Update and 5 Cheers For Friday

Ok, I know. Bad blogger again. Here is my attempt to update the craziness that life has been lately in a not-novel-size post:

First, WE ARE EXPECTING! I'm sure you may already know this, as it hasn't been a secret for several weeks now. I was 18 weeks yesterday and I feel great. I do feel huge already, but I'm so excited to be pregnant because we have been wanting this for a long time. We have an appointment in just under two weeks to find out the sex and I am beyond impatient and out of my mind excited. Kevin is going to be the best Daddy in the world and I can't wait until we have our little nugget here.

Here is our announcement picture...

So, that's my biggest excuse for being such a slacker on the blog. It's really not a good excuse since I've been extremely lucky and have had a super easy pregnancy, with minimal morning sickness and my biggest side effect being fatigue. Now that I'm in my second trimester I feel pretty great, but I feel like baby things have already taken over our lives (I'm ok with that!). I can't wait to find out if we are having a little prince or princess, so I can start buying! We've already put our "baby neutral" things on our registry, since we want to have two and don't want to have to buy another car seat, high chair, stroller, etc, so now we are just waiting not-so-patiently to add gender specific items. My sister is in MN for work, staying with us for a few days and I love seeing how excited she is to be an Aunt! She will most definitely be spoiling Baby H. It's so good to have her around, and I'm so thankful she is already making plans to be here when Baby H arrives and for as long as she can after that. Needless to say both sets of Grandparents are thrilled. This will be my parent's first Grandchild, and they are both so excited. We are lucky to have them so involved, and we know they will always be there to help us with the baby and anything else we need.

18 week bump!

So, that's by far the biggest news in our lives. Also, check out my "Book Reviews" and, shortly, my DIY section, as I've updated those with my latest reads and will soon put up my first DIY project on the blog! I've also found some time to cross off some of my "to-do's" from my fall to-do list, original post here.



And finally, here is my 5 Cheers For Friday:

1. Finally finding a moment to blog again. Feels good, and I'm vowing to try my best to keep up with it again.

2. Seeing my belly grow. I really feel like I "popped" this week, and I love knowing my little nugget is growing in there. I can't wait for our ultrasound to make sure everything is ok and find out the sex!

3. My sister being in town. She was in town for work and stayed with us Monday-Thursday morning. It was SO good to see her. I don't get to see her nearly enough, and I loved having her here.

4. The NFL ref's coming back. I was NOT happy about Monday night's Packer game. BUT, I really think that's the reason the ref's are back so quickly. Yes, I'm a football fanatic.

5. Looking forward to a relaxing Saturday at home tomorrow. I have big plans...cooking, baking, cleaning and some crafts. Stay tuned!


xoxo
Dory