New hair

Matt has been begging me to do "something drastic" with my hair before he gets home. I purposely waited until the very end of his deployment in hopes that he would be on his way home and wouldn't see it over the computer, but now that his flight has been bumped almost a week later I guess I can't hide it from him! But that's ok, anything over video always looks different than in person. Hope he likes it!

21w6d

Another belly pic! I'm at 21 weeks, 6 days. Just over halfway!

Aiden's first school "project"

Aiden had a take-home project in which he had to decorate a cut-out person with things he likes, family, etc. When I started thinking about what we could put on it, I realized I had very little items to use! I had just recycled all our old magazines the week before, we don't keep things like yarn in the house, and so on. Luckily I did have some Elmer's glue and a computer/printer, so I ended up cutting and pasting lots of printed out pictures! I also colored and hand twisted every hair on his head. I think the project turned out quite well, and I got to see the other kids' projects, and they all pretty much did the same thing - lots of printed pictures, or pics from magazines! So I don't feel so un-creative now :)

I spoke with his teacher today when I picked Aiden up and she said he got up in front of the class and told everyone about all the pictures on his person, plus even sang a song! So much for being shy! I'm so proud of him.

Can you guess all the things he likes?

In other news, Aiden got to feel the baby move! He said "she's kicking!". Too cute.

Quick update

I had an OB appointment this morning. My nurse practitioner was dealing with a late patient, so I got to see a resident PA! Love those guys :) My Ultrasound pictures showed everything is developing normally, my Quad screen came back negative (which is good!), and her heartbeat was around 152 beats/minute. Everything is going smoothly!

It's A...

GIRL!!

Well, you obviously can't tell from this angle! I had an Ultrasound done on 12 August, and within the first couple of minutes of the appointment, the baby flipped and showed us her bottom and "parts"! The tech didn't get a picture, though - I'll try to keep her modest as long as possible! We're excited and starting to think about names...but we'll probably do like we did with Aiden and wait until she's born to see her face to make the ultimate name decision!

Guitar Hero

Aiden is loving his guitar! We were watching music videos on TV and he pulled his guitar out and started playing along.





Wassup, my homie?! (He randomly made this pose!)

Bein' Crafty

I bought a few plain white maternity shirts online, and when they arrived I immediately ironed on some designs! I've been wanting to do this for awhile and it's so nice to see a finished product! I put the main designs on the belly area of the shirts. I might order some more in a larger size because these are already a bit tight on me. But they'll work for now!



I'm going up to Chicago soon and will be attending a Braves/Cubs game. What better way to show my baby's team spirit?


And I just could not resist making this one! Unfortunately, I think it's a little crooked, so I might make another. Lucky I bought enough shirts to work with!