Beach Vacation

Tim and I just got back from a week at the beach. We went to Destin and had so much fun!!! I am so glad we got to take a little get away before Hadley gets here! We literally sat on the beach all day, every day. It was glorious! The weather was absolutely beautiful everyday. I want to go back! Thankfully the only part of me that got fried was the front of one of my shins, genius me forgot to put sunscreen on that one part of my leg. I am a genius sometimes.

Sitting on the beach

Playing putt-putt

The beautiful beach in Destin

We went to Seaside/Rosemary Beach one day. It is such a beautiful little town, and is absolutely picture perfect. The Truman show was filmed in Seaside. The grass is perfectly green and manicured, the town square looks like it is out of a movie, everyone rides their bikes everywhere and waves at everyone. Its just perfect. I want to have a house there one day....

Tim standing in front of the house where the Truman Show was filmed

In the town square at Rosemary Beach

In other news, I am now 24 weeks preggo and feeling great. I have weird little things that happen every now and then, like my right thigh randomly just goes numb, but other than those few things, the second trimester has been great. I can't believe I am so close to my last trimester! We have a TON to do on the nursery, so sometimes I have random freak out moments, but I know we will get it done. Hadley is moving around like crazy, and Tim could see her kicking for the first time while we were in Destin, it was so fun!

24 weeks

Things no one tells you about being pregnant:

Being pregnant is definitely an adventure. Your body changes, your hormones rage, and your emotions change every 10 seconds. Its exhausting! People love to tell you their opinion of everything related to pregnancy, mothering, nursing, etc.-but there are some things people never tell you about being pregnant.



Here are just a few things I have discovered about being pregnant that I never knew:



1. You have to pee ALL the time.

I knew before I was pregnant that you would have to go to the bathroom more during pregnancy, but no one tells you how frequent this is. I get up at least twice in the night EVERY night to go to the bathroom. The most annoying thing is you will suddenly feel like you are about to wet your pants if you don't get to a bathroom and so you rush in expecting to release a river and two little drops come out. I mean seriously?!



2. Your nails grow like wildfire.

I used to cut my nails about once a month, I am now cutting them once a week. RIDICULOUS.



3. You sweat alot.

I mean alot. Maybe its just me. I am hot natured anyways but now that I am pregnant I sweat all the time even when I am not hot. Oh and I normally just sweat consistently from one armpit. Its lovely. I have thought about stuffing toilet paper under one armpit to absorb the sweat but I am scared it would creep out the top of my shirt or something and that would be really embarrassing.



4. If you get a bug bite on your toe, too bad so sad. Forget about scratching it.

When pregnant, your body suddenly thinks it is 85 years old and you lose all flexibility. I can barely lift my leg up anymore to scratch my toes, nor can I sit down on the floor and expect to be able to easily get back up by myself. Again, maybe its just me.



5. You cry alot.

Over nothing. I cry at the drop of a hat these days. Tim will ask me why I am crying and I don't have an answer. It can be because I dropped something, because we ran out of milk, because I forgot to get something when I was at Walmart. Its so stupid, but I can't help it!



6. Your nose runs alot.

I am sinusy by nature anyways, but since I have been pregnant I am constantly blowing my nose. Annoying.



Excuse me while I take a bathroom break.........



7. Everyone wants to touch your stomach all the time. I mean really there is a lot of skin/fat/etc between your hand on my belly and the baby. So in reality you are really just touching my fat stomach not the baby. Its so annoying. Even more annoying/freaky when its a stranger that just feels the right to rub your stomach. It creeps me out. I feel like having a tshirt made that says "No Tocar" ("No touch" for all of my English speaking friends)

8. Having a stomach virus while pregnant is about the worst thing you can ever imagine. I would know. I am just getting over a TERRIBLE 24 hr. stomach bug. It was MISERY. I could not keep anything down, and all I could do was just writhe in pain, hoping and praying it was not affecting Hadley. Thankfully by the time morning came around and I was able to get a hold of my doctor, he called in some prescriptions for me that made me feel SO much better.

9. Random people will stop you in the grocery store, at the post office, or at a gas station and just feel compelled to tell you their birthing story. Apparently I am wearing a sign on my forehead that only other women can see that says, " PLEASE COME UP TO ME AND TELL ME YOUR BIRTHING STORY". That's all I can figure as it has happened to me MULTIPLE times. I don't know about you but hearing about some strange woman's placenta and c-section scars makes me want to vomit. I don't feel it to be a bonding experience rather it makes me really queasy and weirds me out, especially when one woman began to lift up her shirt to show me her c-section scar. A complete stranger. WEIRD.

10. Did I mention you have to go to the bathroom ALOT???


I am sure there will be many other funny/weird things that happen in the next 18 weeks...and I will be sure to share!

Things You Should Never Say to a Pregnant Woman:

Since I have been pregnant, people have been so very kind in their comments to me. Or not. It baffles me that women who have been pregnant before and know what it feels like to get huge and have nothing fit and feel miserable, still feel the need to comment on how large you are getting, how big of a baby you are going to have based on your size, etc. I have come to the conclusion that no woman no matter how big she is EVER wants to be told "You are Huge!" I mean I really don't care if I am 12 months pregnant and have gained 300 pounds, please tell me I look great. Sure I will totally know you are lying, but its much better than hearing some of the following things I have heard since being pregnant:

(These are actual word for word quotes of things people have so kindly told me)

"Wow you are HUGE!"

"From the looks of it you are going to have a BIG baby" (I mean really don't blame it on the baby, just tell me you think I am gaining alot of weight)

"You look like you are already retaining alot of water. By this summer your going to be as big as a whale" ( hey,at least they were honest!)

" Your only 20 weeks? WOW!"

" So, you probably had to start wearing maternity clothes pretty early huh?"

"Hopefully you will lose it as fast as you gained it!"

"Oh just wait till this summer, you're really going to blow up"

I mean in all honesty, I have started to just laugh. People have no tact! It really hurt my feelings at first to be called huge, because I feel huge and I am fully aware I am gaining weight, but now I just have to laugh at how stupid people are. I have only gained 16 pounds, according to my doctor I am not retaining water at all, and the baby is average size as of now.

Just thought I would give you a little laugh today, and let you know that if you ever see a pregnant woman, huge or not, just tell her she looks wonderful. It will make her day. Honesty is not always the best policy :)

It's a.....

Well we had our ultrasound last Wednesday to find out what we are having and we were both quite surprised to find out that

It's a GIRL!!!!!!!

We are SO excited! I can't wait to buy lots of cute dresses and bows and decorate a sweet, girly nursery!!!!! I wanted a girl so bad-so I didn't want to be let down so I had just convinced myself we were having a boy, and I was totally ok with that. So, to find out it was a girl was a shocker! Tim is excited too, a bit nervous to have a daughter, but he knows she will have him wrapped around her little finger! His first words after they told us we were having a girl were, "Well this is going to be expensive!" HAHAHA
We have decided to name her Hadley Grace. Hadley is a name I have LOVED for a long, long time and Grace is my middle name and was my great grandmothers name.

I am halfway there-20 weeks! I can't believe in 5 short months I will be holding my sweet baby girl!

17 weeks and Counting

I thought it would be fun to document how Tim and I told our parents we were expecting. We told my parents by making Bear wear a shirt that said "I'm the Big Brother". Needless to say he was less than thrilled to be confined. When we got to my parents house and my dad saw the shirt he said, "Yall are getting another dog?" "No dad, no we are not getting another dog," I said. He's a quick one. He then got it and he and my mom were super excited.







We told Tim's parents by making them Valentine's cookies with appropriate sayings. They figured it out pretty quickly and were ecstatic.

Here I am at 17 weeks preggo. If this picture is any indication, I am going to be HUGE come 40 weeks. Oh geez. If it helps I HAD just eaten dinner right before this picture so that counts for something right???

17 weeks

I am alive.

Well so the Shred thing didn't exactly work out. I found out on Day 5 of the Shred workout that I was pregnant. So instead of losing weight and toning up, I will be gaining weight and getting fat. Awesome. Seriously though, Tim and I are ecstatic! I am due September 7th (the day before my birthday). I am now 15 weeks. I was about 5 weeks preggo when I found out, and from weeks 6-12 I spent ALOT of time over the toilet in the bathroom, sleeping, not being able to eat anything without puking, and being completely miserable. Week 13 started and I actually started to feel human again, thank God! I am now into my second trimester and feeling really great. I have had lots of energy, and other than a sore lower back, I feel good. SO thankful for that! I am excited to find out what we are having in about 4 more weeks! I have already been shopping for fabrics, and we bought a cool antique dresser to use as a changing table.
We have been Busy lately getting our house ready. We have a ton of house projects to do between now and when the baby comes. So far we have cleared out our guest room and put all our stuff in storage, Tim insulated our attic and put in a new ceiling in our hallway (the other was cracking really bad), and this weekend we are having a yard sale to get rid of all of our junk! We have ALOT to do in a short period of time, but it will be well worth it!
Hopefully I can be better about posting and journaling my pregnancy progress!

I think I can I think I can

Day 4-Level1- I finally think I am getting the hang of this whole Shred workout. Well Level 1 anyways (I watched Level 3 last night and OMG I am not looking forward to that!). Level 1 is still very much of a challenge and I can't do all the reps of every exercise without feeling like my arms and legs are going to fall off, but I am getting a little better and have a little more endurance. I am planning on doing Level 1 for 10 days, Level 2 for 10 days, and Level 3 for 10 days....so that means 6 more days of Level 1...I kind of don't want it to end because I know the REALLY hard stuff is coming. I just have to keep telling myself I think I can I think I can I think I can......