30 Weeks & Counting

Whew! What a rush from the Holidays! I hope that everyone enjoyed their Christmas and is as excited about the New Year as I am. : ) I am truly excited about all that this year has to offer. Especially the prospect of a sweet little addition to our home!

This is a picture at 29 weeks, look how cute I am! And yes, I already get people who say things about me popping or it being any day and I get to tell them, "No, not due till mid-March." And I just smile and move on, lol, cause what else can you do?

And I am super excited to be able to use this lovely gift that Jamie's Grandma gave us! It is the sweetest little blessing gown! Just adorable! And before you say anything I am already prepared to bring her to church in a different outfit and put this one on her right before she gets blessed and then take it off right after until pictures so that she doesn't get it messy ; ) But I don't know what exactly I'll bring her in, I think I might make a cute little skirt that will go with some white onesies. As of right now we don't have any real church clothes for her in the range of 0-6 months. So I think it'll be a lot of tights with onesies and skirts I make. Which is fine by me! Simple and sweet : )

In other news (because I'm sure you didn't come to listen to me droll on about my not-yet-born baby) I have been a busy little momma-to-be. We had our Young Women's in Excellence Night at church. For those of you unfamiliar with what exactly that is, it is a night at the end of the year where we showcase all the hard work of the young women in our program. They each get to talk about a Personal Progress project that they accomplished over this past year. I was in charge of the decorations and the theme of the night. I cannot take all of the credit for the theme because I found the idea on pintrest of all places. The Youth theme last year was "Let your light shine" so as a take on that we had the girls display their projects and when they were finished talking about the value they were explaining and their projects they turned a lamp on. So in the beginning the room was just slightly lit with some spot lights and Christmas lights hung around the room, but at the end the room was really bright because of all the lamps that the girls had turned on. It symbolized how as they slowly let their lights shine more will join until all the world is filled with light. I failed and didn't take any pictures that night while we were there, but the decorations got left up for the Ward Christmas party the following Friday and I got pics just before they took it down.

We, and I say we but it was really Jamie and some guys from church, made a false ceiling across the gym with the paper lanterns and tissue pom-poms. I did make the pom-poms but we had the lanterns. And then the Christmas lights swagged along each side of the gym like that. Due to the placement of the plugs the lights had to go back down like that to reach, lol. But I tell you, that it looked really good all done up with the low lighting and all. Just dreamy ; )

And if you think that's all that I have been up to you are sorely mistaken. : ) I have been a busy bee! I even made reversible pacifier holders and a cute little printout that we will put up for Hazel. Check them out!

 I can't take credit for this idea either. It was indeed a pintrest find, again. You can't tell it but there is a white boarder around the purple block. I think it's just adorable and simple; that seems to be a trend around here ; ) I had gone back and forth between doing just her first name and all of her initials but her name won't be alphabetical, Hazel Adelle Jex. So you'd come to the A first and you be like why didn't you say that one. And they'd all be highlighted on the firs two lines so I went with this one. But we like it :)








And these paci holders were super easy to whip up. I did them in one afternoon, or at least I would have had I actually owned the clips before I began. My Wal-mart didn't have any! Can you believe that?! So I had to get them off of ebay and they are stinking cute! I got 10 of them for $7 including shipping. These little babies are usually made from ribbon but I had scrap fabric that I liked and it didn't cost me a thing! So they cost me $0.70 each! Pretty nice if you ask me : ) and to put the paci on the end I just cut an elastic hair band in half and sewed it in the end. It's stretchy and it works perfectly. Couldn't be more pleased with them.

Whew! That is all I have for you today but when I get finished with my knitted baby blanket I will certainly post pictures. That thing has a 12 row pattern that gets repeated 24 times! I'm only on repeat 7, lol. So definitely more to come : ) Hope everyone enjoyed this little update!

Halloween

So I know that this is a little late for Halloween, but I never got to show you our costumes! So, true to my word I am giving you a picture :) Hope you enjoy!!

 

Keep in mind that this is a cell phone picture.

 

Hope you had a wonderful Halloween!!

So, Yeah....

I'm sorry ladies! It has seriously been a long time since I updated my blog. I will try to be better at it but don't get your hopes up.

Right now we are in the last months of our college semester and I must say that I can't wait for it to be all over. After this semester is over I will be able to take a well deserved break from school and be able to focus on our home and getting it ready for our little peanut. And I will have finished my Associates and won't have to worry about college for a while. :) 

Our little peanut is a GIRL!!!! For those of you who don't know. She is doing wonderful and we will actually go in for our 20 week apointment on Friday :) She has been moving around a lot more this week and it's starting to drive me crazy! In a good way, of course :) But she is so low that everytime she moves around she constantly bumps into my bladder and it just isn't that comfortable to me, imagine that :) We are super excited and I know that it'll go by so fast. But I'll be glad when she's out and about in my arms and as healthy as a baby can be. It's amazing how big I am so far because I already feel way stretched out and I just keep growing.

We are looking forward to Halloween this year! It will be the first year that we dress up as a family. I found my inspiration from this lovely blog. I will definitely add pics later of us all done up for Halloween and at the party later! But for now, that's all I've got :)

Pregnancy Update

So I know that the last post I have is of our little rice baby that you can hardly see and then weeks of nothing. Well, I have come to amend that! : )

As of yet, the pregnancy isn't too rough on me but boy, did I have a week last week! It came in really hard with morning sickness and finally is starting to slow the rush to the bathroom. But it's all very exciting!

This is our most current ultrasound, and man! Look at the difference! This is only two weeks after the first one and you can already see the cute little body! : ) We got to see the heartbeat and at the last apointment the heart rate was up to 183 beats/min. And oh was it loud! No worries with this little one a very strong and nice heartbeat to make us Mommy and Daddy proud already : )

We should go back in the week of September 3 so, cross your fingers and keep us in your prayers! Thank you for all who read this blog. It may be little and at times hard to follow but thank you for helping us feel important.

I'm just hoping that as school starts next week that my all-morning-classes aren't interrupted by frequent bathroom trips : ) Wish us luck on our next few months!

Baby!

Well, guess whats cooking at the Jex family house! That's right, we are having a baby! After 2 years of trying we are finally going to have our wish. I almost can't believe it. Now we need a bigger apartment or house. We're looking for a 2 bedroom if you know anything around here ; ) But there is plenty of time because we aren't due until March. A nice spring baby!

Heres a pic to look at!

This is our rice baby at around 5 1/2-6 weeks!

Testimony Icecream

Whew!!! It's been so long since I posted last. But really those of you who know me and have been following can't really expect anything less ; ) lol.

This Wednesday night is our youth night but it's a special youth night at church. It' our combined--meaning that the young men and young women do something together instead of doing their own things. And it's the girls turn to put it on. Which really means it's the women (their leaders) turn to put this thing on. We decided that we would do a night where we would make icecream and then compare the icecream to a testimony. It's actually really cute and I would love to make a cute little handout to go with it but we'll see (I'm out of paper for my printer). Now all I have to do is figure out the little spiritual part of it and buy the ingredients. Yippee! It's well on it's way.

The best part about it all is that there is only me and the secretary in town to pull this off. The Pres. is on a well needed vacation to family, the other counselor moved, and the secretary is in her 9th month of pregnancy. The only thing I keep thinking is, "Please don't go into labor!" But no matter what, the kids will have a good time. : )

Vacation!

This is exactly how I would sum up our very fine vacation. Rootbeer, sea shells, and peaches. The perfect combo of everything that is essential for a relaxing time. : ))

Enjoy the photos!

Most are taken in the Botanical Gardens in Huntsville, AL. If you've never been you definately should! It can be pricey but if you can afford it, do it. You won't be disappointed.

In the butterfly room

It's a troll bridge ; )

Me and my sister's kids; love them!

The Aquatic Gardens

My new nephew

So cute, the gate doors move. Love it!

This is how we spent our vacation, lol : )

Lol, thats all I can say!

Jamie relaxing

He built his sandcastle and was proud

A Hobbit hole ; )

More of the Aquatic gardens

Hope you had fun looking at some of our awesome vacation : ) I loved it. I had fun.