Dear Ryan (22 months)

a little late...but better late than never :)

25 weeks

Yup - consider me officially lazy. I took the easy route and photoshopped my sign instead of doing it by hand...and I might keep doing it! When I started with the chalkboard idea I had no idea how time consuming it would be - this was so much easier. We will see how it goes each week....this week I was running out of time so I just needed to get a pic taken!


How far along? 25 weeks 5 days

Total weight gain/loss? Trying to eat better now that we are not on vacation...but I just can't give up those sweets!
Baby size: Baby now measures 13.5 inches and weighs around a pound and a half.  (babycenter)

Maternity clothes? Wearing lots of stretchy things...and the options in my closet have narrowed significantly. 

Exercise: yeah...not so much. 

Stretch marks? Nope.

Sleep: Some nights I don't get up...but most I do. I easily fall back asleep though. 

Best moment this week: Seeing Ryan so excited to see his daddy after our week long trip down in Houston - it was so cute!

Miss anything:  Nothing in particular this week...

Movement:  Lots and lots

Food cravings: I bought Ryan those new peanut butter cheerios...and well I have been eating most of them! They are YUM!

Anything making you queasy or sick: Nope

Have you started to show yet: Yup

Gender predication: ?

Labor signs: No

Symptoms: Back pain hasn't been too bad this week - yay!

Belly button in or out? Out

Wedding rings on or off? On

Happy or Moody most of the time: Happy!

Bow-Tie Baby Shower

This past weekend I was down in Houston to help throw an adorable bow tie baby shower for little baby Pierson.

First of all, Pierson's mommy Ashley is ADORABLE! She looks to cute preggo and her little belly is  so stinkin' cute. This mommy rocked this blue dress that she rented from MineforNine. I was so intrigued by this and really wish I would have known about this during my first pregnancy...when I was buying dresses for showers and events that I have now have zero desire to wear again! I thought I was doing good by getting non-maternity stuff...but trust me...you don't want to wear anything you wore when you were pregnant once you aren't. Loved finding out about this site so I thought I'd share!
Anyhow, I digress, back to Ashley...

So cute! I believe she is almost 28 weeks here!

So to back up a little bit, there were seven of us hosting the shower and we basically planned everything over email. I honestly don't remember how we came up with the bow-tie theme but the invitations that Jessica found on Etsy were adorable! We used orange and blue for the shower colors because those were the colors that Ashley was going to use for the nursery...however now she is replacing orange with gray.  Here is the invitation we used...of course we did it in orange and blue and it was ADORABLE!

On to the shower details...first of all I must admit, I wasn't on my A-game with pictures...in fact I missed the entire food table. I know...so we will start with candy. 

We did a candy bar because Ashley is the one girl we all know who LOVES her candy!  

This adorable bow-tie garland that Jessica made hung over the candy bar perfectly!

MK made these adorable decorations! How cute is the diaper cake and wreath?

Guests had a lot of work to do at the shower! All for a good reason of course! We had them sign a children's book for baby Pierson, fill out a Wishes for Baby AND a Hello Baby printout. I thought they were so cute and so fun to read together with her husband...and with little Pierson one day!

I made these little printouts (inspiration from Pinterest) and would love to share them with anyone but don't know how to make a downloadable link on my site. So just email me if you are interested. 

We served water, iced tea and a sorbet punch

Sadly this is the only shot we got of the food table...I promise it looked really good. The shower was at 2pm so we didn't serve a ton of food - we had tea sandwiches, a bow-tie pasta salad, and a fruit salad. For sweets we had monogramed petit fours, cake pops and adorable cookies! (Ugh I am really kicking myself right now that I didn't get pictures of this stuff!!) Everything turned out super cute and we all had a great time putting it together. 

And here are all the hostesses with the mommy-to-be!

 So now for a few party pics....

Ashley is due August 28th and I am due September 15th! Excited for our little ones to play together!

My little man joined us as the shower was winding down...and he found his way right to the candy table. He is addicted to jelly beans. 

Caroline and Ryan were having a "Jelly bean Picnic"

What cuties!

July, August, and September babies! (Can you match the mommy to the month?)

 All the preggo ladies! 

So much fun - and I can't wait to meet baby Pierson!

***UPDATED LINK FOR PRINTABLES:
Baby Wishes
Hello Baby

Key West

We just got back from a couples trip to Key West and had a wonderful time with friends. It was so nice to get away for a long weekend, hang out with friends and sleep in! Wohoo!

The group consists of Kevin's buddies from high school and all their wives. It really is a great group of people - all the husbands clearly get along but the best part is that all the wives do too. We all have become good friends and look forward to getting together whenever we can (which is pretty difficult because we are all scattered about Austin, Dallas, the Dallas burbs, and New York.)

Anyhow, we started talking about taking a trip and we actually did it!. Kudos to the Itz's for taking charge and planning this trip for us. It was truly a challenge to find a weekend that not only worked for each of our schedules BUT also for our parents (since we all needed babysitters!) Amazingly only three from the group were unable to make it ... maybe next year.

We were leaving for Key West on our anniversary so we decided that we would celebrate when we returned. I was pleasantly surprised when I walked in to our room and there was champagne, chocolate covered strawberries and key lime cookies waiting for us! Kevin was so sweet to call ahead and arrange this! He also set up a prenatal massage for me - so spoiled!

 

We rented scooters to get around - although the ladies weren't big fans. They were really stinky...and it was hot...oh well!

We took our scooters on a ride down to the Southermost Point in the US....pretty slick. 

Headed to dinner with my handsome husband :)

Yummy sushi dinner!

Fancy volcano roll

After dinner we headed to Pete's Piano Bar (yup...same one as Austin and Dallas). It was a tad smokey inside so we headed out to find that we had the entire back area to ourselves...hello giant jenga, cornhole and hula hoops!

 The next day the boys went fishing...half of the ladies went to the spa while the others laid out then we all met up for lunch at Sloppy Joes. After lunch we did a little shopping before heading back for a quick dip in the pool and then got ready for the evening. We took our cabby's recommendation and headed to the Harbor area for dinner. We found a low-key outside joint and an awesome table on the top deck that worked for us. The food was mediocre and the waitress was horrible but we all had a great time regardless. Afterwards we walked over to another bar and hung out for a while...

On Sunday we rode our scooters out to the harbor to catch a boat for a snorkeling trip - the boat took us out to two different locations and then on the way back they served beer/wine. While I enjoy a little snorkeling I can also take it or leave it. I went in the first drop and scouted some fishy's....and that was good enough for me. At the next drop apparently there were lots of sharks (not dangerous ones)...Kevin was a fan but I am glad I didn't get in. 

The group with our boat in the background. 

After our boat trip we scooted over to a oceanfront bar for some drinks and snacks. 

 Our last night out...we headed out to Blue Heaven...which was delicious!

It was so nice to sleep in and lounge around...definitely what this pregnant mommy was needing! Of course I missed my little man dearly but it was awesome to get picture updates everyday. I know he had so much fun with his Grandma, Grandpa and Yiayia. 

Ryan and Reese playing at the arboretum! (Kevin's parents are friends with the Paprocki's parents so they had a playdate with the grandkids- so cute!)

Grandma & Grandpa took Ryan to the Flight Museum! He loved it - which is great since that is where his 2nd birthday party will be!

Little man loves his popsicles!

Ice cream with Yiayia!

Ryan LOVES walking Bob these days...

So much fun and BIG HUGE thanks to Kevin's parents and my mom for watching our little man while we were gone for 5 days! We are so lucky to have them around and available so that we can take trips like this - we love you!

Project 366 - week 22

Sunday, May 27th: Loving Key West
Monday, May 28th: Yiayia took Ryan to get a haircut. Celebrated with some chocolate milk!
Tuesday, May 29th: Little man didn't take a nap...so he fell asleep at 6:30 on the way home from dinner
Wednesday, May 30th: Checking out his new grill that Yiayia got for him
Thursday, May 31st: Finger painting
Friday, June 1st: Playing with new buddy Holts fun toys!
Saturday, June 2nd: Celebrating baby Pierson with a shower!

Project 366 - week 21

Sunday, May 20th: Hanging with Audrey & Grandma
Monday, May 21st: Ryan really wanted some cheese...he was trying to eat through the plastic wrap!
Tuesday, May 22nd: Blue raspberry dum dum...slobber!
Wednesday, May 23rd: Trip to Ikea ended up being fun playtime for Ryan
Thursday, May 24th: Celebrated four years of marriage with my wonderful husband!
Friday, May 25th: Headed out to dinner in Key West
Saturday, May 26th: All the wives...ready for dinner!

Project 366 - week 20

Sunday, May 13: Celebrating Mother's Day picnicking with my bug!
Monday, May 14: Ryan is so serious when it comes to bubbles - such determination!
Tuesday, May 15: Visit to daddy's office
Wednesday, May 16: Lunch date with Ford and his mommy
Thursday, May 17: Love copying mom getting ready in the morning
Friday, May 18: At the Zoo with Yiayia and mommy
Saturday, May 19: Playing with new friend at the Curcio's housewarming party!