My Son's Birth Story - Part I

My husband was determined that I would deliver our son before his due date, which happened to be April 5th.  I really think he secretly hoped he would arrive on his birthday which is March 28th, but our little guy had other plans.  March 28th came and went and no baby.  Then April 1st came and went and no April Fools baby, which we thought would be pretty funny.  Along came April 2nd and my Mother and Father-In-Law arrived from Scotland to meet their first grandchild but he wasn't here yet.  So we waited and my due date came and went, talk about being ready for this boy to be here!  On a funny side note, it was actually pretty amusing to go out to eat and have the waitress ask me when I was due and reply today and see the look of shock and terror on their face.  It was the only satisfaction I could get at that point.  I really enjoyed it when people asked me when I was due and I could say yesterday, two days ago, and so on.  It definitely was not the answer they expected to hear. 

I had an appointment scheduled on my due date and the doctor said I was dilated 1 cm and 70% effaced, great except I had been that way for about two weeks.  The doctor told me they would need to check me again on Monday as my due date fell on a Friday.  Sadly, not the news I wanted to hear.  I kept asking about getting induced but was told, that is something they don't want to do until I'm 41 weeks.  Uh, what?!  No freaking way am I going to keep this baby inside me for another whole week! 

So over the weekend I noticed some leakage, not my water breaking but rather just an extra wetness down there (sorry tmi) but I didn't really think too much of it because I figured if it was my water then I would be seeing more of it.  So I went on with my weekend, going for walks, eating spicy food, anything I could think of to start labor.  But it was all to no end.

Monday rolled around and I packed my car with all of my hospital stuff, just in case.  And headed to my doctor appointment, alone.  My husband went off to work and my in-laws stayed home.  They wanted to come with me but I insisted that was a waste of their time because I was sure it was going to be the same story as Friday.  I didn't feel any different and I didn't want them to have to wait in the waiting room for however long it would take to check me out and send me home again.  Little did I know that wouldn't be the case.....!

The Pregnancy Diaries: My Little Boys 1st Pics

To kick off a series I'm going to call The Pregnancy Diaries, I thought it would be fun to show off Little Man's first pictures.  I'm talking ultrasound pics! oh yeah! 

This one is called the Gummy Bear, this little rascal was doing the cutest dance/shuffle you've ever seen.  It melted his Mommy and Daddy's heart to see him and see that he was doing okay and had a strong heartbeat!

Here is my favorite ultrasound pic!  This was his 12 week pic and it's my favorite because he just looks so sweet and so much like a little baby already, I just wanted to cuddle him right then and there!

Here we have the gender reveal pic, obviously he's all boy! 

Hard to believe that's the little boy that hung out in my belly for 9 months!

Side Note: The Pregnancy Diaries is going to include everything from bump pics to symptoms I had to my favorite pregnancy products and everything in between.  So if there's anything in particular you'd like me to post about in The Pregnancy Diaries just let me know!  I'll be happy to share!

One more thing, I consider my blog a lifestyle blog so I'll still be posting about anything and everything, so please don't think this will be all baby all the time because it won't be!  Happy Hump Day!

It's been 9 months.....

Well it's actually been longer than 9 months, but that title seemed apropriate given the reason I've been away. See the last post that I wrote was about my birthday last year and I actually received another present that I wasn't able to share at the time but it turned out to be the best present I've ever gotten!

That's right, I found out that I was pregnant two days before my birthday and it was so exciting and scary at the same time since JR and I had actually been trying to get pregnant for quite a while (2 years). I'll be sharing some highlights from my pregnancy journey with you here on the blog soon. I'm not really sure why I stopped blogging while I was pregnant it just sort of happened. I've been following a lot of you but like the no blogging, I've been a very bad commenter as well. Shame on me!

I'm looking forward to getting back into the blogging scene! <3 p="">

Baby Shower: Where I got my inspiration!

Hello Friends!  We survived Irene with no damage to our house, no trees down, and we still have power!  How Blessed are we?!

I literally found all of the baby shower inspiration online and I really wanted to give credit to the lovely ladies who helped me out by sharing their own ideas.

First up is Sarah at Life Sweet Life she had a tutorial on my banner that I made!

Next is Sandi at Oh Baby Shower Decor she's got some great inspiration and lots of ideas. That's where I got the idea for the little mini Bath and Body Works hand sanitizers as favors.  I also got the idea for the guests to sign a baby book from that website as well.

The labels I made came from Darby at Fly Through Our Window I just tweeked the template to fit what I needed.  And I think it turned out perfectly!  I also used the same template to make little food name tags.

I found this book at Target, it's call On the Night you Were Born, so cute and a great sentimental book if you're looking to do something like this at a baby shower!

I found this next idea through Be Different...Act Normal and it took me to this blog the poem is so adorable and great!  I'm not a mom yet, but even I get choked up reading it!  I thought it was such a cute idea that I had to give it to my SIL as a gift.  I got a set of 4 tiny vases at Target for $2.99.  You can click on the poem below and read it. 

This type of wreath I've seen all over blog land and I really wanted to try and make one.  I used this tutorial and it worked out great!

I got the idea to serve fruit in these little waffle bowls from Kelly at Kelly's Korner.  I absolutely LOVE this idea!

I made these POMS and I think they turned out really cute, I watched a Youtube video for these, because I had never made them before.

I got the punch recipe from Erin at Blue Eyed bride.  It was a hit!

Okay I think that's about it.  I hope if anyone is planning a shower in the future they can get some ideas here! : )
p.s. I went and got a 4 pack of receiving blankets from Target and used two of them on the table above to add to the color scheme I was going for and then gave them to my SIL at the end of the shower (along with all of the decorations, I hope she'll be able to use some of them in the baby's room)
Have a great week!

Baby Shower!!

 Hi Everyone!  Last weekend I threw a baby shower for my SIL.  She and my baby brother are expecting their first little bundle of joy in October (I think she'll have it in September though!)

I had a lot of fun planning this little baby shower and I wanted to share some pictures with you and then I'll go into more detail about where I got my ideas from!  Literally I got all of the ideas from blogs online!  There are so many creative and talented ladies out there!  So I can't wait to share all of the great resources with you! 

 Picture of me and my SIL.  I'm on the phone with the daddy to be :)  he was traveling for business and couldn't be there.

The mommy to be with her mom and my Granny and her girlfriend was able to make it (she just had her own little boy two weeks ago and he was born 5 weeks early I think so he's still in the hospital.  It was nice that she was able to come and have a little break :)

Details coming soon!