7 months (+ a few days cause I'm lazy)

How far along? 33 weeks
Total weight gain/loss: 25 lbs.
Maternity clothes? Yes. Just got fall clothes and a new coat!
Sleep: When I'm not being attacked from the inside out
Best moment this week: All week has been pretty awesome I must say.
Movement: All the time. He's definetly not my kid if he doesn't enjoy sleep
Food cravings: Nothing really.
Gender: My baby boy, Dean's son
Labor Signs: Two words: Braxton Hicks
Belly Button in or out? Out and proud
Stretchmarks? On my butt
What I am looking forward to: Thanksgiving!
Weekly Wisdom: Although it's nice to be right, sometimes you have to be wrong to make it right.

Why can't I live by the ocean?

We spent a wonderful week in Garden City, SC from Sept. 25th- Oct. 2nd. I know I'm really late but I have not been in the mood to blog at all. The beach was fun but it rained the whole time. It only stayed dry for 2 days. One night it rained so hard, it was coming through the seams of the door. I'm not much of an ocean person (the beach is another question) anyway so it was nice to just hang out with the family and enjoy some time with Dean before peanut gets here.

If it was only raining a little my dad, Dean, and Chris still went out in the ocean.
We got to see and do a lot despite the crappy weather. We went to Broadway at the Beach, Ripley's Aquarium, Barefoot Landing, Dixie Stampede (FYI this is it's last year), Alligator Adventure and a lot of cool restaurants.


We also got a new member of the family. I am proud to introduce, Turtle the turtle! I know he looks like he's going to rip your face off but he's actually only 3 inches big.

Shower #2

Shower #2 was a success. The best part: FOOD! What can I say? I love food. I got so much stuff but I just had fun getting to see my family and talking with all of them.The best gift I got was WVU onesies from my cousins Colleen and Sam. I know I'm from Ohio but I have always been a WVU fan. I'm just an OSU fan by marriage.We did something different. Instead of cards, I asked everyone to give a book and sign it. What happens when you get a card? You read it once and throw it away. Most cards are between $3-$5 which is RIDICULOUS! You can get a small book for the same price which can be read to Noah over and over.

Baby Shower #1

I had my first of 3 baby showers this weekend. It was here in Virginia for my friends. My mom, step-dad, and little sister Brooke came down for it to help out. We served my mom's homemade chicken salad on croissants, veggies w/ dip, fruit w/ dip, cheese & crackers, Chinese tea cookies my MIL got for me, and cake. There wasn't too many people. We had about 10 all together and DID NOT play any games. I hate going to showers and being forces to play dumb games... BLAHH. They are just not for me.

We went with an owl/orange and green theme taken from the invites I had made.
I got so many wonderful gifts from all my friends here. If I had Noah tomorrow I can honestly say I would be prepared. There are things I would like to have but I have all the bare necessities. I still need my cloth diapers but I'm going to use infant diapers for the first month because I have read the fit is not good on a newborn depending on their size. Don't get me wrong I would still love lots of nice things for Noah but we could get by for a week or so if we absolutely had to.

Dean went to his friend Adams house to watch the Ohio State vs. Miami game but came back under strict orders I wasn't allowed to open the gift from his mom without him present. Because of that, he decided to act goofy in the pictures his mom requested of him opening it. He's a smart butt (trying to stop cussing) but that's why I fell in love with him.

We head home to Ohio on Friday for shower #2 and hopefully going to our old high school's football game.

6 Months

How far along? 27 weeks
Total weight gain/loss: 20 lbs.
Maternity clothes? Yes. Good-bye 2's and 4's :(
Sleep: In between the karate kicks at 3am
Best moment this week: Dean seeing Noah have hiccups
Movement: All the time.
Food cravings: Loaded hot dogs!
Gender: All boy
Labor Signs: Nope
Belly Button in or out? Out and proud
Stretchmarks? None
What I am looking forward to: My showers
Weekly Wisdom: Keep cool

Busy week...

...and a busier month is coming up for us. This last weekend we were in Beaufort, SC to see Dean's brother graduate from Marine Corps boot camp.

It was sooo hot down there. It was 114° and 100% humidity. Dean was being a good daddy and keeping on me about drinking plenty of water.
We had a good time spending 3 days with our family: FIL Mike, MIL Denise, AIL Aunt Margie, BILs Alex and Joe, and Alex's girlfriend Malerie.

The 11th I have my shower here in Virginia. The next weekend, 18th, we go to Ohio for one of my showers there. The week after that, September 25th- October 2nd we will be on a beach in Myrtle Beach. In October we'll be heading back to Ohio for a wedding and my 3rd and final shower.

Aww wook at da wittle baby!

We got our stroller in the mail the other day. It's from Dean's parents. We tried it out with our fur kid Killer. It works really well. Hopefully Noah likes it better than Killer does.