Back aches & hip aches

Belly button in or out? pushing forward, it doesn't look like a belly button anymore :(

Wedding rings on or off? still on but kinda tight

Happy or Moody most of the time: happy mood

Looking forward to: going through all the gifts we got for our little man and getting ready for his arrival.

Dress: A Pea in the Pod on sale (similar here) Shoes: Target (last year) Bag: Marc by Marc Jacobs Sunglasses: Marc by Marc Jacobs

The past couple of weeks have been pretty crazy. Work has been busy, had doctor appointments, celebrated our wedding anniversary, and went to New York for my baby shower. It was nice to finally be back home after a year but the trip always goes by to fast. I was just happy to be able to see my family and friends before my life is taken over by our little man. The weekend was packed with last minute party planning, setting up the room the night before, spending time with my brother and sister, visiting family, oh and trying to find an outfit for my shower. I have to say it is really hard to find maternity clothes that actually look fashionable and don't make you look even bigger than you are. Trying to find something that made me feel comfortable was almost impossible. I almost gave up and was very emotional (thank you pregnancy hormones) until my mom randomly found this A Pea in the Pod dress on a sale rack in Macy's. I am so happy that she did because it was so hot that day and I did not want to wear any of my other clothes.

26 Weeks

How far along? 26 weeks

Gender: boy

Maternity clothes:  h&m jeans and a couple of tops

Stretch marks? no

Sleep: broken up sleep, I wake up at least twice to go to the bathroom during the night

Best moment of the week: (1) waking up to little man kicking AFTER a full night of rest (2) when I was having a bad day at work, my husband was texting me and called our little boy by his name..(meaning we FINALLY decided on a name!!)

Miss Anything? coffee, especially this past week

Movement: I love my active little man, I can feel more than just kicking now

Food Cravings: pickles, watermelon, salty (bad), sweets (bad), beef, and frozen yogurt

Symptoms: Back aches & hip aches

Belly button in or out? still in.. slowly pushing forward ekkkkk

Wedding rings on or off? still on :)

Happy or Moody most of the time: happy mood this week, besides being a little stressed at work

Looking forward to: starting to get more prepared for little man to arrive and decorating his section of the room

Hello (Football) September

September only means two things: FOOTBALL and fall time.

I'm actually VERY excited that the NFL season is FINALLY here! Today was the Sunday opening of the season and I think this was the first time I actually sat and watched all the games all day (I have a fantasy team, so I need to pay more attention) Of course the SF 49ers won! Hell yeahhhhh!!!! 

I think I am more excited than my husband is to have our little guy dressed head to toe in 49er gear on Sundays. He will be born towards the end of the season and playoffs, so of course the most exciting time of the football season.

I like to get totally into holidays and the opening games are definitely considered a holiday in my book. I even got our food in the spirit of the season. I of course had to make my husband all his favorite "football foods" even though I should be staying far away from them.

I count this as the official first weekend of September and I can not wait for the Indian Summer to go away and for "fall" weather to come to So Cal. xo

25 Weeks

How far along? 25 weeks and 4 days

Gender: boy

Maternity clothes:  haven't purchased anymore recently, but I can tell I will need to soon

Stretch marks? nope

Sleep: I cannot get a full night of rest, I've been waking up to baby boy kicking a couple of times

Best moment of the week: I was talking to a good friend back home about what I want his name to be, and he started kicking like crazy when I would say the name (...it's a sign) and when we put together his crib

Miss Anything? doctor said I need to watch what I eat so I don't gain too much weight, so I'm staying away from sweets :(

Movement: I can actually feel him more now when he's just moving around and not just kicking me in the gut repeatedly

Food Cravings: Mexican

Symptoms: Back aches, hip aches, feet aches... 

Belly button in or out? still in

Wedding rings on or off? still on :)

Happy or Moody most of the time: recently I've been moody (I was called the exorcist twice at work this past week)

Looking forward to: my baby shower next month :) 

Then and Now: 24 Weeks

I cannot believe how much I have changed and how much baby boy has grown. The time literally seems to be flying by. Since it's been soooo hot this past week I really haven't been able to find anything to wear that I was comfortable in. I pulled out my sundress and thought to myself if it would still fit in. It did, just a little tighter than it used to fit. I got excited and wanted to take a picture to compare how much the bump has grown since I wore this dress in my 13 week photo. My husband and I were just amazed at how big my bump is! AH! I love being pregnant and this whole process. The only difference in these photos is that I look A LOT more exhausted now then I did at week thirteen.

Weekend in Photos

I hope everyone enjoyed their "last weekend" of summer. The past week in So Cal has been killer (this heat and pregnancy do not mix). Our weekend of course was filled with relaxing, food, and trying to attempt to sit by the pool (barely lasted that long because of the heat). Thank god for a three day weekend, it was much needed. I am over this heat already. I am VERY excited for Fall, being that it is my favorite season, and includes a lot of my favorite things (FOOTBALL! and holidays).

A morning stroll through town, missing Starbucks


Couldn't decide on nail color, so I did all three ;)


Baked some peanut butter chocolate chip cookies. yum.

On our drive to BabiesRus, the sky was just gorgeous

Tank didn't find it as funny as I did when I tried some of the baby's clothes on him :) hahaha

Attempting to cool down in the pool. Bathing suit from Target (top.bottom)

Fresh watermelon after being in the hot sun was AMAZING


I can't wait for this weather to start cooling down and being able to start posting about all things FALL! Hope everyone has a great week! xo

Nursery Planning Continued

Now that it is getting closer to little man's arrival, we are starting to figure out how to make him fit into our bedroom. We started getting the main items of furniture already and just waiting to put it all together once we rearrange our furniture. After a couple of different options thrown around, we found the best way to fit all the furniture together that will make us feel like we still have room to move around.

 I have been thinking of themes for the baby like the ones I started talking about in my first nursery post, and I am trying to narrow down ideas and make everything in our room coordinate.

I just can't seem to make up my mind! I think I've been looking too much on Pinterest since I keep finding cute room ideas every time I go on. I'm going to try my hardest to wait until the furniture is put together and the room is set up before I start getting all this decor. I also wanted to try to wait until after my baby shower, so that I don't over buy stuff.

I have realized that I cannot stay away from the chevron theme. So it looks like that is going to be the main focus for bedding and curtains in our room. I'm going to keep our bedding for our bed neutral so that I can have more fun with all the decor for the baby. I think I also like having owls involved somehow. I found art posters that I will print on card stock and frame for the walls. I also really wanted to hang pom-poms on the ceiling, but I'm not sure if I will do it yet. We don't have that much room to go too crazy in decorating, so I'm going to have to do a little at a time.

I am just SO excited to start getting our apartment ready for our little man (and I can't wait til I can hold him).