Kiss Me!…. This BABY is going to be Irish!

 

Your probably asking yourself, did I hear that right? Am I thinking what I think she is saying? Well if you don’t already know our little secret we are now ready to tell the world….WE ARE EXPECTING!!  And we are very excited!

This one actually came as a surprise to us.  We were “trying but not trying” for some time and for a while there I kind of gave up hope and told myself to focus on school and when I graduated we could look further into this whole getting pregnant thing.  Well to my surprise I took a pregnancy test late one night and this is what I saw:

I ended up telling the Hubby and told myself “yeah right, this isn’t real” but immediately started crying as I was full of emotions.  So I figured I would take another one the next morning as that is when they say your hormones are the highest for the day.  Well….I took another one and not even a minute later this little bad boy popped up again telling me I was in fact pregnant!

Lot’s of emotions were running through mine and Andrew's head that day and night but once it finally sunk in (which I am not sure if it will until I feel this little one actually kick me) I was totally ok with not being done with school and expecting a little one (thanks Carrie for making me take the test!!).

So what do you do when you find out you are pregnant?  You call your doctor and make the ultrasound appointment!  Andrew and I met with the Nurse Practitioner and got to see our little one for the first time on March 6th!

Our little Punkin!

4D Picture!

Our little one had a healthy heartbeat of 184!

Love this one! We actually got to see our little one’s face and it’s little arm nub was blocking part of “her” face being camera shy like “her” momma!

So I am sure you are wondering our stats right now!  Today I am 11 weeks pregnant exactly!  Our weeks re-up every Saturday and our due date is October 6th!  I have had morning sickness pretty much every single morning and this first Trimester has been very, very rough!  I cannot wait to enter the 2nd Trimester in hopes that this morning sickness goes away!  Our next appointment is on April 2nd and I cannot wait to hear our little one’s heartbeat again!

I think we are having a girl and Andrew is hoping for a boy.  Either way, we want a healthy baby but for some reason I really think I am holding a little girl in there (hence the “she” instead of “it”).

What I think I am most excited about….Finding out the gender of our little one on our 4th Wedding anniversary!  I will be 1 day short of 21 weeks so I am hoping the doctor will let me pick that day to schedule the ultrasound.  Fingers crossed!

Alright, enough for now!  We are SO excited to meet our little one is less than 7 months or 29 weeks!

Have a great St. Patrick’s Day everyone!  I know we will!

Day 29 - Mitered Corner Baby Blanket for Alton!

If you saw my previous post you were able to see everything I have made thus far for Baby Alton.  I decided to throw one last thing into the gift bag and used the tutorial found on Pink Suede Shoes website.  It is called the Mitered Corner Baby Blanket.

I originally found this blog after seeing the baby blanket Jaci made for Lindsay at the baby shower for Eli!  Jaci advised me that the tutorial is not 100% written and some parts you have to figure out for yourself.  Sure enough, I did not understand it and had to have my loving Husband help me with it!  The hardest part is the mitered corners but everything else about the blanket is easy! 

I added Alton’s name as well as appliqued some stars on the blanket to give it a little more spunk.

I bought the guitar fabric at JoAnn’s the day after Thanksgiving and unfortunately only bought 1 yard of it.  After making the blanket I REALLY wish I would have bought more because wouldn’t you figure, I cannot find it anywhere!  I really wish I did buy more so I could have made a matching set of gifts!

Oh well, you live and you learn right?!

What do you think?  Pretty cute if I say so myself!

Day 28 - A Taggy Blanket for Alton!

My friend’s Casey and Kasey who I met through my friend’s Heather and Mike are expecting and due in March!  I decided it would be a thoughtful idea to make up some quick gifts and send it out in the mail to them before the baby shower.  I finished everything last weekend and sent it off in the mail to Heather on Monday.  Her baby shower was today so now I can officially blog about it!

I first learned how to make taggy blankets from my friend Lindsay.  The first two that I ever made were for my Niece Emy and her cousin Levi.  For a beginner I think they turned out pretty good (you can view my blog post here)!  With that being said, I made one for Baby Alton and I love the way it turned out!

With this taggy blanket I also sent off the paci-pouch and the fold and go bib which I blogged about a couple of days ago.  Additionally, I sent off one more gift that I will blog about in my next post!

This project is seriously one of the easiest things to make and GREAT for any beginner sewer!  If any of my friends out there wish to get into sewing let me know and I will be more than happy to teach you! 

Day 27 - Take Too Many Pictures, Laugh too much...

I seriously love good, motivational, inspirational quotes.  There are so many out there and a lot of the time I wish I could write them all down and scatter them throughout my house!  Of course, knowing how many of these quotes are actually out there and if I were to put them all in my house, my house would be covered!  Anywho, my friend Carrie, Heather and I were out shopping one day and I found the below quote in the Hallmark store. 

Doesn’t it just speak to you?  I think everyone could live by this!  You never know when you will lose a loved one so every day should be lived as if it were you last.  I know a lot of us think this but truly don’t live by it and one day we will regret it.  My husband and I say “drive safe” to each other every morning and do not leave the house without saying goodbye, especially when we are in a fight with each other.  Would your last words want to be something regretful over some silly stupid fight you were going through?  I know I wouldn’t want that to be my last conversation with my Husband if I lost him!

Just think about it!

P.S. I could totally make this sign with my Silhouette Machine!

Day 26 - My BFF!

Today I was looking through some pictures in my phone and found a picture I took of Slink and his BFF Charlie.  From what I can remember I took this picture on Poker night, which was the night before Thanksgiving.  Every time Slink and his BFF Charlie get together they have a grand ole time and usually help each other run out their energy.  We love our play dates together and really wish DeKalb County would get with the program and put in a dog park.  The only place Slink can run around is in their back yard since we live in a townhouse and don’t have one. 

Aren’t they so cute together?

I think so!!

Day 25 - Another Fold and Go Bib & a Burp Cloth!

After making my first fold and go bib and bringing it to work to show all my friends, another coworker of mine asked if I could make one for her, to give to another coworker who is pregnant and due this week.  After offering to pay me I of course said yes and also got a request to make a matching burp cloth at the same time.

Funny thing is, my coworker is naming her son Eli just like my friend Lindsay!  It is not a typical name I hear everyday but I think it is really cute and fits quite nicely for both Lindsay and my coworker!

So, I got to work.  I picked out my fabric already in my stash and embroidered the name on both the burp cloth and the fold and go bib!  Below is how they turned out!

I really thought white would stick out on the fabric but I guess not.  You can still see Eli’s name on it though!

The front of the bib.  Little disappointed in how high I embroidered the name and again will chose another color next time.  Either way, it still turned out cute!

The back of the bib.  I altered the snap location on this one so that when it closes the snaps are in the middle of the fold.  I did manage to change the first one but only figured that out after 3 attempts!

What do you think?

If you want to see my first fold and go bib, click here.

Day 24 - Not this innocent face....

I love my dog.  He has his good days and bad and lately we have had more good going on in our household.  I have to say that putting him on a 2 hour schedule is working quite well and every once in a while we still have an accident or two.  What I don’t understand are those people who refuse to do anything to get their dog trained then complain that their dog still has accidents in the house.  Just like anything, dogs take work and in a lot of ways are just like a kid.  Now that Slink is over a year I really hope that his schedule will continue to flow smoothly. 

This is just a random post/thought of mine for the day.  He loves his mommy and is always sleeping next to me as close as he can get.  The other day he was sitting on my lap and I got this cute photo of him below.  You can never be mad at this dog for too long!  Just look at that face!!

That’s all!