Weslee Wednesday

We are officially in the home stretch of the pregnancy and are 9 months! Can. Not. Believe. It.  

(Will and I at our nephew's 6th birthday party..Weslee's due date was exactly a month away from this picture!)

 How far along? 36 weeks and 2 days 

Baby Size: Baby girl is the size of a head of romaine lettuce, and is weighing almost 6 pounds! 

Baby Gender: GIRL!!!!!!

Total weight gain: 30 plus! Yikes!! 

Maternity clothes? Living in maxi dresses now that it has gotten warmer! I love thatI can wear dresses that I already have and don't have to buy new ones! Plus maxi dresses are so comfortable! 

Stretch marks? So far so good...keeping fingers crossed! 

 Sleep: I'm not sleeping for long periods of time but luckily I am not waking up tired. 

Best moment this week: We had a great weekend of seeing friends at one of my friends from Baylor's wedding and also celebrating our nephews 6th birthday with a mad scientist birthday party! I can not believe that he is 6 years old! We also had a doctor's appoint Friday and got to hear baby girl's heart beat! Our doctor also said that we wouldn't be going past May 30th if little girl doesn't come on her own, so happy to know that! 
Miss Anything? BREATHING. It has become quite the struggle. 

Movement: She is moving lots.. it is my absolute favorite feeling! I think that this might be one part of being pregnant that I will miss! 

Food cravings:Still loving lots of fruit, cereal, and just normal things! 

Anything making you queasy or sick: Nope, feeling pretty good! 

Labor Signs: not yet! 

Symptoms: Started having Braxton Hicks last week and she has been pushing down pretty hard as well. Hoping all of this means that she will be making an appearance soon! 

Belly Button in or out? No change..still just flat! 

Wedding rings on or off? On..though I'm not sure if I will be able to wear them for to much longer. 

Mood: Feeling pretty good..even the husband agrees! I have began feeling a little anxious about bringing home a newborn but know that we will figure it out as we go! 

I  pretty much finished packing my hospital bag and Weslee's hospital bag, and I will do a full post on that later on but I had to share the new Pj's I found for the hospital, in case anyone else is in need of the perfect pair.   It was of course a necessity to have cute new PJ's for the hospital! Both of them came from Victoria Secret and I might need to get a couple of more because they are so great!  This first one is a button up shirt that I think will be great for the hospital and practical! I had been eyeing it for a while but it is hard to know what sizes to buy right now so I was glad they had it in store to try on. The second one is just a cotton oversized t-shirt. It is so soft and comfortable, and came in lots of different patterns and texts. I really like the blue and coral in the one that I chose. 

This past week we I also got some more things in for Weslee. I got our bobby cover that I just love! I at first was going to go with a gender neutral but decided since we went with gender neutral bedding she needed  girl boppy cover! I ordered it off of Etsy from Modcloth. It is a perfect fit and I couldnt' be happier! 

I also got in Weslee's name blanket and leggings that I have been wanting to get in for a long time!! They were so worth the wait! I am going to bring her name blanket to swaddle her in at the hospital, it is so soft and light.  I think it will be such a special blanket that we can keep and use for a while, and something that she can always have! 

Her leggings are size 3-6 months so she will grow into them but I just know they are going to be perfect! 

Both of these items are from Jennifer Ann and I highly recommend them! 

I know that I have already talked about this new store I found, Sugar Bit, but I just recieved the items that I ordered in the mail! They are more precious than what I thought they are going to be. I have had such a hard time finding gowns for Weslee that I was so excited to find this new gown and loved the print! Rumor has it gowns are way easier for changing diapers in the middle of the night..which I know I'm going to be all about "easiness" in the middle of the night when I am half asleep!  When I got the package in the mail the sweet owner had even wrote a personal note to go with the packaging! I love supporting small businesses that have such personal touches! I will for sure be shopping lots at this store! 

Happy Weslee Wednesday! 

Weslee Wednesday

Weslee Wednesday 

So I decided that I was going to start Weslee Wednesday on the blog, just to give a run down of all things baby, and then once she gets here I will hope to use Wednesdays as update days to keep the family and friends informed on our ever growing baby girl! Since we decided on Weslee's name early on I had joked with my mom that I will bring Weslee up to her school every Wednesday for Weslee Wednesdays (probably not much of a joke and will actually happen..KT is already smitten with baby girl!)  so I figured why not carry it over to the blog! I will try and do my weekly updates on Wednesday from here on out too (already messed that up for this week and did the update yesterday, be sure to check out the previous post for that!) 

I got these two beauties in the mail today! I am over the moon about them! The Sequin hanger is to hang up baby girl's coming home outfit when we get home from the hospital! What little girl doesn't need a gold sequin hanger! I can't wait to see all the special outfits this hanger holds throughout the years! I think it is only necessary that momma orders a matching one too! :) 

I have also heard AMAZING things about the Solly Wrap for babies!  I have been ready to order one for her for a while but choosing the color that I wanted was quite the difficult decision! I wanted to have a color that I could use for babies down the road as well, so I went with the yellow! I can't wait for Weslee to get here to try it out! I would be lying though if I didn't tell you I was a little nervous about being able to tie it correctly so that she doesn't fall out! I see a few practice trials in my near future! 

My poor husband has been such a sport lately about dinner. My exhaustion level has been through the roof lately when I get home from teaching so dinners have been interesting. This might of been our dinner Monday night this week...I promised the husband a regular cooking schedule would resume shortly  sometime after Weslee was born...meaning our dinners won't look like we are 5 years old..

Thankfully yesterday I stopped by my parents house on the way home to pick up some packages and to see them and they were having Subway so they offered to pick up sandwiches for Will and I! So Tuesday dinner was better than Monday, hopefully the trend will continue! 

I did get home yesterday to a fun little surprise in Weslee's crib. Will's mom got us this fun bib for Weslee Will to use and I had left it sitting out on the table for a while. The husband found a new spot for it, and has said that it needs to stay there till she is born. We will see how long that lasts until it finds another home. 

The moment we found out that we were having a girl my husbands first thoughts (after thinking about how exciting and wonderful it would be of course) were Oh no! lots of money! He may of been right but sometimes a girl has to have certain things! I am thinking that this sweet piece is one of those certain things...

This adorable outfit comes from Sugar Bit I am in love with a million of the things on this website but this is one that Weslee I may not be able to live without. The girl is not hurting in the clothes department at all but you never know when you  are just going to need the perfect outfit and I think this just might do it! I know my husband is going to be thrilled I found a new baby website!

Like I have said before my SIL is pregnant too and we are all thinking hoping they are having a boy so I have been scoring the boys sections of sites too and this site has some precious outfits! 

Happy Weslee Wednesday! 

Week 35 Bumpdate!

                                How far along? 35 weeks ...5 short weeks to go! yikes! 

Baby Size: Baby girl is the size of a large cantaloupe,  19 - 22 inches and about  5.51bs. 

Baby Gender: GIRL!!!!!!

Total weight gain: 30 plus pounds...trying not to think about all the weight I am going to have to lose! Really starting to feel the weight gain in my arms and face! 

Maternity clothes? Living in maxi dresses now that it has gotten warmer! I love thatI can wear dresses that I already have and don't have to buy new ones! Plus maxi dresses are so comfortable! 

Stretch marks? So far so good...keeping fingers crossed! Praying that I can make it 5 more weeks with no stretch marks! 

 Sleep: Still about the same...when I get home from school I am exhausted and feel like I can barely keep my eyes open but then I get in bed and I am wide awake! Still waking up a couple of times a night to go to the restroom. The husband says that I have been moving around a lot more but I keep telling him that I think it's just because I am larger these days so he feels it more ;) 

Best moment this week: Spending time in Oklahoma with my brother and sister-in-law! We do not get to see them very often so it was so much fun! They bought a new house around Christmas time so we got to see it and the boys worked in the yard! My sister -in-law is pregnant too so we just sat and chatted and tried to get a little sun! 

 So blessed to call these people my family! We just had the best time..also my dad but he was taking the picture! :) 

Miss Anything? Just being able to wear normal clothes and not going to the bathroom 100,000 times a day! 

Movement: She is moving lots it is my absolute favorite feeling! I think that this might be one part of being pregnant that I will miss! 

Food cravings:Still loving lots of fruit, cereal, avacado and just normal things! 

Anything making you queasy or sick: Nope, feeling pretty good! 

Labor Signs: Nothing yet! 

Symptoms: Begining to feel a lot more pressure, charlie horses almost every night but nothing to unbearable! 

Belly Button in or out? I am not sure anymore..it is just kinda of flat! 

Wedding rings on or off? On

Mood: Been pretty good lately, I think the new spring weather has helped this too! Who can be in a bad mood when it is so pretty outside! 

Looking forward to: We are going to a wedding this weekend of one of my guy friends from college! It will be fun to get to see some people we haven't seen in a while! 

 Me and my Sister-in-law, Annie! So excited that Weslee will have a friend 5 months younger than her!

I am so blessed with the absolute best mom! She is my best friend and just the best! I love the relationship we have and it makes me so excited to know I will get to have that relationship with Weslee!  We didn't plan to have matching stripes but made for a fun picture! Weslee is one lucky girl to have KT!

Our first and last Easter has a family of two!! Next Easter is going to be so much fun with Weslee and her sweet cousin! Which we find out boy or a girl in less than a month!! :) Terrible coloring in the picture but the husband had about had it with taking pictures! :)

We didn't have school last Friday because of Good Friday so I was able to run some errands and get things checked off my list! I decided to stop by Pottery Barn Kids because I need to return two pillows to Pottery Barn anyways! I picked the absolute cutest stuffed animal for Weslee that we will use to take her monthly pictures once she is here!

I mean what little girl doesn't need an alligator!  I do believe that this is her daddy's favorite purchase that I have made to date! 

Count downs

When I started keeping track of our pregnancy and how many weeks/months we had left I never realized that I was also counting down to something else...my last days of teaching. Either way I look at the countdown it comes with mixed emotions. When counting down to when our baby girl will be here ..we are beyond excited to start that next chapter (or adventure as I like to call it) of our lives. Though when I think about how the countdown also means I only have a total of 29 teaching days left,  I also feel a little anxious and sad at times to be closing that chapter of my life. Don't get me wrong I know that staying home with Weslee is the best choice for her and me but it will be a big change. We just completed a survey in our Foundation Group (bible study) about personality and different qualities that we possessed and lets just say I was at the near bottom when it came to dealing with change. Which was not surprising to me or the husband, we both just sort of chuckled when we saw that.  Even though this is a change that I chose and couldn't be happier it is still a change none the less which makes it difficult for me. I am slowly packing up my classroom and getting rid of things so that is making it a little more real as well. I'd be lying to if I didn't say that one of the things I'm going to miss the most is getting my classroom ready for a new school year! I just love that feeling!! 
Pictures from my last classroom! 

In my short 5 years of teaching I think I have learned more from my kiddos than they have learned from me! They have taught me to see the small things everyday, PATIENCE, that everyone has a story, and so much more! I think it is only fitting that the year that I am resigning my very first class of 1st graders I taught will be moving on to middle school too! I have no idea if I will come back to teaching or if this it but I couldn't not think of a better profession to be in! 

It is so funny to me to look back at pictures from the beginning of the pregnancy when I thought I looked so big...oh how I had no idea! 
How far along? 33 weeks and 3 days..can't believe how fast everything has started going and I don't see it slowing down anytime soon!  

Baby Size: Baby girl is the size of a honeydew,  19inches and about 4.5 1bs. 

Baby Gender: GIRL!!!!!!

Total weight gain: Still holding strong at 30 pounds...I'm hoping not to gain tooo much more

Maternity clothes? Living in maxi dresses now that it has gotten warmer! I love thatI can wear dresses that I already have and don't have to buy new ones! Plus maxi dresses are so comfortable! 

Stretch marks? So far so good...keeping fingers crossed! 

 Sleep: Oh goodness I wish that I could sleep these days! I will be absolutely exhausted thinking that I will fall asleep in no time and then I get in bed and I am wide awake! The other night I tossed and turned so much I finally got up and decided to do some baby shopping! 

Best moment this week: Weslee girl had another shower this past weekend and then I have my school shower this week as well! She is one loved little girl! I will do a separate post about both of these showers! 
Miss Anything? Just being able to wear normal clothes and not going to the bathroom 100,000 times a day! 

Movement: She is moving lots it is my absolute favorite feeling! I think that this might be one part of being pregnant that I will miss! 

Food cravings:Still loving lots of fruit, cereal, and just normal things! 

Anything making you queasy or sick: Nope, feeling pretty good! 

Labor Signs: Not a thing..thank goodness!! 

Symptoms: Just getting tired again but I can handle that! 

Belly Button in or out? I am beginning to think that I will keep my "inny" belly button for this whole pregnancy! Now it is sort of funny looking but for sure still in! :) 

Wedding rings on or off? On

Mood: Been pretty good lately, I think the new spring weather has helped this too! Who can be in a bad mood when it is so pretty outside! 

Looking forward to: Enjoying the weekend with the husband with not much on our calendar to do! We are going to have such a busy summer that I am really trying to enjoy this last few weeks of just us! 

Speaking of the husband I must brag on him :) I am not sure if I have written about it on the blog yet but he is back in school right now to obtain a degree in Mechanical Engineering! Way over my head!!  He already has two degrees from UT but decided about a year and 1/2 ago that engineering is really what he wanted to do so we jumped in full force! In the engineering field it is important to have an internship before you graduate and he just accepted an internship!!! We couldn't be more excited, and I am so proud of him! He will be working for a guy that we have heard amazing things about and it is such a blessing!  He is going to have quite a busy summer with 9 hours of school, an internship and a newborn baby but I know that he will handle it all amazingly! Weslee and I could not be more blessed to have him as a husband and daddy!