Tweet Baby Girl

A few Saturdays ago my sisters threw me an AMAZING baby shower!!! I am so blessed to have these 3 wonderful women in my life!

Warning:picture heavy post! ;)

I arrived slightly early, but got a sneak peak of the place!

The food table looked great! I loved the decorations and of course the food too! 

They served mini quiches, roll ups, triple chocolate cake, mini “bird’s nest” cupcakes, and Larita’s cookies (they are famous in my town!).

The theme was SO cute…”Tweet Baby Girl”!!

The sign in table did not disappoint!  

Let the party begin!

There was a great turnout for my shower!

So many friends came to shower “baby bangert”!                    

We even allowed a few cute boys into the party!

To say that I had a lot of gifts to open was an understatement!

This little girl is already blessed beyond belief and she isn’t even here yet!         

I had a few little “helpers” with the gifts too!

Needless to say, I’m pretty sure we have everything we need and more for this little girl!

Afterwards we snuck in a few family pictures! My Mom…aka Grandma!

Me and Grandma…or should I say Great Grandma! :)

And we cannot forget 3 of my bestest friends…my sisters! 

Stay tuned this week for more baby updates! I’m a few weeks behind on my weekly posts…and I had ANOTHER baby shower…and a few projects I want to share!! Have a great week everyone!! 

33 weeks

 

How Far Along: 33 Weeks, 3 days!

Size of baby: Baby Bangert is the size of a pineapple, over 4 pounds, and over 17 inches long from head to heel.

Maternity Clothes: I wear maternity jeans, pants, and I’ve recently started wearing a few shirts I got from my sister. I’m still squeezing into a few regular things though! My regular shirts are getting much shorter though!

Gender: It’s a girl!!! We’re still working on names…Kyle & I put a deadline…we have to have one picked out by May 10th!

Movement: She is a busy little girl and I think her movement has increased even more this week. I feel her moving around all throughout the day. I love it though…there is a tiny little life inside me!

Sleep: Eh, it’s progressively getting harder to get to sleep & stay asleep! I’m not the best side sleeper and I wake up on my back quite a bit. Plus a few bathroom runs!

What I miss: Sleeping on my stomach, a bigger selection of clothes, and buying regular clothes (the maternity section needs to expand)!

Cravings: No major cravings this week. I am quickly finding out the bigger she gets the less I eat…I get full SO fast!

Symptoms: Feeling well for the most part, just very achy & tired by the end of the the day.

Best Moment this week: We spent last weekend with both sides of our family for Easter! Unfortunately I didn’t get any pictures. :( Kyle and I also had our last prenatal class this week. Makes it seem so much more real!! My sisters also hosted an amazing baby shower for me yesterday, but I’ll do a separate post on that later this week!

31 weeks

How Far Along: 31 Weeks, 6 days….Thursday is the 32 week mark!

Size of baby: Baby Bangert is the weight of 4 navel oranges, about 3.3 pounds, and over 16 inches long from head to heel.

Maternity Clothes: I wear maternity jeans, pants, and I’ve recently started wearing a few shirts I got from my sister. I’m still squeezing into a few regular things though, like the tee in my picture again this week! My regular shirts are getting much shorter though!

Gender: It’s a girl!!! We’re still working on names…I sure hope we can get one picked out soon!

Movement: She is a busy little girl! I feel her moving around all throughout the day. I love it though…there is a tiny little life inside me!

Sleep: Eh, it’s progressively getting harder to get to sleep & stay asleep! I’m not the best side sleeper and I wake up on my back quite a bit. Plus a few bathroom runs!

What I miss: Sleeping on my stomach, a bigger selection of clothes, and buying regular clothes (the maternity section needs to expand)!

Cravings: No major cravings this week. I am quickly finding out the bigger she gets the less I eat…I get full SO fast!

Symptoms: Feeling well for the most part, just very achy & tired by the end of the the day.

Best Moment this week: Friday I spent the evening with family! Almost 20 people = good family fun! My cousin from WI came down to visit for the weekend. She is expecting her 2nd boy due August 27th. We enjoyed all things “baby” talk! Unfortunately I didn’t take any pictures that night. :(

Kyle and I also had our first prenatal class this week. We learned lots of great information, maybe a little too much for Kyle’s liking! ;)

30 weeks

How Far Along: 30 Weeks

Size of baby: Baby Bangert is the size of a head of cabbage, almost 3 pounds, and a tad over 15.7 inches long from head to heel.

Maternity Clothes: I wear maternity jeans, pants, and I’ve recently started wearing a few shirts I got from my sister. I’m still squeezing into a few regular things though, like the brown tee in my picture this week!

Gender: It’s a girl!!! We’re still working on names…I sure hope we can get one picked out soon!

Movement: She is a busy little girl! I feel her moving around all throughout the day. I love it though…there is a tiny little life inside me!

Sleep: Eh, it’s been ok! I’m not the best side sleeper and I wake up on my back quite a bit. Plus a few bathroom runs!

What I miss: Sleeping on my stomach, a bigger selection of clothes, and buying regular clothes (the maternity section needs to expand)!

Cravings: Lately it’s been Lucky Charms…not sure why! I am quickly finding out the bigger she gets the less I eat…I get full SO fast!

Symptoms: Really can’t complain! Feeling well for the most part, just stiff/achy & tired by the end of the the day.

Best Moment this week: It’s been a pretty laid back week, but a fun one! I was at a work conference out of town the end of last week and did a little shopping for Baby Bangert! I got this outfit and it was 1/2 price!! I love the ruffles on the back of the pants!

Friday was my friend, Sarah’s, baby shower. She is 3 weeks ahead of me and expecting a boy! We couldn’t resist a belly picture together! They live not too far from us and we joke that our kids will have an arranged marriage!

On Saturday Kyle & I went to Target to get our registry done. He had to test out the stroller before we could add it to our list! ;) It was so fun picking out everything we needed for our baby girl!!

29 weeks

(FYI: Thursday I was actually 30 weeks…but wanted to get my 29 week post up anyway!)

How Far Along: 29 Weeks

Size of baby: Baby Bangert is the size of a butternut squash, about 2 1/2 pounds, and a tad over 15 inches long from head to heel.

Maternity Clothes: I wear maternity jeans, pant, and I’ve recently started wearing a few shirts I got from my sister. I’m still squeezing into a few regular things though!

Gender: It’s a girl!!! We’re still working on names…I sure hope we can get one picked out soon!

Movement: She is a busy little girl! i feel her all throughout the day. I love it though…there is a tiny little life inside me!

Sleep: Eh, it’s been ok! I’m not the best side sleeper and I wake up on my back quite a bit. Plus a few bathroom runs!

What I miss: Sleeping on my stomach, a bigger selection of clothes, and buying regular clothes (the maternity section needs to expand)!

Cravings: Pretty sure I don’t got 2-3 days without ice cream! That is pretty normal though! ;) I am quickly finding out the bigger she gets the less I eat…I get full SO fast!

Symptoms: Really can’t complain! Feeling well for the most part, just stiff/achy by the end of the the day.

Best Moment this week: Spending the weekend in Omaha with my family! (Don’t mind my tired face…we had just spent 6+ hrs shopping and then waited 1hr to get seated at the restaurant.

I realized I haven’t had a picture of my cute little nephew lately, he’s getting SO big! He’ll be 7 months in just a few days!

27 weeks

How Far Along: 27 Weeks

Size of baby: Baby Bangert is the size of an eggplant!

Maternity Clothes: I wear maternity jeans and pants but everything else is regular.  Things are getting tighter though!

Gender: It’s a girl!!!

Movement: My Doctor told me I should feel her at least 10 times before 1pm…I don’t think that is a problem!! BIG NEWS: Kyle finally got to feel her kick on Saturday!! It was such a sweet moment, we were watching a movie and after he felt her kick he left his hand there the rest of the movie just waiting to feel her again!

Sleep: Not too bad, I get up a few times throughout the night to go to the bathroom. I guess it’s preparing me for a newborn!

What I miss: Sleeping on my stomach, a bigger selection of clothes, and being able to go up & down stairs without getting winded!

Cravings: I don't have specific cravings. I just like to eat! ;) I don’t think ice cream counts, I love that anytime!

Symptoms: Really can’t complain! Feeling well for the most part, just stiff/achy by the end of the the day.

Best Moment this week: Kyle feeling her kick and making progress on the nursery!

I had my glucose test yesterday and they said no news is good news. So my fingers are crossed, I haven’t heard from the Dr. yet, so I’m hoping that’s a good sign!

In case you missed it click here to check out the progress in the nursery!

Nursery Progress

Over spring break Kyle hung a few shelves in the nursery. I had a picture in my head of what I wanted to do with them, but needed to actually bring it to reality.

This is the view from the doorway: the crib is straight on & the shelves on the left.

Here is another view. I used white gallery frames on the shelf we picked up at Ikea. Here are the details:

• The frame on the far left has pink scrapbook paper with a white swirly design. Once we pick out her name I’m going to be a big initial of her first name.
• The 2nd frame is something I designed & framed. (see next picture)
• Then we have her ultrasound.
• Lastly, I finished it off with some coordinating scrapbook paper I picked up at Hobby Lobby.
• The 2 pink iron flowers below are hooks I also got at Hobby Lobby for $3/each.

Here is a close up of what I made! I used the colors in her nursery (pink, blue, green, & brown), difference sizes, and jumbled the alphabet for something fun! I was so happy with how it turned out!

Kyle also hung something I “stumbled” upon in our storage area in the basement. This is a scrapbook display frame my sister Mindi gave me years ago! It’s magnetic and also has some mini clothes pins. I thought this will be a great place to display pictures, her birth announcement, etc!

After we got these things done, I just sat in the glider and enjoyed the room! *sigh* Just love it so far! I can’t wait for her to get here, the most important piece of this whole puzzle! I have another plan for the remaining 2 walls. One is dependent on what we pick for her name & the other is dependent on finding a friendly seamstress! ;) So we’ll save those for another day!