Sweet Baby Richmond

I have been very anxious this pregnancy. I am trying so very hard to hand it over to God. I pray and say scripture over my belly constantly. I ask the Lord multiple times a day to help me turn my worries and fears over to him, but I'm human and it's not east! It's getting better, but before every appointment I panic a little. Yesterday we had our big 20 week ultrasound. I haven't felt a ton of movement just yet and I woke up crazy worried yesterday morning. Tyler had to meet me at the doctor so before he arrived I was sitting in my car praying, holding back tears, trying to calm myself before walking into the building. As I said Zephaniah 3:17 over me and the babe, he/she started kicking. It made me laugh. The Lord knows what we need. It was a great reminder that He's got this. I need not worry.

On to the details. :)

Baby Richmond looked great. He/she is measuring perfectly and all of his/her parts are there. Heartbeat was great and still at right around 150. We are having a reveal party do we didn't find out the sex there. Even though I have my suspicions. We had the tech write it in an envelope and I took it straight to my friend Ashley who is making something for us to open at the party!



{the important envelope}












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Baby Richmond

Time for another update! Im gonna cut out a few of the questions because there hasn't been a ton of changes. :)
How far along? 19 weeks, 5 days
Maternity clothes? Yep. Added wearing shirts this week, not because the belly is so big, but because they are long enough to cover the band of the pants'
Best moment last week? I definitely felt the baby move last night. While I was talking about his/her monogram? Coincidence? I think not. I've got a good southern baby on my hands.
Food cravings? Nope.
Gender? We'll know in 18 days, 8 hours and 8 minutes, give or take a few minutes ;)
Labor signs? Umm. No.
Belly button in/out? In.
What I miss: a lot. All food related. And I miss not itching constantly. Allergies are fun.
What I am looking forward to: Our ultrasound on Monday!
Milestones: I think I finally look pregnant. Instead of just chubbier than usual. Haha!



(19 weeks, 2 days)

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New car!

About a month ago we realized the air was out in my car and that to fix it would cost well over $1000. My car had 150,000 miles and was 9 years old. It wasn't worth but about $2000 on KBB. We had already planned on buying new this fall, so it got pushed up a few months. Both of our cars are paid off and I was not looking forward to a car payment. We weren't quite prepared, but considering I'm pregnant and hot I need air conditioning!

We've been looking since we found out what it would cost to fix my Hyundai and actually just stumbled upon the car we bought. We were headed to the movie theater for a date night and ended up buying a car instead!



We ended up with a dodge journey. I am SO glad we found it because it's fairly new, seriously low mileage and we got a great deal. It has a third row seat and the styrofoam wrap hasn't even been taken off the seatbelt buckles. It's like new.

And it has a bunch of fun random features. Two of my favorites are the storage in the passenger seat and the backseat view mirror.






Tyler got a kick out of this picture I sent him because this really is a mom mobile. Haha!



I'll miss my little Hyundai, but I sure am glad we found a great car for our growing family! My brother put this sticker in years ago and before I left the lot, I told my old car that Jesus would always love it. ;)



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Pregnancy update. :)

Thanks so much for all of your kind comments! Between here, twitter and Facebook my heart was just overflowing! I don't know how consistent I will be with this, but wanted to put a few things down to remind myself of this time!

How far along? 17 weeks, 2 days
Total weight gain/loss? I have lost 19, but 11 of those were from weeks 6-8, so I've lost 8 by doctor's count. I've finally stopped losing though!
Maternity clothes? Just pants.
Stretch marks? Not yet.
Sleep? Not so great. I'm a light sleeper and every time I wake up to use the potty I'm awake for at least 30 minutes after. But I'm no longer going to bed at 7 pm! Yay for 2nd trimester energy!
Mood? Well? This week I feel semi normal. But I've cried over girl scout cookies and Tyler not being home in time to go eat Mexican. Which he totally was, it was just later than I wanted. We still ate mexican.
Best moment last week? Seeing Baby at an ultrasound. My sister in law has a sweet friend who volunteered to let us peek! He/she is a busy little thing!
Movement? I kind of think I my have felt the babe last week, but I'm not convinced.
Food cravings? Not constant, but I've had a dire need for fresh squeezed lemonade so much so that we bought a citrus juicer. I've also wanted coke icees from burger king, chips and salsa and an orange roll from a restaurant in NWA! A sweet twitter friend helped with the last one! Thanks Taylor!
Gender? We'll know next month
Labor signs? Umm. No.
Belly button in/out? In.
What I miss: dairy and strawberries. I've developed an intolerance of both and it's sad.
What I am looking forward to: Our next ultrasound! 3 weeks!
Milestones: none that I can think of right now, just growing and getting stronger!


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Guess What?

Please ignore my dolphin like laugh. I get it from my mama. ;)



"Children are a heritage from the Lord, offspring a reward from him." Psalm 127:3

PS the video loaded funny on my blog and I don't feel like figuring out why right now, but, in case you can't see it either, the last frame says Baby Richmond is coming September 21, 2012! Thank you for praying!

Almost Easter

Miss me? :)

With Easter being just 2 weeks away I wanted to share the Easter presents we got for our nieces and nephew. I seriously love being an aunt and I, for one, like to think that I rock the role. Now, I will never, ever, ever get obnoxious toys for them. I am much more of a puzzles, books, legos, riding toys gift giver than a loud plastic, nerf gun, guitar giver. I don't want the future payback! So, their Easter gifts are no different.

The twins will be almost 6 months old, so I found a few little things I think are fun and age appropriate. I got them each a sippy cup, a cute Easter rubber ducky and AWESOME hot pink rubber ambulances. Because lets be real, any little girl with a paramedic for an uncle just has to have a pink ambulance.

Stelian is 3 1/2 and is most definitely at a fun age. Even though 3 is generally my least favorite age. Haha! He goes to the preschool I teach at and we are really working on tracing letters so I got him some easy to hold crayons in a fun truck container. I also found those chocolate milk straws, I got my chocolate milk loving mama those in her stocking this year and every time Steli is there he wants one of Yaya’s special straws, so now he has 10 of his own! Last up is a small, hollow chocolate bunny. I’m not big on candy, but I decided a little wouldn’t be too bad. And Tyler really wanted to get it for him. I also got him an Easter book from Amazon, but it hasn’t come in yet and I’m impatient.

I saw this idea of gluing a cotton ball onto a bag to make a little bunny tail on Pinterest and thought it was precious, easy and cheap! It didn’t hurt that I had all the supplies on hand to create it!

I also added each of their names to the bag with flocking powder. I thought it would look springy and could not be happier with the outcome! So fun!

Have a fabulous week! Maybe I’ll decide to not be a stranger around here.

Cotton Bowl!

For the second year in a row, my inlaws have gotten us tickets to the Razorback bowl game for Christmas. I'm perfectly okay with this becoming a tradition. This year our Hogs went to Dallas to the Cotton Bowl! And we won! Much better outcome than the Sugar Bowl last year. ;)

I'm sure at some point I will download photos from my camera, but wanted to post some of my favorite phone pictures.


Tailgating before the game. My inlaws belong to an organization called the Road Hogs. Basically they have a spot for Fayetteville games to park their RV, and get some perks. We decided to stay in the RV and ended up right next to our regular "neighbors." It was so fun!



Outside Cowboy Stadium!!! This was our first time to be at Jerry World. Tyler is usually working during the game we play there!



We were pretty dang high up! Truthfully, we couldn't have cared less where we were, it was just fun being there. And there isn't a bad seat in the house.



And the final score! Such a fun victory!


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