Celebrating Sweet Annie

Annie's "Sprinkle" was this weekend. I had a fabulous time celebrating with my FABULOUS friends and family. Annie and I are seriously SO blessed to have such amazing women in our lives. From the bow-making station to the "to-die-for" cupcakes to the sweetest gifts I have ever seen. Oh.My.Goodness. what a wonderful time! I can't wait to use every single thing Miss Annie!

These cupcakes… oh my!

"Sweet Annie" Banner that Erin made. This is going in her room!

"How to Raise a Lady" book. These notes made me laugh and cry. 

I will cherish this forever!

Nail Polish favors. Precious! 

(until Owen found mine and opened it, spilling it all over his jacket and the floor. My fault for not watching him closer. No worries, I cleaned it up. Oh and does anyone know how to get pink fingernail policy out of clothes?)

Bow Making Table

We had a blast!!!

These turned out so cute! Annie is going to wear each and every one. 

Like Dolly Parton says… "The higher the bow the closer to Jesus" 

(right, Erin?)

Present Time!

Annie received the most precious gifts ever. 

I am absolutely in love with every last thing!

My lovely guests...

Nana Shirley and Nanny B

Aunt Beth filling out her "How to raise a Lady" page. 

Me and Alicia

Mawmaw and GiGi

GiGi and Grandmother

Aunt Beth and Aunt Amy

Melissa… there are no words! :)

My AMAZING hostesses. 

So blessed to have these 4 ladies in my life. 

Melissa, Maddie, and Jamie… love these 3 women!

A few more minutes for bow making!

My "bump-buddy" Erin. 

Adelyn and Annie will be BFFs!

Month 6- Bumpdate (weeks 23-26)

Well apparently I decided to take a month-long break from the blog. It was unintentional, but anyway…here is the Bumpdate for weeks 23, 24, 25, and 26 (which is basically month 6 of this pregnancy). I honestly can't believe I am already entering month 7. Where is this time going? There is still quite a bit to do, but I can say for the time being I am feeling pretty calm about everything. We will see how that changes as Christmas comes and goes...


How far along am I?  26 weeks 

Pregnancy Highlights so far: Painting her room and seeing all of the pink! Owen was a great big brother…he was VERY insistent on helping. He then said he wanted his room pink. We compromised...

Weight gain? Yes…10 pounds. I am still watching this pretty closely, but I have decided to let myself enjoy this time. It may be the last time that I get to leisurely gain weight, but I would still like to keep the weight gain around 20-30 this time. We will see...

Cravings? Really anything at this point. I can flat put away some food!! Is it Thanksgiving yet?

Gender: GIRL! Annie (no we did not name her after the Zac Brown Song (click here to listen)- but do I sing it in my head every time I say her name…) We finally have one item with her name on it (see below). Needless to say I am obsessed. Nothing like seeing it in thread, am I right?

Movement:  Oh heavens yes. She is the most active little thing, and I love it. I sat my coffee mug (yes-I give myself one cup a day) on my belly this morning to type this and she nearly knocked it off. I moved the cup. 

Symptoms: Back pain and some hip pain. I am trying not to complain too much because this pregnancy has been relatively easy so far, but I do grunt and moan a little more these days. 

Dr. Update: We went a couple of weeks ago, but nothing to report. Everything looked great. I go back the week of Thanksgiving for my glucose test. I passed it with Owen, so hoping that its the same for Annie. Fingers crossed!

Baby is the size of a Mango

Baby is the size of an Ear of Corn

 Baby is the size of a Rutabaga 

(around 1 1/2 pounds)

Baby is the size of a Zucchini  

That sweet baby is definitely growing in there! I didn't do these weekly pictures when I was pregnant with Owen, and I wish that I had. So excuse the overload… I thought I would include some outtakes from our belly photos though… these are better than the ones that actually turned out! Enjoy…

Little poser… Isn't he precious!?

He loves having his belly photo taken as well...

Notice my child's face… Does it look like he is about to puke? Well no wonder, Brandon found a petrified piece of hamburger in his shoe (I wonder how it got there?). He laid it on the table for just a second to take this picture. 

Next thing I knew, Owen was "crunching" on something… eeew. 

This is me asking "Owen, what are you eating?"

Yep…still in his mouth.

"Owen spit it out!" Can you hear the conversation?

This is our talk about why we can't eat old food out of daddy's shoes. 

This child…needless to say, he spit it out. 

21/22 Week Bumpdate

How far along am I?  22 weeks 

Pregnancy Highlights so far: Brandon feeling and seeing little girl move. 

Weight gain? Yes…4 pounds. (Um...See below)

Cravings? Chocolate Oatmeal Peanut Butter cookies and a cold glass of milk…hold on I'll be right back...

Gender: GIRL! Ok, we have been tossing around what we are going to call her when she gets here. Anna Katherine is the "official" name. For a few weeks we called her Anna Kate, now we have decided to just call her "Annie". It seems to fit, "Owen and Annie". If she comes out redheaded like her momma, we will just cue the song…"The sun will come out…tomorrow!" I always liked that movie anyway! So Annie it is…for now. :)

Movement:  Brandon can now feel her and see her move. I love this part because I can share those sweet little kicks and punches. I can definitely tell she is growing. Her movements are spread out far and wide!

Symptoms: Back pain and some heartburn still. Not that anyone really wants to know…but my bladder is starting to interfere with daily activities…sleeping being one of those activities. 

Dr. Update: We will go back in a little over a week, so no update yet. 

 Baby is the size of a Pomegranate 

Baby is the size of a Papaya 

(weighing in at about 1 pound)

19/20 Week Bumpdate

We are halfway there (give or take)!!! I can't even begin to express how fast this pregnancy is flying by! I have quite the "To Do" list to complete in 20 weeks. I am taking fall break to complete one task… POTTY TRAINING! It is going surprisingly well. I mean, he's only 3 and a half! (Insert sarcastic voice) Owen isn't verbalizing his need to go but he gets a panicked look and off to the bathroom we go. We are on day 2 and we have had less than 5 accidents. Im calling this one a success so far. Regardless, there are NO MORE diapers in this house (well until February) so he doesn't really have a choice. Go Owen!

Now on to the Bumpdate…

How far along am I?  20 weeks plus some days. Halfway there!

Pregnancy Highlights so far: Setting up the crib and changing table. (Thank you Melissa and Marty for the awesome gift!

Weight gain? Yep…one pound. Halfway there…let the weight gaining commence. Ugghhh...

Cravings? Basically anything. I have been really craving chocolate milk for the past few weeks. I have no idea why. I typically don't even like chocolate milk, but I am drinking it like its going out of style!

Gender: Still a girl! We had our anatomy scan through Dr. Gernt's office last week. I walked in thinking…what if they tell us that AK is not a girl anymore… eeeek! I told the u/s tech that we already knew the gender but wanted her to confirm it. She told us not to tell her what we thought it was and she would tell us what she saw. Well within 2 minutes, she said…"Oh this baby is definitely a girl!" Thank goodness… not that I wouldn't love a little boy, but you should she her closet already. HELLO PINK!!

Movement:  Movements are getting much bigger and my goodness is she active! She moves ALL THE TIME! I love it. 

Symptoms: Still a lot of back pain and the heartburn is starting to rear its ugly head. Yuck. 

Dr. Update: We saw Dr. Gernt last Monday for the big anatomy scan. AK was very active during the scan, i'll post pictures below. Her heart rate is still high, 167 bpm. Its probably because she is running a marathon in there! Everything looked perfect so far and she is measuring right on track, as a matter of fact…down to the exact due date. We will go back to the doctor at the end of October. 

 Baby is the size of a tomato.

Baby is the size of a banana. 

Here are some videos of the ultrasound. They are a little blurry, but you get the idea :)