{ 39 weeks }

well, he could be here any day now! We are so excited!!! We had another doctor's appointment today & everything is looking good. But it's not looking like he's coming today... or tomorrow... but I guess that's OK since we still have a week left anyways till the due date! We're both ready now though. I am more & more tired. And we are both more & more ready to be parents & meet this little guy.

Here are my belly photo updates. My up & coming photographer, Scott, helped me out on this one. I must say, he's becoming a very fast learner & I am pleased :)

our family:

Getting the pictures of the "three" of us was hilarious... normally I do quite a decent job running back & forth from the camera timer to get exactly what I want. But with our baby on board, that wasn't happening last night-- so Scott ran back & forth for us! It was hot, buggy... and he had to deal with the approval of a pregnant photographer (which meant taking a lot of pictures over & over... lot's of running). We we're both exhausted by the end. But at least we got a few good ones! (And the evening convinced him that a camera remote would be a wise purchase for us, I'm so excited!)

{ 36 weeks }

my belly is getting nice & round & LARGE. It's hard to get to my feet... my belly button is pretty much non existent... my wedding band fits better on my pinky finger... his favorite thing to do is to stick his butt out in front & then kick me in the side which isn't usually very pleasant... but I can't wait to meet him!!! So far there are no signs of him coming early. We're all doing well, just continuing to get everything ready for his arrival! 25 days!!!!!

{ 30 weeks }

last week we were in Tuscany at the Fattoria for our summer project debrief, it was beautiful. But I am glad to be home :)

enjoy your day.

{ 28 weeks }

our little guy is kicking more & more! And, I'm in the 3rd trimester!! CRAZY!!! I really noticed the transition this time-- I literally got really hungry all the sudden and more tired again.

It's already been rather humorous that I usually begin walking with our group with people at the front of the line... but slowly I end up at the very end... and beyond! But the nice part about that is that I get to talk to almost everyone that way-- I just start a new convo with the new person I'm walking with, then transition to the next one down the line!! haha.

This photo shoot was taken by my sweet husband in Cinque Terra this past weekend...

...more photos from Cinque Terra to come!

Roma { 26 weeks }

sorry I have been leaving you in the dark... internet is easier than last year to get in Rome, but still not as easy as the states! So I don't have an official belly photo for you, but you can pretty much see it in this photo with me & my hubs at the Colusseum with Constantine's Arch in the background :)

Saturday we went to the Hopper exhibit down in the city center. It was really fun to see the beautiful art with a big group of new Italian friends!

{ photo found here }

this was one of my favs- I love the colors!

after Hopper we went & got gelato together. My new favorite gelato combo is chocolate & coconut, mmmm! Although I have to admit, I've had way more crepes with nutella & rice krispies than gelato. It's SOOO GOOD!!! I joke about making my crepe disciples, many of the girls have now made the nutella & rice krispie combo their fav too :)

hope you are enjoying your summer! Oh, and Happy Memorial Day!

love from Roma. Ciao!

{ 24 weeks }

it's been a rainy week here in Oxford. But we're packing (well, at the moment I'm taking a little break to write to you...) & getting ready to go to Rome!

My belly is getting bigger! I definently get comments now from strangers wanting to tell me all their stories & advice! Apparently since I'm due in August, "it's going to be a hot one"... :) I could've told all those nice strangers that, but I'll let them think that I never thought of that, or heard that before!

hopefully all my stretchy maternity clothes last me throughout this next month in Rome!

Ciao my lovelies!

{ 20 weeks }

ahhh!!! WE GET TO FIND OUT THE SEX TOMORROW!!!! YEAH! ...can you tell I'm excited??

{ 19 weeks }

one week away from our half way point! I've been feeling little movements inside for about 2 weeks probably. But Scott felt our little one for the first time today! YEAH!!

*don't forget to vote (in the left column) if you think we are going to have a boy or girl!

{ 18 weeks }

last Thursday we heard a healthy heartbeat! So the "plan" is to find out if we are having a boy or girl April 15! We can't wait...

{ 17 weeks }

today I am 17 weeks along. I'm really excited to be this far! We have a doctors appointment later this week, and then hopefully in about 3-4 weeks we get another ultrasound & we'll get to find out if our baby is a boy or girl!!! YEAH!! Don't worry... we'll let you know...

I'm wearing my first pair of maternity jeans! They are pretty comfy :)

although, I think they make my belly look smaller than it did 2 weeks ago... but it's not, I measured, and I've gained 1 inch!

I've constantly got "baby" on the mind... and I find myself sitting really still a lot of the time hoping I'll feel the "flutter" from our little one. So I'm not sure if I have or not yet, cause I think I'm thinking too hard about it. But hopefully I'll feel the baby move soon.

And I'm also constantly dreaming about the nursery. I think I've changed my mind about how I want to decorate it a million times! But I'm finally getting to the point where I feel like I'm set, or at least closer than I was before to actually committing to my decisions. So when I do finish my registry, I need all you helpful moms out there to let me know if I picked something I don't need or whatever.

{ 15 weeks }

here's my 15 week belly shot. my first one! and you can actually tell that I'm pregnant! YEAH! our baby is the size of an apple this week.

...and one more just because. it's still crazy to me when I know that I'm trying to hold my stomach in all the way, but it's still actually bigger than it's ever been before! I kinda like that :)

our first "family of 3" photograph!

Scott was jealous of my photo shoot... he wanted to be like me ;) ha ha. we laugh so hard every time we look at this!