Maternity Photos

Finally! Time to post our amazing photos from our maternity session with our always amazing photographer, Candace Jeffery of Candace Jeffery Photography! They shot our wedding and we are obsessed with our wedding photos, and knew that this session would be no different! I can't wait for her to come and photograph us as a family of three! 

Ugh, now to debate which ones to hang!

34 Weeks

How far along: 34 weeks (October 13-October 19)

Gender Prediction: Undecided! Can't believe we will know so soon!

Weight gain: Pass! haha.

Maternity clothes: Of course.

Sleep: Up for an hour or so every night after having to get up to pee. I can't seem to fall back asleep.

Best moment this week: I honestly can't remember this week. I need to get ahead on posting these things. Since they're always in the back of my mind and from the entire past week.

Miss anything: Unswollen hands and feet!

Movement: I feel most on my left side. When I went to my 34 week check up this week, the doctor was able to feel baby's tush on the left side of my belly, so it kind of confirmed that I'm feeling more movement from those little legs and feet moving around!
Symptoms: I have been out of breath a lot this week. I think baby was super high a few days, and totally pushing everything up against my lungs.

Cravings: Chocolate chip cookies!

Looking forward to: Finishing up the nursery, packing out hospital bag, and getting our car back soon!!!

Up next I'll share some of our amazing maternity photos!

33 Weeks

How far along: 33 weeks (October 6-October 12)

Gender Prediction: Undecided this week.

Weight gain: No change from last week.

Maternity clothes: Oh yes. Thinking about what pieces I have that can work for fall...

Sleep: Pretty good this week. I've been super tired in the morning, so I've been sleeping in until the last second I have to get up.

Best moment this week: Going to purchase our stroller!

Miss anything: Being able to sit up quickly and normally. This belly is in the way and makes it very difficult!

Movement: Tons of rolls and waves. I also feel a little foot a few times a day that will flick or swipe across my right side. It always puts a smile on my face and kind of feels like a tickle! I know I will miss this one day soon.
Symptoms: Still swelling. blah.

Cravings: Chocolate and buffalo chicken, but not together.. haha. That's a gross mixture.

Looking forward to: Meeting our pediatrician, and our newborn class coming up!

 I can't wait to share some of our nursery progress! I've been busy with mini sessions for my photography business, to ensure all my clients get their holiday photos before baby H comes. Once that is all set, I'll share our nursery progress!

My cuddle bug. 

Nothing better than Five Guys!

It's starting to look like Halloween.. :)

32 Weeks

How far along: 32 weeks (September 29-October 5)

Gender Prediction: Back to girl this week!

Weight gain: No change from last week.

Maternity clothes: Of course! Very very few non maternity items still fit this belly! Purchased a few fallish tops from Target this week.

Sleep: Not terrible but not great this week.

Best moment this week: Finally some fall temps!

Miss anything: Deli meat

Movement: Yes, been feeling baby super low lately.
Symptoms: Still swelling. blah.

Cravings: Chocolate and buffalo chicken

Looking forward to: Meeting our pediatrician, and our newborn class coming up!

Alright, last post we talked about the rise of my mom car, and now let's talk about the fall of my mom car. 

I had just left my parents and was heading home to go up to the Big E with Wayne and some friends. My parents have a sharp curve in the road at the corner of their property. I backed out of my parents driveway and started towards the curve, as I approached it, it was basically already too late. A guy driving a small truck had taken the sharp curve in my lane and by the time I saw him I had no where to go and we hit head on. My driver side door wouldn't open, so I had to climb over to the passenger side to get out. 

I wasn't sure where I had hit, so we went to the hospital to get monitored just to be safe. I immediately felt a little bit of pain from the seat belt, and didn't think I hit my stomach, but still just wanted to get cleared by a doctor! We spent about 5 hours in the hospital and got a little preview of what will happen when we come in to deliver baby H! It was pretty crazy, as soon as you come in through the ER doors with a baby bump, they immediately put you into a wheel chair and get you up to labor and delivery. Good to know for when it's the real deal. They hooked me up to the monitors and did see some contractions, but it could have been due to dehydration and not eating recently. So we had a few snacks and ordered dinner. We finally got the OK to leave at 9:30-10ish. 

So now my car is going through all the insurance craziness and will hopefully be fixed before baby H makes his or her debut! In a way I am so thankful that the accident happened in the new car, as I was above the point of impact in this car. My old car would have been a different story as I would have been level with the impact. So I guess my mommy mobile did what it was supposed to do. Still so frustrating as my car had about 500 miles on it! But, baby H and I are OK, and cars can be fixed! 

31 Weeks

How far along: 31 weeks (September 22-September 28)

Gender Prediction: Half and half this week!

Weight gain: I didn't gain anything between weeks 28 and 30 which was nice. But I was weighed in the ER after a car accident on Saturday the 26th (more to come on this eventually), and I'm up another 2 lbs. On another note, let's talk about how different my belly looks from morning when I wake up, to evening. I swear it looks like I'm 3x bigger! Hence, this photo up top. I took picture the next morning and my belly looks completely different. It's wild. You can find it down below.

Maternity clothes: Needing to purchase a few plain tanks to wear with sweaters. The fall temps are approaching.

Sleep: Amazing last week! We had the windows wide open and the breeze was so nice. I found myself sleeping solidly from 10ish - 4ish. I even slept one night with out getting up to pee. Score!

Best moment this week:I guess I kind of skipped over my shower because I'm behind on these posts. I'm always posting a week later. But, my shower was amazing last week! As well as getting my mom car!

Miss anything: Sleeping on my stomach, shaving with out performing some sort of yoga move.

Movement: Tons. It really is probably the best part of pregnancy. I love feeling this little babe in there rolling around, stretching, playing. It really is such an amazing feeling!
Symptoms: Feet/calf swelling. I'm also experiencing what is not exactly heart burn, but is a general light discomfort after eating or when laying down. Almost feels like I have to burp, but I don't. Nothing I've had to take tums for yet either, but I just feel something there. So weird. And just overall exhaustion.

Cravings: Jelly donuts for sure, Chocolate milk or milkshakes, and coffee crumb cake! Oh my!

Looking forward to: Organizing the nursery! I'm really on a mission to start to wash sweet little baby things and find everything a home! It was a crazy task after our baby shower to sort through everything, but I did it! Working on putting things where it makes the most sense for them to be.. I've been searching pinterest for nursery organization. 


So you heard me mention getting into an accident above. First let's just celebrate having my new mom car for a little bit first before we talk about the downfall of it. 

And the picture of my bump the next morning after I took the chalkboard photo above... It's insane how different I look from morning to night!!