27 weeks. seriously?

cannot BELIEVE we are this far already. HELLO EVERYONE! sorry its been a few weeks...i've had 4 weddings in the last 5 weekends so ive been kinda MIA...for everything. including my own life, haha. so before we go any further, here i am at 27 weeks. this is my "i'm mad because im huge" face." like it?



I was greeted with an un-friendly number on the scale at the ob today...i wont even tell BEN this number. BLEH! ahh all i can do is laugh and do my best to stay away from cupcakes i guess..anyhow, here are some updates.

1. josiah is cool. i mean, doing well....he's a little over a pound and a half and stretches about 14 inches heel to head. nuts! his heartbeat stays around 140-150..apparently thats normal!
2. my blood pressure is good, my belly is measuring right where it should be, and for the most part im feeling fine! my back doesnt hurt every day now, just maybe one day a week and mostly just at the salon (because im standing all day or sitting on a stool with no back....)
3. i gave up and took off my wedding band and other rings on sunday. they were starting to get pretty tight:) i ran over to kohls where i know they have sterling silver rings...and i picked up one for my right hand, as well as a thick silver band for my ring finger....its a little big right now but im sure it wont be soon enough! the best part is that all their sterling silver rings were 60% off. gotta love sales in this economy. here are my rings!



4. i am starting to really prepare for my next two months. april and may are so busy for me at the salon and traveling for photography...i'm in virginia in 2 weeks for a wedding, every sunday, monday, and tuesday in april is booked with photo shoots and meetings...im at the ob every 2 weeks now instead of 4, i have to start and finish josiahs room/aka moving my office into our bedroom/aka re-doing our bedroom to fit my office....we need to clean out the garage, i have two showers coming up, easter is almost here, i have 5 weddings in may, i have to finish registering, i have to PAINT....ahhhh! the list gets longer and longer. i so wish i could leave the salon sooner and have more time in my days but its just not going to happen. i need HELP! any takers?

5. im having a belly shoot next week. YES. i broke down. its all jess' fault...and kelley's. My friend and photographer extraordinaire Jess Cornett is doing the photo taking..Kelley is doing my makeup, and hopefully steve madden is providing my hot footwear...haha im hitting up a dsw this weekend! i figure ya know what...im huge. i have to feel hot for this shoot! what better way then to snag some peep toe pumps that scream i am fabulous? so yea stay tuned for pics from that, if im brave enough to post any.

lastly, i just wanna praise jesus. praise him because im healthy, i can walk, sit, stand, (for the most part, haha), breathe deeply and sometimes get a decents night sleep. thank him because he has kept me well and protected me from any harm or pregnancy woes. praise him because he was faithful in giving us josiah inside of me and from what we can see, josiah is doing really well. thank and praise him for supportive family and friends and relationships with people who are loving and caring and praying for us dilligently as we get closer to being parents.

alright enough sappy-ness. i AM going to bed before midnight tonight. :) peace out girl scouts!

24 1/2 week shot.

well the time has finally come where i can no longer pretend to look cute. "getting away with it" is sadly, no longer an option. i am large, and in charge. fantastic!

ok haha this picture cracks me up. i have no legs, my face is gay, i look backwards, and the way my dress is hanging im all straight in the back and WHAM round in the front. HAHA. truly horrific. BEN, i demand you take "not as retarded" pictures of me in the future!!

ok thats it for now. i'll update with a more wordy post at my 24 weeks...this thursday. because pregnant people are tired and well, im one of those pregnant people....and im tired. night!

23 weeks and feelin fine...

oh geez i'm getting railed at from all sides...i'm sorry people! these last 3 weeks have been mayhem...and february was one of my SLOW months for photography. ugh. here i am posting!! im alive...josiah is doing well...and i'd thought i'd start my post with a picture today, instead of ending it with on...

so here i am, this is actually last week...so technically 22 weeks. i'll put another post up this week with my 23 weeks belly.

things have been going well...super normal. no major happenings...just a few bumps in the road:) haha. i crack myself up. ok but really, here is what ive been dealing with/feeling lately.
1. josiah using me as a punching bag and a kickboxing partner. yes, i feel him now more than ever and man is he active. he kills me! sometimes i swear he's just taking ONE finger and WHAM, jamming it into my side. it hurts a little bit:) but other than that im liking him movin around in there. cool to feel. not as cool to feel when he decides to have dance parties as soon as i get into bed. but whatev.
2. my back is killing me. started just my lower back, now its the whole thing. im holding up a lot of weight people! im using a lot of icyhot and acetaminophen lately. and shooting weddings and just regular old photo shoots..well..at the end of it i feel like my back is going to just give out. NICE!!
3. itching. thats all im gonna say.
4. im tired and hungry again, kinda like i was in my first trimester. and more now to do than ever before! thats how it goes i guess.
5. a teensy bit of swelling...i notice it only when i try to stretch or sit on the floor or something...and mostly after a long day at the salon. ahhhh cannot wait for may 29th when there will be no more long days at the salon, or days at the salon period.

thats pretty much the jist! i had an ob appt this morning. his heartbeat is good, 150...this week he weighs just over a pound and is around 11 inches. a growin boy for sure. speaking of growing HELLO so am i. i about had a coronary right on the ob scale this morning. i literally said "holy geez" and the lady laughed at me and said..."you're tiny!". well i'm glad i look it and i dont actually have to wear my weight around on my forehead or anything. Lord have mercy..I would die. ben thinks im silly and duh, im supposed to be gaining weight which DUH i know...its just frightening to see that number. that darn number. grrr. but as long as josiah is good, im golden. :)

i know i said i would post some pics of his room...and i'm getting to it. this weekend i'm going to go ahead and move my office into our bedroom...:( not a huge fan, and ben isnt either but theres no where else for it to go. i need to start painting so thats the first step. ben is sanding down the dresser and is going to stain it black...and here are the anthropologie knobs i bought and are still currently in love with...


arent they MARVELOUS? ahhhh i love anthro. the joy of not buying new baby furniture is getting to buy new knobs:)

so lots to get to before small group..gotta go...here is a list of current baby to-do's. anyone wanna help? lol
1. paint room
2. design and buy wood for changing table
3. find and buy used pottery barn crib
4. move my office
5. get that ghetto couch of josiahs room
6. finish registering at babys r us
7. get stoked about the shower my sis is throwing me in tallahassee
8. have my belly shoot with jess
9. finish printing and framing all the b&w images for josiahs room
10. buy stuff. fun, but not on the bank account.

peace out people!