32 Weeks

32 weeks?? What? When did this happen...

It feels like just yesterday we were finding out the gender of our little nugget and now he will be here SO soon! We can't wait to snuggle and love on our little guy! Momma & baby are feeling great. We are really getting to work on his nursery and it's coming together so, so well. Better than I imagined! 

How far along: 32 Weeks & 2 days.

This week, baby is the size of a: Squash!

Sleep: It just depends on the night. Some nights I sleep through the night and other times I don't feel like I've slept at all. 

Symptoms: B r a x t o n H i c k s :( They are getting to be so painful & more frequent. 

Cravings: Nothing specific that I can think of! Blake made some yummy fried zucchini to go with dinner last night and I have a feeling I'll be craving that for a while ;)

Belly Button in or out: Out! I don't even remember what my belly button looks like...

Labor Signs: None, I think! Every time my doctor asks me if I have felt any labor pains I say "not that I know of!" Everyone says that I'll know it when it starts happening, so that makes me feel a little better!

Best moment this week: Getting so much done with his nursery! It's finally starting to come together and I'm totally loving it! We have been DIY-ing so much stuff this week and I can't wait to share it with y'all! We also had a baby shower this past weekend and we feel so blessed by our family and friends! It was so nice to get to see everyone and celebrate our Judah :) Here's some pictures from our shower! 

Blakes Grandma, Aunts and his mom threw us this shower! His aunt made all of those little animals hanging on the tree by hand! She is so creative. 

I walked into the house and was so surprised to see these girls! They are so dear to my heart and all away at college now so it meant a lot to have them there :)

Caroline goes to Texas Tech, but we love her anyway :) She got Judah this little onesie and I can't deny how cute it is...I just wish it said Aggies instead ;)

This is my bestie (she will laugh at me for saying the word "bestie") Liz! Only I would go back home for the weekend and forget all my makeup so she saved the day, once again and made me look pretty :) 

This is Blakes Aunts dog and how cute is she?? I want one...or 5. 

This handsome guy showed up afterwards after a morning of kayaking and he was all snuggles :) We are a little pathetic I think...a couple of hours away from each other and it feels like forever! Love him so much :)

Happy or Moody most of the time: Still really happy! Blake might say different though...haha. I still have random pregnancy breakdowns and just cry for no reason, or for a silly reason. Sometimes I do notice myself getting a little more frustrated easier, but I try to shut that down really fast! 

Miss anything? Being able to bend over and pick stuff up off the floor like a normal person. Nowadays, if something falls on the ground, it's either staying there or Blake picks it up. It's a struggle. 

What you're looking forward to: Our doctors appointment Friday! We were scheduled to have one yesterday but got a call on our way there saying that my doctor had to go deliver 2 babies so we needed to reschedule my appointment! I was super bummed. So now I'm extra anxious for our appointment Friday! 

Verse you're leaning on this week:

I came across this verse while doing one of my She Reads Truth studies. I'm just going to share with y'all the excerpt from the study because I don't think I could say it any better. 

"Be still. Stop. Sit with me awhile, we hear the Father say. And when we do? When we rest in Him, our rest becomes our strength."

Such a sweet reminder for this 8 month prego that just wants to go & go. Rest in Him is vital and we need it! You'll never regret sitting down and spending those few minutes/hours just being still before The Lord. Open your Bible, grab a cup of coffee, and rest in Him today!  

Friday Favorites

Happy Friday, y'all! We are back home in Denton for the weekend and are so happy to be here spending time with family and friends. We have another baby shower tomorrow for Judah and I'm so excited for it! 

Today I'm linking up with Andrea, Erika, and Narci for Friday Favorites, so grab your coffee and enjoy the read :)

I saw this meme circling around social networks the day after Halloween and thought it was so funny and slightly true! I still think Thanksgiving is super important and it bothers me how people just overlook it. If anyone gets excited for Christmas, is this girl! But we can't forget about Thanksgiving.

It does make my heart all warm and fuzzy to see Christmas stuff up in stores though. The hard part is resisting to buy until after Thanksgiving! It's a good thing I have Blake to hold me accountable. How cute are those pillows?? Christmas is my favorite!

Being back home means having my Momma's cooking and that is my favorite! She made us my favorite wild berry bread for breakfast yesterday morning and my Grandma made homemade fried chicken for dinner...excuse me while I stuff my face with all this yumminess. 

We also got to surprise our students from our church back home Wednesday night and it made my heart so happy to see them! They are my favorites and we miss them so much. Getting to come back and visit them often is a blessing though :)

We also got to see our favorite little kiddos Wednesday night. I feel like this little guy was just born yesterday, and now he's walking around everywhere and is such a big boy! He didn't want to leave his Uncle Blake's side on Wednesday, so sweet :)

Blake (aka my husband/stylist) picked out these cute tops for me yesterday and not only are they cute and comfy, they were on sale! (& still are!!) I'm a sucker for good tops from Old Navy, they are always stylish, simple, and they always have good sales! I'm a sucker for a good sale, they're my favorite! We got both of these tops for less than $40, combined. These aren't maternity tops so I had to size up a bit, but I would say they fit very true to size! The buffalo check top might run a tad small, but it's hard to tell with my belly ;) Also, I love how my faux fur vest dresses up both of these tops! I purchased it last year at Charming Charlie but lucky for you, they brought it back this year! Oh, and the vest has pockets. Best. Thing. Ever. 

     

Green Tunic here.

Similar Buffalo Check Flannel here.

Similar Faux Fur Vest here.

That's it for this weeks Friday Favorites! I hope y'all have the best weekend :)

Show & Tell Tuesday : A Day in the Life

Hey y'all! Happy November!

 Today I'm linking up with Andrea for Show and Tell Tuesday! This week is "A Day in the Life". 

I thought, what better day to do "A Day in the Life" than on Halloween?? So I documented our whole Saturday with pictures. How fun!

After I woke up and took a shower, I started on washing some dishes. I knew that I would be cooking quite a bit that day so I needed to start fresh with a clean kitchen! 

Blake had a lunch with the band from church up in North Austin (we live very south-west) so he had to leave a little early to make it there on time. So I made myself a smoothie and did my quiet time. 

Then I dried/folded some clothes and washed some sheets, what joy. 

Later, I took a little break and heated up my leftovers from Olive Garden the night before and watched some Food Network, because duh.

I sent the hubs out for some last minute ingredients for the pasta salad & pumpkin cookies I was making for that night. He sent me this text and I immediately got so nervous that the stores were ALREADY out of pure pumpkin! I always forget to stock up on it once the holidays start because it goes so fast! Luckily, he found it :)

The hubs finally made it back home and I started to get ready. My hair is naturally curly, so blow-drying it and straightening it is such a chore. It takes me a good while. So Blake started boiling the pasta for me so it could have some time to cool :)

I finally got finished with my hair/makeup and started on making the pasta salad & cookies! All while wearing my pumpkin socks, of course :)

I mixed up the 1 can of pumpkin with 1 box of spice cake mix, added in some mini chocolate chips, and started baking the cookies! (350 for 12 minutes, so easy, y'all!) While they baked, I worked on the pasta salad. 

Once we were finished with the cooking, we had a little time to kill before heading to our friends house for the night so we decided to Face Time my parents! They had been out shopping for Judah all day so we got to see some of the cute stuff they got him :) 

Then we headed to our friends house for the night! With goodies, of course :)

They had a table set up in their driveway that we sat at and gave candy to the trick-or-treaters! It was a beautiful night so we even enjoyed eating outside. But first, we had to go trick-or-treating ourselves! I guess technically, their boys trick-or-treated and we just followed and enjoyed the weather :)

We also played Halloweengo! My friend, Jaci, found this fun little game to play while the trick-or-treaters came by! It's just like bingo, you just cross off whichever Halloween costumes you see! We all got pretty competitive, and of course, Blake won! 

We headed home later that night and it hit me that this was our last Halloween as just "us two"! We snuggled into bed and watched some Netflix and enjoyed our last Halloween before Judah gets here. Next year will look so different, and we are SO excited for it! Even though Judah won't be able to eat the candy next year, we can still take him trick-or-treating right?? Momma & Daddy need candy too... :) 

I love this goofy guy :)

That's it for my super exciting "A Day in the Life"! 

Have the best day :)