Last weekend we flew to hot hot hot super duper humid Minnesota for my cousin's wedding.
We enjoyed time with family and the celebration of love!
The wedding was beautiful and the decor/tables looked like it came out of a magazine {even more so in person and not with a picture from my phone, but my camera died right before the reception! Grr!}
We got to soak in some time with my other cousin's beautiful baby girl, which is always fun!
The babies needed a break from all the heat and dancing during the reception.
And of course, no family vacation of ours is complete without eating at the always classy Denny's!
This is the only "group" picture I have because my camera lenses fogged up because it was so humid outside! But here's a picture of the Grace girls waiting for the rest of the family for breakfast.
Okay, so in my head this morning when I was thinking about the date and the milestones that have been reached today it seemed really cool.
But...
when I tried explaining it and attempted to write a post about it it's not quite having the same effect.
So just pretend.
2 years ago, on this Friday, I said "I do" to spending the rest of my life with my best friend.
Today, on the 22nd, I am 22 weeks pregnant.
It's basically a golden yearweek day, right??
Are you following this awesomely cool logic?
So our official anniversary is on Sunday, the 24th, but we got married on a Friday night.
The weather was rainy all day and cleared up right when the limo pulled into the driveway!
{I am so thankful the weather wasn't like today's weather though! That heat wave has hit NH, not even near as bad as it was in MN- but it's hot!!}
Our wedding was so much fun, and I love looking back at pictures and thinking about how wonderful the night was.
A night that went by ridiculously fast!
And 2 years later, we continue to walk side-by-side, hand in hand.
Embracing each new day and season in our life.
And this weekend for our anniversary we will be painting our little girl's nursery!
And of course going out for dinner, too!
Can't wait for the next 22 (x4) {I had to stick with the 22 theme, but felt like 22 was too short to say}years together and to see what else the Lord has in store for our Smelly Life!
So this is going to be my second pregnancy update in just 1 week, but I know if I don't catch up now I never will!
I decided that I will try my best to make Thursday my update days and hopefully they will help keep me on track!
Today is the last day of my 21st week and not too much has changed except for one big thing...
Gender: GIRL!!!
Total Weight Gained: 3 pounds
Sleep: I have good nights and bad nights, the past 2 nights have been really good though! I feel bad for Mr. B & Roxie because I have the AC on high all night and in the morning I am stripped down w/ no sheets or blankets, Mr. B is hiding under the covers and Roxie is curled up in a ball on the floor trying to keep her face warm. I don't feel that bad for Mr. B because he can just get more blankets, but I don't know what to do about my poor pup! I guess I'll have to give her some more blankets too!
Maternity Clothes: Still LOVE. Wear mostly non-maternity shirts and dresses, but love my shorts and capris. Most of my non-maternity shirts are not looking quite as cute as they use to.
Best Moment of the Week: Seeing my belly move/twitch when she moving all around!!! I saw it yesterday morning and Mr. B was able to see it once last night. It was so cool and exciting!
Food Cravings: Lots and lots of aversions, but my appetite is slowly coming back. Still loving sweet and sour things though! I'm a little upset because my new favorite thing has been a nice big pink lemonade from Wendy's. Wellllll we went the other day and they gave me regular lemonade. I had Mr. B go in and tell them I neededPINK lemonade and they said they no longer have that and switched to regular lemonade. Wahhhhhhh!!!
Aversions: Pretty much everything, but two major major aversions:
1. Steak 2. Wishbone Italian Dressing. Mr. B just had a work party and steak was my only option so I did it, and it was the moistest, most tender filet mignon I have ever had! I was really nervous about it, but thankfully it was really good and there were no problems :)
Symptoms: Thankfully no major symptoms this week! Got sick a few times and heart burn seems to be creeping back.
Movement: Yes! Feeling flutters and occasional big kicks and loving it {so far!}
What I miss: Not feeling sick in the car, being able to slowly wake up/relax in bed until I am ready to get up, a good night sleep. But who cares- it's all SO worth it!
What I'm looking forward to: Feeling harder kicks and movement for my family to feel!
Weekly Wisdom: Stay hydrated & enjoy a nice swim and floating in the pool :)
Milestones: Harder kicks and belly twitches!
I experienced my first official flight while being pregnant. The last flight I was just 4 weeks pregnant, I was a little nervous I would get sick but I wore my sea bands, got sick at home before the flight and made it the whole way{which ended up being 13 hours of travel, 3 flights and 2 cancelled flights!} there with no problems except for uncomfortable seats.
I also experienced the hottest day of my entire life. My cousin had a wedding in MN, and not sure if you've seen it on the news but they were under an extreme heat warning. It was like 105 degrees with 90% humidity. It was insane. The ceremony and reception were both held outside. My camera lenses fogged up just from being outside! We were all disgustingly sweaty, but we eventually just embraced it and enjoyed the wedding.
So the extra "glow" from this week is due to the crazy heat and sweat :)
We already had the first name picked before we were even pregnant.
I saw it on a blog one day and fell in love.
I love that it unique and not very popular, but not "totally out there" either.
As for the middle name- before we even started trying to get pregnant the middle name for a girl was going to be Grace {my maiden name}, but after 10 months of trying and our faith and trust in the Lord being tested, we felt like we wanted to use something different. Something with a little more meaning.
When our church had A Day at Shiloh {day of prayer} that I posted about back in February, I felt that if we did conceive after that that I would like to use the name Shiloh. And sure enough- to God's Glory- we conceived on my next cycle.
I didn't love the way that Adalyn Shiloh flowed, but I felt it had a special meaning for us so it would be worth it.
That is until Mr. B quickly pointed out there her initials would be A.S.S
Good point.
So needless to say, Shiloh was off the list and Faith became the next meaningful name.
Mr. B & I could not agree on a name for a boy, I was nervous for the gender ultrasound because I really wanted to leave the appointment with the baby named and I wasn't ready to commit to any boy name yet.
Thankfully, we still have time to decide on that one and this little babe had a name the moment we found out.
:: In the process of a new layout- please excuse :) And hoping I don't get too sick of gray and yellow because those are the nursery colors we chose too! ::
I can't believe it, but it has been a month since we found out if our little Smelly Bean was a girl or a boy!
I am long overdue on my post about our party!
I am so thankful that we chose to find out extra early and had this party planned.
It was a lot of fun and a unique way to celebrate such exciting news.
I'm not gonna lie, a lot of people thought we were crazy and had no idea what a gender reveal party was,
but of course in the land of the blogville this is completely normal!
So although I toned it down a bit, I was still determined to have one and I think, in the end, everyone had a great time!
The name of the package we choose at the ultrasound clinic was "Quick Gender Reveal" and let me tell ya, this was no joke! We were in and out {with an answer!} in at the most 10 minutes!
We were given multiple clear shots
and just like that we were on our way back home with a couple hours to spare before the party!
We didn't show up to my parents' house until the very last minute {I went over the night before and set everything up} because I knew if we went any earlier I would give it away.
This was my look for the first 30 minutes of the party before the "official reveal",
I had to cover up the huge permenant smile on my face or everyone would know the moment they looked at me.
{I was going to be thrilled about any healthy baby, but I was really hoping for a girl first!}
I searched online for some Gender Reveal ideas and I loved the "Bee theme"- I thought it was so clever and cute, so that's what we went with.
{No party is complete without flower poms!}
When the guests arrived they posted their vote and they wore a little bee clothes pin with the coordinating color
We also did a little Old Wives Tale quiz before we revealed the sex of the baby.
The vote was almost a tie: 11 votes for a girl 10 votes for a boy
And the Wives Tales: 7 for a girl 5 for a boy
We had originally planned for everyone to bite into the cupcake and see what color frosting was inside, but because I am cheap and ordered the cupcakes from the grocery story and they had never really done something like this before we had a little problem...
I thought it would be fun and suspenseful to find out with everyone by cutting into a cake, but Mr. B wanted to find out first with just him and I. So due to the lack of suprise with the pink icing overflowing from every cupcake, we ended up kind of having the best of both worlds. We cut into the cupcake in front of everyone...
It worked out great!
{Please excuse my dad's silly question, my little attitude and the not so great quality video it was taken with his phone, but I am so thankful the moment was captured!}
Think my dad is a little excited? ;)
We had a wonderful evening. We are so blessed to have such awesome and supportive families!
Our little baby girl is so loved already!
Sleep: A little better than the past 2 weeks- I do get really hot though and get up to pee at least once a night.
Maternity Clothes: Still LOVE. Wear mostly non-maternity shirts and dresses, but love my shorts and capris.
Best Moment of the Week: Feeling her move around lots more! Still not enough for others to feel, but I know it's coming soon!
Food Cravings: Lots and lots of aversions, but my appetite is slowly coming back. Still loving sweet and sour things though! This week I was really in the mood for chocolate!
Aversions: Pretty much everything, but two major major aversions:
1. Steak 2. Wishbone Italian Dressing. GAG!
Symptoms: Thankfully no major symptoms this week! Got sick a few times and had occasional heartburn, but that's about it.
Movement: Yes! Hoping for some bigger movements though, but these flutters are wonderful!
What I miss: Not feeling sick in the car, being able to slowly wake up/relax in bed until I am ready to get up, a good night sleep. But who cares- it's all SO worth it!
What I'm looking forward to: Feeling some harder kicks and movement for others to feel!
Weekly Wisdom: Search daily for awesome finds on craigslist! I know I already mentioned this one, but I just bought another huge bag of baby girls clothes for the fall/winter season for just $35!!
Milestones: Baby girl is halfway baked!! Hoping time continues to go by this fast!!
