Preggo pictures from Sweet Whimsy Photography

I am really sorry that haven't been blogging lately. Trying to get everything prepared and ready for baby Zoe's arrival. T minus 5 days until due date!

Here is the link to view the pictures and our password is "legos"

http://www.sweetwhimsyphotography.com/index2.php#/proofing/

Sneak Peak of Pregnancy Pictures from Sweet Whimsy Photography

Awkward Family Photos....this is what I usually think of when I see pregnancy pictures posted online. Posed in front of an inanimate object that is the size of her belly, smiling at nothing, bad lighting and silly clothes. Please check out the link below to get the picture in my head. Awful.

Awkward Pregnancy Photos

So when I got pregnant the last thing I wanted were pictures taken of me while huge, because of this scar that they would be horrible. But after a few months and growing very fond of my new body, I started to get sentimental that the belly would be gone. I no longer think of the belly has this big, over grown, stretched marked flesh object, but as the house that is growing a person inside of me. So need less to say I have grown emotionally attached to the belly and what it represents. Soon the love that is growing inside of me will be in this world as a little human, but until than I want to cherish what I have accomplished so far....growing a human inside of me. So please enjoy the sneak peak of my pregnancy pictures and hopefully you will see them as I do...ART and a house of love.

Sweet Whimsy Photography

Also, I found this picture very touching and it also helps me to remember that no matter what my body will look like after this, I will always be thankful that I was able to grow a miracle.

A Mark for Every Breath you took

***If anyone in the Austin area is looking for a photographer for weddings, family portraits, newborn pictures or any other events that you would need a photographer, please contact Brandi Brown at sweetwhimsyphotography.com.

30 weeks pic, cravings and freezer meals

30 week pic

I have been in super prepared mode lately and kept thinking if I am going to breastfeed and pump, I am going to need somewhere to store all this milk. We have one of those dinky side by side refrigerators and you can store about two pints of ice cream, one frozen pizza and a few frozen meals. So in order to solve this problem we bought a deep freezer on craigslist for $50. Best money we have spent! So now I have a place to store my breast milk, but what about all the other things we could put in that deep freezer........ice cream, freezer meals, home made baby food and half a cow. So I sat down bought an e-recipe book and started buying food in bulk to make our own freezer meals. So the thought process is that we are not going to want to make meals once the little one is here and how nice it will be to pull something out of the freezer and heat it up in 20 mins and voila we have dinner. Here are some of the recipes that we have made so far:

Herb Crusted Pork Chops

Chicken and Broccoli Quiche

Bacon and Leek Quiche

7 different types of Marinated Chicken

Goulash

Sausage, Spinach Cheese Tortellini Soup

Frozen Fruit Cups

We still have lots of room for more, so my goal is to make a meal every week until she arrives.

So one last thing...my cravings. I usually spout off what I am craving and Derek looks at me like I am crazy. My cravings are not weird things put together like peanut and pickles, my cravings are usually something I ate as a child. Just to name a few.....

Nerd Cereal-this product is directly from the 80s.

Hamburger Helper, Skittles, Sprite. And although I have not caved into the cravings listed above. I did manage to make the recipe below. Oreo stuffed Chocolate Chip Cookies.

Step 1-Make chocolate chip cookie dough, you can find any recipe online. Grab a bag of double stuff Oreos.

Step 2-Take a small scoop of chocolate chip cookie dough and press an Oreo on top of the cookie dough ball. See picture below.

Step 3-Add another small scoop of cookie dough a place on top of the Oreo. Than gently mold the cookie dough around the Oreo. See picture below.

Step 4-Bake in the oven for 10-15 minutes at 350 degrees, just like regular cookies.

Step 5- Grab a HUGE glass of milk because you are going to need it to wash down these cookies!

Baby Showers

Nursery Room-Budget $350

Who says you have to spend a ton of money to have a great nursery. I sold a queen bed, coffee table and a huge IKEA picture and used this money to establish my $350 budget for the room.

What have you been doing and why are there no pictures...

This is the statement that I have heard from several friends and family members. Post more pictures! Post more updates.

Excuse: Okay so this is what Derek and I have been up to lately...working, we got kayaks, I bought an Ipad, finished the nursery, had a baby shower in Oklahoma, had a baby shower in Houston, planning for the arrival, cleaning, crafting and trying to sleep as much as possible before SHE gets here. So as you can see I have been way to distracted to blog about anything (or maybe just a little lazy)

We are in the final countdown 6 more weeks till this little one pops out and turns our world up side down. We started birthing classes this month and it has been great to meet other couples who are due around the same time as us. I have been going to meet up with a group of 3rd trimester mothers to be the last couple of weeks and it is so nice to sit down and talk about being pregnant. If no one has heard of meetup.com, go check it out, it is a way to meet with people with similair interests or situations as you.

So the next several posts will be of all the activities we have done lately....

Babymoon in Colorado 06-26-11

Derek and I have been together for a year! Wow how the time has flown by and how much our world has changed in a year and how will be completely different by next year with the addition to our little family.