• Baby,  Life

    Shane Thomas: One Month

    February 16, 2018

    Hi friends! Even though I’m a few days late with writing this post, I figured better late than never! I also have so many ideas for posts that I want to write but just have no time to write them now! I will get around to it eventually though. I’m still planning on sharing Shane’s nursery tour and my breastfeeding journey (so far). For today though let’s talk about how Shane’s been doing the past month.

    Size: At his one month appointment he was 8 lbs 7 ozs. He’s gained two pounds since his lowest weight. He is 21 1/2 inches long now. He’s starting to outgrow all of his newborn clothes and I just can’t believe it.

    Sleep: Shane is still not on any kind of strict schedule when it comes to sleep but for the most part he is doing really well with sleeping. He basically will sleep wherever we put him – and for that I am so grateful! He usually gives us about a 4 hour stretch at night which is glorious. A couple of nights he even went 5 hours!

    The past couple days he absolutely refused to sleep and that was really rough but today has already been much better so I’m hoping that was just a little phase. But like I said, he really is doing quite well with his sleep, especially at night!

    He also stays awake for much longer than most newborns I assume. Sometimes he stays up for 3-4 hours and will absolutely not sleep no matter what we try. He honestly doesn’t even seem tired when he does this. He was very alert even from the day he was born. Everyone kept mentioning that in the hospital so maybe that’s just normal for him.

    Loves: Shane is very much laid back but he does love to be bounced on a yoga ball, loves the car, and loves to be in motion.

    Hates: Waiting more than 1 second for food when he’s hungry!

    Month One Milestones: Shane’s umbilical cord fell off very fast, when he was only 3 days old. He had his first bath the next day, which he was skeptical about at first but warmed up to it very quickly.

    Shane got to meet his puppy for the first time when we came home from the hospital and she absolutely loved him! We had to teach her not to lick his face because every time she could get near him all she wanted to do was cover him in kisses. It was so cute.

    Shane also is super strong! At his one month appointment, his pediatrician put him on his belly and was amazed at how strong he already was! Even nurses in the hospital and my lactation consultant mentioned how strong he was so that’s been fun to see.

    His eyes are still dark gray, but I’m assuming they will eventually turn brown because both Tommy and I have brown eyes.

    After his first bath!

    Personality: He is already very strong-willed like his mama. When he wants something he will let you know very strongly and will not stop until he gets it!

    This little boy is seriously the light of our lives and we are so blessed to have him be apart of our family. I can’t wait for all the years to come and watching him grow!

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  • Baby,  Life

    Shane’s Birth Story

    January 30, 2018

    Hi friends! I’m so excited to be sharing with you Shane’s birth story. They are probably my favorite blog posts to read so it’s kind of surreal to me that I’m actually writing my own. I’m a bit overwhelmed to be writing it to be honest and am not sure how much I’m going to remember. I had planned on taking notes while I was in labor but never actually did it so let’s see how this goes. 😉

    January 10, 2018 – My 40 Week Appointment

    Let’s start back at my 40 week prenatal appointment. At this point, on January 10th, I was 40 weeks and 4 days. I had not had any contractions at this point, besides the Braxton Hicks contractions that I had been having for months prior. I did have a bit of bloody show the week before, after my 39 week appointment because my OB had checked my cervix rather roughly, but nothing ever came of it.

    So at my 40 week appointment I knew my OB was going to talk induction and my plan was to put it off for as long as they would let me. I really didn’t want to get induced. I wasn’t sure whether or not I was going to be getting an epidural and I really didn’t want to have pitocin. So when my doctor suggested that we induce me the following night, my eyes got really big and I asked if we could wait any longer, haha! I was under the impression that they would induce me at 41 weeks. (I was told 7-10 days after your due date.) She said that we could wait until Sunday night, which would put me at 41 weeks and 1 day.

    January 10 2018 – Later That Night

    I still really didn’t want to be induced so I was praying hard that Shane would decide to make his appearance sometime before Sunday. This gave him four more days to come naturally. I am part of a Facebook group called Young Mom’s Club, where everyone uses it to chat about being a mom and get advice from one another. I decided to ask in there for ways to induce labor naturally. I got all kinds of advice – from having sex, to bouncing on a yoga ball, to eating different types of foods. I tried as many as I could and later that night before falling asleep, I had a feeling that labor was going to come sometime soon. I was feeling super crampy. Not contraction crampy, but definitely different and I kind of knew my body was up to something. I also started having more bloody show on this night and had a feeling this might mean something this time. I didn’t want to get my hopes up though so I didn’t dwell on it too much.

    January 11, 2018 – 9:00AM – 1:00PM

    I woke up the next morning kind of disappointed that I hadn’t gone into labor over night. (I always had the idea that I would go into labor in the middle of the night because after reading countless birth stories, it seemed like most people tended to go into labor overnight.) I had plans to just relax around the house, like usual, and take a trip to Target. I had some Christmas money that I wanted to spend and I figured walking around couldn’t hurt.

    I set out to Target to shop and while I was there I could have sworn I had a few contractions that were quite painful but at this point I still didn’t think much of it. I had no idea what a contraction felt like so I wasn’t sure if what I was feeling even was a contraction. I talked to a sales lady who asked when I was due and she jokingly said that I didn’t want my water to break in the store after hearing I was overdue. Around 12:30, after walking around for about an hour, I decided it was time to head home because Tommy would be home from work soon.

    January 11, 2018 – 1:00PM – 3:00PM

    I got home and took the dog out. While we were outside Tommy came home. We went inside, had some lunch and relaxed around the house again. I can’t remember if I had anymore random contractions at this point or not. If I did, it was only a few. During the few weeks leading up until Shane was born, Tommy and I had been watching a ton of Hulu. We were currently on a binge of watching Survivor so that’s what we did most of the afternoon.

    January 11, 2018 – 3:00PM – 5:00PM

    Right around 3PM (I think), I started having contractions. At this point I still didn’t know if they were contractions so I kind of ignored them. At some point though I started thinking that they actually could be contractions so I decided to download a contraction timer. The contractions were pretty inconsistent at first, but were around 10ish minutes apart. Still in denial, I mentioned to Tommy that I had downloaded a contraction timer but said it super calmly and he didn’t think much of it.

    After about an hour or two of these inconsistent and moderate contractions I actually started to believe that they actually could be contractions. I told Tommy that I was almost positive that I was having contractions and that we should probably eat something, just in case we had to go to the hospital. We debated on what we wanted to eat, me saying that we should order something and try to make it special because it could be the last meal just as the two of us. But as we were talking and trying to decide, my contractions started getting progressively more painful and I cared less and less about what we were going to eat.

    January 11, 2018 – 5:00PM – 7:00PM

    We finally just decided to get Burger King (lol) because it was quick and we definitely needed something quick. Tommy left to get the food and I decided to hop in the bath to see if the water would help at all. It didn’t so I didn’t stay in there very long, maybe 10 mins. Right when I got out Tommy came home with the food so we sat down to eat.

    Tommy prayed about having a smooth delivery and then we ate. I was in a decent amount of pain at this point and I only ate half of my sandwich and my fries. I kept timing my contractions, which were slowly getting to be about 5 mins apart. My doctor’s office told me to call when they were 5 mins apart, lasting a minute, for an hour. After dinner I decided to lay down and work through the contractions somewhere comfortable.

    Shortly after I noticed that it had been an hour that my contractions were 5 minutes apart, lasting for a minute and a half(!) so I called my OB office around 7 to tell them that I thought I was in labor.

    January 11, 2018 – 7:00PM – 9:00PM

    When I called the OB’s office they told me I could either come into the office and have them check me and see if I was progressing or I could head to the hospital since I was overdue anyway and they weren’t going to send me home. I decided to just go to the hospital because I was getting to be more and more uncomfortable and I wanted the option of getting pain medicine sooner rather than later.

    So we left for the hospital around 7:30PM. The car ride was a bit rough. My contractions started coming more quickly and it was super painful. We arrived at the hospital around 8 and they checked me in and got me all set up. This is the part of the story where everything becomes kind of blurry and I’m not quite sure on the timing but I’ll estimate for the rest of the story.

    January 11, 2018 – 9:00PM – 12:00AM

    Once they got us into the room and me into a hospital gown, my doctor came in to check to see how far I was. At this point I was about a 5 or 6! I was super excited that I was that far along because I had been afraid that I would get to the hospital and I’d only be a 1 or 2. They asked me if I was planning on getting an epidural and at this point I was leaning towards yes but still wasn’t 100% sure if I wanted it yet. My doctor offered to break my water, but everything was happening so quickly and I wasn’t ready yet so I told them to wait until I decided if I wanted an epidural first. I was really scared of how much more painful things were going to get once she did that. I’m really glad that I told her to wait, but it also sucked because she left to go home right after this.

    So like I mentioned, my doctor went home for the night and only was going to come back if I was about to have the baby. I’m honestly not sure at what time, but not too much longer (I think around 10PMish), I decided to get the epidural because I just didn’t want to deal with the pain anymore. I really wasn’t sure how I was going to handle it when it got worse. I think the worst part for me was that my contractions were so long. I was always under the impression that they would start off slower and build to be longer, but mine started out super long and just stayed the same length, which made them really hard to deal with.

    Getting the epidural wasn’t that bad at all. The worst part was having a contraction in the middle of it. The numbing needle didn’t really hurt too much either. I started feeling relief basically right away though, which was awesome. After I got it and Tommy came back in the room I told him that I felt like a person again, haha. Time started to really slow down at this point because I wasn’t so focused on just getting through the contractions (since I couldn’t feel them anymore). Around this time the nurse turned the lights down and told us to try to get some sleep. (LOL)

    January 12, 2018 – 12:00AM – 5:30AM

    Tommy and I laid down and tried to sleep, but I had no idea how I was supposed to sleep. I couldn’t move to get comfortable and I had a blood pressure cuff on that took my blood pressure at least 2 or 3 times an hour. Definitely not ideal conditions for sleeping. On top of that, my blood pressure kept dipping just slightly lower than normal so an alarm went off probably 3 times. Each time I had to call a nurse in and they would just turn it off.

    The nurse also checked me probably about 3 times during this time and I wasn’t really progressing much. She said my water was bulging every time though, but she wasn’t allowed to break it and my doctor wouldn’t be back until the morning. This was the most frustrating part because I felt like if my doctor had been there to break my water things would have picked up a lot quicker. I was so uncomfortable throughout the night and getting more and more tired, but wasn’t able to sleep. I was thankful that I really couldn’t feel contractions that much though. My legs were just so numb though and I couldn’t move my right one at all.

    January 12, 2018 – 5:30AM – 7:15AM

    At 5:30 my doctor came in and was able to finally break my water! I was so excited at this point because I was honestly so uncomfortable and so ready for it all to just be over. After she broke my water I started progressing further. I think at this point I was around 7 centimeters dilated.

    At around 6:45ish, the nurse came in and had me flip back and forth because she said my contractions were getting much stronger and were putting baby boy in stress. Every time after I would have a contraction, she would come back in and have me do the same thing – flip back and forth on my sides. He would always recover and be fine as soon as my contraction ended. My contractions were just so long and strong at this point.

    We did this for probably close to a half an hour because the doctor that was on call (who had broken my water) was actually delivering another baby so she couldn’t come in and decide what to do. They also had me use an oxygen mask towards the end while I was flipping back and forth. I actually wasn’t that worried because the nurse did a great job at reassuring me that everything was fine.

    January 12, 2018 – 7:15AM – 8:11AM

    A little after 7 the nurses and doctors switched and the new nurses kept up with the same routine of flipping me back and forth during each contraction until the doctor came in. Another doctor from my practice (the one I actually liked the best!) got there around 7:15 and checked me and I was at 9.5.

    She had me start practice pushing, while also trying to “stretch my cervix”. Without really saying much she just had me keep pushing with each contraction and not too long after I was at a 10. She left for a little bit and had the nurses and Tommy keep helping me push through each contraction.

    When she came back she told me that if I couldn’t get him out on my own she would have to help with the vacuum. I honestly only had been pushing for maybe 15-20 mins when she said this so I was a bit freaked out. I knew it was because of him being stressed though so I just focused on trying to figure out the best way to push.

    The doctor also mentioned that if this all didn’t work I would have to have a C-Section. Although this was true, I think she said it to motivate me to get him out sooner and honestly it worked. I wasn’t too freaked out and just kept trying to figure it out. I eventually did and kept pushing for about an hour.

    At 8:11 AM Shane Thomas Zinhobl was born and it was the greatest moment of my life. It was so surreal to actually get to feel him on the outside after him being inside for so long.

    January 12, 2018 – After Birth + Recovery

    This is getting quite long so I will try to wrap it up quickly. So for the first hour while holding him on my chest I was being stitched up. I had two first degree tears, but apparently one was in an odd place so it made it harder to stitch. This kind of sucked because I really wanted to try to get him to breastfeed but couldn’t because I was laying down and it was making it very difficult. He was doing so well though and was rooting around like crazy!

    Everything went so well and I eventually was done being stitched up. The only other thing that was not ideal was that my right leg (the one I literally couldn’t move) stayed numb for so long after they turned the epidural off. I eventually had to be moved to another room anyway instead of waiting until I could feel it again. It was only about an hour longer and I was able to feel it again, thank God lol.

    All in all, my labor and delivery went super smoothly and I honestly couldn’t have asked for anything better. My breastfeeding journey started out super rocky and only got harder and harder. I am planning on doing a whole post about that as it was the hardest thing I have ever done. Things are getting so much better now though and we are so incredibly happy to have our boy home with us. He is the perfect addition to our little family. Thank you so much for reading this if you made it this far! 😉 This has been such a fun journey to share with you all!

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  • Life

    Life Lately

    November 28, 2017

    Hi friends. I just wanted to drop by and share that I am still here and still pregnant. I have completely dropped the ball on the pregnancy updates as you probably know. I have been keeping track of my symptoms in my journal as I’ve been doing most of my pregnancy but have completely stopped taking bump shots. I honestly just cannot seem to remember to take them.

    Just to be completely transparent with you guys, most days I don’t get out of my pajamas. I don’t have many clothes that still fit me and since I am not working before the baby comes this seems to be okay. I have a few outfits that I wear when we go to the doctors or church, but that’s really the only places I’ve been going lately lol. When I do actually get dressed, I always forget to take a picture before changing back into my pajamas.

    Anyway, now that I spent half this blog post explaining my pajama situation haha but that explains where the pregnancy updates have gone. I plan to take a bump shot tomorrow when I get dressed for my 34 week doctor’s appointment and will update you guys on how weeks 30-34 have been. (Everything is still going well so I am very thankful.)

    In other news, blogging is something that I seem to think about multiple times a week but then it seems to always be pushed to the back-burner. I am in full-on baby preparation mode and it seems to be just about all I think about. (Just ask my husband! 😉 ) I think that might be part of why I haven’t had the motivation to blog much too. I feel like once I have the baby there is going to be so much to write about because I am so much better at writing about things once I’ve already gone through them. Being in the middle of such a life changing event is all-consuming and super hard to really put into words how I’m feeling about it.

    I also really want to write a blog post about how the past year has been because we are creeping in on me having been a stay-at-home wife for almost one whole year. I’m just not sure if I can completely put into words how this past year has affected me. I still feel like I am somewhat in the middle of it and won’t be able to really form my opinions on it until I am not longer a stay-at-home wife and am a stay-at-home mom. I just can’t believe that everything is going to change so much so soon. I’m a little bit scared but mostly just so incredibly excited.

    Welp I think that’s just about enough rambling for today. I haven’t written a completely random post like this in a while and I hope you guys don’t mind. I’ve just been thinking about this space a lot and wanted to drop in and let you guys know what’s been going on. Look for a post soon about the last month of my pregnancy if that’s something you’re interested in. I am determined to get that one up this week! Thanks for reading if you’ve made it this far!

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    Currently, October 2017

    October 3, 2017

    Hey friends, I decided to skip over my bumpdate for this week and combine the last two weeks again because there’s not much to update as of right now! I haven’t done a “currently” post since April of this year and SO much has changed since then. (Moving out of our first apartment, finding out I’m pregnant, moving into our new apartment.) If you’re interested in what life was like back then, check that post out here.

    E n j o y i n g / The last few months of it just being my husband and I. I’m so excited to have our little guy join our family in just three short months (😱), but I’m also a bit sad that my time with just Tommy is coming to an end. Going to soak up all the time we have together now!

    R e a d i n g / Honestly, nothing much. I fell off the reading train and can’t seem to get back on. I usually prefer to watch YouTube videos during my free time. Hopefully sometime soon I can prioritize that again.

    W a t c h i n g / Tommy and I have been re-watching How I Met Your Mother at night before bed. This is one of our absolute favorite shows to watch together. I want to stick to light-hearted, funny shows right now while being pregnant because I don’t think my emotions can handle any real drama haha.

    L i s t e n i n g / Jefferson and Alyssa Bethke just re-launched their Podcast, Love That Lasts, and I’ve been listening to that every week. I’m really loving it. One week they talk about just their life and answer questions from listeners and the next week is like a documentary series about marriage. It’s super interesting.

    P r e p p i n g / For baby of course! We have finished painting the nursery, bought and assembled the rocking chair, dresser, and crib! I can’t wait to show you guys in my next bumpdate.

    P i n n i n g / I haven’t been pinning much lately – just some dinner recipes that I want to try.

    L o v i n g / The start to the fall season! I just recently (within the past few years) have fallen in love with fall. We went apple picking this past weekend and it was so much fun.

    E a t i n g / Lots of cinnamon oatmeal in the mornings. I figured out how to make really yummy homemade oatmeal (let me know if you’d be interested in the recipe) and I’ve been eating it a lot lately. It’s so yummy and fall themed. 🙂

    F e e l i n g / Pretty emotional lately. I feel like my hormones are starting to amp back up now that I’m approaching my third trimester. I just feel like I’m starting to feel everything a lot more intensely recently. It’s probably from all of the changes happening as well.

    M i s s i n g / Our old apartment 😔. Reading my April currently post reminded me of how sad I was to move out of that apartment. While I am grateful to have two bedrooms in this one, I still really miss that space.

    D i s c o v e r i n g / New YouTube channels. I never really used to be into watching YouTube until I got pregnant. Now I love to watch mommy vloggers and things like that. If you have any suggestions, please comment them below!

    A n t i c i p a t i n g / The birth of our baby boy, duh! 😉

    D r i n k i n g / Pour-over coffee. I’m not sure if that’s its official name but I have started using our pour-over coffee maker instead of K-cups (because we ran out) and it’s been so yummy I haven’t wanted to switch back.

    F i n i s h i n g / My baby registry! My baby shower should be in about a month and I’m so excited to keep preparing for baby.

    What have you guys been up to? Comment below, I’d love to know. 🙂

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  • Life

    Wildwood Babymoon Recap

    September 19, 2017

    So guys, I dropped the ball last week and forgot to take a bump shot for our bumpdate. So I decided to just skip this week and combine weeks 23 and 24 together next week. Today I want to share with you about our babymoon we went on about a month ago. It was really such a great vacation!

    We went to Wildwood, New Jersey this summer for vacation because both Tommy and I love the beach. We decided to consider this our “babymoon” because it’ll be our last vacation before baby arrives! We went from August 10th through the 15th. It was a pretty low-key vacation, considering I was 19 weeks pregnant but it was honestly so much fun. I am honestly terrible about taking pictures while on vacation so there aren’t many but I will do my best to recap what we did.

    Day 1: August 10th

    We left early on this day to get down to Wildwood early enough to enjoy the day. We probably left around 7 or 8 am and got down there before noon. The drive is about 2 1/2 hours without traffic and since it was the middle of the week, we didn’t hit any! The first day we went food shopping and unpacked in our room. We spent a little bit of time at the beach and relaxed.

     

    Day 2: August 11th

    The next day we woke up early, had some breakfast then headed to the beach! (As you’ll see we did every morning. 😉) We ended up having really nice weather. It wasn’t too hot, but also not too chilly either and most days we had a decent amount of sun. Around lunch time we would head back to the room and eat and then relax for a while.

    As you can see in the picture, the beach in Wildwood is super long and pretty far away from the hotel. Being pregnant and having to pee a lot meant having to walk back to the hotel at least once before lunch. We clocked it once and it was about a mile walk from the hotel to the beach and back so if I went back just twice during the day, I was walking 3 miles. This made this pregnant lady quite tired after lunch so I usually took a nap every day haha.

     

    Day 3: August 12th

    On the third day we started out the day the same as every other day: we woke up, ate breakfast, and spent some time at the beach. On this day we got to go on a nice little date night! It was such a nice time we got to spend together.

    We went to Wildwood last year and went to this amazing Italian restaurant and loved it so much that we decided to go back this year. So that’s where we went for dinner and it was such a nice night.

     

    Day 4: August 13th

    I believe this is the day that it rained all morning. I do believe that it cleared up by the afternoon and we were able to spend a little time on the beach still. We didn’t mind the rain too much either because it happened to be Harry Potter weekend this weekend! Since Tommy and I don’t have cable at home and love the Harry Potter movies, we were super excited to have discovered this. We spent a lot of time watching the movies on the rainy day, plus each night before bed too.

    Also, on days we spent at the beach we did a little bit of reading as well. It’s one of my favorite things to do at the beach!

     

    Day 5: August 14th

    After lunch on this day we rented beach bikes and rode around for a while! This was honestly super fun and now we talk about buying bikes together so we can do this more often (plus baby next year!). Beach bikes are just so much more fun than regular bikes too.

     

    Day 6: August 15th

    We had to check out by 10 am this day and it happened to be raining again so we decided to head home a bit early. We had a really nice drive home and were so excited to be reunited with our little puppy! This was the first time she had been away from us since we moved her in and she went a bit crazy while we were gone. I had my cousin watching her and while my cousin left for a few hours, Noelle panicked a bit and scratched up a few things in the house. It wasn’t too bad though and we were super happy to see her again when we got home.

    I included my bump shot from this week as well. It’s crazy to see how much has changed already since then! My belly is so much bigger now!

    Our babymoon was such an awesome trip and we both can’t wait to bring Baby Zin to the beach next year!

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    What’s Up Wednesday: August 2017

    August 30, 2017

    I am starting to find my groove with blogging again and I’m looooving it! Ever since taking the pressure off of myself to have “certain types” of posts, I feel a lot more joy when it comes to writing. Even if this blog only ever becomes a fun place to document our lives and share with my few blogging friends, that’s fine by me! Today I’m here to share about our month for What’s Up Wednesday!

    What We’ve Been Eating This Month

    I’ve been really bad about taking pictures lately so I don’t have any pictures of any of the meals, but we’ve been eating so much healthier this past month. Ever since leaving my first trimester behind, I have had so much more energy to meal plan and cook. It took a little while for the motivation and routine to come back and feel more normal but I’m so glad it has.

    We’ve been eating homemade sauce and meatballs in the crockpot. Oh my gosh. It is to die for! My brother planted a garden this year and has been growing so many tomatoes so I used these to make sauce a couple of weeks ago and let me tell you, that was a great idea! 😉 I’m planning to do the same again today.

    We’ve also been having a lot of meat lately because I’m trying to make sure that I’m eating enough protein now that I’m pregnant. I’m not the biggest fan of meat, but I’ve made it more of a priority and it feels good to be making good choices for Baby Zin.

     

    What I’m Reminiscing About

    I don’t know what it is about the seasons changing but when they do it always reminds me of years prior. Just this morning I was reminiscing about mine and Tommy’s dating years in the fall. We go apple picking each year and last year was such a sweet date. I cannot wait to go again this year!

     

    What I’m Loving

    I definitely included this in another blog post but she’s too cute not to include again. I’m loving living with our puppy Noelle. She is such a well-behaved dog and is so lovey. It’s so fun to share a dog with Tommy.

    I don’t have a picture for this one, but I’m also loving feeling sweet baby kicks! I’ve been feeling little movements for a little over a week and it’s been so much fun! It makes everything so much more real. I cannot wait to meet our little guy.

     

    What We’ve Been Up To

    I included this picture in my last bumpdate, but we have been working on the nursery! I’m beyond excited to see how it all turns out. I’m still trying to picture exactly how I want it but I know I want it to be bright and airy. I want to somehow incorporate animals because I think that will be adorable for a little boy. Plus Tommy loves animals so I thought that would make it extra special.

     

    I want to do something like this with animal prints on the wall. Isn’t it so cute?!

     

    What I’m Dreading

    Nothing! I love when that’s the answer to this question. 😉

     

    What I’m Working On

    Follow my shop’s Instagram here for updates!

    I feel like this will forever be included in on this answer haha! I’ve been working on my Etsy shop like usual. I’m hoping to devote more time to it before baby is here and really get the ball rolling!

     

    Shared first on my personal Instagram!

    I also worked a lot on our baby book this month! This has been such a sweet time for me. I love the idea of having this to look back on throughout the years. I got it from Promptly Journals and it goes from pregnancy all the way to age eighteen. At first I wasn’t sure about having it be for that long but now I love it. It makes me so excited to document the baby even more with pictures once he’s here!

     

    What I’m Watching/Reading

    Tommy and I are re-watching How I Met Your Mother because we just love the show so much. I’m also re-reading Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets very, very slowly. I haven’t been in the mood to read much so it’s taking me a while. I just love those books though and am planning to re-read them all.

     

    What I’m Listening To

    Not too much as usual. I listened to a couple of episodes of Risen Motherhood and cannot wait to continue. I’ve heard so many good things about this podcast. I can’t wait until I relate even more once Baby Zin is here.

     

    What I’m Wearing

    Anything that will fit, haha! I literally have about 5 nice shirts that fit right now. I’m planning to buy maternity jeans very soon now that it’s starting to cool down. I’m definitely going to put off buying maternity shirts until it’s necessary though.

     

    What I’m Doing This Weekend

    Tommy and I haven’t even talked about plans for this weekend even though it’s Labor Day. Maybe we’ll end up going up to the lake? Maybe we’ll end up continuing to work on the baby’s room? I’m not really sure at this point, haha.

     

    What I’m Looking Forward To

    Well this ones easy… being closer to meeting our sweet babe! I can’t wait to continue to plan and get ready for him.

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