6 weeks

Just dropping by to post a picture of Stone at 6 weeks! Hope you all are doing well!

Stone has arrived!

STONE IS HERE!!! He arrived October 22, 2009...exactly on his due date! Stone is just like his mommy...organized and punctional :) I had planned this whole pregnancy to have him with an epidural...when I arrived at the hospital, they told me that due to medical reasons, I could not have an epidural or push, so I ended up having a c-section after being 7 cm dialated and in labor with no drugs! What a great blessing it all ended up being...he had the umbilical cord wrapped around his neck TWICE.

Being a mommy has been such an incredible experience so far. Stone is almost 2 weeks old now, and he is on a eat/wake/sleep schedule every three hours, and has even slept 5 hours through the night so far! He is extremely calm, curious, and has a super strong neck. We love him so much!

39 weeks and 4 days...

For the enquiring minds, Baby Stone has still not arrived. Only 3 more days until my DUE DATE!!! I was hoping Stone would want to join us ASAP but apparently the cool fall days and frost-bitten evenings make him want to jump into my rib cage and stay as warm as possible :)

My husband took me on a wonderful date night this weekend, which is exactly what a 9 month pregnant woman needs. He took me to a local pottery painting place and we each decorated a HUGE coffee mug (like the ones in the coffee shop on Friends!) and then out to dinner to settle my chinese food cravings!

Hopefully the next time I post, you will be able to meet precious Stone...I had better not be labeling my next post "41 weeks and counting..." :)

Stone's Nursery

Here are a few pictures of Stone's nursery! Clearly it is not 100% finished...the glider is still in need of the new cushions (coming soon), the bookcase and the changing table are not completely organzied yet, and the stuffed animals are camping out on the table until I can figure out where to put them! But overall, its coming together nicely! I'm at 37 weeks, so Stone could be arriving anytime now!

Maternity Photo Shoot

My maternity photo shoot was incredible! Pictures just came in this week :) My wonderful friend, Melissa Hanley, did a fantastic job in capturing this pregnancy in pictures. You can check out just a few of my pictures on her blog at Melissa Hanley Photography!

baby shower #4...last one i promise!

Last weekend some of my most wonderful church friends threw me a baby shower! Stone and I were showered with so many fabulous baby gifts. I am a very blessed lady :)

Here I am at 34 weeks at my shower!

The two incredible hostesses!

My mom and me

My dad and me. This is the outfit and book he picked out for Stone. I love the scripture verse he wrote on the inside of the book. Pops will be the best!

have you ever seen these? this little lamby is actually a pillow...you lay your baby on it and they cuddle with the lamb's head. Um...I'll take one of those for myself, please...

Remember when we didn't know the sex of Stone and I always referred to him as Lil' Pumpkin?

Baby Shower #3

My mom, sisters, and dear friends threw me such a WONDERFUL baby shower up in Indy at our church. It was fabulous! They had tons of precious decorations, fun games, delicious food and lots of sweet ladies who attended! Here are just a few pictures from the special day!


The blue sign hanging above the mantel is the sign that will be hanging over Stone's crib! My sister, Kelly, made it for me!

Baby Shower #2

The girls from our College Ministry threw us a wonderful baby shower this weekend! They did such a fabulous job hosting, and we all had a wonderful time together at the shower. Here are a few pictures from this weekend:

I am at 30 1/2 weeks! This month is a big squash, but I couldn't find one at the grocery store.

Husband and I after church before I went to the baby shower!

The adorable baby cake! Everyone was talking about the baby on the flower during the shower, as to whether he was edible, and that he was probably made out of fondant or something. When I got home, I took him off the cake to see "Made in China" on the bottom :)

My mom and sisters came down for the shower! I was so glad they could all be there!

A super cute bath robe for Stone. It also came with matching wash clothes and a few puppy outfits!

One of my wonderful, dear friends made a bucket filled with stones, and on each one she wrote a scripture verse or reference mentioning rock or stone. AMAZING!

One of the baby shower games was to take Stone's full name and come up with as many words out of it as possible. I felt horrible, but I am AWESOME at word games...and I proved it. I won :)

Thanks again, ladies, for a wonderful baby shower! Stone loves all his new gifts!

Winning Streak and the Future

I have been on fire with my giveaway winning luck lately! As you will recall a few posts back, I won the BEAUTIFUL gem bracelet from The Glamorous Life of a Housewife. A few days later, I received an email from thebump.com telling me I had won a gift basket from First Impressions!

Well, as you can see, my gift came in! I received a white fluffy bunny, a bib, a yellow sleeper, a white onsie, yellow pants, and another yellow onsie with a matching cap! SO CUTE!!!

If you are pregnant, or whenever you are someday, I highly recommend using www.thebump.com for any of your conceiving/pregnancy needs. It has been super helpful since we decided to start trying. I honestly don't even remember entering to win this giveaway, but I'm sure glad I did!

Now, onto other business...

Yes, you all read correctly that The Pink Potpourri will be coming to an end very shortly. Probably not permanently, (never say never) but when Stone arrives, I will no longer be working at my job. And currently we are without internet at home. So that is why it will be pretty much impossible for me to do any sort of updating.

Maybe someday I will return to the blogging world. I might come back to The Pink Potpourri and start the daily topic posts again. Or maybe I'll change things up and start a different kind of blog. The possibilites are endless, and my mood and ideas are constantly changing :)

I look forward to keeping you all updated on these final weeks of pregnancy, and am SO very grateful for all of your friendships through the blogging world. If you are interested in keeping in touch, you can always become my Facebook buddy! Since I am glued to my iPhone and facebook app, I will be keeping up to date on there. I will definitley miss keeping up with all of you!!!

Stone has Grown

Well, clearly, if any of you are still reading my blog, you know I've become horrible at updating :( I know I used to have daily posts, but being pregnant and knowing that The Pink Potpourri will be coming to an end soon has made me lose all motivation to update regularly. Sorry folks.

But, on the bright side, here are a few pictures for you! My sister moved back to college (where I work) last week, so here are a few pictures of us on her day back! I'm at 29 weeks in these pictures!

Kendall's dog, Ellie, wanted to feel Stone move...

TGIF

***Edit - my sister is having her First GIVEAWAY on her blog! Go check out Mr. and Mrs. Smith and enter to win this awesome keychain!!

Happy Friday!

If you haven't in a while, let your childhood side come out...




Relax, have some fun...do something the sign tells you not to do...



Like climb on the animal statues at your local state museum...

:) What's a "happy" you're looking forward to doing this weekend? I'm hitting up the local garage sales with some girlies tomorrow!