~ Thanksgiving Blessings♥ ~

This post is coming a lil' late, but it's been busy 'round here lately :)
I am so thankful that we were able to spend the week of Thanksgiving with family. 

a glimpse of some Thanksgiving memories...

 

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gettin' more excited to meet our lil' punkin with each passing day!

continuing to add to the nursery! how cute is the cradle my sweet neighbor let us borrow :)
i'm still in awe when i look at the nursery and see all the wonderful things we have gotten from family & friends! ♥

celebrating 28 weeks! finally made it to my third trimester :)

we can almost see the light at the end of the tunnel!

with Christmas quickly approaching, i know time will only continue to fly by! the calendar is full & so are our hearts! with (approx) 5 more belly pics to come before we get to meet our lil' miracle, i ask for your prayers for a continued healthy pregnancy, decreased back pain, time well managed, a flexible work schedule & a sense of calmness for a few more months :)

Love always ♥

fun things from our week~end!

an awesome victory over the heels!!

 such a beautiful day  :)

the nursery is coming together :)

love this ♥

celebrating Lance's 9th birthday!

trick candles?

playtime in the backyard :)

enjoyin' a friday night dinner with shannon & aaron..
she's expecting too..so it was nice to compare "symptoms" & "ailments"..ha!

 celebrating 26 weeks!!
hard to believe the next belly pic we take will be the start of the THIRD trimester..wow!!

preschool sunday is always a blessing!
especially when the kids sang This is the Day (their favorite by far!)
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this is officially our last weekend pre-holiday events, so we made sure to be extra lazy for the most part!
i'm still feeling pretty good :) our lil' punkin is moving all the time lately! i know i'll miss this feeling once she's "done baking" & makes her arrival, so i'm enjoyin' laying around & just watching my belly jump at every kick she throws out :) i must say, it's also nice to have her all to myself & not have to share her for a little while longer (stingy i know, but that's the Mama in me)...i know i'm only gonna become more uncomfortable as the next few months approach, but it's so awesome to know that it's "just the two of us" until that day when we get to meet her face to face :)

i've been stressing alot lately about the whole labor & delivery thing & how everything will happen...matt tells me to stop worrying...i'm trying.
 i stress about having so many people there just waiting on me to push out a baby! i stress about sitting there in pain while visitors roam in & out watching me like i'm an exhibit. i stress about what if i have to have a c-section & i'm not the first to get to see & hold her! i stress about trying to nurse & people waiting outside the door for me to finish so they can see her. i stress about people getting upset with me because i want bonding time with my husband & baby...& not so much time with others...& the list goes on. alot of this stems from other mothers telling me their experiences & how they felt at time of delivery.

i have never been one to worry about much, but this just seems to be getting worse the closer it gets to february. i know the Bible tells us in Philippians 4:6 “Do not be anxious [do not worry] about anything, but in everything, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present your requests to God.”  & i really am trying to do this & let all these worries go! so please say a prayer for me & for matt (& his poor ears!) i know the Lord will work it all out & i just need to chill out & enjoy this time :)

with Thanksgiving & Christmas just on the horizon i know these next few months will fly by & february will be here before we know it, so again, please keep us in your prayers (for all the above) as well as for a healthy baby & mama & daddy :)

hope everyone has a wonderful & blessed week ♥

happy hump day :)

hope it's been a great week so far :)

there hasn't been too much excitement around here lately..just tryin' to take it easy.

celebrating 24 weeks (6 months) would definitely be at the top of our list this week of things that make us smile :)

 this belly has grown alot in the past few weeks! i'm getting alot of comments this week along the lines of..."wow! i can finally tell you're pregnant" & "aww! look at your belly"..

hang on...let me step up on my soap box for just a moment..

ok, i'm up

..as well as lots of reaches to touch the growing belly. at this point i usually either 1.) put my hand on my belly before someone else does. or 2.) say, "only if i can touch yours"..which usually gets my point across that i'm not crazy about "being rubbed." i never thought it would bother me to be "rubbed"...but it does. i know that it's just other's way of showing affection for our lil' girl, but i still don't like it....i'm sure i'm not alone on this.

..& now i'll step down :) thanks for letting me vent..ha!

 pretty fall flowers :)

tiny swimsuits from the fisher's!!

i cannot even begin to say thank you enough for everything y'all have given us or let us borrow for our lil' punkin!

thanks also for dinner & great company this past weekend :) 

watching nicholas' soccer game!

these kids are very entertaining to watch  :)

hope everyone had a very happy halloween! & are ready to root for the pack this weekend!!

i know..it's a long shot for us to beat the heels, especially after last weekend's game, but either way, matt & i will be there in our red & white!!