High Five for Friday || One More Day Til' Fall!

One more day until it is o f f i c i a l l y fall.

Crunchy leaves, a cool nice breeze (🤞🏻) crockpot meals, porches full of pumpkins & mums, & our super cool neighbors yard full of fall + Halloween trinkets are in the near future!

Oh, and have I mentioned our baby girl!?

Only every time I post, right? 🙃

I just can't wrap my head around that!  Is that weird?

I feel her move, I feel that my body is getting too small for her ever growing baby rolls-

but it still is not real that I am going to have a daughter!

I've went through having a baby twice & you'd think that I'd be a pro or unfazed by this, but then again, life is never the same after a baby.  

One, two, OR three...

A few highlights from this week in September 2019:

one.  hospital ready

well, for baby girl anyway!  I still haven't ordered the things IIIII need, but all that cute personalized stuff has to be ordered asap.  I've about had a panic attack waiting this late... #budget + obsessive compulsive disorder (doing everything at once - I have no patience!). Silly, of course!

But when these pregnancy nesting hormones kick in, that's what happens.  Worrying over nothing.

I ordered this sweet little outfit with her name and bow & then a blanket and bow with her name on it in the prettiest fall color!  I can't wait to see them on her!  And put them in her bag (can't decide if it will work for a diaper bag or not) that matches her brothers...going to pick that up today!

Thank goodness for rush orders🤗

coming home outfit

two.  what a deal!

I've been wanting to try this shapetape f o r e v e r and granted this may be a tired mom's best investment and accessory- I couldn't pass this deal up-especially since I've been out of concealer for about two weeks!  

Gimme all the concealer, hats, leggings, and tunics for post partum.  Gotta love QVC.  This deal is going on through the rest of September!

three. Friday + Sams pick up

Need I say more?  

I don't have any kids until 10:30 am on Friday's so I take that opportunity to grab a coffee to go & pick up our groceries after I drop Camster off.  Loving this little routine:). Cam has grown so super attached to Tepp, that she has to drop him off and pick him up from school.  We've created a monster.    When B gets here she may have to figure out another system!  Ha!  On Friday mornings, naturally she always goes with me-so the Sam's people adore her + know her by name.  She working on a regular pup cup from Starbucks too...

four.  October parties are the BEST parties🤗

Conley's little birthday party cannot be put on the back burner with our new babe:)

He & I have been brainstorming lately.  

I think I may have him talked into another Halloween-y party...

he initially wanted a "share-a-gini party" if you are familiar with The Sharer fam...

LOL.  I was all about that but I felt like it would be more expensive and harder to find a person to make a Lamborgini cake for a 3/4 year old...

Also, he changes his mind with the blowing of the wind-he basically just wants purple-blue boy stuff.

five. new precious memories

we had our maternity pics on Saturday & Denise never disappoints!

she is my favorite photographer.  hands down.

she doesn't make us pose.  she just snaps-and in snapping she gets the BEST shots!

I can't wait to make more gallery walls😍

Happy weekending, friends!
27 days or less from baby:)

FriYAY Favs on Saturday || oh EeEe oh Pregnant in September

Is it comprehensible (is that a word?) that we only have approximately f i v e weekends left as a family of four?  Until we have a little GIRL in our family?

I really just can't comprehend that.

It's so surreal.

And while I don't want to rush this pregnancy (my last) at ALL, my body is growing tired & feeling the struggles of carrying the extra weight.  It's funny how I've forgotten how those last weeks feel, & now that I'm here, once again, though I don't want to rush the feeling of those sweet kicks or just the fact that she is safe in my belly as close as she'll ever be to me-

I'm so ready to meet her & walk without a waddle😜

In preparation, I foresee all the decorating for fall, organizing, cleaning, baking, & nesting we can possibly squeeze into the next few weeks.

Favorites of the week:
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one.  the belly shelf

it never feels as cute as I imagine it will be, but if there is one awesome thing
about being pregnant it's the belly shelf.

two.  you've got mail
I have to watch this movie every fall.  I've loved it since I was a little girl❤️

“Don't you love New York in the fall? It makes me want to buy school supplies. I would send you a bouquet of newly sharpened pencils if I knew your name and address."

Cade was SO kind-that the only night of the week that football wasn't on-he agreed to endure it with me during our evening "big people time."

three.  baby e s s e n t i a l : free pump!  thanks insurance
not to bore you-BUT...

this is a big deal for an expecting mom!  thankful x a million over here that insurance helps cover pumps.  if you are expecting & plan on nursing-don't go out & buy one!  check your insurance!  this one wasn't "free" but way over half the price it is at the store.  I've wanted this one since the beginning.  I'll be able to pump & have both hands🙌🏻

When it arrived, Conley said "wook, mom!  a package for me!"

You can imagine his snickering/disappointment when he opened it.😂
especially since he's always been "obsessed with boobs."  That sounds terrible, huh?  lol.  

four.  cam's football pics

I love him.

except when he's a smart aleck.

of course I'm lying. even then.

the end.
we get the rest of his pictures at practice Tuesday!  

five.  new hair, who dis?

ok, not really, but fresh hair.  

I haven't had it done since May so-not having to blow dry curl/straighten it myself & having that fresh salon feel is one of the greatest luxuries!🤪

not to mention have a little help before family/maternity pictures!

before: frizzy fro of hay

after:

also me: once every 4 months...

I hope you all have a great weekend!
35 days or less & counting until baby B!
XO

34/35 Weeks

September goals...stay pregnant :)

How far along?  34 weeks 5 days
Total Weight Gain: 25 lbs
What to wear: If I can't wear a dress or leggings, I'm not going.
Movement:  Homegirl is doing a Jillian Michael workout video in there 99% of the time.  It's the one way I can tell I'm not going into labor when I have contractions/Braxton Hicks.  And I have them A LOT.  More than I ever remember with my boys.
Sleep: Meh.  I literally wake up 32,323 times a night to pee 1/4 of a tsp.
Best moment this week:  Gosh, so much has happened!  I ordered her going home outfit bow!  I've got to order her 2 outfits for the hospital.  I keep putting it off & I'm afraid she's going to come before they will be able to be shipped at this point.  In more serious news, at the doctor last Thursday, after a very difficult Tuesday at work, I came to the realization that it was time to say goodbye earlier than expected to my working days (MT) in Sevierville.  While I am currently trucking along keeping baby cooking, with my history it was just time to listen to my body and know that I needed to slow down.
Miss anything?  Being able to breathe.  I lose my breath constantly.  It makes me want something carbonated to drink.  And I feel like this:

Cravings:  ICE!  And burgers.  Get in my belly.  All of that probably means my iron is still low-getting that checked tomorrow:)

Gender: Sweet baby girl
Looking forward to:  Maternity pics this weekend:)  I never like "taking" the pics, but I love getting them back & having them to forever look back on this sweet time of life🤗. I also can't wait to snuggle, love on, SEE her for the first time!