how many weeks are we...?

I had a doctor's appointment this morning and I thought I was 26 weeks, but my doctor came in and announced "5 more days and you're in the 3rd trimester!"
I had no idea.  All this week/month/mester business is confusing....In the end, we'll have a little girl around August 2nd.
My stomach and her heartbeat were all measuring perfect today, we're right on target.  And I didn't barf up my glucose juice from my blood test.

It's been awhile since we updated.  Let's see.  One of Ben's customers was kind enough to lend us her beach house in Rehoboth, DE.

The weather wasn't perfect, but we had a great time getting away from our apartment that is getting more and more crowded with baby stuff and big decisions...

We did lots of walking and went out to dinner.  It was great to get away since our weekends are already full until baby almost...plus I'm not supposed to travel after the last weekend in June.

April was my month for surprise date night, and I took Ben to an O's game.  Although I couldn't enjoy a beer or a hotdog...we had a blast.  Yet another nice time to take a break from baby business.

I seriously love almost everything about Baltimore....

Other than this, we've pretty much been trying not to stress out as we get ready for baby.  We're still in the house hunt...we still can't seem to find what we're looking for.  Our apartment guest room is now filled with crib parts (thanks Jer and Anne!), 2 strollers, a car seat, the baby bedding I'm sewing, and bins of baby stuff.  We're working on an action plan incase we're still in the apartment when she comes.

But everything is great, Steph is healthy and so is baby.

Let the sewing begin...

I've found since getting pregnant that I am super picky about baby stuff.  After looking for months for bedding I liked, or after finding out it was a girl, finding things that weren't 110% pink and girly...I've been sewing my own baby bedding.  I got half way through the crib bumpers yesterday!  (Final picture post to follow...)   I'm way happier with the fabric I bought and it's fun to put time and energy into something like this for her.

I have a million baby projects to finish at some point and yesterday I completed the nursing cover aka hooter hider.  I used this tutorial and ended up with something I love, in a print that I like way more than what I've seen in stores.

And here's a bump picutre from about 2 weeks ago for for kicks.  Literally, this baby kicks A LOT.

23 week-a-roos

And we forgot to take our weekly picture on Sunday, so we'll do that soon.

We had another ultrasound yesterday and got to see our daughter (big!) again.  She appears to be doing great and was moving around.   Steph thinks she looks like Ben...

We are getting more and more excited (and nervous) each week!  We are thinking we should start getting some "baby" things done sooner than later.  We had hoped to move before baby came, but we still haven't quite found the house we've been looking to buy.
Steph decided to take on the tast of sewing all her crib bedding so we've got a long list of "to-do's" ahead of us.  But she is well worth it!

Happy Birthday Steph!

This week we celebrated Steph's birthday with dinner at Woodberry Kitchen! Dinner was delicious and we capped it off with the CMP!


Steph also received her first present from our baby, a calla lily plant(Steph's favorite flower).

Last night was our monthly date night, where one of us plans a surprise date, Ben was in charge of this month's date.
He figured what better way to appease his pregnant wife than Five Guys and Roller Derby. We ate burgers and fries and then went to Du Burns arena for some Charm City Roller Girls roller derby!


We wanted to get our baby girl into the sport early on. So we took her to an event in utero. That's right, we're having a GIRL!!! Seriously though, she is going to need a weight set in the nursery for start prepping for a career in roller derby.
We couldn't be more excited to be having a little girl and scared at the same time. Ben has already sworn off her dating until 30! Here she is!


Here are a couple of pics of Steph and our little girl (in the kitchen of course) from last week at 21 weeks.



Here is a picture of Steph from yesterday at 22 weeks. This little girl is huge! She kicks a lot, and we can even see her kicks through Steph's belly. Although Steph is already at the point that she gets a lot of "August? Are you sure that baby isn't coming sooner?...."


The ultrasound tech did say girl was her "guess" so if the news changes later on...we can all laugh at the switch-a-roo together.

More than halfway there....

Yes, we will post more pictures soon....we've been slacking with this blog business again.
But we are more than half way through the pregnancy!  Some days that's super exciting, some days super terrifiying!!!  We are so excited to meet this member of our family.  This baby loves to kick and move around (yes, they started moving at 16 weeks!), and we think it's going to be a fun one.

My friend Biz is having her baby girl in the next few weeks, and I've also been sewing up a storm, mostly baby gear.  I thought I would share the booties I sewed for Biz.  I need to get a pair going for our kiddo since they're going to be BFF's...

We'll put a biggger, more exciting post this week.

19 Kids and Counting

Or just one little baby at 19 weeks.


Ben has been teaching the baby the ins and outs of the landscaping business. He can't wait to have a helping hand.

Balentine's Day

Ben and I are perfect for each other for many reasons....but here is a perfect example.

Steph bought Ben "Call of Duty" for the wii, and Ben bought Steph this:

Since Steph has been pregnant she takes a bath at least once a day....now Ben can play shooting games while Steph relaxes.  Nice work.

Dream come true.