A Wedding, A Bump and A Countdown.

Daniel and I got to attend the most beautiful wedding over the weekend. So we got all dressed up, which is a rare occurrence these days and don't even start me on the nightmare it was to find a dress, and went to this gorgeous town for the wedding. Its such a beautiful season for small country towns. It really made me miss growing up in a place that has lots of big trees lining the streets and even having your own tree in your backyard that drops millions of leaves. I am loving autumn this year. Its my new spring.

We have reached our 30 week mark and with it we are checking so many things off our pre baby list. After the baby shower we did all our shopping for baby boy and have officially got everything we need. The nursery is so close to being finished. Daniel is custom building the wardrobe so once that is done I can unpack all of our little persons clothes etc. Then he just needs to make me one more thing (seriously he is so talented I can't help but get him to make me lots of things) and we are done! I can not wait to show you.

I am counting down to the date I finish work. 5 weeks. I am so tired and really looking forward to this time to do as little as possible. I plan to annoyingly smother Daniel with attention for the few weeks we have left on our own.

My job for this week is to pack our hospital bags. Daniel is going to be staying with us while we are in the hospital so I am going to pack one for me, one for him and one for boy. I haven't been overly looking forward to this task as it means buying the things I don't like to think about such as maternity pads, nipple pads etc. I took the plunge and purchased my first nursing bras today so I am anxiously awaiting their arrival.

Do you have any must have items for the hospital? I have put a list together based on endless google searches but I love any first hand recommendations.

Hope your week has started wonderfully!

A Shower For Our Little Man

Last weekend was my baby shower celebrating this little guy I have been growing in my belly. I had such a good time and the house looked amazing. As always, I barely got any photos and I am filled with regret.

The theme was little man, which for me was lots of blue and lots of moustaches. Everything came together so well. I owe a shout out to Pinterest for SO many good ideas. All day - all I could think of was that dreams really do come true. I can not tell you how many nights I longed for the day it would be MY baby shower. I feel so lucky.

This weekend Daniel is going to be decking out Boy's wardrobe and I am going to be putting away all of our amazing presents. I am also waiting on just a few more things and then the nursery will be complete.

Here are a few photos from the shower that I did manage to get.

The Third Trimester.

This week I entered the much anticipated third trimester. I have passed through two of the three stages and I am now officially on the home run. C R A Z Y. It is getting tough now - gone are the days of swiftly bending over when I drop something or sitting comfortably on the lounge. 

This boy has been a growing machine the past few days and he is now happily talking up all the room in belly, including lodging himself under my ribs when he feels like it. My favourite thing to do is to just sit and watch every small move he makes. His rolls, his arm movements all of it. I am in awe of this boy already. He has already stolen our hearts and we will soon realise exactly what that means. 

I have begun my count down until I finish up work (7 weeks !!!) and I am so looking forward to making all the final preparations and getting our house ready for the arrival. 

Tupac has caught on that there is a baby in my belly and he takes his place lying across my stomach each night when I sit down and standing to guard when ever he hears an odd noise. This makes me love him even more but scares me too because I really hope they love each other. 

Bake away my boy because it will soon be time for you to join us and I hope you plan to arrive on time. 

Oh Boy! Sneak Peak....

My baby shower is only two weeks away. I can not believe that I am only two weeks out from my very own baby shower. After years of attending other peoples showers and putting on a few for my very special people I finally get to throw my own.

Baby Boys shower is going to be little man themed. So all about the moustache. My fingers are sore from so much cutting of these curvy little things but it is all coming together great.

I can not wait to share the day with you but until then here is a sneak peak into the day, the invitation.

Happy Friday!

Easter Weekend.

I was really counting down to Easter this year. I mean really. For the break and for the chocolate. I needed the break. My parents and sister are in America at the moment and with one of my brothers living in QLD we decided to spend Easter weekend at the holiday house with my two brothers. Mostly so they could surf and I could relax on the beach. It as total bliss. I wish it could have lasted forever. It was the first Easter weekend we have spent with my family in over four years so I loved spending it with the small portion of them that I did.

Here are some photos of our weekend. I missed almost every easter photo op though, except for my lamb!

I hope you guys had just as good an Easter. I can't wait until next year when I get to play the Easter Bunny. Yipppeeeee.