An Airplane Themed Shower

Tim's mom, Bev, and his sister Emily threw us an adorable Airplane themed shower yesterday for his family in Kentucky.  It was so cute and they did an amazing job!  Again everyone was so generous with the gifts and we got tons of great stuff for Boo.  Since Tim is a pilot as a hobby, they thought the airplane theme would be perfect and it was!  Bev has so many creative friends at work who helped with the details.  One made the amazing cake to the right, another made the awesome invitations that looked like plane tickets, and yet another made a super cute diaper airplane instead of a diaper cake.  It was such a cute idea!

Tim's cousin Jessica is also pregnant with her first, a little girl.  She is due in October.  And two of our friends, Missy and Joanna, brought their little ones.  Missy just had her little boy 5 weeks ago!  

It was great to see everyone and spend the afternoon together.  Boo is truly blessed to have so many people around him who already love him so much!

34 Weeks - Maternity Photos!!

BABY BOO IS 34 WEEKS ALONG, ABOUT THE SIZE OF A BUTTERNUT SQUASH

HE'S STILL TRYING TO WRIGGLE, AND HIS LUNGS ARE ALMOST FULLY DEVELOPED!

We got our maternity photos back!!  The talented Lisa Lorraine took our photos and she did an amazing job!!  She will do our newborn photos as well.  I love her natural style, both in how she sets up the shoot and how she edits the images.  We took these when I was 31 weeks along, and chose our house and the nearby playground as our setting.  Here are some of my faves!

33 Weeks - More Vacation Photos

BABY BOO IS 33 WEEKS ALONG, ABOUT THE SIZE OF A WATERMELON

HIS HEAD IS DOWN AND IS ALREADY MAKING ME WALK FUNNY

The rest of our family vacation was so nice.  After the wedding weekend we went to Lake George for the week and ended the vacation with a lovely baby shower thrown by my Mom :)  I'll reserve another post for the shower.  Right now I'll talk about Lake George, which was gorgeous!  We stayed in a family friend's house with 2 private islands on the property and a 2 story dock with a deck on top, which Tim dove and flipped off of into the water.  It was very nice!  The house faced west so we were treated to a beautiful sunset each night.  My dad's friend Joe also came over on his boat to take us out one day.  Craig and Tim both tried to water ski for the first time in the FREEZING water lol!!  They both got up on the skis eventually!  Then we took the boat across the lake to a cute little restaurant for dinner.  Mostly though, we were just lazy, sitting around enjoying the weather and scenery.  

On Joe's boat

Yay Tim made it up!!

Canoeing around the property

The gorgeous house

The pretty islands

Mom, Grandma, and Aunt Pam

Preggo belly :)

Heading to dinner

32 Weeks - We're on Vacation!

BABY BOO IS 32 WEEKS ALONG, ABOUT THE SIZE OF A SQUASH

SKIN IS SMOOTHER AND PLUMPER, AND HE HAS BABY FUZZ

This week we are on vacation in upstate New York with my family and so far it has been a great time!  My cousin Katy got married on the 15th in a beautiful ceremony in Saratoga, with a gorgeous reception to follow.  The wedding festivities have been great!  My Aunt threw a family BBQ the day before, then they lucked out with PERFECT weather on the day of the wedding, and there was a nice brunch the day after.  All in all, a perfect wedding weekend.  It has also been fun for me because it was the first time my extended family has seen me pregnant, and everyone was so excited.  Although being so big made it hard to dance at the reception.... I just wanted to DANCE!!  lol!

Cousins :)

3 (almost 4!) generations

The happy couple

At the ceremony

The gorgeous venue

Real baby and Food baby ;)

(with my sister)

Prenatal Nutrition - Pumpkin Muffins

I found this delicious recipe on my Baby Center app this morning and I realized I had all the ingredients, including the pumpkin!  So I got up and made them for breakfast.  They are delicious and packed with vitamins and nutrients that are important for pregnant women.  The only thing I didn't have ingredients for was the optional creamy orange spread they suggest at the bottom of the recipe.  So instead I made some orange butter, which was perfect with the muffins.  These are only slightly sweet, and I like them that way, but if you like your muffins sweeter then you could up the sugar to a whole cup.

PUMPKIN MUFFINS
Prep time: 10 minutes
Cook time: 25 minutes
Total time: 35 minutes

Ingredients:
2 egg whites or 1 egg
1 tablespoon margarine
3⁄4 cup + 2 tablespoons canned unsweetened pumpkin
2⁄3 cup brown sugar
3⁄4 cup skim milk
2 cups all-purpose flour
2 teaspoons baking powder
1⁄2 teaspoon baking soda
1⁄2 teaspoon salt
1⁄4 teaspoon ground ginger
1⁄2 teaspoon each ground cinnamon and nutmeg
1⁄2 cup raisins, optional (I added 1/4 cup raisins and 1/4 cup chopped pecans)
Cooking spray

Preparations:
1. Preheat oven to 400°F. In a large bowl, combine egg whites, light margarine, pumpkin, sugar, and milk. In small bowl, combine remaining ingredients.
2. Fold the wet ingredients into the dry ingredients until blended. Fold in raisins, if desired.
3. Spray muffin pan with cooking spray. Pour batter into pan and bake for 20 to 25 minutes. Remove from pan and cool on wire rack.

Serving suggestion:
Serve with creamy orange spread: Mix fat-free cream cheese, orange marmalade, and powdered sugar to taste.

I didn't have these ingredients, so I made some orange butter instead by mixing together the following ingredients:

1/4 cup softened butter

1/2 tsp orange zest

1 1/2 tsp fresh squeezed orange juice

Nutrient analysis per serving:
169 calories
36 grams carbohydrate
4 grams protein
1 gram fat

Key nutrients:
50% vitamin A
17% thiamin
12% iron

Diabetic exchanges:
2 1⁄2 starches

30 Weeks - We're in the Home Stretch!

"Peace" ;)

BABY BOO IS 30 WEEKS ALONG, ABOUT THE SIZE OF A PUMPKIN

HE IS RESPONDING TO LIGHT. ALMOST ALL MAJOR ORGANS ARE FUNCTIONING.

It's so exciting to be at 30 weeks!  Only 10 more weeks to go... wow!  We have a lot planned for the summer, so hopefully the time will fly by til we get to meet our little Boo!  It is so cool how much more he has been interacting with me.  I can find his feet now (or it might be his hands... not sure).  They feel like little knobs that fit under only two of my finger tips.  When I find them he'll move them away or kick back at me.  I love it!

Coming up this month we have a lot going on.  My cousin is getting married on June 15th, so we'll be heading to Albany NY for that and then will spend a week at Lake George with my family for our annual vacation.  I am really looking forward to that!  I just wanna lay out by the water and do a whole lotta nothing!  After a week at the lake we'll head back to Albany for a family baby shower my Mom will be hosting.  So we've got a busy month ahead with one long, awesome vacation ahead of us.  ComFest is also coming up at the end of the month which is always a good time.  It will be interesting to go while pregnant!  Maybe I'll get my belly painted lol...

28 Weeks - 3rd Trimester and Our First Shower!

BABY BOO IS 28 WEEKS ALONG, ABOUT THE SIZE OF AN EGGPLANT

HE IS DOING LESS GYMNASTICS AND MORE KICKS AND ELBOW JABS

Well, it looks like I skipped Week 27, oops!  Oh well :)  The last two weeks have been busy!  My best friends came to town to throw us our first shower and it was so much fun!!  Amanda came all the way from L.A., Ashley came up from Naples, FL, and Lindsay drove in from Cincinnati.  My mom and sister also came to stay, even though Mom is throwing us a family shower in June.  Tim's Mom and sister also came for the shower, even though they are throwing one for his family in July.  We are so blessed to be surrounded by so many generous people!  This shower was for my friends here in Columbus and everyone was so generous.  We got Boo's play gym, jumper, and mobile, plus lots of toys, books, and clothes.  So adorable!!  My friend Kim from book club made him an AMAZING colorful crochet blanket!  I know he is going to love staring and exploring that thing during tummy time :)  

My beautiful hostesses :)  Amanda, me, Lindsay, Ashley

The amazing spread - delicious!

My friend Kristin's son, Adler - so cute!

Tim's mom gave us this onesie and a pic of Tim wearing it when he was a baby!

We will have to get a similar pic of Boo wearing it, too.

Love this blanket!

Almost all of my bridesmaids were there!  Just missing my cousin.

My book club girls!  Love these ladies!