Less Than Four Weeks...ish...

...until we get to meet Baby Henry! We are getting so excited to meet our little guy - can't believe it will be so SOON!! A couple of weeks ago my sweet friend Nicole from work, who happens to be an amazing photographer, did a photo shoot of Steve and I at an old mill not too far from our house. It was a hot day, the trails were steep, and I even almost stepped on a poisonous snake! Thankfully, Steve intervened just in time. Aside from the snake, we had a lot of fun! Here's some of the shots....thanks Nicole :)











And last but not least...the scary snake!!

6 Weeks and Counting...down!

This week I will be 34 weeks pregnant. Still feeling pretty good overall ..just feeling more comfortable sitting as opposed to standing a lot :) We toured the hospital a couple of weeks ago and it made everything so much more real! Steve's family came to visit last weekend and it was fun to see them. This weekend my mom is here visiting. My friends here threw a shower for Baby Henry yesterday - it was so much fun! We've been working hard at putting the nursery together and I think it's looking pretty good! Take a peek...check out the awesome fish paintings that our friend Rachel made to match the bedding. Thanks Rachel! We are planning to put his name above his bed once Lil' Buddy (as we call him) arrives - you will just have to wait on that because it's a SURPRISE!

Ten Weeks and Counting...

I know it's been awhile since I've updated the big blog! The past couple of weeks have been pretty busy for us. I went to Michigan for 11 days to be in my childhood friend Heather's wedding - and Steve went to camp in Florida with the high school students from our church. I was bummed that I wasn't able to attend this year, but grateful that I could be there for my friend Heather's wedding festivities! Steve left camp early to fly up to MI to attend the wedding, and then my parents threw us an awesome baby shower in their backyard. It was such a beautiful day, and we had so much fun catching up with about 60 of our family and friends. I even got to see some of my favorite college people :) Loved it.

Steve is such a handyman - so grateful for this! He's been working hard on the nursery these past few weeks. I wanted to post some pics for you all to see. He and our friend Tim started it off by putting up the beadboard. It really turned out great! Next was painting, and then came the furniture! Oh, not to forget that Steve put in a new ceiling fan. The old one was about to fall out of the ceiling. Poor Steve had to climb into the 140 degree temperature in the attic a number of times to try and fix the problem. He was drenched in sweat - it looks good now though! :)

This week I will be 31 weeks. Hard to believe. Feeling pretty good overall - just a bit more tired :) I still love lemonade and any summer fruits. Here's a couple of recent belly pics:

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!?