WOWZERS. So much has happened in the last 9 months and I've not been a good little blogger :( I'll start with the most recent newsworthiness and move backwards from there... post-dating... so be sure to scroll down - WAY DOWN.
Most of you already know - WE'RE EXPECTING :) Here are some fun pictures and editorial of our experiences so far:
I'm 28 and a size 6... feeling good... no morning sickness!
I'm still 28 and STILL a size 6 :) And still no morning sickness!
I'm 29 now... still feeling great... but using a hair band to hold my pants shut... but still rocking the skinny jeans :)
OK - different jeans altogether! But still not "maternity"... roughly a size 8 and buttoning on their own.
And here we are now - 5 months along and using the hair band again... very rapidly outgrowing my size 8 jeans... but happy and healthy :)
We decided on a name for our little girl:
Piper Janelle Maxon
We've loved the name Piper for almost 5 solid years now, and try as we might, we cannot seem to stray from it. Nothing else captured our hearts and our creativity more than Piper - even after reading a ridiculous book with over 100,000 girl names. Craziness. Janelle is Tyler's mother's middle name, and Nell is my grandmother's middle name, so we've decided it's a perfect fit for Piper and it will give her "roots" to both sides of her family.
Piper simply means "a player of pipes" - perhaps she'll have musical abilities that Tyler and I could only dream of! Janelle means "God is gracious" - and while Tyler and I are not religious - we do believe we are blessed and enriched because of her.
We've purchased Piper's bedding collection and have begun to get her room ready... it'll look something like this after Memorial Day Weekend:
Image Courtesy of babybedding.com
I've always been a huge fan of old, vintage items and when I discovered this Sock Monkey bedding nothing else held a candle to it! I waited 5 months to purchase it to be sure it was what I wanted after exhausting all other options. It's gender-neutral enough that we can use it for a little boy some day, too :) We're excited about some of the pieces we found and items that have been gifted to us that support our theme as well. We'll be posting pictures of the finished room shortly...
Here are a few pictures of Piper in the womb:
The Jersey Fist-Pump!
A super-skinny arm...
And her precious little "digits" on her right hand :)
We have another appointment with our OB on June 7th for a growth ultrasound and I'm sure we'll have more pictures to share then!
No other baby news for now... please scroll down as I complete other "catch-up" blog entries to recap the last 9 months - LOL! XOXO
