21 Weeks and Life This Week!

We'll keep this fairly brief. As far as baby news, there isn't much. I will say that I have been feeling our little one moving around quite a bit this week, and a lot today inparticular. Everyone can officially tell I'm pregnant (for a few weeks not) pretty much no matter how loose my clothes are at this point. This is comforting mainly because for a while random people looked at my belly trying to figure out what was going on. So that's nice. Heartburn on the other hand is not :(

On Monday, I won home owners associate president. I am so excited and can't tell you how hard I worked for this and how many neighbors' doors I knocked on. There are so many things I want to implement...and have already started to implement. Anyone who knows me knows this is right up my alley.

Coincidently, someone broke into our house yesterday. So that was fun! They stole our lovely flatscreen TV which was not cool but we are feeling very blessed because it could've been so much worse. A neighbor actually caught them in the act because the genuises decided to drive a car and park it right in our driveway. Funny enough, I had just filled out the paperwork to get neighborhood watch going in our neighborhood so now that it a top priority. It makes me sad more than anything that some people think it is okay to take what someone else worked for. It's scary even. Something really funny is that we had been watching way too much Criminal Minds on our TV that no longer lives here so we entered out home yesterday as if it was our own personal crime investigation...assessing glass placement and analyzing random strands of hair and footprints left in the carpet. That part was actually pretty entertaining.

On a happier note, our State of the Marriage event went beautifully. It was our first attempt at it and it surpassed both of our expectations. I am so grateful for my wonderful and loving husband, our moments of immense growth towards God and one another, and the precious memories we get to create together.

20 Weeks!

So that's me at 20 weeks. I am sooooooo excited and thankful to be at the halfway point. We can't help but get more excited each day! This post will most likely be short because outside of being halfway through the pregnancy, not a lot happened.

I did decide to have a maternity shopping party. Most don't know what this is because...I made it up. Essentially, you buy gently used maternity items in your pregnant guests' sizes and then you have a party and let them shop. Pretty easy, huh. And of course food, fun, and fellowship are involved in this event. But I'm excited. It's gonna be pretty cool I think.

Today after church, Aaron and I are going to have our first "State of the Marriage". What is that you ask?! Well it's pretty similar to the State of the Union, State of the Club, or and other State of the... You discuss the where you've been, where you are, where you're going. I'm pretty excited. I heard about this concept a few weeks ago and knew it was something we should do. We will be discussing baby stuff, what values we will hold fast to as a family, finances, our upcoming Babymoon trip, and immediate priorities. There's a few other things tossed in there but you get the general idea.

Well, that's enough for now! Talk to ya soon! Oh...and check out my new blog Glorious Entertainment ( http://www.gloriousentertainment.blogspot.com )

19 Weeks

Well tomorrow I will officially be at the halfway point of my pregnancy...20 weeks! This past week was pretty baby-full! Last Monday, I had an anatomy scan which basically checks to make sure the baby is progressing "normally". We got more ultrasound pics and our little boy was going wild. He is absolutely precious with his little round head! We adore him already! Thursday we found out the results of the anatomy scan which went great. Everything appears to be progressing normally, an answered prayer. I often feel his precious little baby kicks. I love this kid! I attempted to take my first stab at nursery shopping. UNSUCCESSFUL! Really...how many cribs can one place have?!?!

San Diego was fantastic! I had so much stinkin' fun! My mother and I stayed with my Aunt Sandy which was such a blast. I hadn't seen my aunt since I was a little girl and it was wonderful getting to visit with her! She is so much like my mom...it's pretty much a nonstop comedy show. My friend Domashaa and I are more alike than I even remember. It's interesting how even though we hadn't spoken in about 5 years and seen each other in even longer, we are even more similar and closer than before. But we have our differences too...things that make our friendship exciting and allow opportunity for growth for each of us by rubbing off on the other. God is good like that. Anyways, I love her and I can't say how glad I am to have her.

My mother and mother-in-law came over for Mother's Day and we cooked them up a nice lunch which was attended by our two sisters. Then Aaron and I went over and swam at our sisters new place. I can't really consider what I did swimming but it was great to flap around in the water and spend time with my sissy.

Other than that things are pretty much the same around here. I am going to try to get back on track with this blog so a 20 week post should follow shortly.

'Til then...

Peace & Blessings!