With some gentle rebukes from my readers and the amount of fun pictures stacking up on my camera, I have finally found a few minutes to sit down and share with you all the craziness that is our life!
The last 5 weeks have been a wirlwind, and even now I have a hard time sorting through it. So first I must keep with the tradition of my blog...
::Quick Fun Facts::
::I am now 27 weeks pregnant, and heading into my final trimester! {seriously when did that happen?!}
::Our boy is the size of a head of cauliflower, and my uterus is a basketball.
::He weights 2 lbs, and measures about 14.4 inches long with his teeny legs extended.
::So far I feel fab, and am loving every second of pregnancy!
::I don't mind when people I know rub my belly...in fact, I kind of LOVE it!
::I feel lots of movement throughout the day, but for the most part Wyatt is very gentle and loving to my insides.
::The most movement I feel is in the morning right after my alarm goes off. I must startle him awake...
::His strong punches can be seen from the outside now like little flutters.
::My belly has become a resting shelf for hair clippings after a haircut...
::He reacts to Jake's voice after a day spent away from him.
::My belly button is not out yet...but its close.
Now the last 5 weeks....
We celebrated our 6th wedding anniversary with our expiring Disneyland passes. Besides walking around, eating churros and turkey legs and enjoying the fireworks, there is not much more for a preggo to do there. So we shopped...and ended up buying this for Wyatt's first Disney trip.
Also to celebrate our anniversary, my good friend Tiffany had her sweet baby girl {Grayson Joy} 5 weeks early! And then the very next day we had a triple preggers shower for the salon, where they celebrated me, Jenn and Tiffany {who of course was still at the hospital!}
We have tried every year to stick with the traditional anniversary gifts {1st year paper, 2nd year cotton, etc...}. This year it was iron. And since we have been meaning to visit our dear New York friends, we decided to take a trip to New York. {The plane must have SOME iron on or in it, right?} So we flew out on a Saturday night....but not before I helped host a bridal shower for my sweet friend Shelby. {Notice the dress I borrowed from Jenn in the above picture...! Thank goodness Jenn is 7 weeks ahead of me and I can totally borrow some of her clothes! I am starting to run out of options!}
No Boys allowed! {I guess Wyatt was the exception!}
Me and my PBF {preggers best friend}
Kim going bump to bump...
[caption id="attachment_268" align="aligncenter" width="438" caption="{Wyatt and baby Taylor's first kiss}"]
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[caption id="attachment_271" align="aligncenter" width="465" caption="{All my sweet girls!}"]
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So after a beautiful shower, I rushed home to finish packing then we were off to New York! We took the red eye and I must say, I will NEVER do that again pregnant! But it was the price we had to pay for a short 4 days in New York city with great friends! So we visited our great friends Chris and
Kelsey, who were very conveniently house sitting for a family that lives in a 5 story house with a roof top garden, in mid-town only 2 blocks from Time Square! But to make the trip even better I got to see my dear Lacey, and meet her boyfriend!
Jake and I have both been to New York, so we mainly just layed low and caught up with our long lost friends. But here is our trip in pictures...
We drove to Long Island and saw Chris in his performance in Avenue Q...
[caption id="attachment_282" align="aligncenter" width="430" caption="{Avenue Q at a barn house theater.}"]
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[caption id="attachment_283" align="aligncenter" width="491" caption="{Us girls hitting the stage together for the first time since 2002!}"]
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We walked through Central Park...
[caption id="attachment_287" align="aligncenter" width="500" caption="{Love the beautiful park mixed with the the big city buildings!}"]
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[caption id="attachment_288" align="aligncenter" width="500" caption="{Me with our wonderful tour guide!}"]
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We shopped in a 4 story Forever 21 in Times Square...
[caption id="attachment_286" align="aligncenter" width="491" caption="{I think the boys enjoyed Forever 21 more than us!}"]
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[caption id="attachment_289" align="aligncenter" width="507" caption="{We had to do the tourist shot!}"]
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We ate yummy German food with all of our New York friends...
[caption id="attachment_292" align="aligncenter" width="491" caption="{Me and Lacey...and her adorable boyfriend Sean!}"]
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[caption id="attachment_291" align="aligncenter" width="491" caption="{Our other New York friend, Nikki joined us too!}"]
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Breakfast with my favorite Manhattan girls...the boys came too, but we tried to ignore them.
[caption id="attachment_293" align="aligncenter" width="500" caption="{My east coast girls...I miss them!!}"]
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And we rode the subway...a lot...and had fun with it...
[caption id="attachment_294" align="aligncenter" width="500" caption="{um....yeah....I'm going to say probably not..}"]
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The Monday after getting back, we moved the office to the craft room, the craft room to a bunch of tupperware in misc. closets and garage shelves, and the cleared the old office and made that Wyatt's nursery. We are blessed to have our family and great friends sacrifice their Labor Day to knock off a huge to-do! Thank you Bubby, Papa,
Grandma, Uncle Cam, Uncle Brenny and
Auntie Jack Jack! The room would never so cool without you! Here is a teaser shot of the room...but because they were all so amazing I think they deserve their own blog post :).
[caption id="attachment_295" align="aligncenter" width="500" caption="{The finish result to a long day of work!}"]
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I went on a Bachelorette weekend to Palm Springs to celebrate my Shelby. And got home to build the crib that Wyatt's Papa and Bubby got him!
[caption id="attachment_297" align="aligncenter" width="500" caption="{Such a sturdy crib!}"]
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Getting his nursery in order feels like such an accomplishment, and we are no where near finished! But we have a dresser and mattress!
Then the very next weekend, Jake's sister got married!! And to sum up her wedding day... 100 degree weather, a squirrel started an electrical fire causing half the buildings electricity to be out {including the air conditioning...}, lights and music on and off all night long, sweetheart table place cards falling into open flames causing another mini fire {thank goodness I happened to be standing there with a nice tall glass of water}, and some old friends of theirs brought some flasks and one needed paramedic attention, but then the paramedic decided to physically assault my sweet Jacob {silly EMT, you messed with the wrong guy!} But besides all of the craziness, Jessie was beautiful and calm and when things got crazy all she needed was the reminder that she just got married to her love and that the wedding was gorgeous!!
[caption id="attachment_298" align="aligncenter" width="500" caption="Such a beautiful {and HOT} day!"]
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[caption id="attachment_299" align="aligncenter" width="500" caption="{The baby cow, Moo-too was hungary and tried to eat my dress...}"]
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[caption id="attachment_300" align="aligncenter" width="500" caption="{The proud parents...and Donny!}"]
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[caption id="attachment_301" align="aligncenter" width="332" caption="{The cutest ring bearer couldn't make it...he's still cooking!}"]
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And my favorite part of the whole day was during the ceremony. Pastor Bill starts on the vows and Jessie turns to me, eyes wide and mouths "wow"...and I could see the reality hitting her. Amongst her wedding plans and all the talk of it all...there she was becoming a wife. And I loved it! Because at every wedding I can't help but flashback to August 21st, 2004 and cherish the emotions I still remember clear as day that I felt saying those very vows.
And to give you insight to that look she gave me...it went something like this...
[caption id="attachment_302" align="aligncenter" width="500" caption="{The new Mr and Mrs Ball!}"]
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For that I will leave you...but I pinky promise it won't be for as long as I left you last time...
