Peanut and Nursery Update: 31 weeks!

It has been forever since I have updated! We are now at 31 weeks and counting. Down to single digit weeks left which is very exciting! We dont know the gender yet so it has been nerve racking and exciting all at the same time.  Here is the most recent belly pic, growing like a weed! As far as votes for this baby I think many people are thinking it could be a boy the farther I get along.

Mama Update:
How far along? 31 weeks

Maternity clothes?Oh yes,about to have to really start searching for clothes since Ive gotten so big and I'm about to start back at work.

Stretch marks? Nope
Sleep: Sleeping ok. Really starting to get more uncomfortable.

Best moment this week: Our baby shower. It was a great time to celebrate our sweet baby #2. We also had maternity pics and got to see peanut on the 3D sono! It was a great last week!
Miss Anything? I've really missed laying on my belly!

Movement: Yes, like crazy! Looks like an alien in there now!

Food cravings: Probably craving more sweets now a days

. Anything making you queasy or sick: No coffee still

Have you started to show yet: Bigger and bigger

Gender: Not finding out, gonna be a surprise!!

Feeling: I have really felt great!! I have found doing some type of working out, whether walking or more has helped so much! As well as eating better.

Nursery Update:

So far for the nursery, we have it painted a neutral color on top and a chocolate brown on the bottom of a beautiful chair rail my husband put up. I have picked out two bedding for the baby so as soon as we know we can order and get started!  The crib is a very pretty dark espresso and the dresser and nightstand are painted red and we have distressed them so they will match both beddings very well I think!  Im planning lots of other cute things for either boy or girl, once it's all done of course Ill post lots of pictures!

Here are the beddings I have chosen for peanut:





Our litte Fish :) Swim Lessons: Day 1

Our little Ella is a little fish. She is fearless in the water and loves it!! On one side that makes me happy that she loves it on another side, it scares mommy to death!!  So, today was our first swim lesson. Grammy found a person that does swim lessons at his house. They were all super sweet and it was very fun to see Ella interact with the other kiddos.  She put on her floaties and went for it! I dont think she realizes she cant swim yet!  She did start to kick kick alittle better and she moved her arms quite well :)  We go back Thursday night for another lesson so we will see how it goes. Enjoy pics of my little sweetie!

Halfway Mark!

As we are on this journey of this thing we call pregnancy with our second bundle of joy, the halfway mark is always exciting!! That means we are halfway there to meeting this sweet baby!!  So far pregnancy has been really good! After the first trimester things have been great! I started feeling the baby kicking and moving around 18 or so weeks, which was way earlier than Ella and so exciting!  Our halfway mark was on Friday, May 11, 2012. Here is mama and peanut:

Now we are at 21.5 weeks and still doing fantastic and feeling very blessed.  We had our anatomy sono and 3D sono to see our sweet baby it was awesome!! Here are some of our favorites!

Profile Pic

Sweet Face :)

Peanut Update :)

Well, we are at 16.5 weeks! Had a sonogram yesterday where we could have found out the gender of our sweet baby but we have decided to make it a surprise! I really am so excited about doing this. For those who know me, this is SOOOO NOT like me! I am such a planner so the thought of waiting would be impossible but...I'm doing it! Why did I come to this conclusion, you ask. With Ella, Matt didn't want to know the sex and so I told him that if we found out with her we wouldn't with the next baby. Little did I know he would hold me to my word!!! But.. I am very excited about our decision.  Now the nursery is what is the hardest I think... I want it to be perfect and not knowing it's hard to know what to do. Do I do just neutral or do I wait and do most of it after the baby gets here??? That is the question. Good thing little peanut wont be in there for the first few weeks!  Now.. for some pics of our little peanut surprise :) At our apt, little peanut's heartbeat was beating at 139 beats per min. Everything looked great! We go for our 3D anatomy sono in four weeks.

Now about mama:

How far along? 16.5 Weeks

Maternity clothes?Oh yes, maternity clothes came much sooner for baby number two.Wearing more and more maternity pants and clothes.

Stretch marks? Nope
Sleep: Sleeping ok. I'm prob up 2-3 times to go to the bathroom right now. And if Im not up by 6 or so Peanut wakes me up hungry.
Best moment this week: Starting to really feel peanut move!
Miss Anything? I've really missed laying on my belly! 

Movement: Yes, starting to feel movement!

Food cravings: Not much yet actually. Just really like salty foods

. Anything making you queasy or sick: No coffee really. Not wanting sweets at all still.

Have you started to show yet: Bigger and bigger

Gender: Not finding out, gonna be a surprise!!

Feeling: I have really felt great!! I have found doing some type of working out, whether walking or more has helped so much! As well as eating better.

Bluebonnets

First year to do bluebonnet pics. After our Easter egg hunt we went and found alittle patch of bluebonnets to take pictures of Ella in :) She was getting very sleepy but we got a few really cute ones! Especially with her daddy :)

Easter 2012

Easter was so much fun this year!!  Ella was able to actually walk and hunt eggs herself! On Sat the church we went to had a petting zoo, and she was extremely afraid at first but she ended up really warming up to the animals (except the scary geese). They had a count down for the hunt and when they said "1" we ran to the opposite side and let Ella have her own little spot until the others came in. Our planned seemed to work very well! She got the hang of it pretty quick and it was precious.  I was really excited because she let me get a bow on her head, which hasnt happened in awhile!! I love her bows :) It was such a great experience to have a little Easter celebration with our little family before the big day on Sunday. On Easter Sunday we had church then celebrated Easter with all our families.

My Little Princess

After about a year and a half and many of many of prayers later our precious little girl was born on November 12, 2010.  I will never forget that day! The delivery, the moment my eyes first met hers, daddy cutting the cord, and every other precious moment from that day till now.

7 lbs 6 oz. 20 1/4 in long

Fast forward one year, Ella has grown into such a beautiful little toddler.  She was walking alittle before her first birthday and hasnt stopped since :)  She was a late bloomer with her teeth so she really started to finally get some just right before.  For her first birthday party we did a candy theme. We were so blessed by so many people that came to celebrate our sweet girls big day!

 Now at almost 16 months, Ella is such a ham!!  She has such personality and a bit of attitude to follow that :) As others would say, she is a girl who knows what she wants and is not afraid to tell you. At her last doctor's appointment she was 25.6 lbs. and 33 in. long.  Some of her favorites right now:

Movies: Shrek and Toy Story
Toys: Baby Dolls
Food: Fruit
Word: "Dog" "Whoof Whoof"
Newest word: Tweet Tweet
Favorite thing to do: Swing and be outside.

Ella and cousin Trip!