16 weeks

I'm 16 weeks!


Pregnancy Highlights:
How Far Along: 16 Weeks
Size of baby: Baby G is the size of a navel orange
Total Weight Gain/Loss: Gained 5 lbs
Maternity Clothes: I am having a harder time wearing my regular jeans {even with a rubber band through the loop} so I am wearing leggings and maternity jeans.....and just regular tops.
Gender: We find out December 17th!
Movement: I haven't felt the baby move yet....but I can't wait until I do!
Sleep: I'm sleeping pretty good! Much better than the first trimester!
What I miss: Not feeling sick ALL.THE.TIME.
Cravings: Plain potato chips and slushies {lemon berry from sonic}
Symptoms: Tired, sick {not all day, every day like the first 15 weeks, but at least a few times a day}, my face is breaking out like a teenager :(, heartburn {already...is this normal??}...there are a lot more, but I'll stop here for now!

**i found a post that i wrote a few weeks ago, but never published....so i am publishing it now!**

don't waste your cancer.

My heart breaks for this family. I don't know them....just found them through a blog I follow. Pray for them.

don't waste your cancer.

sale!

How cute are these?!? Lime Ricki is having a sale...25% off! Just in time for our beach trip in a few weeks!!

photoshoot

I haven't blogged in forever and now I am blogging up a storm! ha!

For my mom's birthday, she wanted pictures of me, hubs, my sister, and her hubs. So, we called our friend April for a little Saturday morning {hot as you know what} photoshoot. Here's a little sneak peak...

mom, if you are reading this....SURPRISE!!

to carry-on or not to carry-on

Hubs and I are flying to Mississippi this weekend for a wedding. While I love flying, I am always sometimes on the verge of a panic attack until we are in the air...it seriously stresses me out! What if I have to throw some of my liquid stuff away because it's more than 3 oz....or what if I put it in the wrong size plastic bag....what if we are late and we miss our flight...what if I can't get my overhead bag in the space above me {like, actually reach it because I am so short}...what if I am near an emergency exit...what if I go through security and beep and have to take things off until I no longer beep....what if there is turbulance and I throw up?!?!?!? These are only a few things I think about! Now, on top of all of these things, I have to worry about my luggage. We are flying on buddy passes {I have never done this before so please excuse my ignorance} and I am worried that they will lose my luggage {is that crazy?}. Since we are only going for the weekend, I need my stuff! So, should I carry-on because of my paranoia or just leave it to chance???

Oddly enough, I never worry about the small things....like the plane crashing.

top 2-favorite perfumes

Trish McEvoy number 9 (blackberry and vanilla musk) smells sooooo good! It's a little expensive but worth it!

Hubs always smells sooooo good! I try to make sure he never runs out of his Chanel cologne!

getting ready for the beach

How cute is this?!?! I just ordered it from Lime Ricki. They seriously have the cutest one pieces and tankinis! Know the best part?!? It was only $36 {on sale}! I am watching a few others and plan on getting them when they go one sale!

getting a little sappy

please excuse the following sappiness

I am ridiculously bored at work...so, naturally, I get on Facebook. Nothing really interests me so I begin to look through old "tagged" pictures of me....and I began to realize how much my life has changed in the past few years. I am no longer close to some of the people I once was. Some relationships, I am sad about...others, not so much! Which reminds me of a poem...

Reason, Season, or Lifetime

People come into your life for a reason, a season or a lifetime. When you figure out which one it is, you will know what to do for each person.

When someone is in your life for a REASON,it is usually to meet a need you have expressed. They have come to assist you through a difficulty;to provide you with guidance and support;to aid you physically, emotionally or spiritually. They may seem like a godsend, and they are.They are there for the reason you need them to be.
Then, without any wrongdoing on your part or at an inconvenient time, this person will say or do something to bring the relationship to an end. Sometimes they die. Sometimes they walk away. Sometimes they act up and force you to take a stand. What we must realize is that our need has been met, our desire fulfilled; their work is done. The prayer you sent up has been answered and now it is time to move on.

Some people come into your life for a SEASON, because your turn has come to share, grow or learn. They bring you an experience of peace or make you laugh. They may teach you something you have never done. They usually give you an unbelievable amount of joy. Believe it. It is real. But only for a season.

LIFETIME relationships teach you lifetime lessons;things you must build upon in order to have a solid emotional foundation. Your job is to accept the lesson, love the person, and put what you have learned to use in all other relationships and areas of your life. It is said that love is blind but friendship is clairvoyant.
— Unknown

I truly believe God sends people into your life and that He also can take them out of your life. I got a little sad today looking at old pictures and reminiscing about old times....and then I realized, I shouldn't be sad about old friendships, I should rejoice in them and all that they taught me and brought to my life. Whether they were a reason, a season, or a lifetime, they all touched my life at some point. I also began to think about new friendships that are forming. I always love meeting new people and making new friends. Occassionally, I will come home and tell hubs that I met a new person and "I think I would like to be her friend!" Ha!

So, today, I am challenging myself to reach out to an old friend {or maybe even a few!} and let them know how important they were in my life.

Thank you Lord for my friends, old and new!

he's got some moves!

when it rains, it pours...

At least, that has been the case this past week at the Grooms house!

Let me start with last Thursday...

Hubs and I went to our neice's t-ball game and as I am sitting there {watching Blake, our cute nephew} a fly ball {from another field where the big kids were playing} hit knocked the wind out of me. I was sitting between hubs and my MIL and she ducked {so it wouldn't hit her in the head} and it hit my chest. At first, I was a little shocked. Hubs and MIL were asking if I was okay/hurt/etc. and all I wanted to do was cry. It hurt so bad and then everyone around was asking if I was okay which always makes you want to cry even more. So here I am, sitting at a t-ball game with a lot of people around....the last thing I wanted to do was bust out crying!! So, like a big girl, I held back my tears until we started walking to the car. Hubs asked me if I was okay and I immediately said no and a few little tear came out!

Then, we get home and hubs closes the garage door and hears a loud bang. He goes to check it out and sees nothing.

Friday morning I wake up feeling like crap...my poor chest hurt and I had a terrible sinus headache. So, I decided I was feeling too bad to go to work and stayed in bed instead! Hubs goes to leave for work and guess what?!? our garage door won't go up! So, he calls our brother-in-law and tells him what happened {with the big bang the night before} and BIL says its probably a spring or screw or something. No big deal, someone will be by today to fix it! Yay!

BOO! Man comes by and says it will be Saturday before he can fix it. So, my car is stuck in the garage and I have to drive hubs big truck.

Saturday rolls around and I decide to venture out to Wal-Mart {because hubs is working, I have to go by myself}. I get everything on my list and head out to leave. I get in the big truck, stand up on the brake so I can see if anything is coming, let off the brake and POW! I get out to see the damage I have done...

{this isn't the exact car...this one actually looks a little better!}

OOPS!

The lady in the car is mad pissed!

Now bumper-less woman: Ugh! Did you not see me?!?!

Me: {thinking} Yes, I did see you, I just thought it might be fun to play bumper cars today. {Saying} No, I did not, I am sorry.

Now bumper-less woman: I tooted my horn!

Me: I am sorry, I didn't hear it.

Now bumper-less woman: {dialing on her phone} There's been a wreck in the Wal-Mart parking lot, send a police officer.

Officer comes, writes a report {because the woman demanded one!} and sends me on my way.

I call hubs and he laughs because now he has proof that I am a bad driver.

The man comes to fix the garage Monday {not Saturday!} so I am stuck driving the truck until Tuesday.

Tuesday night our hot water heater goes out. I have been without hot water since then.

Oh, yeah, and our lawn mower broke {that hubs used once before dying on us}.

But we are going to the beach Friday so nothing can rain on my parade!!

a little rant

Have you ever noticed that when you are dating everyone says "When will you get married?"...and when you get engaged everyone says "Have you set your date?"...and when you get married everyone says "When will you have a baby?", "Are you pregnant?". We all know this and, to some extent, expect it. What I did not expect, however, was people telling me when we should start trying to get pregnant, or that we need to wait a certain number of months/years, or what we should name our child when we do have one....REALLY?!? Hubs and I were wise enough to decide...1)that we wanted to get married and stay in our marriage for life, 2)where and when to get married, 3)where to live, 4)our finances....you get the picture. We are not idiots! We are smart people {hubs (common sense smart) + me (book smart)=one whole, level-headed person!}. We have this under control! No need to weigh in about how long we should wait {or if we should wait}.

*disclaimer: mom, if you are reading this, it is not directed to you....only others :)

*sidenote: someone actually asked me if I was pregnant...and told me I had the "pregnancy glow"! It is never okay to ask a woman if she is pregnant {even if it just because of a "glow"}.

**This was too funny to not share....Saturday night, hubs and I went to a wedding shower for our good friends and on the way home stopped by to see our neice and nephew who had just won their softball games and were going to be playing in the chapionship games the next day. As we were leaving, Rachel, my 5 year old neice, started rubbing my belly and asking me when we were going to have a baby!! {Let me just add that I think that is it sad that I now have a little "belly" to rub...thanks to my newlywed weight gain!} I just told her to ask Drew...I am pretty sure that he answered "never". Ha!**

summer must haves

Meredith, at Lavish Love, posted about her favorite things and asked her readers to do the same...

I am crazy about getting too much sun...I think I look better when I am tan, but I am not digging the idea of skin cancer. I apply sunscreen to my face every morning. If I am working in the yard on Saturday, I apply sunscreen all over. So, one of my must haves is sunscreen....

Purpose products were recommended to me by a dermatologist. It is so gentle on your skin! I use the facewash every morning and night. The mosturizer with SPF is a part of my morning routine.

For the summer, I plan on trying Aveeno Positively Ageless Sunscreen. It protects from UVA and UVB rays....very important!

I want to look like I have sun without all the damaging effects. My sister-in-law told me about this sunless tanner at Bath and Body Works. It is amazing! And it doesn't smell bad!

I never go anywhere without my Aquaphor!

A cute hat to keep the sun off my face is also a must have!

I love cute, cheap sunglasses! I have tons of them because I am always losing them or breaking them!

I don't wear a lot of jewelry, but I am loving bracelets these days! They are so cute and really add something to my {plain} style!

I love flat shoes {even though I am only 5'1"}...I really love all the cute shoes that are out that will add a little flair to my feet!

I love to read....so, a good book is a must have!

High Beam, by Benefit, highlights my cheekbones and gives me a little glow!

By far, the best bronzer I have ever used!

What are your favorite things??

cosmo and karen

A few months before Andrew and I were supposed to get married, a sorority sister of mine, Karen Taylor, lost her hubs-to-be in a car accident on the day of their wedding. Can you imagine how devastating that must be?! Cosmo interviewed her and you can find it in this months Cosmo (the one with Pink on the cover). She is an amazing woman with an incredibly sad story. I am so impressed with how she has handled this tragedy. Be sure to check it out!

update

It has been a month since I last blogged! Not for any particular reason...I just didn't have much to say! About a month ago was when they announced in church that Anna Brooks, a 10 year old little girl had leukemia. Not just leukemia, a very rare from of leukemia. A week after the family found out, Anna passed away. What can you really say after something like that happens?! Its not that I knew Anna very well or was close to her family....it was just that it hit me hard and made me want to take a look at my life and re-examine things. So, that is what I have been doing! I met one of my best friends from college for dinner and we planned a trip to see our other best friend in Atlanta in a few weeks. I had a girls night with my mom and sister...just talking, eating, and hanging out! I have spent more time with my hubs. We have hung out more with the Grooms' (playing games, eating, catching up, etc). We hung out with some old friends....and made some new ones! So, with all of that going on {and a lot more things that I didn't mention}, I have had very little time to blog. I have also spent very little time on facebook. I think I needed a little break.

One year ago today, Andrew proposed to me! And tomorrow is our 6 month anniversary!

Last year, at the end of March, Andrew bought a house...our house! On April 2nd, a Thursday, Andrew told me he was going to cook dinner for me (this never happens!). I had to work that day from 3pm-7pm so before work, I went over to the house and had lunch with him. He was working on finishing painting the kitchen and dining room....and the house was a wreck! I left for work and worked for 4 hours with my sweet little babies and then headed back to the house for dinner. When I walked in, I noticed he had cleaned the house, all the painting was done, candles were lit, and music was playing in the background. He was at the door waiting on me when I arrived. He took me around the house to show me all the he had been working on...I was very impressed at all he had gotten done in just 4 short hours! After showing me all his hardwork, we sat down at the table for dinner (where he had candles and his grandmother's china out!). We sat down and he began to say the blessing. Well, the blessing went on....and on....and on...and on. And the whole time he was moving around. I was seriously wondering what was going on and why he was taking so long...I was starving! When I opened my eyes, he was down on one knee. I don't even remember what he said, I just remembering crying and shaking my head....and him asking me if that was a yes! We immediately began calling family and friends and everyone came over to celebrate! It was one of the most memorable moments of my life!

We started wedding planning soon because we knew that we didn't want to wait long...we set the date for exactly 6 months and 1 day after he proposed. Tomorrow will be our 6 month wedding anniversary!