12 Week Bumpdate

Hello second trimester! 

Our little nugget is as big as a ripe apricot this week and is starting to practice breathing. 

We are already so anxious to meet our sweet baby! I'm trying to slow my anxious heart down and enjoy all these months. We got to hear the babies heartbeat yesterday at our doctors appointment and I have to hold my tears back every time! It's such a sweet and comforting sound. 

This bumpdate is a few days late but better late than never right? 

How far along? 12 weeks & 3 days

Sleep? It's getting harder and harder to get comfortable already. But I'm thankful for the sleep I do get!

Symptoms? My morning sickness has pretty much subsided. There's a few times during they day I feel dizzy and nauseous but not nearly as much as the 1st trimester.

Cravings? Canes sauce. Not really the chicken, just the fries and sauce. Oh, and p i c k l e s. All. The. Time.

Miss anything? Still sushi, coffee & tea. Someone bring me all 3 as soon as I have this sweet baby!

Gender? Still not sure but really thinking boy!


Names? Still not sharing :)
What you're looking forward to: Finding out the gender! We cannot wait to find out if we are having a little boy or girl.

Verse you're leaning on this week: Really all of Psalm 139. It's all so powerful and has been speaking to me so much this week! God knows everything about us, we can't hide from Him, and He made every part of us. That last part takes on a whole new meaning when verse 13 is going on inside of you.

 I get so emotional when I think   about what all is really going on inside of my belly. As my grandma told me just a few days ago "only God could create something so intricate and beautiful". What she said has just been heavy on my heart because she is so right! Our baby started to form his/hers little heart at only 5 weeks. At 6 weeks he/she was forming little eyes and nose. At 7 weeks the baby's bones were hardening and during weeks 8 the baby starts to move! (Although I couldn't feel it yet) I could go on and on with these facts and how it all points to Jesus. He is the one doing and orchestrating all of this. How could I not praise Him and thank Him every minute of my life for this blessing He is pouring out over Blake and I! He is so, so good, y'all. 

I hope y'all have a wonderful weekend and enjoy the sunshine and drink some tea for me!

& baby makes three

We are so thankful to be adding this little bundle of joy to our family in January! Only is it by Gods grace that we get to embark on this journey with Him, knowing and seeking Him in ways we never have before. Praise God for this sweet little blessing!

We have so many different emotions going through our heads - we are excited, nervous, scared, anxious, but mostly excited!

We plan on sharing this journey with y'all through our blog so that one day we can look back on this season of life and have words, pictures & memories to remember.

We had been trying to get pregnant since December, and found out April 28th that we were expecting! I was about 4 weeks along and here's our first little bumpie pic we took the day after we found out! Plus a few more to catch y'all up to where we are now.

Today I am 10 weeks 1 day and our sweet little Baby K is growing and growing! I'm still in shock by how much I'm showing so early, but secretly, I love it :)

So now here's a fun little bumpdate for y'all!

How far along? 10 weeks & 1 day

Sleep? I want to all day, everyday. I'm constantly exhausted. But I know it's worth it :)

Symptoms? Morning sickness that either lasts all day or just hits me at night right when I lay down to sleep.

Cravings? I've had so many random cravings. So far they have been; Chickfila sweet tea & fries, Oreos & pickles (yes, at the same time), and BBQ! Blake and I may or may not have had it for lunch and dinner last Sunday. No shame.

Miss anything? Sushi, tea, and unhealthy amounts of coffee.

Gender? We obviously don't know yet, but we both think boy! Even though Blake wants a girl :)

Names? We already have them picked out, but aren't sharing yet!

Anything make you sick? Raw meat and sadly, black beans. If I even think about the smell of black beans I get sick. Also, I walked past chicken thawing out in our kitchen last week and threw up. Pregnancy can be weird, y'all.

What are you looking forward to?

Our next appointment because we get to hear our babies heartbeat again! Also we leave for vacation in a week and we are so excited for some much needed rest!
Verse you're leaning on this week:

You keep him in perfect peace whose mind is stayed on you, because he trusts in you. Isaiah‬ ‭26‬:‭3‬ ESV

Pregnancy can be scary, especially in the first trimester. We are leaning on God and trusting in Him with all the "unknowns", although that's not always easy.

What we do know is we have a heathy, growing baby and we could not be more thankful for that.

Happiness is Homemade

Blake and I ventured out to the newly opened Nebraska Furinture Mart this past weekend and were so impressed! Blake of course loved how the parking garage was set up and I loved how organized they kept everything in that huge store! i fell in love with probably 5 kitchen tables, a glider rocker recliner (I know, heavenly), and the cutest patio furniture set!

We were a little overwhelmed!

Pretty patio furniture!

Can we talk about this Kitchen Aid wall?? I died. I literally ran to it from across the store! They even have the yellow mixer from Friends. I'll take the light pink, please :)

So after realizing our budget didn't allow us to buy all 5 kitchen tables I wanted and more we decided to renovate all of our furniture we already have! We did some end tables, our tv stand, and our little kitchen table! We love how it all turned out :) 

Our table before was just a basic wood top with dark grey iron. We wanted to brighten things up so we chose white and light grey! Then Blake decided we should paint our chairs pink and blue and I couldn't say no! Next step is painting the walls a light grey and working on the other side of the kitchen! 

New table wear thanks to Target of course! Loving their new line of fun, bright kitchen accessories!

Cheap mix matched wooden frames from Goodwill that we painted then just added some twine and clothespins for a cute way to hang pictures :)

The tv stand isn't complete yet so I will have to post some pictures of it later when we finish! Here's the end table and stool we did.

We love how it all turned out and are slowly turning out sweet little house into our home!