10 Weeks to Go!

There are times I feel as if I have been pregnant all my life, seriously, what does it feel like to NOT be preggers? I can't really remember. However, I just realized that I only have 10 weeks to go until our little guy comes into our world. That just seems like crazy town. It seems like yesterday I was on the elliptical at Gold's Gym in Provo when I just knew....I was pregnant. I jumped off and went straight to the grocery store to buy a pregnancy test. The teenage boy cashier probably thought I was a nut as I purchased it with shaky hands, sweaty as can be (some from the gym but mostly from being super nervous). I went home and spent a solid 45 minutes reading the instructions. I finally took the test ready to wait the solid 3 minutes it tells you it takes to see results, but waiting was not necessary. That test was positive within a half a second. So 2 more tests later I was convinced. 

I had an hour until Dan came home from class and it was just me and baby, our little secret for the next 60 minutes. He was only the size of a sesame seed at that point but it was all over for me. I was in love with my child. In that moment I thought about the argument the world is having over when life begins. There is no doubt in my mind that life begins the moment the Lord decides to bless you with a child. The sesame seed in my stomach was very much alive and very much mine. 

Telling Dan when he got home was so much fun. I made him come in to the bathroom and he was so confused as I didn't tell him I had taken a test, and he had never seen a test before so at first he had no idea what I was showing him. The joy I saw in his eyes at that moment made me the happiest girl in the world. I love Dan and I am so thrilled that we are starting our family. Dan is so full of life and will such an amazing Daddy. 

Well now here we are, months later, ten weeks away from meeting our little man. Dan has graduated and starts his job in New York in July. In the mean time we are staying with his parents in Arizona. I am working from home and Dan is substitute teaching and golfing like a mad man. We are loving every second of our time together. Soon our world will be turned upside down with a new baby and a new job, all good things and we couldn't be more thrilled. 

I have been having fun finding deals on baby gear. I get into all the latest baby trends and all that nonsense, I can't help it. However, I hate spending full price on anything. There is something so much more satisfying when you get a deal. So I've been doing some serious baby deal hunting. I went to a super fun baby consignment sale that was HUGE and got a whole bunch of stuff for SO MUCH LESS than I would have spent otherwise. I mean it's all washable and I didn't get a car seat or anything so don't go thinking I'm a bad mom before my baby is already born. 

One of my finds is currently sitting in Nick and Kendall's bedroom (Thanks for the storage space guys!) and I keep catching myself standing in the doorway staring at it, imaging my baby in it. 

I don't know how such a simple item can melt my heart so much. But it does, hormones maybe? Oh well it just makes me so excited to meet my baby!

Some more of my steal of a deals. Please notice my diaper bag as I am the most proud of this bad boy. Got it brand new for half off. Thanks to craigslist stalking and a negotiator husband. 

Well that's our little update for now. I figured I would throw in some baby bump pictures for posterity. They are all horrible cell phone pics and even one....gasp!....selfie, but hey it's better than nothing. 

26 weeks!

28 weeks!

30 weeks!