According to Anonymous

"You don't look really look pregnant. You just look like you have been eating too many cookies."

Wasn't really sure if I should understand that to be that she was telling me that I am so small but I look like I have a little pudge or what?

Pregnancy brings out all the good material I guess.

It's a girl!

And I'm not sure you could find two more excited parents. We were so happy when we found out and it has only increased our excitement to meet her. Still deciding on names, but in the meantime, she has already been accumulating a closet full of super cute clothes for her to wear.

In other baby developments, people are finally starting to tell me that I'm showing. Now I really feel like I'm having a baby? But all that to say, I am grateful to still be comfortably wearing my own pants and haven't quite crossed over to the maternity world yet. I figure I will make up for lost time with my size in trimester 3.

Also, she is moving around a ton and last week Seth got to feel her kick for the first time. I think that made his whole week, aside from finding out it was a girl. All in all, feeling pretty good, and already can't wait for November to be here.

"little little meeper"

5 Weeks, before sickness really set in.

12 weeks, finally starting to feel better. Not quite showing.

16 weeks on the beach at Cape May. Showing a tiny bit at this point.

Almost 20 weeks. Still wearing my pants and finally showing a little bump, but not big enough to have that "I am pregnant and that is why I have this gut" kind of look. (I have to say these pictures are terrible looking. Is there really an attractive way to do this?)

We are counting down the days until boy or girl and in the meantime Little Meeper is kicking up a storm. I'm convinced their acrobatic skills start in the womb. It's really the sweetest thing and its just that little reminder that they are in there growing more and more by the day. New life is such a gift from God.

Boy or Girl?

We find out July 6th and we can't wait.

Here's the bad part...I'm off that day for the July 4th holiday and our appointment is at 10:30am, leaving the rest of the day to shop? How can I resist? Especially if its a girl.

Any guesses from our blog reading friends?

And just to leave friends and family from afar in suspense(I still don't have a picture to post right now)...I am kind of starting to show. Still wearing my normal pants, but it seems like Little Meeper can't stay in hiding forever.

my birthday boy

To commemorate Seth's turning the 3-0 we headed off to Cape May, NJ for a long weekend at Congress Hall. The weather was perfect, minus the rain on Friday for our drive there and we had such a great time being together. It was a great little getaway in our already very full lives, sandwiched between two very packed wedding weekends.

The view from our room was the best part. And Seth's concept of what our room looked like.

As far as an baby belly pictures go, I'll save that post for later. And not to disappoint anyone, but there isn't much to see yet. I'm still hanging out in my clothes and they aren't showing many signs of not fitting anymore at 17 weeks. I'm holding out hope that I will make it more than half way through without maternity clothes.

Had an appointment with my midwife today and baby is growing and healthy. This week there has been a return of the nausea for no apparent reason, but energy wise I have been doing great.

Stay Tuned!

sweet baby

We are excited to be welcoming our first little baby into the world in November! And just because our lives are already full enough, our due date is the week of Thanksgiving. For the sake of celebrating this child's birthday I'm praying they come way early or way late so their birthday isn't wrapped up into Thanksgiving festivities. How not fun is that?

Either way, we are thrilled to be welcoming this new little baby into our family, affectionately named "Little Meeper" (Seth picked it out, you can ask him why) for now until we find out if it's a boy or a girl. I'm about 15 weeks along and we are hoping we won't have to wait too much longer to find out. I think I'm too much of a planner to not find out what it's going to be, Seth agrees.

Thankfully most of the sickness has passed and I'm back to making meals, cleaning the house, and getting back into my "normal" routine.

And, I have a feeling this baby is going to have a lot of friends. It seems like everyone I know who is having a baby their due dates are between Thanksgiving and Christmas and some friends even share my due date, not to mention friends who just entered the world!

Inspiration

Thank you Snippet and Ink for inspiring me today. If you aren't a reader, you should definitely subscribe.

I'm doing the decorations for a dear friend's wedding at the end of this month and this little picture board was just the inspiration I needed to point me in the right direction. Ahhh excitement. Its a happy thing when all the creative ideas in your head become a reality.