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I made my first blanket today and I'm pretty proud of myself.  However, this was not that easy of a task because I made it out of my own baby blanket.

Now, it wasn't so much of a blanket as it was a large piece of fabric folded in half and stitched together.  Over the years all the stuffing fell out and that's all that was left.  That, and a bunch of holes and stains. But does it make me love this blanket any less?  No way.  I was so attatched to this blanket that it even had a place in my room all through high school.   I didn't take it to college with me, but I would come home to it every break!

I thought it would be special to make a blanket for this little baby (and all my future babies) using a piece of the blanket.  Now, since I haven't made a blanket before, this simple little minky backing was all I did.  Maybe by the next kid I will know how to make a quilt or something crazy like that.

After about two hour and a half hours of cutting and pinning (hey, no judging.  It's my first time, it was a lot of pressure, and really old stretched out fabric that I was trying to make straight!  And about 1am when I was doing this!) the blanket is now made.  Smells and all :)  

Let's hope one day this baby can appreciate the amount of love it took to take a pair of scissors to one of my most cherished possessions!

36 weeks!

How far along? 36w3d

Baby is as big as a?  WATERMELON (19 to 22in, 6.5lbs)
Maternity clothes? All I can wear

Best moment this week:  My baby shower here in Anchorage!  My mother-in-law and sister-in-law did an AMAZING job and I had so much fun with my friends and family!  I'll post those pictures separately.  Oh- and our maternity shoot!  Such pretty pictures :)

Most pregnant moment this week:  Waking up yesterday and NEEDING cinnamon rolls.  I jumped out of bed and went straight to the store.  It was just as strong of a craving as my strawberry pop tart craving a few weeks ago.  Thankfully this was at about 10am in comparison to the 5:30am one the last time. 

Sleep: Can't do it without my pillow between my legs.  And sometimes with two under my head to I can prevent heartburn and/or try to get the baby out of my ribs so I can actually relax!  Oh, and now I have to grab ahold of Jesse to help me roll over in the middle of the night.  This belly is getting heavy!

Movement:  She pushes her butt out all the time.  And now we can feel little feet and hands.  Too cute.  Well, except for when they are in my ribs... which is still like 60% of the time!

Food cravings:  Cinnamon rolls and Rollo McFlurry from McDonalds. Not at the same time though.  Oh man, can anyone guess how much weight I've gained from the pregnancy?!  Let me assure you... it's quite a lot!  We were at the doctor today and I couldn't believe the scale!  Time to lay off the sweets!

Anything making your queasy or sick?  Nothing in particular but man am I constantly feeling sick.  They say it's due to hormones.  No bueno.

Symptoms: Ha... you don't want to know.
Labor Signs? Just braxton hicks a bunch during the day. 

Happy or Moody most of the time: Happy!  Minus all the times I'm stressing about the house needing to be clean and organized.  Oh, and the fact that our c-section is scheduled for THREE WEEKS from tomorrow.  THREE WEEKS!  ah!
Miss anything?  Being comfortable.  Or being about to move around as easily as I use to!
Looking forward to:  The continuation of our maternity shoot on Wednesday.  It's going to be at the fair!  So exciting!

Jesse and I on our Anniversary weekend getaway

Me and ice cream... typical combination

Ernie and the belly.  What a funny guy.

43 bows.  I've taken a break on making them but I'm sure it's only temporary

My 6:30am grocery store run ended up with this.
I ate it all in bed.
Yumm.

33 week picture.  Look at that belly!

Jesse is the spray paint king!
He's painted the changing table, bookshelf and still has a few more things to do!

We learned how to sew!  Jesse is working on a burp cloth here.

I can now sew stitches around my onesies :)
... I also made that pin cushion!  Thank you, Pinterest.

Made our curtain ties!  

Nursery preview!!!
Still working on it.  I'll post when it's done 

"Not for Ernie" is a common phrase in our house now.
Man will it be hard to make sure Ernie doesn't destroy all of his sisters toys

Bow holder I made.  It now has fabric and some lace behind it.
... more pictures to come.

34 weeks!

I love my goofy husband.

35 weeks!

CINNAMON ROLLS!!!!!!!!!!!
yummmmm-o!

Sneak peak of maternity photos!
Thank you, Melissa Wollman photography!

Gender Reveal Party {finally}

So I'm about 15 weeks late in posting this but.... better late than never right?!

Jesse and I decided at the beginning of our pregnancy that we would find out the gender of our little one through a reveal party.  This was one of the best decisions we could've made!  I can't describe how special it was to be able to share that moment with all of our close friends and family.  It was so amazing to feel their love and excitement for us and our baby.  I hope I will never forget how I felt on that day.

That afternoon we went to our 20week anatomy scan ultrasound.  It was a pretty intense moment for me because I was so overwhelmed with the hope and prayers that our baby was going to be healthy.  I remember during the appointment not caring one bit if the baby was a boy or a girl, all I wanted was good news from the doctors.  The appointment was great- Jesse was much better than I was at following what it was we were looking at.  Most of the time I just sat there amazed at how the tech could identify everything on that screen.  We got a few shots of the baby's profile but she had her knees and fists over her face the entire time so we never got a really good look.  The tech kept having me go to the bathroom to try to give her more space to spread out but she was just too comfy to move I guess. We did all of the scan and then he printed out the pictures for us to look at while he checked out the gender.  He quickly finished and said he was 99% sure (that he never says 100% but he's done it for 15 years and is never wrong).  We gave him our little card to write the gender in and to seal up the envelope.  He even went and got a piece of tape to seal it with too because he wanted to be extra sure of no peeking!  When we met with the doctor after the ultrasound she told me everything looked great.  I started crying immediately.  What a joyous moment!

{Fast forward to that evening}

We had a friend of a friend make our gender reveal cakes.  We had her make two cakes because our party was that evening (only like 3 hours after our appointment!) so we had no time to have a cake made before the party.  So she made us two small identical cakes.  One was pink and one was blue... obviously.  She wrote on the bottom of the plate which cake was which.  We simply sat one out on the table for the party and moments before it was time to cut it we had Jesse's uncle open the envelope, look at the cakes and put the right one out for us to cut.  Simple :)

Here's pictures of the fun day:

My mom joined us from Ohio.
She was such a champ and stayed up until 11pm her time to join the party!
And she was sporting her pink :)

Biggest surprise EVER!
We both thought for SURE we would be seeing blue!

PINK!!!!

Had to double check the card! 

What an amazing day!

Here's the clip of us cutting the cake.  Now, if you followed my blog before you saw that I thought it was a boy the whole time.  After the ultrasound Jesse said he thought he saw boy parts.  AND I thought for sure I could see through the cake icing and the pink cake was left in the kitchen which meant... we were cutting the BLUE one!  We were totally wrong.  But... it made it a sweet surprise!  Can't wait to meet my little girl!

Happy Anniversary!

Last monday (July 23rd) was our 1 year anniversary. It was a special day because it was the day Jesse came home after 5 1/2 weeks of not seeing eachother!!!

Here's a picture of us going to dinner that night:

Apparently he didn't pack a razor on his trip!

How about our first picture together

March 2010

I thought I would be overly sentimental and end with a few lot of pictures from our wedding.  Enjoy!

What an amazing day that was!

Here's to us, Jesse.

Here's to us.