Preview of Sawyer's newborn pics

Pete and I saw this football cocoon a few months before I we had him and Pete told me to buy it. Today we had a friend come over...from Brenda Kay Photography and had her take pics of Sawyer for his newborn photo shoot. This is the only one we had a sneak  peak of so far and LOVE it. Hes the worlds cutest baby :) turned out amazing :)
More to come when the rest are shown to us.

Sawyer Jacob Hahm

Its a boy!!
More details to come later...for now:
8 pounds 15 ounces 21 inches
7/20 at 5:47 PM

Love him beyond words!
Dark hair like daddy :)

Gender Neutral Nursery

The weeks are winding down. Thankfully the bedroom is ready, well, 90% ready. Pete and I opted to not find out what we're having and have zero regrets about that. I think the only way we agreed we'd find out what we're having is if we end up having twins someday (which could happen!) or if we end up with two girls, or two boys and have a third. But we'll see when the time comes. Until then, not knowing is the best decision ever!
When we were trying to figure out what to do with the room, we were pretty undecided. Thanks to Pinterest, I saw some cute ideas...but due to my indecisiveness I couldn't quite decide on what to do. I saw those owl patterns/colors that seem to be pretty popular right now, with the blues, greens, oranges, browns...but i'm really not a "theme" person. I've never been one to want a theme room, like a Cinderella theme, or Dr. Suess or things like that. I do think they look SUPER cute but it's just not me or my style, so I'll just stare in awe at others who are able to pull it off and make it look adorable in their houses :)

I did some digging online at Gender Neutral rooms and didn't completely fall in love with anything but found bits and pieces here and there. We started with the furniture in the room and decided on Espresso brown. My dad bought us the crib which was the first piece of furniture in the room, then we bought a glider in espresso brown with ivory cushions. Then one of my brothers, Kyle, who is amazing at wood work/building, offered to make somethign for the bedroom. All that we needed was a dresser so he decided to make that, in espresso brown. turned out AMAZING. So we had all the furniture....one thing done.

Next i had no clue what to do for the walls. I found a saying online that i wanted to incorporate into the room. With the challenges Pete and I faced to have this baby, the saying was perfect:

"Before you were born,
we dreamed of you,
we imagined you,
we prayed for you.

Now that you are here,
we hope for you,
we love you,
we thank God for you."

I asked my aunt to print it for us and then i framed it. Next, i wanted something above the dresser/changing table...I decided to do the initials above the dresser in three frames. I bought three frames at Hobby Lobby. Then my  mom and I went to JoAnne Fabric one day and found this cute green/white polka dot fabric. We put that in the frames and after s/he is born, the initials will go in the frames. I found the perfect coral color for a girl and blue color for a boy. I decided on the coral color instead of just "pink" and nice blue color. i have the letters all cut out so while i'm in the hospital, my mom will put the initials in the frames :) The initials are completely hidden because nobody, not even my mom, knows the names yet! I'll have to tell her where they're hidden when the baby is born so she can put them in the frames for me :)

Finally, we needed somethign for above the crib. Pete's cousin is an art teacher and asked if she could make something for the baby's room. She's making the cutest thing ever. Three canvases in chocolate brown with a big white tree throughout them. Then, instead of leaves, she's putting circles around the branches. Greens/ivory for now and then whenever s/he is born, she'll put accents of coral or blue in it for the boy or girl!
Other misc. things in the room are the end table next to the glider that my mom got for us, perfect color and size. I found the lamp at Target obviously :) along with the brown baskets that hold the books/toys. Eventually i'm going to look for a cute rug to go by the crib, but that's after s/he is born. I will probably put a picture of the baby up on the wall to the left of the dresser after we get the newborn pictures taken. The curtains were made by a friend of the family. right now they're held up with a green "rope" but after the baby comes that will change to possibly coral or blue, to be determined right now! The rocking chair was actually Pete's when he was little! Cute huh? :)

So that's the room! Not difficult at all to do a gender neutral nursery...and that seems to be the #1 reason why people are like "you're not finding out?! How can you decorate??" ...Easily lol. It's funny, most people 30 or older say "good for you for not finding out, it makes the end so much better!" And our friends under 30 are like "OMG You aren't finding out?? Are you crazy?" Yes, we're crazy lol, crazy in love with our little boy or girl and can't wait for our surprise in the upcoming days!

Here's pictures of the room before it gets messy after s/he arrives! :)

Looking in from the doorway.

Looking in from in front of the crib.

The three frames will have initials soon! hopefully :)

The saying we had framed.

Crib

The tree his cousin is making. Not complete but soon will be!

Less than a Month....hopefully!

Well...last time i posted, i had 2 months to go and i'm already down to 1 month! I guess time doesn't go THAT slow, but now i'm just way too excited and anxious to see this little baby!! To me, looking back from November when we first found out, time has gone fast. It's already going on July! To Pete, he said it's gone slow...which i think he's crazy :)
The last month has brought on a few more aches and i can definitely say i've become more tired and my sweet tooth seems to have kicked in. Instead of craving just strawberries, the thought of chocolate covered strawberries is really appealing. Trying to bypass the cravings is very difficult sometimes :) Not sure if it's "lucky for me" or a bad thing, but Pete has such a sweet tooth that every night he needs something sweet with his meals, so why not right?? good thing i didn't want this my whole pregnancy or i would have gained 40+ pounds I'm sure!!

Pete and I have the baby room mostly ready. by mostly i mean if the baby were to come now, we'd be fine. All that we're waiting on is decorating the walls with pictures. I have ideas and my mom is coming up this weekend to put me in my place since I suck at decorating. Everything hung in my house is basically by help of my mom...and poor Pete for nailing and re-nailing things up. I just stand back and agree with whatever my mom thinks and try to sound like I have a clue.
Also this weekend my mom is helping me put together some freezer meals, Wildtree of course. That will definitely come in handy when the baby comes so i don't have to worry about that. I do want to find a smaller freezer but that will come!

The baby is SO ACTIVE in me still! i remember reading people saying how towards the end they don't feel the baby kick/move around as much since they don't have a lot of room. Yeah, not so much with this one...either the baby has plenty of room in there still or s/he will come out with size 13 feet like Pete which will explain why the huge kicks have been getting more and more painful. Not complaining though. Every kick i get is reassurance s/he is doing fine! Plus, it's kind of cool watching a foot go from my belly button to my side. i try to tickle it and Pete tries to grab it.
My back has really been hurting though the last few days, not much i can do about that though than hope my wonderful hubby gets my not so subtle hints and massages my back more "Ugh...my back REALLY hurts..." "Hmm, it says in my book that i should get more massages from my husband toward the end...." you get the point, and hopefully Pete too :)

We have a few names picked out and are so anxious to know if he will be called ______ or she will be called ______. i think everyone else is anxious too. My brother Nick has been trying with all his might to get the name out of me since the beginning. The other day i was at Target and the lady asked if we had names picked out. I lied and said no becuase i didn't even want to tell her haha. I can definitely say Pete and i have kept this under wraps the best we could :)

Hopefully the next time i post, it will be a picture of the baby!

Week 36!

2 months to go!!!

32 weeks pregnant...time has FLOWN. However, i have a bad feeling the next 2 months will drag a little more. Hopefully not but you never know.

1) I've been feeling pretty good lately. The only things i've noticed changing is my breathing ability! Apparently the bigger the baby gets the more s/he pushes on my lungs which the other night made me panic. I was sitting down watching TV and attempted to take a deep breath and absolutely could NOT do it. of course i started freaking out like somethign was wrong and started crying, which doesn't help things. Pete luckily was able to calm him down. Thank GOD he was blessed with patience because I sure as heck was NOT. Must be why we're a good fit :) He calmly got me to settle down and relax. Then he looked online and sure enough, read all sorts of things about how after 30 weeks you start to get short of breath.

2) Bloody noses...almost daily. nothing extreme, but it's pretty annoying. Especially when i've gone 28 years without having one. No, my blood pressure is not high. Last time is was like 96/62 or something. The highest it's been is 112/60 something. Low BP Here!

3) Getting comfortable in bed isn't as easy as it used to be. Especially when my husband tries to steal my body pillow.

4) I still get up 1-3 times per night to pee...lots of fun.

5) i LOVE feeling the baby move around. There is honestly no better feeling in the world than feeling your baby inside of you...except for those few times s/he really jabs me in the side or kicks me hard, it feels wonderful :) I honestly sit at work sometimes, or at home, or in bed with my hands in my belly. I may look ridiculous but I don't care because as long of a journey as this has been, i'm not missing out on any movements, feelings etc. I really am blessed and thankful for each and every day i feel this little baby moving around inside of me. It's reassurance all is well :)

6) According to Pete i have more energy than i'm supposed to. He read i'm supposed to be tired in the 3rd trimester but i haven't been able to fall asleep as early as i used to and he's a bit confused haha. Yes, I do get tired, especially the longer i'm on my feet. But my mind is going a mile a minute thinking of what i want to get done before the baby comes so it's hard to fall fast asleep at night.

7) I still crave fruit. Strawberries and Watermelon mostely right now. However, i have to admit, chocolate is SLOWLY starting to creep in the mix. I think this will make Pete's life if i start to like sweets as much as he does. That boy would put hot fudge and Marshmallow fluff on his burger if I'd let him. Who needs ketchup/mustard/pickles?!

8) We have a few names picked out for both genders. Some days we think we have "the name" but then we battle back and forth over what we each like more. We haven't told a soul this time what our names are...for specific reasons :) So keep asking people! you'll know when we know :)

8) Mst of all....Pete and I have not even met this little miracle growing in me and we love him or her SO much! God is good!!!

Here's a fun little comparison of 10 weeks ago to now.

Week 22



32 weeks - supposed to be a squash, not a pumpkin :)



Nursery Closet Dividers

As my due date draws closer, i've discovered i've become a bit psychotic as far as random things that i decide NEED TO BE DONE as in all at once, right now, not tomorrow etc. Pete actually said to me last night "aren't you supposed to be more tired in your 3rd trimester? Everything i've read said you're supposed to and that you'll sleep more but you're the opposite" Yes Pete, i've gone crazy. Doesn't mean i'm not tired, becuase I am, my brain just doesn't have a shut off button anymore.

On Pinteresst (of course) i found a project for organizing the hanging clothes in the baby closet, SOOOO necessary right? :) I of course believed it to be so last weekend i made a little project of it. I went to my #1 go to store lately, Hobby Lobby where they will pretty soon know me by name, and bought my items:

- foam circles
- scrapbook paper (because who ever has enough of that stuff??)
- x-acto knife
- Mod Podge glue

I glued two foam circles together, just to make it a little thicker and sturdier, not really necessary though.
I then began tracing the scrapbook paper i had bought so they fit on the circles.

I used my trustworthy Mod Podge and glued the paper to the foam circles and let it dry overnight. Which was torture becuase i just wanted to finish it at once. Oh well!
The next day i cut out letters/numbers with my trustworthy Cricut machine. Instead of doing Newborn, 0-3, 3-6 etc. i skipped newborn since they don't wear them long anyway! I did 3, 6, 9, 12, 18, 24 months.

I used my little glue dots that i use when scrapbooking and stuck them on the circles which was VERY time consuming.
Then i took the x-acto knife and cut out circles in the middle of each of them so they would fit on my clothing pole in the closet. Yes, i did measure before doing so :)

Here's the finished product! Maybe the flowery looking one is too girly but i don't care :) i loved the colors and pattern of it!

Have I gone crazy? Maybe....but whatever keeps the next 7 weeks going, consider it a project! :)

Baby Shower #2 - Jen's Side May 19th

This past Saturday I had my second baby shower! My aunts, Jayne, Tammy & Lisa threw it for me at Aunt Tammy's house. They had a brunch theme and the food was DELICIOUS!! Stuffed French toast, an egg bake, baby "bumps", a fruit carriage, kringle and a delicious cake!
When i first got to the shower, my brother Kyle showed up. He has been working on a gift for the baby, a homemade dresser/changing table. He covered my eyes and when he got me in front of the dresser, I was shocked at how beautiful it was! the details he put into it were amazing!! I had watery eyes from that, and then he goes and opened the top dresser drawer where he had put a Bible Passage in it.

"Jeremiah 29:11. 'For I know the plans I have for you,' declares the Lord. Plans to prosper you and not to harm you. Plans to give you hope and a future"
Then the waterworks started. I started sobbing so Kyle gave me a hug. Then he got teared up. Weird thing was, i hadn't even said hi to anybody at the shower yet before all this happened lol. so i finally turned and said hi to everyone with a watery face :) Well worth it though!

We played the baby food game, but luckily didn't have to taste it. We just had to guess 10 of them based off of what we saw. Much easier than tasting :) Not to brag, but i won with 6 out of 10. My mom and Caitlin came in second with 5 out of 10 so i let them win haha. Which worked out nicely since the gifts were wine and mine would OBVIOUSLY have to sit for months :) Mom and Caitlin will probably put a nice dent in the wine on their own.
After that we ate and then opened gifts! It was a GORGEOUS day outside!!! Although I was definitely starting to sweat. I'm slowly dreading being 9 months pregnant the end of July! Pete's starting to learn that i'm hotter than normal too. He turns the air off in the car and i turn it on and point it at me lol.

When the shower was over, I picked up Pete and we went back to Sheboygan that night. I don't think i've ever been so antsy to start putting the room together before! I was mostly anxious since i have the dresser now so i can put things in the right spots. It's coming along really nice though! That's all i can think about working on now is the baby room. Pete just says i'm nesting. Apparently i was rearranging the piles on the floor i had already arranged without noticing so Pete stopped me from doing it a third time :) Next up...figure out what to put on the walls, end table and lamp :)

A few pictures below from the shower!

Me Crying after seeing the dresser :)

amazing!

:)

The inscription inside.

Cute Fruit buggy Aunt Jayne made

Diaper Cake! :)

With my cousins

With my moms

Aunt Marge and Aunt Sally

with Grandma and pete's mom

With my aunts, aka Shower Throwers :)

the "hooter hider" Caitlin's mom made me. It's reversible!!

FINALLY got a stuffed giraffe for the room :)

Blanket Aunt Marge made the baby.