17-19 Weeks and Gender Reveal Party highlights





As you can tell, I'm a little behind on my blogging.  It's been a busy couple of weeks with work, Jennifer's wedding, and the day to day grind.  Things are moving right along and baby boy is growing strong.  Here are a few updates, followed by some highlights from the gender reveal party.  :)

How far along? 19 weeks

Maternity clothes?  Yep.  Still wearing my old tops, but definitely wearing maternity pants.

Stretch marks? Not yet!  Hopefully never!

Sleep:  Getting a bit restless at night...woke up this morning wide awake at 4:30am and couldn't go back to sleep.

Best moment this week:  Feeling baby boy's kicks/movement getting stronger and starting to purchase things for the nursery!

Miss Anything?  Still missing wine.  Also, made some cupcakes on Halloween and REALLY miss licking the bowl!  It's not safe because of the raw egg, but it took every ounce of self control not to indulge!
Movement:  He is moving and shaking!  I think baby boy also thinks momma's bladder is a squeeze toy!

Food cravings:  Nothing in particular this week...been a bit of a problem having a ton of left-over Halloween candy in the house.  :)

Anything making you queasy or sick:  Nope!

Belly Button in or out?  In, but starting to look different...perhaps not as deep as before.
Wedding rings on or off?  On most of the time, but definitely tight sometimes.
Happy or Moody most of the time:  Happy for the most part with a few mood swings here and there.  ;)

Looking forward to:  Putting the nursery together!  The crib arrives tomorrow, bed skirt sometime in the next 4 weeks, and then the shopping begins for other fun pieces.  :)

 

Many of you know we had a super fun gender reveal party with our family a few weeks ago.  It was an absolute blast!  It was such an exciting and special time to be surrounded by our loved ones.  We even felt the love of those that are miles away.  Here are a few of the highlights...

 

Here's a picture of th cake with our baby pictures on each side.

 



 

Mom did such a great job picking out the perfect flowers for the event:

 

Here are a few pictures of the proud momma's with their 'babies' and Brad and I next to our baby photos.  So fun to picture what our sweet baby will look like.  :)

 

 

We are so blessed to be surrounded by so many family and friends and love us and our new addition.  We had everyone make a prediction as to whether they thought Baby 'B' is a boy or girl. 

Here's 'Team Pink':

 

And here's 'Team Blue':

 

Finally, it was time to cut the cake!!!  And it's a.....

 

BOY!!!!!

 

We are SOOOOOOOO excited!!!

 

Seems like just yesterday we were doing this at our wedding...

 

There's no doubt that baby boy is already loved so much.  Here are just a few of the precious gifts he got that night:

 

 

 

We are so in love with this little guy!!  Cannot wait to meet him in March!!