grandpa the fireman

Baby Haynes,

Your grandpa is a hero - a real, live hero. He fought fires for over 35 years before you were born. I promise that he will take you (lots of times) to go see real fire trucks and sit in them. His stories are pretty cool, especially the ones about him playing pranks on other firemen... but we'll wait until you're much, much older to tell you those!

I bought this for you today (couldn't resist).



Love you already,

Mom


PS - if you're a girl you'll wear it with a bow and a tutu, even though this is for boys :)

PPS - it would only be more perfect if it said 5 instead of 25!

heartbeat - week thirteen!

Today marks the end of my first trimester! Whoo hoo!!! I'm celebrating by going to the gym :) We have been working so hard on the house that we've neglected our workouts. It was nice to have a "lazy" Sunday - all we did was workout, laundry, change the locks (finally!) and watch some Game of Thrones! Trust me, compared to our last few weeks, that is a lazy Sunday! It's wonderful!

We heard baby Haynes' heartbeat again today, but I was a grumpy mama because I thought we were getting an ultrasound as well. Apparently I only get TWO, and I already used one! The good news is that we don't go back until May 6th, and when we do, we WILL have an ultrasound and we will find out if it's a boy or a girl! We will have to have some kind of gender reveal to go with it :)

Austin cheered me up (as usual) when we were in the office. The doctor picked up a machine that lets us all hear the baby's heartbeat, and it sounded like static/wind, so of course he made some joke about the baby trying to fight all the wind in there or something. Then we got a major case of the giggles, so we couldn't have heard the heartbeat even if we tried! The doctor finally got it and we all calmed down a little bit. Austin was recording it (I don't know how well it turned out) so if it's any good I will post it later.

I can't believe we will know if it's an Ethan or a Hannah in just six weeks! Lots of people have/are speculating about whether it's a boy or a girl. I'll occasionally feel one way or another, but it isn't consistent. It will be nice to finally know, so we can start planning the room (see previous post! It's going to be awesome/require a lot of time).

If you ever read this, little baby, know that your parents didn't care which one you were. We're blessed to be welcoming you into this world, excited for your future, nervous about being parents, and really just pray that you are happy and healthy. Oh - and tall, so we know you're ours and the hospital didn't switch you out. ;)


Love,

UPDATE: Here is a clip of the heartbeat! It's a video of nothing but it's cool to listen to.

the nursery

I'm a planner -  it's no secret. So is it a surprise that the nursery designs are already picked out? Here are the pins I'm basing the designs off of for either little Hannah Rosalie or little Ethan Michael.

If baby is a Hannah:

If baby is an Ethan:

Of course, I won't get the hubby to paint anything until May (after we find out the sex of the baby). We find out on my birthday week - what an awesome gift! Austin, this doesn't mean I don't still get presents!

Also, whenever we get around to it (soon), we will start taking bump pictures. At 12 weeks, I will finally say that my tight pants are getting a little tight. I'm thankful for my not-tight pants that will last me a few more weeks!

Love,

our busy life

We got back from Hawaii just under a week ago, and we hit the ground running with our bathroom remodel. Fortunately, I haven't been as tired as a I was a few weeks ago.. or maybe I'm just adapting :) I could always use a nap, though!

As of today, I am 11 weeks pregnant. I had to sit down and calculate that out. The baby is the size of a lime (that is crazy!), which makes me feel a little better about how chubby I feel! It's hard to believe it went from an olive to a lime in two weeks!

We still haven't told all of our friends, and we are slowly making that circuit. It's been hard to do with the move and the trip to Hawaii and the bathroom remodel. It sounds like a lot for a pregnant lady, but if you know me, you know that is my life! I'm always on to the next thing. I'm not the only one - Austin is really excited about planting a vegetable garden next weekend. I guess you could say I am rubbing off on him... :)

Our trip to Hawaii was great. I worked about 80 hours in one week, which made for a crazy week for me! When Austin got there, he rented a T-top Jeep Wrangler, so we got to enjoy Maui with the top down. We drove most of the West Maui Mountain and the entire road to Hana and back. It was an adventure!

Our last day there, I went into a little boutique in Paia and fell in love with a book for the baby. It's the first book we've bought for our first baby!

Here's the sappy note I wrote:

This is the book, which I love. The artwork is fabulous, and the poems are good, too:

XO,