Welcome to the third trimester!!!

Its official... we are chugging along through the third trimester now and my official response to the question, "How are you feeling?" is "I'm feeling pregnant!"

I am still feeling so lucky as far as pregnancy symptoms go... but I am finding things like tying shoes, painting toenails, and getting up out of a chair to be a bit of a challenge...haha!

Happy Birthday!

Happy birthday Cousin Max... Paxton can't wait to meet you!

Craftiness

Self-sewn (and for those of you who know me that's a BIG deal) chapel shirt --> maternity chapel shirt... Feeling pretty proud of myself (also note the 24 week bump for those of you who have been asking for pictures)!

Road Trip

Paxton and I (and Grammy Sammy and Gma) went on a road trip this week. While it required many extra stops along the way, it was so worth it when we got there. Great weather and yummy food. I classified it as a food-cation, since our days were largely structured around my cravings for my favorite Seaside snacks. The best part of the whole trip was brainwashing Paxton with approximately 12 hours of broadway music... he especially liked Hairspray!

Finally!

Last night as I was laying in bed thinking of my Sunday to-do list I finally felt Paxton move! At first it felt like a little muscle quiver, and then a little later I could feel some definite bumps in my belly... I am so excited and in awe, and have spent my Sunday completely absorbed in planning and dreaming about the baby (the Sunday to-do list will just have to wait)!

The NAME

It is 99% official.... Paxton Dean is on his way! We had a whole list of boy names, but when Ben and I realized we had to go physically look at the list to remind ourselves of the other names, Paxton was meant to be. We are taking the 1%, but since everyone is asking (every 5 minutes) we thought we'd make it official-ish.

(ps ultrasound pictures on their way)

Shopping!!!

This weekend I made the mistake of saying that we would save a lot of money since we were having a boy... So untrue! This is the booty from one of four treasure hunting excursions that gma, grammy sammy, and I went on over the last few days!!! I could have bought the entire Jumping Beans line from Khols... so cute!!!