My Mom's Visit

I have been wanting to post a little more about my mom's visit from a month or so ago, but am just now getting around to it. About every two weeks or so, we've documented belly pictures as I've continued to grow. When my mom was here, the baby finally started to show his size and I guess I finally started to show. So, we took some pictures the night before my doctor's appointment (19 weeks) in which we found out it was a boy.....see picture below (as well as previous post):

My mom took the above picture, and then she had an even better idea! Leave it to my crazy, funny, silly, outgoing Mom to come up with this and BEG me to take her "pregnant belly picture" as well. Didn't want to leave her out. So, I took this picture as both of us tried our hardest not to ruin the picture by cracking up! We laughed so hard!

As mentioned in an early post, I didn't like the idea of my mom leaving after being here a week, so I convinced her to stay an extra day since I wasn't ready for her to leave. The last night, we went to the CVS to pick up her prescription (she had run out of ashtma medicine since she hadn't planned on staying so long). While there, I decided that we should do another silly something the last night she was here. So, we did! CHEAP FACIALS! We bought a strawberry (clear in color) peeling mask and a chocolate mask, and split it:

After staying up way too late most every night she was here, we did have to say good-bye and she did have to return home to Texas. But, we got a lot done together (shopping, registries, quality time, and lots of laughs). The day we registered at Target, Mom HAD to buy the baby boy this cute little thing....it's a stuffed animal, rattle, little blankie all in one. Mom LOVED it when she saw it and couldn't resist buying the baby it. Nana will be the one who gave him his little bear who I'm sure he will love and carry around with him even when he's three years old or so. It's SOOO soft and adorable. The morning Mom left, she got it out again to play with it, so I had to take a picture for when he's older, he'll know how much Mom already loved him!

Thanks Mom for coming out here for a week! Can't wait to see you again soon (and neither can the sweet baby boy). We love you and miss you!

Baby Belly Pictures

I'm 23 pregnant now and time is flying! In the past month or so, I've really started to show more and more. It took a while, but now that I'm showing, there's no hiding it. In the past week or so, I have felt the baby moving every day. Daniel has even been able to place his hand on my belly and feel him kick and move. It's a great feeling and I love it! One of my favorite things to do right now is lay a t.v. remote flat on my belly and lay down and watch it wobble back and forth when he kicks, moves, rolls over, etc. It's fascinating and still hard to believe sometimes that we're really going to have a baby! Enjoy the pics! (Most of them are taken after I get out of the shower and right before bed, so please ignore the big hair/glasses, etc.)