Baby Bump Fridays - Week 17

I feel baby bird fluttering around so much lately!



♥ Michelle

When the husbands away, the wife will say

Boy, do I have a lot to say tonight. Since James is enjoying a beautiful day at six flags with his sister who is visiting from Oregon, that gives me a lot of time to think and a lot of time to ramble. lucky you. (I KNOW IT'S LONG, SO IF YOU DON'T WANT TO READ IT ALL, JUST JUMP TO THE END AND WATCH THE VIDEO. TRUST ME, YOU'LL LOVE IT.)

Can I just say that I am so proud of my amazing husband. I know I am not the easiest to deal with, especially during my hormonal pregnancy. However, he loves me through it anyway. He never complains or loses his patience. Something very handy for when we have our baby bird. We have been doing a book study with our small group on the book called Sacred Marriage. This book is AMAZING! It shows us how becoming the best spouse you can be is more about serving God and what he has called you to do in loving your spouse and family. As a by-product of serving the Lord your marriage will be happier and more fulfilling. It has not only brought us closer together as a couple, but closer to God individually and in union. The more I read and notice how James is serving God simply by serving (aka sweetly putting up with) me makes me appreciate him all the more. He is not always doing it for me (which I am sure he is happy to do for most of the time), but he is doing it mainly for God. I respect him for all that he does and the Godly man he is. That makes me so happy and as I realize all these things, I am falling more and more madly in love with him.

Quick note - I have been CRAVING JACK CHEESE QUESADILLA's for over a week now. And I couldn't find a taco shop around here that makes them. Until Tonight. I think I have died and gone to heaven. Thank you Santanas taco shop, you have no idea how much I needed that.

In exactly ONE WEEK we will not only find out our new official due date, but we will find out the sex of baby bird too! I seriously cannot wait. It is killing me not knowing whether the little miracle growing inside of me is a he or a she. I don't like calling the baby "it". I would love to try and picture a mini me or mini James and I would love to start calling our baby by his/her name. speaking of which, we are trying to come up with some cute ways to announce the sex and name. If you have any ideas, let me know. If our baby suddenly becomes shy during the ultrasound and we don't come away from the appointment knowing what baby bird is, I think we have decided to do the 3D ultrasound. I know that I have always said I would not do it, but I seriously can't another full month to find out. I am still a bit wary about the 3D because I have seen them done before and the baby looks like a creepy alien, and I don't want that to be the picture I have in my head of my little one. Also, the technology hasn't been around long enough to see if there are any long-term effects on the baby. SO I am going to start researching more before we see. And keep praying that June 30th will be the day we find out. I am encouraging you all to pray to. It would make me very very happy to find out, and why wouldn't you want to make a preggo lady happy???

I finally broke down last night and bought some maternity jeans. I dragged Crystal and James around to 3 other stores before we hit up my last and unfortunately, only other option - motherhood maternity. Why do most clothing stores hate preggo people? I mean, we want to look cute too, okay. Especially at a time when we are getting fatter by the day and there is nothing we can really do about it. AND, I just don't see why people pay a ton of money for clothes they are only going to wear for about a year and most of the time, a lot less. I guess trying to look cute no matter what stage your body is in comes at a price. I had to bite the bullet and pay that price. Although, I am very disappointed when the sales woman said that motherhood maternity does not sell skinny jeans with the secret fit full belly. I don't like boot cut or flare pants on me. I look like I am wearing my mom's 1980's Navy sailor uniform. NO thank you. Not only was I bummed at the options available to me, but I went online today only to find they DO sell the skinny jeans just the way I want them online and for only $30!!! Where was this information last night when I needed it the most because I was in dire desperation for some pants to get me through the rest of the week? You best believe I bought those suckers online and can't wait until they are here. I will wear them out like no bodies business. I also purchased some maternity black shorts and leggings. I can't wait to start feeling comfy and cute again.

I have just recently started reading the I Rock So What blog. Not only is it a good read about that shares about being a mom, but I find her hilarious! She posted this video and I wanted to share it with you, I almost peed my pants watching it.



I should leave it at that before I make your brain explode.
♥ Michelle

oh no!

Does anyone know where I can get fabric that looks similar to the Stixx sheet/duvet set from CB2? I have been drooling over them for months and just when I was going to get them online today, they are sold out! I know when I looked at them yesterday, they were still available. Talk about bad timing! I wanted the material to make the baby bedding out of. It was the only material James and I both LOVED{tear}. If you have any suggestions, please let me know!






♥ Michelle

Spread the Word

If you have not heard of these 2 causes, you need to. I am posting links and quotes from their sites regarding their mission and purpose. Both of these sites depend on us to spread the word of what is going on in our world and the children who have to suffer.

Invisible Children - "There is an invisible war in Africa (Uganda)... It is the longest running conflict on the continent, and the soldiers are children abducted from their homes and forced to fight. We are a movement seeking to end this conflict and bring them home.We seek to rebuild schools, educate future leaders, and provide jobs in northern Uganda. We are the motivated misfits and masses redefining what it means to be an activist."


Falling Whistles - "Falling Whistles gives a small window into our world’s largest war. Originally just a journal written about boys sent to the front lines of war armed with only a whistle readers forwarded it with the same kind of urgency in which it was written and demanded to know – what can we do? The Falling Whistles campaign launched with a simple response - make their weapon your voice and be a whistle blower for peace in Congo."

I was explaining to my co workers about Invisible Children and one of them told me about Falling Whistles. It breaks my heart. The least I could do was spread the word and share the sites.


♥ Michelle

Baby Bump Fridays - Week 16

Let me tell you a little secret: We think we are much farther along than what we were originally told. Details on why later, once we discuss with the doc. Anyway - here is my belly it all its glory.








♥ Michelle

Things I am loving this week

I had a pretty uneventful week at work, giving me a lot of time to internet search. Here are some things I loved.

Blog that I love this week:
SHABBY BLOGS

Megan is AMAZING! She creates all this shabby chic adorable cuteness and then offers them to other bloggers FOR FREE! How sweet is that?!? Her blog has tons and tons of shabby chic images that she allows you to download and use for your own blogging fun. She gives tutorials on how to spruce up your blog (many that I have used to fix my own blog up) and other cute freebies like free cupcake wrapper cutouts. She also features some of her favorite shabby blogs to share the cuteness.
Once your done reading her blog, head on over to her coordinating shabby blogs website. She has everything you need to make a blah blog into a gorgeous one you're proud of. She has backgrounds, buttons, blinkies and extras. And have I mentioned that IT IS ALL FREE???
seriously, gotta give some love to Megan, THIS GIRL ROCKS!

Etsy shop I am drooling over this week:
Sleepy King!
SleepyKing describes her shop items as this: "Here you will find handmade woodland plushies, recycled and up-cycled plushies, handmade forest animals, handmade softies, stuffed animals, woodland nursery decor and handmade accessories."

This girl has the most adorable woodland plushies. Some are seen in the inspiration board I created.


She also creates adorable headbands, and you all know how much I LOVE hair accessories. I have been swooning over this Owl Wing Headband.


Food I am craving this week:
James made me the most amazing brown sugar and cinnamon pancakes. He is such a sweetheart. We both have been craving pancakes, especially the super fluffy ones like the ones at Denny's. James made them perfect and oh so fluffy.


Maternity dress I want this week:
The Gap - Floral silky smocked dress $60 (although, I don't know if I can wear those heels right now)


♥ Michelle

Baby Bump Fridays - Week 15

I am starting to take Belly Bump pictures every week and will be posting them every Friday. I am definitely already showing. Here it is at week 15!


♥ Michelle

Boy Nursery Inspiration Board #2

Most of the items in this board we already own, which works out better for us. I am just not 100% sure if it is definitely the one I want to go with. This room came about as we were literally walking through Ikea, so most things are from there. :)



Basics:
Dresser- Ikea
Crib - Jenny Lind
Pendant Lamps - Ikea
Table Lamp - Ikea
Side Table - a perfect side table that has underneath storage! and matches the light wood color on the chair. Found at Ikea
Chair and Footstool - comfortable, bouncy, has a built in pillow and comes with a footstool, awesome! Also at Ikea.

Decor:
Curtains - we already own these, I think they are from Target. The color is turquise
Paint - We want to liven up the room with some paint, although since it is a temporary apartment we won't go too crazy with details because we will be moving 6 months after. We wanted to go with a mid to light yellow to add some more color. Maybe even make it striped?
Throws - striped fleece blankets from Ikea
Bedding - striped bedding from Ikea. I would use the material to create my own baby bedding.
Rug - Ikea. We actually use to have this very rug and we liked it, although right in front of our living room floor, it got a tad too dirty for us. It would go perfect in a "little monsters" room though.
Art - the "BILD" poster is pretty big and is awesome. It has monsters drawn all over it and it looks like over sized kid's art. We love it. Also found at Ikea.
Mobile - light and airy and color paintable. CB2

Extras:
little monster stuffed plushies - we really like the "ugly dolls" collection. And various monsters found on Etsy.
Hexpod - found at CB2


♥ Michelle

woodland nursery inspiration board

So I have been creating some nursery inspiration boards lately (lots more to come!) and I really like this one. I like the colors and the cuteness of it. I like that it is modern without all the pastel extremely baby-like things. I want to keep it colorful and somewhat bright... while James wants to go for the black and gray Adam's family look (no thank you). A lot of the basic items we already own and are trying to work around those.

Anyway, numbering got too much after a while because I included so many things, so just ignore the numbers, I am just going to describe the items and where I got them from.

Basics: Important items that will be included in all our nursery boards. All the items we already own. I also have a changing table cabinet coming from my mom, but have no pictures of it yet.
Crib - Jenny Lind Crib. We have it in white, we are debating on painting it to match the nursery theme/colors.
Pendant Lamps - 2x round pendant lamps. We purchased the lights and dimmer for them from Ikea. We have the same lights in our living room and love them. You should get them quick though. A little bird told us they are going to be discontinuing them soon.
Square Lamp - This lamp lets of a softer glow, perfect for lower lighting/mood lighting. Also purchased from Ikea.
Dresser - we have one very similar to this, we purchased ours at home goods, the one pictured was found at Ikea.

Decor:
Curtains - Ikea. We couldn't decide between the curtains pictured, or THESE. Both would fit in perfectly.
Rug - Faux Bois green and tan rug made by Pottery Barn. An older rug that they no longer sell, but I found this one on Ebay.
Billy Bookshelf - Ikea. I put this under decor, because we will only use it to display things, we already have enough storage options, like our mirrored closet.
Bedding - Stixx bed sheet set found at CB2. I would cut up the fabric and create crib bedding out of it.
Alphabet & Number posters - from ThePaperTray on Etsy
Hoot Owl poster - from Leearthaus on Etsy


Toys:
Hexpod - hexagon sculpture from CB2. luckily, we already this cute little structure.
Mobile - fun,light and airy... and we can paint the colors to match the room. also found at CB2. purchased on sale, score!
Woodland stuffed animals - Red forest fox, Arthur avacado bear, Reginald raccoon plushies from SleepyKing on Etsy
wooden toy - MULA toy from Ikea. We LOVE wooden toys!


♥ Michelle

Loving this website.

Today I am obsessed with PLASTICLAND! I found a bunch of adorable things that I would decorate a little girls nursery with. Actually, that I would decorate my whole house with!
www.shopplasticland.com



♥ Michelle