I Miss You

Things I miss the most during my pregnancy so far...
    Nooooo, not wine or Bud Light Lime.... I miss belts and zippers and now my neck!!! This momma has got to get moving!

Boy!

That's right... We are having a BOY!!! I am so excited. I was so loving the ultra sound today. It was a this is real moment. Everything was measuring right on and looking like one perfect baby boy. I can hardly wait to hold Delevan in my arms.
His heart rate was 141and I have gained 15lbs.

It's A ....

I have been so anxious for our first ultra sound tomorrow. More than the excitement of finding out the sex of the baby, just having our first official visual of Baby Nugget. When we first found out we were pregnant I had an ultra sound done. We were only 5 weeks along at the time. So I really did not see anything but a black hole. I felt just like Rachel on the Friends episode - "I can't see my baby". I was just barely able to see the heart beat at that time. It was an amazing feeling when we first had the chance to hear the heart beat out loud. Now we can actually have a visual of what is going on in that belly of mine. I have defiantly noticed growth in the last few days. For the last few weeks I kept asking myself... Are you just letting yourself get fat - there is really not a baby in there at all. I may have felt some movements as well. It is so faint I just don't know if its muscle spasms or gas or the baby moving around.

On a fashion note.. I hate everything about maternity clothes. I hate shopping in the small cluttered stores, I hate shopping on line, I hate the way they look on me, and I hate the way the feel. I don't know who ever decided that these were comfortable clothes cause they are far from it. The elastic reaching all the way up my stomach only makes it feel like my boobs are trying to reach my knees. I am slowly but surely switching my closet over, I am not happy about it. There are so many cute fall clothes out there right now, and I have to just keep on walking by them.

So bets are about half and half down the line. Derek thinks it is a girl and I think it is a boy. I have lost the vote on our boys name thou. I had Dellevan... everyone agrees that it should be Delevan. ( Apparently spell check does not like either of them) So, even thou I am the mom... majority wins this one. Well, Derek wins this one. Well - I will be looking forward to our day tomorrow. I hope I get some sleep tonight.

Week 17

I keep telling everyone that, I feel like a normal person and that I do not feel preggers at all. However the dreams are coming on strong. I have had few dreams this week one the baby was a girl and in the other it was a boy. So I am still undecided on what our little surprise is going to be. I just keep wondering if we are going to break the popular crew with all of these boys or add to it. I keep saying he and his, while Derek keeps saying hello to little Avery. I am so glad that we are finding out.

Today my feet are swollen.

The Perez boys are 5 months old today.  Time really does fly. Well I hope everyone has a fantastic Labor Day weekend!

The Name Game

We have discussed baby names for years... now that a baby is on the way here are the favorites on our list. 


Girls:
Avery 
Kayden
Ali
Anna
Maeve

Boys:
Eathan
Dellevan
Keegan
Keanan
Jaxson


As of right now we have decided on Avery Ann & Dellevan Richard. Sept. 15th we have our ultrasound and if the little nugget is not in hiding we will find out 

M.I.A

Another busy summer has kept me away from the computer, along with fear and frustration with my lovely laptop. Falling apart at the seams POS! It has been a good run my HUGE Dell laptop and a big thanks to my awesome husband for this beauty, Yep I am taking the plunge with Apple!

Here is a recap since March...

• Kristin & Troy had their twin boys - Ellis Steven & Logan Matthew
• The B.F.P. (The Big Fat Positive) 
• World Travelers
• Concrete Project

Each of these deserve a post all on their own, for now I will recap in photos.

New drive way - complements the garage door.

New back patio

 

Project Bathroom

It has been a long project. I have seriously bought and installed one piece at a time. Just before Thanksgiving is when I decided it would be a good idea to start demo. Some how I also decided it was a good year to host my first thanksgiving. I kept the toilet and the sink, everything else had to go. My goal was to be done by March. Besides hanging the door and the toilet paper holder - job complete! Of course the work was really done by "My 2 Dads" we hired Jim to do most of the work. Dad came in installed a new window and finished the final touches. I really wanted to do something myself, so I took on my first tile project. It totally kicked my ass. I am glad I did it and there are defiantly flaws. Hopefully I am the only one to really notice them. Here are the before and after shots.