Last Pregnancy Photo

I intend to write out a blog about my whole birthing experience in the next couple of days (don't worry, nothing too gross or intimate...) but it's certainly nap time at the moment. In the meantime, I thought I would post the last photo taken of baby Colette in the belly. This was about 4 hours into early labor. 40 weeks + 6 days.



 

 

33 Weeks Pic

A busy and successful Saturday.

My dearest husband has been working in the yard all day. We've decided to tear everything out of the front beds and just completely start over.

 

Here's the before pictures I took a couple of months ago.








As you can clearly see, all the bushes are trying to take over the house. (And in case you're curious, those things on our roof are solar panels made to help heat our water.... not currently in use.)

It's allllllll coming out. And here's a quick shot I took with my phone a few hours ago.



 

Love his heart, he's going to be sore tomorrow. No more bushes.. except the two rose bushes at the stairs. The monkey grass is still there for now. I think we'll be transplanting that to edge some of our trees. There's a ton of monkey grass.

 

While Cory has been doing all that, I've been reclaiming the front porch from spiderwebs and trash. I also started reclaiming the sunporch in the back by taking down the christmas trees I had in there and sweeping it out. We've got an old mattress set in there we need to get rid of before we can completely reclaim that.

 

Annnnd I took a couple of bump pictures last night before our date night. (Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs 2.. and, yes, we were the only people without kids in the theatre. )

Enjoy!







 

Look! I can still get my feet off the ground! :) And, in the event that you didn't notice... I've become to lazy to write on the chalkboard. Photoshop from here on out. I don't know why I didn't think about doing that before.

23 Weeks Pic

It's been a few weeks, thought it was time for another picture for the blog! There's no question I've packed on a couple baby pounds now! She seems to be swimming around quite a bit in there. Cory got to feel her a few days ago and that was pretty exciting.

 



 



 



 

Thanks goes to Billy Madison for the chalkboard quote today.

We went to Babies R Us and Target this week to get started on the registry and it was terribly overwhelming. I think we did a pretty good job. I'll be going back and forth comparing lists for a while, I'm sure, but definitely a good start. It's crazy to think that in just a few short months Colette will be here. Time has just flown by..... And there's still so much to do! Ahhhh! The nursery is officially cleaned out and ready for that paint. I'm going today to find some new light fixtures to be installed when the electric is done. I'm very ready to put the crib together and get started on the real decorating... just gotta get the paint on the walls first.

In other news, my dad will be up this weekend. We'll have a booth for Schultz Studios at the Pink Bridal Show at the Chattanooga Convention Center on Sunday. If you're planning a wedding, it's probably the place to be. Free food and swag. I'd go even if I wasn't getting married just to get all the free stuff!

 

I think that's all for now friends! Have an excellent weekend!

17 weeks pic

Ahhh, the inevitable lull in communication. Sorry about that. I'm pretty proud of myself for posting every thing I have so far without being forced. Certainly a first for one of my blogs.

But to make up for the lack of posts, here's some pictures from today, 17 weeks and 6 days. I'll also make another post in a day or so about some pretty sweet books.



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Definitely showing now. I still don't have "cravings" for anything in particular, but here's a few things I enjoy at the moment. I know from these pictures it looks like I only eat junk food, but I promise that's not the case.

Breakfast generally consists of 2 eggs with a little cheese in a tortilla with a side or pear slices or plums.

Lunch varies. This week I've been eating baked potatoes with sour cream and bacon or a veggie tray with carrots, broccoli, a cheese slice and some almonds.

And dinner is even more varied than lunch. Tacos, pasta, etc.

All these snacks are just what I munch on occasionally in my spare time ;)

 

A few trips coming up in the next few weeks (Oregon,South Carolina, Florida...), I'll be sure to post about those as well.

 

Cheers!