Best Week Ever!!!

So for whatever reason this has been one of my favorite pregnancy weeks so far! I have felt so much better, more energy, more comfortable in my own body and abilities and just generally happier! Its been a busy week! I actually got to do some cleaning around the house! We had our family over to celebrate our anniversary! I worked a full week at work! The Kwajewski's came for dinner on Friday night- we just love spending time with them! And Jess W came to visit for the weekend! It was nice week! The little monkey is moving around like crazy! Its becoming more and more fun to watch! I can really tell what some of her parts are now and she is starting to take up a lot more room! I did sleep for about 20 of the 24 hours today haha but everyone needs a lazy Sunday every once in a while!

34 weeks!!

So I am officially 34 weeks pregnant today!! I could not be more excited about that! I feel very relieved and I am proud of the little monkey for deciding to stick it out! I have recently felt like I have a little more energy than before- I am not sure if this is because I was pretty much just laying around all the time trying to get her to stay put and now I am getting off the couch or if its just because I literally have more energy but it feels good. I've been experiencing some of that round ligament pain and just some general cramping but everything seems to be normal for this time so we are happy about that! We have our 34 week checkup tomorrow and I am excited to hear her heartbeat- that is honestly a sound I could never get sick of! She's been stretching quite a bit in there and its funny to watch her little behind stick out one side and her arms and legs the other! She has the hiccups all the time too including as I write this!!! The other day she had them 7 times! As sad as I am that she has hiccups they remind me of my grandfather and I like that!! Aaron has been having chats with her every night before bed, WHICH I LOVE, and she seems to be turning into quite a little daddy's girl! oooohhh I can't wait to meet her!!


In other news Aaron and I celebrated our 1 year anniversary on Sunday and it was very special!! We ate a piece of our wedding cake that had been frozen for a year and surprise surprise it was pretty good!!!! Our family came over for a cookout- minus Mikey, Catherine and the Brewers, who were missed but we still had a great day! We also drank out of our wedding goblets which was very fun! Unfortunately there was no champagne toast but maybe we can make up for that next year!!

Nursery update!

I still feel as though our to do list is miles long but we are starting to get some things done and can finally imagine a baby living in this house with us! Aaron has officially finished the closet upstairs and we have painted and moved our room up there!! He finished the upstairs bathroom and took down the old yucky tub doors as well! We painted the downstairs bedroom and are in the process of finishing this up as a guest room/den. We painted the nursery and have started decorating a little bit! Here is what we have done so far!

I can't wait until we post the final nursery pictures but that is probably a few weeks away!!

Weekly Updates

I am so far behind on updating these belly pictures!! I am pretty sure that they speak for themselves!

27 weeks!

28 weeks!


29 weeks!

30 weeks!!

31 weeks!

32 weeks!!!!!!!!!!!!

BABY SHOWER!

Here are just a few snapshots of our first baby shower!! It was so fun to see some of our family and friends and celebrate our little monkey!! Everyone totally joined in on the monkey theme and I honestly didn't realize how many monkey items there really were! Now I just hope that the little lady isn't afraid of monkeys hahaha.

This is the gorgeous cake!! I can't believe how talented the cake lady is! Thank you Auntie Peggy for once again providing and AMAZING cake!! I only wish that I had gotten to eat more of it!!

Proof that we are still madly in love!

I can't believe that someday she will be wearin this shirt and will be "monkeying around"
I absolutely LOVE this gift haha!! Aaron has always been the "golden child" in his mother's eyes! She gave him this very fitting pillow that reads "A man's house is his castle until his queen arrives" Somehow I don't think Aaron will mind sharing the spotlight with his little lady!!

This is another favorite! My Auntie Marsha MADE this monkey bank!! It even has earrings! I can't wait to start saving coins in the monkey bank with the little monkey!

We are so grateful to have such a supportive and generous family!! My mom and sister did such a great job planning this special day for me! I wish I had gotten a picture of the shower favors bt they were sooo sweet and creative thanks to Auntie Ehrmie (My friend Sara)!! I know that it must be a lot of work to pull off such a great day and I really appreciate their efforts! I never realized quite how much stuff is needed to care for a little one and I can't imagine what we would do without the support of our family! We are really looking forward to seeing all the Western Mass folk at Baby Shower #2 and are hoping that we are still sporting a baby bump when that day comes along!