birthday week.

happy birthday week!!! 

...to my favorite man on this planet...

hey hey. 

it's DJ's last week in this 20s!

I can't believe that DJ will be 30 this saturday.

I can't believe we met almost 16 years ago.

I can't believe we've almost been married for 2 years.

I can't believe he'll be a daddy in 5 weeks (or so).

I have lots to post about but this is what is is occupying my brain currently...

...trying to think of ways to celebrate my love and best friend.

you see, I'm quite the expert on 30th birthday parties 

[just ask my ex-boyfriend, his was amazing - no really, it was]

so I feel kinda guilty... it's almost like Big Daddy

...but I guess we're even because someone [aka DJ's ex-fiance] had a long-drawn-out-romantic proposal whereas I got - "hey, you want to stop by town hall on the way to work?"* 

....and my ex got the whole crazy surprise weekend 30th birthday bash and a girlfriend that wasn't 9 month pregnant and too tired/exhausted to focus on planning a party... 

[yeah, to say I've been distracted is an understatement]

so yes, we might have "wasted the good surprise" on someone else...

but in the end, we have each other.

....and I ordered 20lbs of crawfish.

so I guess that's pretty great, right?

ANYWAYS.....

happy birthday week to my danny j.

love you jiggs!

more birthday love coming soon.... :)

*yes, there's more to our proposal, and it was sweet in its own way.... and absolutely perfect and I wouldn't have it any other way... I'll tell you the whole story one day...

34 weeks!

34 weeks down, 6 to go! It's crazy to think sweet pea will be here before we know it! This week (other than the my sick boys) was a pretty normal, relaxing one... It was spring break for most of the schools in Atlanta so our commute wasn't too bad - and I stayed home from work on Wednesday so it was a nice break in the middle of the week (do you think I could have four day work weeks for the next six weeks??). Things are moving along nicely - all of sweet pea's clothes are washed, I washed/prepped her cloth diapers this week, and started packing our hospital bag!  Ollie is feeling all better and has been SO sweet this week. Sweet Pea is definitely getting bigger, I can clearly see her moving inside me from the "outside" - it's nuts!  I've also been REALLY thirsty this week - other than that, no big changes. More than anything, I'm just getting antsy know - I definitely want her to stay in there and cook a little more but I'm so ready to meet her!

So, here are this week's stats...

• Sweet Pea is right around 4 and 3/4 pounds (around the size of a cantaloupe!) and around 18 inches long!
• She's starting to fatten up and her lungs are continuing to develop -- and she's urinating about a pint a day [?!]
• current cravings: water, juice, rice crispie treats, soft serve and french fries
• number of trips to Athens Baby J took this week: two and we had two yummy dinners at Farm 255 [aka her dad's favorite restaurant]
• number of thank you cards written: NUMEROUS - but I'm all done with all the shower gifts, phew!
• number of chins I have: more than I'd like to admit.

34th week bumpin' bump....

34th week snapshots...

so that's that!

...ready for the next few weeks to fly by and to meet our sweet girl!

sweet pea's shower...

just thought I'd share a few more pictures from sweet pea's baby shower... it was a great, fun and relaxing afternoon with family and friends and we are so lucky to have such generous, sweet people in our lives!

fun, bright decor....

I made sugar cookies with royal icing as favors for our guests...

world's best strawberry cookies... 

yummy sangria for those who could partake [aka everyone but me...]

 opening gifts...

and yes -- men drinking beer out of baby bottles... amazing...

thanks to both of our moms, our sweet sister-in laws Summer & Julie, and the always amazing Lindi to making the day such a fun and special one! 

...so that's that - now onto planning the next big shindig in our house....

...that's right -- someone turns 30 next weekend!

sick boys...

oh man. I'm not having the wednesday I planned on... I stayed home from work today to take care of my two sick boys - DJ is not feeling well and poor Ollie isn't doing too hot either. One doctors appt and a prescription for Nexium later hopefully DJ will be feeling better soon... $200 at the vet later Ollie seems to be in better spirits too...

....and me? well I had the pleasure of cleaning up loads of poop off the carpet for the past 24 hours (Ollie's not DJ, hah) and feeding Ollie prescription dog food every two hours with a spoon... I guess this is good prep for when sweet pea comes! ha... seriously though.... the Bissell Little Green has become my new best friend...

so that was my wednesday... oh and we got a crapton (yes thats a technical term) of packages - including DJ's 30th birthday present - his new watch! I was a nice wife and gave it to him early....

fun, huh?

So that's that, my craptastic (pun intended) wednesday - now I'm off to the apple store to see why snow leopard won't install on my "vintage MacBook" - maybe ill be coming home with a new computer...??

Haha... wishful thinking.

seriously though...

33 weeks!

I know, I know... this post is a little late. It's just been quite a crazy 33rd week... first off, one of the upsides to our Atlanta staycation was that I had no commute (aka a five minute walk back to the hotel) and DJ was working late every night pretty much so I stayed in the office late and got a LOT done last week... then Thursday was a whirlwind of all sorts. I got some unexpected and sad news that a family member had passed away while at work, and it was the same day my mom was travelling in to see us. Basically, I was all sorts of out of it and just in shock/upset all day.

To top it off, my baby shower was on Saturday and the funeral was around 5 hours way on Friday so mom and I couldn't make it... that paired with the emotions of losing some dear to my heart and the crazy way I found out made for a pretty crazy rollercoaster of a weekend... yeah. So that explains the "radio silence" around here for the past few days - it's been hard to write about the excitement of my mom visiting/baby shower when I had a bit of a heavy heart... with all of that being said, I pushed it all aside this weekend and tried to soak up the love that was surrounding DJ, baby J and I and realize just how lucky we truly are.

Having my mom in town was great (and stressful) and the shower was a blast. It was super lowkey and relaxed and I'm pretty sure that sweet pea now has more clothes than I do... I spent Sunday with my mom running errands and washing and organizing all of Sweet Pea's clothes/blankets/accessories etc. It was a great 33rd week and I can't believe tomorrow starts my 34th week!

Here are this past week's stats --

• Baby J is the size of a Honeydew melon [yowzers], weighing between 4.2 to 5.8 lbs and measuring between 17.2-18.7 inches! 
• Apparently Baby J is keeping her little eyes open in utero when she's awake and starting to 
• She's definitely been an active little monkey - especially at night, my mom felt her move this weekend so that was really exciting for both of us and might have even caused some tears all around.
• Baby J was a star this weekend and took part in her first photoshoot! Josh and Tiffani came early to the shower and Josh took some maternity photos of us... Josh is an amazing photographer and I cannot, cannot, cannot wait to see them! 

33rd week bump, no real bump photo this week (well other than the ones Josh took but I don't have those yet...) but you definitely get the picture of my "growth" in this picture of mom and I...

yes, my mom is adorable.

yes, I'm a giant next to her in so many ways.

some more 33rd week snapshots...

pretty darn cute stuff, huh?

so that's that.

33 weeks down, 7 to go! [?!?!]