Bedsheets, Boppys and Onsies!

Today after church, Kris and I spent quite a bit of time cleaning the house. We cleaned the kitchen and living room, organized Keegan's room a bit, and picked up our bedroom and bathroom. After all that, I couldn't stop thinking about how badly I wanted a new set of sheets to sleep on tonight!!! Do you ever get those inklings?! There's nothing like sleeping on NEW, CLEAN SHEETS! I couldn't really decide what I wanted, but finally settled on these:

I'm feeling pretty good about this decision. They're 450 Thread Count and are in the washer as we speak! I will have to let you know how great I was able to sleep on them! :)

While I was at Target I was lucky enough to find this Boppy slipcover on sale:

I had found a Bare Naked Boppy Pillow on sale a few months ago at Meijer for an unheard-of $12.99- all I needed was a slip cover! Thought this was a cute little cover, and was on sale for a great price.

I will say, one thing that I'm having such difficulty with- and I'm sure it will just continue worse and worse over time- is walking past the baby clothes section without picking up a little outfit. They're just SO cheap (come on, SIX DOLLARS?!) and SO cute! I couldn't walk past this cute little Carter's outfit...

The little tag on the right pocket says, "Dog Gone Cute." As dog people, we will probably dress our son in way too much puppy stuff.

Let me just say, Keegan already has SO much plaid. His bedding is going to be plaid, his onsies, his shorts, etc... But what can I say, like father like son!!! :)

Anyway, this has been a great weekend. We were able to spend some time with the parent's for dinner and a movie on Saturday night, and were able to enjoy an awesome service at Riverview today. I've said before how much I LOVE checking things off of lists, and today was one of those days: extremely productive, so I can sleep so well tonight, and go into the coming week feeling prepared!

Good luck to everyone this week!

30 Weeks: The Countdown is ON!

I cannot believe that we are already THIRTY WEEKS PREGNANT. That just sounds SO pregnant! Ha! This has been such a long and overwhelming week, so I will say, I am so absolutely thrilled that tomorrow is Friday, and that I get two full days with my husband. I enjoy working, and I enjoy talking to so many people throughout my days, but I have to say, at 30 weeks, I'm finally getting EXHAUSTED working so hard right now!


So, before I head to bed, here's my little weekly update:

I'm 30 Weeks!

How Far Along: 30 Weeks

Size of baby: According to BabyCenter.com Keegan weighs about the same as a head of cabbage: 3lbs and almost 16 inches long.. BIG KID in there! :)

Total Weight Gain/Loss: Ha! I still haven't stood on the scale... that makes over two weeks since I've stood on the scale. But let's just say, that according to everything I read, Keegan will be gaining about a half a pound a week until about 37 weeks. Get it, son!

Maternity Clothes: Mostly all maternity... except for stretchy tee's and exercise pants. I actually just rediscovered sports bras... Mine are WAY too small, but I just love that it makes me look somewhat normal up top again!

Gender: Mr. Keegan Michael :)

Movement: Keegan's got the moves. He now sticks his butt out and moves it from one side of my belly to the other. Funny guy! Must get his sense of humor from his dad... HA!

Sleep: NOT sleeping well at all anymore. No matter how tired I am, I am more sore, so I have trouble sleeping, then as soon as I do I wake up an hour later to use the girls room!

What I miss: Oh you know, just bending over, and not walking like I have saddle sore! 

Cravings: Still Sushi, and now CINNAMON RAISIN TOAST WITH BUTTER, Jalepeno's

Symptoms: Sleepiness, sore joints, sore boobs, acid reflux, pain in my pubic bone, and some shortness of breath. 

Best Moment this week: Seeing my little mister in 3D... he is SUCH a looker!!! I can't stop thinking about that baby boy now!

To The Ukraine with LOVEEE!

Today I got to catch up with my wonderful dear friend, Jacque. She is currently serving in the Peace Corps in the Ukraine. I haven't seen or talked to her in months (other than Facebook, of course), so when I got a text from her the other day saying that she could call using Google Voice (which my un-techy self still doesn't quite understand ;), I was estatic. We planned a phone date for this morning, and at 9:00am (since I didn't have to be in the office until 10:15) we chatted it UP!

Jacque is a precious friend to me. She was there for me through all of my ups and downs throughout college and has never been anything but supportive of me. I have so much respect for her for leaving all that's comfortable here in the States, to serve in Yampol, Ukraine for 22 months. She is truly missed here, though!

Here are some pictures of my sweet friend and I:

Ha, Jacque and I having some good times in college! What a fun time living with this girl!

Jacque and I at Kris and my wedding. She's such an important friend to me!

At the Miranda Lambert concert for Jacque's birthday last April. What a great time!

I miss this girl so very much. Jacque, I am so proud of you and pray for you so much! You are in my thoughts so frequently, but just know that I think of you much more than I let you know! :)

Jacque will be back to the U.S. between April 22 and May 1 for her sister's wedding.... PLEASE, Baby Keegan... If you can hear your momma, please make a little early arrival and decide to come while your Auntie Jacque is here! Or else you will have to wait until you are much older to meet your very cool Auntie! 

Woah, Momma!!!

Yesterday was my dear friend, Dorelle's, baby shower for her baby boy, Gavin. She is due on April 4, so it's really coming up quick! I meant to take some pictures: they had some beautiful sugar cookies that were little blue and white soccer balls (since her husband was a soccer player) and little blue running shoes (since Dorelle is a marathon runner)... But after a little too much chatting, and eating of cookies, I forgot! But TRUST ME, they were cute, and they were delish!

I had posted a couple of weeks back that my other friend, Mikenna, just found out that she is expecting a baby boy ALSO! So that makes three of us in our LifeGroup at Riverview (our church here in Lansing) that are expecting baby boys, all right in a row! Mikenna is a professional photographer, so at the end of Dorelle's shower we got out her camera and did a little mini shoot. How fun, and how exciting!

Mikenna is expecting baby Roan on July 2, Keegan is due on May 5, and Dorelle is expecting baby Gavin on April 4th. So fun to think about these little boys all playing together so soon! :)

This week can go ahead and start hurrying up if it'd like... It's just Monday, but boy, it feels like Wednesday to me! After this crazy snow storm last night, I think I can easily say that the SPRING can go ahead and start hurrying up too, if it'd like! My poor husband shoveled last night, and then shoveled for an hour this morning, all for me to STILL get stuck in the snow in our subdivision on my way to work. He had to come home from the office to help dig me out, and push me all through the neighborhood and out onto the main road! Ha! I even gave myself 45 minutes instead of 20 minutes to get to work this morning... Needless to say, I was still late!

I hope everyone else stayed safe and warm. My heart goes out to all of the people I know who's power is out! What a horrible and cold time for that!

Anyway, just wanted to share that cute picture of my cute friends and our cute babies. Ha!

3D Ultrasound: Last time we see Keegs until he's born!!!

This weekend has been fantastic so far. Kris and I had yesterday off, but were running, running, running almost all day! We went to our doctor's appointment- and we have good news to report! Still, they don't think they have any reason to be concerned with Keegan's heart. Apparently he had a bright spot on his heart at the 20 week appointment, but they said it's seemed to of faded. Keegan was turning away from the ultrasound tech the whole time, and kept hiding his aorta so they DO want us to come back after he's born for a check up so that they can see his heart when he's outside of the womb. So far, so good! :) We then picked up some gifts for one of my dear friends who's having her baby shower tomorrow, and then did a little bit of shopping at the outlet malls (praise the Lord for the Motherhood Maternity outlet store there!), and then met up with some friends for dinner. Yes, busy!

Today we ran some errands, and since this is our celebration of Valentines Day, Kristopher got me the BEST gift (I may, or may not have helped with the picking out of it)! He decided to let me become one of the cool kids at school and got me started on a Pandora Charm Bracelet:

There are star burst clips, with some blue enamel beads, with a baby carriage in the middle!

That was our first experience with Medawar Jewelers, and I will say, we had fantastic service, and everyone was SO nice there. We were surprised by how BUSY they were on a Saturday morning. They're not even located in a mall or anything, so they really had their own traffic! I would recommend them to anyone! :)

We just got back from Baby Envision in Brighton where we got to see Keegan Michael one last time before he arrives. Not that I'm biased or anything, but HE IS CUTE! He looks a lot like his daddy, and has BIG lips, a cute little button nose, and extremely squeezable cheeks if I do say so myself.

Here he is:

So there's a preview to my new little love of my life (obviously, in ADDITION to my Kristopher)... Enjoy your weekend, everyone!

Also, please keep me in your prayers. It's been such a busy weekend, but I've been fighting off the flu bug AGAIN, starting in the middle of the night last night... ugh!

29 Weeks!

Today is mine and Kris' Friday, and so far it's great! I got off of work, we got some carry out sushi and now Keegan-pants is busy kicking around in my belly enjoying some yummy rolls... Mmmm! I think they're HIS favorite food too... He's got GREAT taste.

Today also marks our 29th week of this pregnancy... and this weekend we will be seeing this handsome boy so much... Tomorrow we're going to the Pediatric Cardiologist to have one last appointment to make sure Keegy-boo's heart is developing properly (so far it looks just fine- but my husband had some heart defects when he was born, and so did his half brother and they both had open heart surgeries, so they want to be on the safe side and make sure that they take the proper precautions to know BEFORE he's born if any surgery will be necessary- so keep Keegan and us in your prayers tomorrow!). And then on Saturday we're lucky enough to get to have his 3D Ultrasound done (I know, I already said it, but I am SO excited to get to share pictures with everyone!).

So here's a little update:

(Please disregard my face in this picture... oh, and my hair. It was the first warmish day of the year, and the little bit of humidity really messed with my do'! Ha!)

I'm 29 Weeks!

How Far Along: 29 Weeks

 

Size of baby: Keegan weighs about the same as a butternut squash- so about 2 1/2 pounds. He's just over 15 inches long (according to Babycenter.com)

 

Total Weight Gain/Loss: EH I know I've gained since last week, but I haven't stood on the scale yet. EH, we'll hold off on that... Maybe we'll try that next week again ;)

 

Maternity Clothes: Mostly all maternity... SOME regular shirts- but most of them are way too short and have now become belly shirts! -Just call me Britney!

 

Gender: My big boy- Keegan Michael :)

 

Movement: Keegan LOVES to move and dance around. He's just started pressing into my lungs so that it's hard to breath- how nice of him :) 

 

Sleep: Eh, well, anyone that's been pregnant knows that you just start waking up more and more each night. I swear I'm up 3-4 times a night to potty! Ha!

 

What I miss: Oh you know, just bending over, and not walking like I have saddle sore! 

 

Cravings: Still Sushi, and now CINNAMON RAISIN TOAST WITH BUTTER!!! 

 

Symptoms: Sleepiness, sore joints, sore boobs, acid reflux, pain in my pubic bone, and some shortness of breath. 

 

Best Moment this week: It was great seeing my in-laws this past weekend. My mother-in-law and sister-in-law felt this big boy kicking for the first time. So fun!

MY Little Valentine... Has the Sweetest Smile!!!!

Since it is Valentine's Day, I feel the need to write a blog to MY Valentine: Kristopher Michael. I love him more than anything or anyone, and am so very fortunate to have found him two and a half years ago. For those who don't know, we met while I was an intern at Coca-Cola in Kalamazoo. He was rude and ignored me most of the time I worked there (ha, he has the tendency to be "all business" at work), until I started running into him around town (e.g.: The Taste of Kalamazoo, etc). Our mutual friend, Corey "sensed a mutal attraction" and talked Kris into asking me out. Our first date was July 26, 2008, to see The Dark Knight , and then we went to Wayside and talked for hours. I went back to his condo- and do you know how we spent the next few hours?!

CREATING PROFILES FOR ME ON MATCH.COM AND E-HARMONY! HA! That's how confident we were in our relationship after that first date ;). We really DID fill those out, but it was actually a phenomenal way to get to know each other. I got back to my apartment LATE that night, and soon after told my roomate that I thought I would marry him. I was hooked... and apparently he was too, because for the entire week following our first date he couldn't stop thanking Corey for setting us up!

This was two weeks after our first date- this was when I introduced him to my family for the first time- at the B.O.B. in Grand Rapids! :) We look so youthful here!



We were engaged on April 3rd, 2009. Go ahead and Google our first and last names- our engagement video is on YouTube. But pardon the make-out session- I was thrilled!!! :)

This is one of our engagement pictures done by Jenn Anibal. She's so talented. I cherish these photos!

I couldn't stand a long engagement. I love him more than anything ever, and all I wanted since the day I met him was to marry him. On my husband's 31st birthday, August 21, 2009 we got married at Apple Blossom Chapel and Garden's in Fennville. It was the perfect setting with the perfect groom. We could have a maximum of 50 guests, and I have to say, it was great to have such an intimate group there. SO special, and so memorable. The rain held off all day long... and the moment we kissed the sky broke open and the blessings fell down! And those blessings have continued to fall on us for the past year and half of marriage.

Photo credit: Jenn Anibal again... Really, she's the best photographer!

We've had so many up's and some down's... but being married to my absolute best friend is the biggest blessing and gift. Kristopher, I am so thankful to be able to grow WITH you as husband and wife, to get to watch you grow in your relationship with Jesus into a spiritual leader for our growing family, and to embark on this crazy adventure (by the name of Keegan Michael) together. I love you, my little valentine!