sweet baby girl

that's right. this little squirming bundle inside me is a GIRL! and i'm so excited. she already has piles upon piles of clothes thanks to friends and family. and i of course can't resist buying things here and there. i made a deal with myself that i'm only allowed to buy clothes if they are ridiculously on sale. otherwise her room would be one giant closet.

i can't believe we are already more than halfway through this pregnancy. time has flown by! and now thanksgiving and christmas are right around the corner and we all know how fast these next two months go. soon enough it will be time to bring this baby into the world! we are hopefully going to start getting her room ready. right now it's a giant mess of things we didn't bother putting away when we moved in...not looking forward to going through all that. but i can't wait to get her crib and a dresser and decorate!

the baby bump

it has officially arrived. it's so fun to look in the mirror and see my belly grow. i used to stuff blankets under my shirt and pretend to be a little pregnant lady when i was little playing house, and now it's real! still so surreal. i'm so so excited for this week. my golden birthday is three days away and we decided to go get an ultrasound to find out if this little babe is a boy or a girl! i can't wait. then we get to celebrate with a weekend of camping!

pregnancy so far

 

well, here are my weekly pictures so far. they are kinda pathetic..i just take them myself with my phone when i remember at some point during the week. hopefully once i start looking less full of donuts and more full of baby we will take some better pictures with a real camera. 

up til the last two-ish weeks my one symptom was feeling nauseous on and off everyday, but nothing terrible. i just have to have snacks with me everywhere i go and constantly eat to keep my tummy semi-happy. these last two weeks have been slightly worse and have included some barfing. yuck. i'm keeping my fingers crossed that once i'm out of the first trimester i'll feel like eating something other than crackers and soup. 

i scheduled an ultrasound appointment this week for october 24th, and i'm pretty sure that's the big day we find out if this baby has a weenie or lady bits. i'm so excited for all the fun shopping and crafting that will come after that day!

it's a...

 

baby!

come march 16th (give or take) there will be another simpkins living in this apartment. boo yeah!

we are over the moon excited and cannot wait for all the new and exciting things to come. i'm almost 11 weeks and feeling ok. i've been nauseous on and off for the past 3-4 weeks. this week has been a yucky one for my tummy because i got a migraine monday night and barfed twice, so my stomach has been a little out of whack from that. but all in all i've only had mild symptoms and shouldn't complain too much. 

i've been taking weekly pictures and plan on posting them here. fingers crossed that actually happens :)

sun bathing

penny's favorite thing in our new place is to lay wherever the sun hits the carpet. it's pretty cute.

I'm back!

another month has gone by without any blog posts...

 

guess what? we moved! it's still kinda crazy how it all happened. within one week we went from casually talking about moving to finding an awesome apartment and renting out our condo. so now we are in our new place and slowly trying to unpack everything and get organized. good news is we now have two bedrooms! bad news is we now have two bedrooms so the second room has become a dumping ground. but it's going to get organized eventually. we LOVE our new place. there are windows everywhere, it's so bright and happy feeling, it's in an awesome neighborhood...what's not to love?!? once we get everything looking decent i will post pictures. for now enjoy my cute little succulents sitting in my kitchen.

this and that

my new favorite website is the plaid barn. you just give them your email address and every day there's a new deal on some sort of crafty find. a few weeks ago i bought a batch of cabochons, and while i have no idea what i'm going to do with them, they are so cute and pretty and they were cheap! i just bought today's deal- a handful of fun mustache stickers for a baby shower i'm helping with later this summer. go check them out!

i've been craving donuts. when am i not craving donuts?

i got a tetanus shot on tuesday and that crap sucks! my arm is still sore!

last week my parents were out of town so we stayed at their house to take care of all the pups. and let me tell you, i loved having a yard for a week. like, i didn't even want to come back to our place one bit. i really do love our cozy home but i'm feeling more and more anxious and ready to find a new place with some outside space...

in 18 days we will have been married for TWO YEARS. i honestly can't even believe it.

in 11 weeks we will be in MAUI. hallelujah!

i'm so excited summer is on it's way!

i still love draw something. look at my latest drawing of a cute little lorax :)