LIFE Holiday Boutique

The center Jon and I work for are hosting a Holiday Boutique this Friday, Dec. 4th. A percentage of the proceeds will go to the center and there are going to be a ton of great vendors! Come check it out and get some of your Christmas shopping done!

Check out the blog to see some of the vendors coming www.lifeholidayboutique.blogspot.com

BELLY

Baby Connor at 28 weeks!

New Obsession!!!

I don't even need to explain why I LOVE this nursery! I think it is possibly the first theme I have actually even considered. SOOOOO adorable! Mostly I am in love with the color palette. I think it will be perfect for a little boy and easy to carry over into an older, more mature room decor.

Meet Connor Austin Arnett!!!!

We are already in love and cannot wait for this little guy. Not to mention, he has a name! Hurray! Connor is definitely a mutual decision and we are so excited about it. He is moving all the time and I LOVE watching my tummy jump. I miss the feeling all day while I'm busy and moving around at work; when I get home I can't wait to finally relax and feel him for hours.

ABC's

I am officially obsessed with this wall and cannot wait to begin the hunt for the letters I am going to use when I copy this amazingly adorable idea!

Although I have this idea in my head of what I want the baby's room to look like...finding the stuff that I have in my head is turning out to be IMPOSSIBLE! Boys rooms are soooooo difficult as are their clothes and names. Everytime I get online to search for new and fun ideas (Which has become quite the nightly ritual) I am bombarded with yucky themes and pattern overloads! Why can't I just tell somebody what I want, and then they can just go and do it all for me; all for free of course. YIKES! I will continue my search and try to update as I go along.

IT'S A BOY!!!

Hurray!!! We finally can stop referring to my belly as an it! Of course we would have been happy either way but we are both so happy to finally know. It felt like it took forever to get here and I have a feeling the rest is going to fly by. Now the hard part really starts.....picking a name. We are currently taking suggestions!

The little guy was being difficult for his photo shoot and we almost weren't able to find out the sex. However, our doctor (who I love) was very persistent and finally captured the money shot! We weren't able to get any profile pictures so we might have those next month but so far everything is just perfect. He was measuring at exactly how far along I am and everything was in it's place. The doctor did say that he was a hair over average weight at 12 oz. I'm not totally surprised since his dad is not the smallest guy in the world. I'm just hoping he slows down and I don't end up giving birth to a toddler size infant! yikes!

Baby on the way!

Dear first trimester,

I hate your stinking guts. You make me vomit. You're scum between my toes.

Love, Holly.


OK seriously, I am 11 1/2 weeks right now and I am literally counting down the days until I am officially out of this. According to the masses, once the second trimester comes along, everything will be great. I CANNOT WAIT! I think if you can come up with a symptom of pregnancy that isn't enjoyable...I've had it. However, they are slowly fading and I am definitely starting to feel better. Including getting out of the awkward growth stage where everyone is unsure if you're are pregnant or just making one too many trips to in and out lately. Sad to say I think I might fit in both of those categories.

Finding out I was pregnant was really exciting and almost surreal. I immediately started thinking about all of the fun things we would be able to do- pick a name, buy clothes, decorate a room, have a shower, watch the baby move around, and just get ready to be parents- and then I realized I couldn't do any of that for quite some time. The first few months are just spent hoping you will feel better sometime soon and waiting to find out what you are having before you can actually get to all of those fun things.

Names- Discuss these early on! It's going to take a while to make a decision on this one. I actually went through an entire website of baby names (girls and boys) a-z and was shot down on every name that I loved. SAD. SOOOOO, Ive come to terms with the fact that all of our kids will just have numbers; no names.

In all actuality, Jon and I are VERY excited to be parents and all yucky things aside, being pregnant is such a privelege. And we can't wait to find out what we are having!!!