Pregnancy Week By Week: First Trimester

I have been keeping little notes about this pregnancy and I decided that I wanted to share them here!

When I found out that we were pregnant I had ZERO symptoms! I attribute this to the fact that I believed that there was no way that I could be pregnant, ya know, some women are looking for the early signs and I just wasn't. Anyway, I haven't had all the classic symptoms but some have come to the party!

Week 5  Late period and positive pregnancy test on Sunday, July 31st. We were completely surprised! Read our story here!

Week 6-7 Happily pregnant! No morning sickness but I did notice a heighten sense of smell. I was constantly saying, "Ewe, what's that smell?" or "Oh! What smells so good!". 

Week 8-10 {Enter Morning Sickness Here} It was a difficult couple of weeks and this is about the time that we started staying in our new house but without furniture and we were working a lot. It wasn't an easy time but certainly not unmanageable.  It usually passed by 1 or 2pm so I didn't even lose the entire day.  One other usual suspect showed up...breast tenderness. They were pretty sore and felt like the weighed 10lbs each! But...they looked great so it wasn't all bad!

Week 11-13 Rocking right a long! Anxious for our first doctor's appointment...which was in week 13! The nurse had some trouble finding the heartbeat which was so very scary.  They did an ultrasound right away and found that our baby was fine. That was the most amazing moment. Things got very real very fast. Seeing that squirmy image on the screen changed us both...in a good way. Symptom wise, other than being sleepy (yay for naps!) and having sore boobs I had no complaints!

Also this trimester...I lost some weight which was great! I have struggled with my weight for as long as I can remember and to hear that my weight loss was not only perfectly normal, but healthy as well, was great news! We started sharing the news after the doctor's appointment and everyone was/is very excited! One thing about my family...we love us some babies!! 

Making a House a Home: Part One

Our house has "Good Bones" or that is what our realtor said.
This is a cool way to say that it was beyond out dated but has a great layout and solid structure.
Which translates into "this is gonna be a lot of work".
Which is exactly what we wanted.  Something we could make our own and we could do it in our own time.
Then we found out we were pregnant.
Suddenly, all this time we had turned in to 9 months.
No regrets...we just might not get to everything.
We have already made so many changes and I am loving it!

Dining area before...

Please note that there were 3 layers of wallpaper in the kitchen and dining area...

We removed all the wallpaper {thanks to my family}! We also hired a contractor to remove the popcorn texture on the ceiling and have it re textured then they also did the texture on the kitchen walls!

Then the painting began!

I love the color!

We need to decorate, refinish the cabinets and put up crown molding but I love my kitchen!

Laundry room before...

We found this great blue paint at Lowes for $5 I couldn't wait to get it on the walls!

{Always check the paint department for mistinted paint...this was a great find!}

My sweet Mama helping us out!!

It really tuned out great...but it didn't take me long to get sick of looking at those shelves...

My sister found this great fabric when we were Black Friday shopping so I made these curtains {I did 3 panels to make it easier to get behind them.} for less than $5.

Laundry room makeover for 10 bucks!!

{We also pulled the contact paper off of the existing shelves and just painted them with paint for the trim which we already had. Also, I used a shower curtain rod that was left behind by the previous owner to hang the curtain. So literally this room cost us $10}

We really do love this  house and really have enjoyed making all these changes!

Summer Lovin': Bar Harbor, ME

Summer 2011 was the best summer of my life. 

I can't believe how much we did, saw and experienced in such a short time. 

This post will be the first in a mini series of our Summer adventures!

After my last day of work {at the apartment complex in Revere} We hit the road running and spent one night in hotel then Bar Harbor, Maine/Acadia National Park! 

Have you ever been? You should...it is gorgeous!

We had a great campsite by the water. That view was exactly what I needed to unwind.

There are times that I think I could live like this forever...I really love camping!

This trip included lots of relaxing, reading, floating, hiking, carriage riding and so many other things that we love.

See...don't we look happy!

We even made a little friend!

We spent a couple of days in Bar Harbor.  It is a great waterfront town with lots of shops and great places to eat! I must recommend Cafe This Way! Very tasty!

We also spent a good bit of time up here...

on Cadillac Mountain!

This is a terrible picture of me but such a great memory.  We were trying to get some good pictures but it was so windy up there! This is the best we could do!

Another place I would recommend is the Jordan Pond House.  The food is amazing and so is the view.

There was a bit of a wait so explored the area around the restaurant...so beautiful!

One day was spent sailing away in the harbor...

it was so much better than any word I have in my vocabulary. 

Really...It was so great!

This is us again on Cadillac Mountain. We are now members of the Sunrise Club! 

A truly breathtaking experience!

Totally worth getting up at 3AM and freezing on the top of a mountain.

We both had a great time and this post doesn't begin to capture it all...

NYC Love

I have a deep love for New York City. I would go as far as to say it is my FAVORITE city!
We were able to visit twice while we were living in Boston and that was not enough. One day I am going to get my Mama and my sisters to go back with me but until then I must live off these memories...

Our most recent trip to the Big Apple was Feb. 2011. It was a birthday/Valentine's Day treat and I couldn't have asked for a better gift!

Here are some highlights and things that I never want to forget...

Checking into our hotel...I actually get hotel sick if I don't get to stay in one often enough. {We may need to sneak in one more weekend away before the baby comes!}

Braving Central Park Zoo in the Rain!

The city was really very beautiful...the mist was kinda perfect.

Warming up at the Russian Tea Room {this was a fun experience but the food was just ok}.

The tea and desserts on the other hand, were wonderful!

CUPCAKES!

Manhattan Temple...I just love that it is right in the middle of everything.{I am a Mormon and we attend Temples if you are curious about this click here}

Strolling {or walking quickly as it was almost dark} through Central Park.

Serendipity for dinner and Frozzzen Hot Chocolate! The food here was AMAZING!

This was taken from the Ferry...on our way to meet Lady Liberty!

THE BULL! 

I took this waiting in line at the Shake Shack.  Their burgers and concretes were the best!

Wall Street before it got all occupied and such.

New construction at Ground Zero...

Night time in Times Square!

We really wanted to Ice skate at Rockefeller Center but I had twisted my ankle earlier and it didn't seem like  a smart idea!

We had sushi, more cupcakes, went to Dylan's candy store and shopped on 5th Avenue! It was fabulous.

I picked up this great bag...not on 5th Avenue but on somewhere-sketchy-Avenue!

The most amazing 3 days.
On the way home we even stopped and had dinner with friends!

Such a great trip with so many great memories.

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