Today I wanted to share about weeks 19 through 22 of expecting our little girl! Week 19-22 Bumpdate: How far along: 19-22 weeks (I am 23 weeks along now!) Size of the baby: ear of corn (at 22 weeks) Weight gain: about 11 pounds? RELATED READING: First Trimester Recap and A (Belated) Weeks 17-18 Bumpdate Gender: GIRL!!! :) We are SO excited! She is going to be one loved little lady! We had our gender reveal party at the start of June (at 21 weeks), which was one of the best … [Read more...]
A (Belated) Week 17-18 Bumpdate
I'm a bit frustrated with myself! I totally meant to (and wanted to) have fun pregnancy updates that pop up every week or two on the blog like clockwork. But, friends, real life doesn't work that way. :) Things like morning sickness, travel, weddings, family events, housekeeping, teaching (not to mention wrapping up the school year), and teacher workshops get in the way. And they take precedence because they are in real-time and our relationships with the people in our lives are important … [Read more...]
May Recap
I'm trying to stay consistent with these "new" personal life updates! I've been thinking a bit about them lately, and I think it's funny that it took me so long to launch into doing posts like these! :) I always thought that doing life updates posts would be rather boring for my blog readers (which is kind of ironic anyway, since blogging is often like one big life update medium!)...and yet I always love reading personal life updates from other bloggers! So, that's the long way to say I'm glad … [Read more...]
12 Tips For Relieving Morning Sickness (What Worked For Me)
Some links in this post are affiliate links, meaning I make a small commission if you make a purchase via that link. However, all opinions are my own and I only share products with you that I truly like, of course! If you've read my first trimester recap post, then you know that morning sickness has played a significant role in my pregnancy. I know it's not a particularly enjoyable topic, because no one likes talking about getting sick, but I'm actually excited about today's post! It's … [Read more...]
First Trimester Recap
I still almost can't believe I'm typing this! Even the blog post title was a little too much fun to type - it's unbelievable to think that the first trimester is actually over! If you missed our pregnancy announcement, well, SURPRISE! ;) You can catch up on the announcement post from earlier this week HERE. Let me say again how happy I am to finally be sharing our pregnancy and our journey with you all! This is a big part of our life, of course, so it has been difficult to keep quiet on the … [Read more...]