fancy little waddles

We are so close!

I officially feel like an elephant.

But I'm totally ok with that, because we meet our sweet boy in a little over a  month!

He is supposed to be the size of a honeydew melon, but I'd beg to differ that he isn't the size of 3 watermelons.

Not to complain,

but it is so hot.

Why can't it just be Winter this Summer like it was Summer last Winter? 

I'd be able to wear more than one layer perhaps without feeling like I'm melting.

Enough of that, we are almost done. 

I just can't believe it.

Hold tight my sweet baby.

Lyz

sweet child of mine...

Here a few of the maternity pictures that a dear and fellow photographer friend of mine did. I love them so much! Although, I'm at a point where I hate every picture taken of me. I had to fight that feeling.

Hope you enjoy!

Heres the link to her page: http://www.facebook.com/kaymockingbird

Lyz

A Little Man is On His Way!

My sweet Meemaw on the right, and a few of my nieces and nephews.

 I love this picture so much!

 Here are just a few pictures from our baby shower.

Had such a wonderful time! It was truly amazing! All of our friends and family were such blessings and gave more than we could even have imagined!

It was a "Little Man" Theme, which turned out so cute! Now we just really can't wait to meet him!

Lyz

Things that make me realize I'm pregnant

• I've completely lost all train of thought, all the time. Words that I've been spelling my whole life? Yeah, can't remember how to spell them randomly. I will also stop in mid sentence of a conversation because I have no idea what I was saying. This is pretty annoying.
• I now grunt like a pig when I am getting out of the car, a chair, or bed. Boyfriend thinks this is hilarious? 
• All my old dresses are now my new shirts.
• I cry, and tear up at stupid, stupid commercials.
• When washing the dishes, my belly gets a bath.
• When eating anything, my belly part of my shirt gets a taste as well.
• You are always hotter than everyone (wouldn't it be nice if I meant in sense of appearance?) Not only do you grunt like a pig now, but you sweat like one.
• Everyone at the gym looks at you funny, like, really confused as to why you are there. It doesn't make sense to me.
• Even after I eat half of a pizza and all the crazy bread, I'm still going to be hungry in 30 minutes.
• Climbing the stairs to our apartment is one of my biggest accomplishments every single day now. 
• One minute Jonathan and I will be joking on each other and the next minute I'm crying. Why? Who knows.
• Naps are a gift from heaven and in my top 3 most valued time of the day.
• Cuddling now includes a body pillow, it gets more love than he does.
• I will sit in Tobyn's nursery for hours, just folding clothes or listening to music. It's one of the most relaxing things in the world.

Being past 30 weeks is a seriously new excitement. Just 9 more weeks to go!


Lyz

Savvy?

Just some shots of our Savannah trip.

It was so refreshing.

Ate way too much and walked until I thought this child was going to fall out of me.

Really enjoyed spending time with my darlin'. :)

Lyz

2.25 lbs and 75% complete

Yes, that's a cauliflower.
They tell me our sweet man is about 2. 25 lbs.
OH EM GEE. We are three fourths of a way there!!!!!
Third Trimester babay!
(I'm only slightly excited, obviously)

Enjoying the heck out of all this beautiful weather.
I just love spring. Hopefully we get an actual spring, because we never did find Winter.
I have a birthday next week, and we are going to Savannah, GA.
I am literally too excited. We need a getaway, a "babymoon" I guess is what they call them.
Birthdays are so weird when you get ....older.
I could seriously care less this year. Maybe it's because we are young and broke, and don't get to do much.
Except go to Savannah, and take pictures of beautiful, wonderful things.
Just being given the opportunity to do that, and hold my sweetheart's hand at the same time is more than enough for me :)


Lyz

rutabaga baby.

  25 Weeks today... And I'm feeling it. 

Apparently.... he's the size of a rutabaga? 

Probably the most unattractive vegetable I've ever came in contact with.

But, I'm pretty positive baby boy is the cutest thing I'll ever come in contact with, next to his daddy ;)

June, hurry and be here.

Lyz

bed, baths and beyond....

Can I just go ahead and determine for us all that baths were created for pregnant women? 

I would take 3 a day if it were socially acceptable. Every little ache, pain, pressure or bloated feeling disappears while I'm relaxed in my wonderful ocean of bliss. 

And apparently you aren't supposed to take baths while pregnant, let alone hot ones.

I'm definitely guilty of taking baths, and I try my best to keep it under temperatures that my skin turns red.

It's really just because you aren't supposed to raise your core temperature, so if I ever feel dizzy, its cold water for me!

This week I've been working really hard on my photography website, which will hopefully be up and running in the next week or so. 

We've finally picked out Tobyn's bedding, and we even got a crib this week! It was from a friend of a friend's with the mattress, for $50! We basically stole it! The one we were going to buy + the mattress would have been at least $300, and not as nice. We. Are. So. Blessed.

The crib is a lighter more natural wood than the crib below.

Lyz

not so housewifey...

 I am attempting to cook more and more. So says the girl who finds a way to burn things that shouldn't even know how to burn. 

But, we are getting there. Slowly but surely. Thanks to Pinterest. Where I tend to find it a lot easier to find something to cook (that's always been my problem, aside from the burning everything, is that I don't know where to start). It allows we to collect recipes based on how yummy they look, so I save them and when I decide to go grocery shopping I'll try one or two. Not always succeeding, and poor Jonathan, I'm learning his tasting faces, but he's sweet and normally tells me it's soooo delicious. 

But, like I said, It's getting better.

Cheers to the countless nights I'm on speaker phone with my mom or sister or calling them at every step of recipe. I'm pathetic.

The dish above something we just kind of threw together last night, it was yummy, actually.

Chicken wrapped in bacon, rolled in cheddar jack cheese and bacon crumbles.

I should give myself more credit.

Sometimes.

Lyz

happy-lishous birthday

Jonathan's birthday was yesterday, the day he went back to work. My birthday next month is the same way, the day after my weekend. Grrrr. Oh well. 

We went to see his family, who all are so sweet and supportive of us. I got called everything from Mamma to "Pot Belly Pig", that name credit goes to his Uncle Chad. 

We were trying to figure out what his mom wanted to be called, this is her first grandchild so we gotta get creative. Nana is already taken, that's my mom, who is already Nana to 7 grandchildren (yikes we make a lot of babies ;) I don't think we ever came to any conclusion though.

For his birthday, I was going to get tickets to either a Red Hot Chili Pepper, Dave Matthew's Band, or John Mayer concert. All which are around 3 to 4 hours away from us, because we live in a deep dark hole of a town. But, I think I'm just helping him buy some new music equipment in the next few weeks.
Because I'm ready for him to be able to get serious. 

That guys got talent, and it needs to be seen.

His birthday was a perfect excuse to make an Oreo Cheesecake, from scratch. Yeeeeah buddy. 

Yes of course I meant for the cookies to be cracked, broken and falling all over the place on top.

 Its "artistic".

And take lots of talent, duh.

And it surprisingly tasted delish.

Happy Birthday, darling.

Lyz