Goodbye Summer, Hello Fall...

Well apparently I've been in a pregnancy brain fog, because my last post was in July. Awesome. Life's been moving pretty fast around here. I've got three more weeks left of work until Fall break, which is basically the start of my maternity leave. Can you say crazy? I have got to get to work on lesson plans...

Hmmm...

What else is new around here? Let's see...

I've had my first baby shower, thanks to my sweet mom and I still have two more to go. I celebrated with some of my favorite people and was so thankful for my sweet friends that were there. 

 And because I can't help but want to document the ginormousness of my midsection... here we are at 

32 weeks and 5 days. I'm so short that my midsection is just not all that long and roomy. So although baby b is measuring perfectly in size, my belly is measuring ahead because it's sticking so far out since that's the only other option.

We had our last ultrasound and everything continues to look great. I am honestly feeling really great these days, definitely tired at the end of the day- but I'm still going strong. My biggest complaints are that my swollen ankles are horrendous and my heart burn makes me want to die. ;) But then I feel baby b moving all around- "baby beluga in the deep blue sea" style and I'm completely thankful for this whole experience. I know these moments are the moments I will miss the most and I never want to take it for granted. The best part so far has been just sitting still and watching him move my stomach all around. It's completely amazing (& maybe somewhat creepy? Ha!) 

So with the goodbye of Summer, comes the hello of Fall- when we will become parents. Wow. 

Less than 50 days until we get to meet our son. Incredible!

Back to Life, Back to Reality...

Ha! But seriously, that's how I feel. We were gone to the Caribbean for 5 days and now we're back to home sweet 'homa. ;) 

We got back last Friday and after not even being back for 24 hours I headed to Tulsa to an Affair of the Heart with my cutie Mom and her sisters. We even ran into the QT guy. Hilarious!

An Affair of the Heart is an incredible Oklahoma craft/trade show that I haven't been to in a year or so. They come here to the city twice a year (Spring/Fall) and they head to Tulsa in July. Since I haven't been able to make the OKC one, we decided to make a girls trip to check it out. It was great and I came home with lots of fun goodies. Saturday night I came back and by Sunday afternoon Dylan left for Tulsa for a guys weekend golf trip with some of his friends. 

He came back yesterday and is headed back to work today and I go back Monday. Ack! I feel like this Summer has flown by, but more than that - I'm happy that I've accomplished quite a bit. The nursery is coming together more and more everyday and I've really gotten to take some time to myself to rest and reenergize. It's been nice and I'm looking forward to the new school year. Which also means we have approximately 15 weeks til we meet our little boy :) I can't even believe we'll be parents. 

Speaking of our little boy, he is also pretty darn close to having a name. :) Here's a sneak peak into his sweet nursery. I got that frame at Affair of the Heart. So sweet! 

Happy Thursday, friends!

Weekend Wrap...

Friday I had Recipe Club with some of my favorite girls. I made Wonton Taco Cups from pinterest. They were really great. I forgot to take an after picture, but here they are before going into the oven. 

They were pretty great, and SO easy! I made them for the appetizer/side dish category this month. We ate and then stayed and talked for a long time and I got to hang out with my baby bff, Esly. 

My goodness I love this girl.

She was playing with my phone and she flipped the camera to see us. Too funny! 

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Saturday I took a painting class with my friend Joselyn, from work. She teaches 4th grade and we've been talking about signing up for one of those classes for a while. So saturday we did just that and it was so fun. From the awkward teacher who had to be gay, but was incessantly hitting on every woman there, to the woman who was so mad about her painting (which was beautiful by the way) .. it was a great time. We did the field of poppies class.

I was really worried how I would do with a class like this, since I love to paint...but it was so fun. I had to turn off my creative side and just follow directions. Which was good for me. My favorite was that each person had a completely unique painting to them, but they were all so similar. I want to go again with a big group of girls. 

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Today I'm spending my day packing and laundering all of our clothes. We're off to our vacation tomorrow. CanNOT wait! 

23 Weeks...

Whoa. I just keep letting time get away from me, and I know I will be sad when I look back and realize I was a blog slacker. But here I am for my 23rd week update. 

Pregnancy Highlights:

Size of the Baby: Baby B is the size of a papaya this week. Which is bigger than a spaghetti squash. Let me just tell you, I went out and bought a spaghetti squash last week because I could NOT believe that something that big was inside of me. So unreal!

Maternity Clothes: I'm loving all dresses and my same comfy pants with maternity tshirts. Those are my normal outfits these days, or a maternity swimsuit and a coverup. I have been living in the water this summer. The only place my belly doesn't feel heavy :)

Gender: BOY!...still no name. 

Movement: So much more frequently! Almost constantly. I keep trying to catch his sweet little kicks from the outside. I've caught a couple, but it's like a freak accident.. I just can't wait til it happens and Dylan can feel a glimpse at what I'm feeling. But for now, I'm selfishly thankful for this time where it's just me.. It's our own little momma/baby relationship :)

Sleep: I sleep pretty good for the most part. My sweet mother in law bought me a pregnancy pillow, absolute heaven! My only complaint is sleeping on my sides hurt my hips- so I'm flipping back and fourth through out the night. I swear they are widening overnight. I wish that would calm down. Ha!

What I Miss: Not too much. I just feel really thankful... Scratch that- Maybe life before heartburn? Ha!

Cravings: Icees from 7-eleven. Yum! Dr. Pepper- straight, nothing else. 

Aversions: Protein. But, I am REALLY trying. 

Best moment this week: My sweet mom painting the nursery for us as a surprise. It is SO beautiful and perfect! And...Catching little baby kicks in the morning from the outside. It makes for a great morning wake up.  OH and another appt hearing his sweet little heartbeat. 155. Lots of best moments. :)

*Bump pictures are so awkward. I apologize. 

It's a...

BOY!!! 

We could not be more thrilled to find out our sweet baby is a boy. Of course we would've been thankful for a girl, but we have both always wanted a boy to start our family. We're halfway there and getting more excited every day. :)

Gosh I just love this guy. I can't wait to see him shine as a Daddy. He will be amazing. I just know it.

Plus I'm really missing him these days. He's in Miami for the NBA finals. 

We're almost done-3.5 more days!

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And because I can't get enough of the random people that Dylan keeps meeting, I shall leave you with FABIO. Could this picture be any better? Ha! Dylan looks so thrilled and Fabio looks creepier than creepy. Ha! 

Happy Monday!

Lamp Love...

Several weeks ago, when I could barely keep my eyes open due to 1st trimester exhaustion, my sweet mom came over to help me clean my house. And by help me clean, I mean she cleaned my house. She is a wonderful mom anyway, but I can't tell you how much that meant to me. This is back when I would go to sleep at 7pm and once I got home from work I wanted to take a nap. Cleaning was not on my radar  and my poor husband was living in filth. So my mom came to the rescue. She is kind of a super woman like that. Anyway, while she was vacuuming, one of my tables tipped and off knocked one of my lamps and shattered into pieces. I've been meaning to replace it for weeks and weeks but haven't quite found one I just loved. 

Until this week. Oh my- love doesn't even begin to describe.

I went to target for three straight days just to visit it. I went through the store contemplating whether or not I should purchase it or not. 

On my way to the lamp aisle, I passed the mirror aisle and of course, took a look at myself to make sure my hair looked great. Duh. ;) But what I saw... was a sight! "Whoa, baby!" Is all I could say. "When did that happen??"... and bam. There it was, my baby bump. In full effect. SO naturally, I took out my phone to take a picture of myself. Ha!

Once I brought myself back to reality I went on to visit and eventually purchase my fabulous lamp. I am in serious lamp love. Mustard and burlap- sold!

And I'm also obsessing over my new shoes. Seriously how could I not? 

Moral of the story is Dylan needs to stop traveling so I can stop spending money. :)

Playoffs, Schlayoffs...

Let's go back to last week, shall we?
The OKC Thunder are doing really well in the playoffs. (Incase you've been living under a rock.) We are two wins away from being the western conference champions and going to the NBA finals.
Dylan, being the fab sports caster he is, is in fact traveling to every away game. Which is normally fine, I'm pretty independent. But either the playoffs or cursed or me being pregnant has me cursed. Because here are the facts:

Last week he was in San Antonio for a few days while the Spurs hosted the Thunder for the first two games of this series.
Dylan was off hanging out with Ryan Seacrest (see??)
While I was at home dealing with a torrential baseball sized hail storm crazy mess. Which left me to hang out with two hairy dogs, no electricity and work in the morning. Definitely winning. :)

Then there were two games at home, the power came back on and life was good. I finished my last few days of teaching and am now on summer break! (Hooray!!)

Now Dylan is back in San Antonio working hard I might add. (Hanging out with Jimmy Goldstein this time. See?)

While I was at home with a broken air conditioner sweating bullets and having the BIGGEST pregnant meltdown I've had to date. Oh my goodness. Just ask my parents. Thankfully (for him) Dylan was in a press conference so he couldn't answer, so my parents got to handle my crazy. (Sorry mom & dad!)
My dad ended up coming over to save the day and had one of his electrician friends come to rescue me in all of my hormonal glory. I don't know what I would've done if they didn't live 10 minutes away.

Now life is calming down and I'm back in my nicely air conditioned house and me and my bump are Thundering UP!

Oh yes, and how could I forget. Because of these lovely playoffs my gender ultrasound has to be pushed back so my husband can be there of course. It was scheduled for today, but as you already learned he is in San Antonio working hard. Pray the Thunder win it all so that all of my troubles will be worth it. Otherwise I will be one cranky lady. Happy Monday! :)