22 weeks and Popping!

Officially over halfway done. I can't believe it! This coming weekend, i will already be 23 weeks, which puts me at 17 weeks left! So far all is going exceptionally well! I can't complain as i didn't really have morning sickness, just a nauseous feeling a few times but it was gone within 2 weeks. Maybe this little one knows what a struggle it's been and taking it a little easy on me :)
So far we have the crib and glider in the room all set up! Pete's cousin Andrea has been SUCH A HELP! We are forever thankful for her! She has passed along so many wonderful baby items for us to use for this little one, in exchange, she made us promise she gets to babysit alot. We'll have to see if I ever want to leave the baby first :) J/K. Baby Hahm is already spoiled and hasn't even made his or her appearance...what a lucky little baby!
I haven't been too tired lately, but have been noticing if i work out for a longer amount of time, i get a side ache, so i've cut back on the extent that i exercise. Still doing it....but not like i did which is OK with me :) The baby has been moving a LOT and i've started noticing s/he is awake at 6 and gets one last hoorah in around 10pm for a good half hour. Sometimes Pete has his arm around my stomach when he falls asleep and feels the baby kicking him :)

Here are a few recent pictures!


as long as a carrot!



This was sent to my friend Erin, not sure why she needed it quite yet! :)



Spaghetti Squash :)

 This past weekend my dad came up with the crib! We found one we loved but it wasn't available by us so he found it. Thanks dad! Hard to tell but the walls are a light tan color and the crib is espresso. My mom and i are going to start finding fabric for the windows shortly as well as decorations :)

 Here is the baby mobile Pete's cousin gave us. Plays Bach, Mozart and Beethoven and is adorable :)

Other than baby things, we've just been enjoying the beautiful March weather in Sheboygan. Can't get over how gorgeous it's been lately. We've been taking Izzy on longer walks which she absolutely loves, she's missed saying hi to all her doggy friends in the neighborhood, and by saying hi, i mean barking at and sniffing.



Izzy likes to tan on our patio out back :)

That's all for now! We have a busy 4 months coming up, basically something going on every weekend so i'll try to keep up :)

20 week appt!!

We just got done with our 20 week appointment. WOW! It was amazing. I didn't realize everything that they were able to view and look at, but they literally looked at it all. Heart, Brain, kidneys, spine, fingers, toes, legs, arms, face, nose, mouth, head, butt, everything!! The ultrasound tech called the baby a wiggly worm while we were in there because s/he was moving around so much. Pete sat there the whole time with a huge smile on his face :) It was very neat to see how the baby is moving around in there. I have been able to feel jabs, but after seeing it, it was completely different. A few times we'd watch it jab/kick me and i was actually feeling it on the outside which was neat. Pete kept saying the baby was Fist Pumping in there :)

Here are a few pictures from today :)


20 weeks - Carrying low!!




you can see the ribs and the legs :)




Side shot




:)




Love this picture with the arms up!




So adorable!!




the arm and hand



little legs...i think i see a some muscle in the leg already :)



3-D looking right at us




Side profile - 3D



New Calendar

Back when Pete and I lived in Marshall, MN a friend of mine worked at a cute craft store. They had this frame that you write on the days/months/etc. with a wet erase marker. It has a white frame and is see through. It' son my white wall and seemed very boring to me....so i came up with an idea :)
Here's the before:

Kind of hard to see, but it was laying on a blanket...but you can see it's see through.
I decided to put some color behind it. Since i love to scrapbook, i found some green paper in two different shades. I measured the squares and cut 35 little squares to put in the spots on the board. Then i glued them to a board and stuck the board to the back of the frame and i now have a colorful background for my calendar :) If i decide to be even more creative maybe i'll do different colors for each month...but we'll see :)

Here's the After:

Week 19 - MANGO!

Nothing too new this week, other than things are getting tight-ER than before...as in pants. i can still thankfully button my jeans. However, when i sit, I need to unbutton them. No big deal, right? I just need to remember to cover up my unbuttoned fly when i get up to walk away from my desk at work :)
I'm feeling a TON more movement each and every week. It's such a reassuring feeling to feel him or her every day. It's always in the morning at work, after lunch, early evening and right before I go to bed. Pete has been patient and puts his hand on my belly whenever i say i feel something in hopes that he'll feel it. Sometimes i'm surprised that he doesn't feel what I do since it seems so extreme to me but nothing apparently! One of these days he will :)

In exactly ONE WEEK is my 20 week appointment. I. CAN. NOT. WAIT! I have been looking forward to this since my 11 week appointment i think lol. I just want to see what's inside of me. Last time i had an ultrasound, the baby looked like a peanut so to see arms/legs etc. will be very rewarding to see :)

Week 19 - Mango



Week 19 - Mango



18 weeks and GROWING!

I'm almost 1/2 way done with my pregnancy! I can NOT believe how fast it's been going. I'm so anxious for July to get here, yet, I want to treasure each of these days since I know they'll be gone before I know it. There's definitely been some things that have changed since I've become pregnant:

- I do not like Pete's Dolce & Gabana Light Blue cologne, makes me want to gag
- The only meat I really like right now, is hamburger.
- I don't have to worry about stuffing my face with Chinese food since the chicken i ordered the other day almost made me gag.
- I have an obsession with fruit, although it's not the same fruit. Started off with Clementine Oranges, moved to Grapes and now...apples.
- I no longer drink Wild Cherry Pepsi when it's around becuase it gives me a stomach ache
- I cry, not a lot, but I'll randomly decide crying is the best option for whatever just happened. Pete and Becky can vouche for this one!
- I've learned that I could care less about going to the bars anymore (crazy huh?!) and all I care about is taking care of the little Pepper growing in me :)
- Do not have a full bladder when you have to sneeze....
- Sleeping through the night is long gone when your bladder seems to be getting smaller and smaller and the smallest amount of water you consume has to come out, whether it's 10pm, 2am, 4am etc. you get the point.
- I'm enjoying being able to look down at my feet because I hear one day yous see them, the next day they're gone for months.
- Feeling the baby move around is amazing, theres nothing that beats that feeling right now.
- There's SOOO much baby stuff to look at and decide what's the "best thing" for your baby that it gets overwhelming.
- Having your husband come home and look at you, stop, stare and say "Holy Sh!t your belly had to have grown a ton overnight" had me on the verge of tears, but when he ran to my belly and touched it, it was priceless in his own little way :)
- Dress Pants can't be closed....Jeans can be, until you sit down for a long amount of time and it digs into your belly. If only everyone knew how often my pants are NOT buttoned, they'd be surprised.
- Belly Bands are amazing
- Watching my brothers take a finger in attempt of touching my stomach and not hurt the baby is the cutest thing. Watching their face when i place their whole hand on my stomach is even cuter.
- I have the best family and friends ever....they deal with my constant Baby Talk, asking questions, coming up with ideas etc. After having a rough start to this, twice...having them call, text, email, FB me constantly asking how I am means the world to me and this little baby is going to be so lucky to have so many people love him/her.

17 Weeks & Valentines Day

For Valentine's Day this year, i decided to surprise Pete. One of his players is a chef at a restaurant in Elkhart Lake, called "Elkhart Inn". We went there once and he served us and it was AMAZING! I secretly sent him an email and asked him to come and cook for us for V-day. I told Pete that we were going out to eat and that i had made reservations. When Deric arrived and rang the doorbell, i told Pete to answer it that it was his V-day surprise. He was very confused lol. When he opened the door and saw his football player standing there he asked him what the heck he was doing there. Then Deric said i'm your chef for the night! Pete was pretty excited. He made us brown butter basted fish, asparagus and asparagus risotto. It was delicious...and a nice v-day change up from normally going out to eat.

Other than that, low key V-day...but we took my 17 week picture! Baby is moving around more it seems which feels so cool!! less than 3 weeks until the 20 week appointment!

It's a turnip, not cute sounding but i'm sure s/he is :)

Baby Hahm is Growing!

Just had my 16 week appt! Baby Hahm is doing great, was beating at 147 bpm. I absolutely LOVE, LOVE, LOVE hearing that little heartbeat. It is such a miraculous sound. 20 week appt is scheduled for 3/6...can't wait to finally SEE him or her!


13 weeks along




14 weeks :)




We've got an orange!




my little avocado :)