Almost 26...

Above is my belly at 25 weeks!

Tomorrow marks 26 weeks of pregnancy. Wow! Yes, it seems to be flying!

Let's see...what is new. Steve and our friend Tim worked on putting up beadboard in the nursery yesterday. It looks so great! We planted some new landscaping in the front of our house, and Steve got his garden ready for the summer last weekend. The weather has been beautiful this weekend - perfect, sunny skies with no humidity. You can't beat it! It really feels like Michigan summer weather....I'll take it. Just wish there was a lake in our backyard :) I know the heat is probably coming soon enough though.....we've had so much rain this past week that the mosquitoes at our house are just horrendous!! You can literally see and walk through swarms of them after dusk outside. It's gross and can make anyone itch just thinking about it.

It is getting harder to bend down these days, to shave my legs in the shower, and to do little tasks. But overall, I feel great and Baby Henry is definitely moving around. I think he especially enjoys when I drink lemonade!! Still loving Cheerios and OJ before bedtime....

Over halfway there!

Tomorrow marks 22 weeks into my pregnancy. Yay! We bought our nursery bedding last weekend and are super excited about that. My mom got some adorable little outfits for Baby Henry - he's going to be a stud! I'm starting to feel him move a little bit more - it's such an amazing feeling. Right now I am loving lemonade and juicy fruits like watermelon, strawberries, and clementines!! Still digging the Cheerios too. And EGG SALAD!!!! Enjoy the pictures!



My belly at 21 weeks!

Steve wanted his own belly pic. He was feeling left out.

IT'S A....

BOY! Yes, we are having a little boy! We weren't sure if we were going to find out, but we just were so excited and wanted to find out being in that ultrasound on Monday. I will never forget the look on Steve's face when we confirmed that the baby was indeed a boy. And boy was it obvious! No pun intended. Haha. We are so excited!

My current and favorite snack before bed: Cheerios with a glass of OJ. It does wonders. I have to eat before bed or I wake up starving...

Here's me at 19 weeks!

Do you Smell That?

Isn't it so awesome how powerful our sense of smell really is? It is amazing how we can forget things - distinct memories - and then as soon as we smell something - BAM - we remember! Perhaps it is that I'm pregnant and my sense of smell is hyper sensitive right now - but I've been remembering many things lately as I smell the world around me! I went for a walk at the park today, and I smelled this: a charcoal grill. Instantly I was reminded of being on the lake in our family's boat. We would park our boat in the water along the channel at the beach of Lake Michigan and drag all of our stuff to the sand - including a charcoal grill! The smell of the grill comforts me - reminding me of family and lots of fun times! It also reminds me of the summers spent at Girl Scout day camp - making lots of tinfoil dinners.

The other day I stopped into Hobby Lobby (LOVE that place!) and I went to use the restroom (seems to be a more common occurrence these days) and a sweet "grandma" looking lady was in there - immediately I smelled her perfume. It reminded me of my great Grandma - she wore this cheap Walgreens perfume that we bought her every year. I imagine that she had about twenty bottles of it sitting in her dresser at the senior living center. Emeraude was the name. When I smelled the "grandma" smell it also reminded me of all of the sweet little old ladies serving us snacks and helping us with crafts during the many summers I spent at Vacation Bible School.

What about you? Does this ever happen to you!?

Tulips. So Hot Right Now.

One of my favorite things about spring is that these pretty flowers bloom! We have some in our front yard right now - love it! Back in Michigan the city of Holland has a Tulip Festival with thousands of tulips. It's a big Dutch partay with wooden clogs and all. I remember hearing on the news many a time that people would drive down the road with their car door open to rip the flowers off the tulips in the median. Honestly, who does that? And how is that a big enough deal to be on the news? I guess when there's a festival about tulips it deserves some press.

My growing belly...

At 17 weeks here are some pictures! I think my belly seriously grew overnight! NO JOKE! Right now I am really loving lemonade, lemon water, and fresh salsa from Chipotle!

Was It Just My Imagination?

Yesterday marked 16 weeks into my pregnancy. I can't believe how fast the weeks are flying by already! People keep asking if I've started to feel the baby yet - and I can only say that I've felt maybe a little twitch here and there - although I'm not really sure if that's BH (baby henry!) or not! Well - today I was teaching in one of my classes...and I was sitting in the front of the class (that's my new thing - sitting when I have the chance!) and I felt this flutter for a few seconds in my belly - I looked down at my tank top and saw it MOVING a little!! It was only for a few moments - but it was so exciting! Now - was it just my imagination!? I dont' think so - it was pretty awesome!