Pregnancy Journal Week 5-12: Moske Baby #2

This is me at 12 weeks...no bump showing yet. I haven been horrible at documenting this pregnancy so far. I know they always say the second child gets the shaft. I dont want to believe thats true so I promise I'm going to try and do better....starting now!

How Far Along? 12 weeks....finally out of my first trimester!

Size of Baby: 

Gender: We don't know yet. I have a feeling its a girl though :)

Weight Gain: I'm up about 4 pounds. 

Maternity Clothes: I haven't had to wear them yet but when I do I plan to just use the ones I had when I was pregnant with Sally. I love that flowy clothes are in right now...thats what I have been  rocking :)

Nursery: I plan to start it after the first of the year. Upstairs we have 3 bedrooms. They are currently being used as : Sallys bedroom, guest room and my craft room. We dont have many guests stay with us so it seems silly to keep a room for guests. I think Sally will move to the craft room, the baby will get Sally's room and the guest room will turn into my craft room. The other option is to keep the guest room and build out the closests to be craft closets. Lots of stuff would have to be put into storage too. 

Movement: I have felt little twitches here and there...not exactly sure what that is :)

Symptoms: I can feel a little pooch starting to come out on my belly. My pants still fit though! 

Sleep: I am SOOOOO tired when it is time for bed. I fall asleep really easily but wake up several times during the night to pee. Its really annoying!! Also, on a pretty regular basis, I wake up around 4:30 am..just wide awake. 

Cravings: I can't seem to get enough fruit...specifically berries and pineapple. I am also loving honey crisp apples, garlic stuffed olives and apple cider. 

What I Miss: Getting my massages where I can lay regularly on on my belly. I may have cried when they wouldn't let me do it last time. 

Best Moment This Week: Having my house deep cleaned!! Since I have been so tired, my cleaning has slacked. I am ready for a fresh start. I also got to hear my sweet baby's heartbeat which was a relief. 

Looking Forward To: Thanksgiving this week and decorating for Christmas after :)

Christmas Cards with Minted

*Disclosure: I received a promotional code from Minted in exchange for this post. I truly do LOVE Minted though and order cards from them every year :)

Cue the Christmas music....the holidays are upon us my friends and that means I am getting everything organized so that I can have a stress free Christmas with lots of time to enjoy my family. I have ordered Sally a cute dress and I am waiting for it to come in so we can do a picture. My go to company is Minted. I love that they feature independent artists who make some of the most amazing designs out there! I love the variety of cards they offer. There is truly something for everyone!

Here are my favorite cards this year.

Can you tell that I am liking the simple design this year?

These are just a few of the fabulous designs that Minted has to offer. Go to Minted.com and check them out for yourself. 

Halloween Wrap Up

I spent the first of the month decorating the house for Halloween. Here are a few pictures. 

I also made Sally a few spooky lunches.

We also started wearing some of our Halloween clothes...why not right?!

We made caramel apples and watched a bunch of our favorite spooky movies and shows. 

The weekend before Halloween, Sally woke up and had a spooky breakfast and that night we attended Zoo Boo. She had a ball!

On Thursday, Sally had her party at school. She woke up and told me she wanted to be a ballerina, so that is what she was. We sent in mummy treats for her classmates, soap for her teachers and she also got a spooky lunch.  

That night we carved pumpkins. Sally really wanted a My Little pony pumpkin so Joe did his best :)

Sally was a little more hesitant this year about pulling out the pumpkin guts. 

The Friday night before Halloween we attended Trick or Treating at Fed Ex. The girls had so much fun!!

After that we changed costumes and headed over to the Germantown Halloween Festival. 

On Halloween night we had some friends over for chili and trick or treating. It had rained all day so I was worried we wouldn't be able to go out but the rain quit just in time and we had a blast!

I just love doing all the "extra" fun stuff when it comes to holidays. I love doing it and Sally loves getting to experience it :)

A Little Catch Up

Life has been crazy busy over here lately. There is just no other way around it. 

I cant believe I have let my blog posts get so far behind...I still need to recap disney trip, beach trip, halloween, etc.

I think I'm going to start at the present and work my way back. Somehow that seems less intimidating. 

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First of all, I am so excited to be a contributor on Memphis Moms Blog.  I am so excited to become friends with the other contributors  too :)

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My bestie, Kristy, is pregnant and I got to throw up baby shower this past weekend in the Nashville area. 

It was also fun to see our baby showers throughout the years...friends for 15 years!!

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I LOVE my new sign from etsy. It looks great in our breakfast area!

Its from Between You and Me Signs.

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Although I love Christmas and I have already started shopping, I am not forgetting about Thanksgiving. We are starting some new traditions this year and Im pretty excited about it. 

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Sally went to her first Tigers game this weekend and looked so cute dressed in a cheerleading outfit!