My Pregnant Summer

Although I haven't been working too much this summer and I was super worried about money and what not, it's actually been a blessing in disguise. This last month the heat has been unbearable and I honestly can't do anything in it, except go swimming.

But thankfully it hasn't been horribly hot for the whole summer. And we've made it through one month managing to pay all our bills so fingers crossed we make it next month too!

Here's a glimpse of my summer through pictures.

My cousin Serena got married this past June. Here's a shot of us ladies at the wedding.

The happy couple

Meet Copeland. Pictures are a little dark but one of my good friends finally gave birth to her beautiful little boy, Mr. Copeland Rhodes. He is just the cutest baby ever! I could hold him all day long! I love this kid so much it makes me wonder just how much I'm going to love little Penelope, it's going to be overwhelming.

We were also able to go to Fenway this year! And bonus for me they won! I've been to two games before and they lost but this time they won, making it worth the travel and the heat. We're hoping to get to another game in August but we'll see.

 Had another doctors appointment in July. I'm getting bigger and baby's doing fine. I've finally finished baby's registry. We decided on Babies R Us and Target!

Let the fun begin! This will probably be the only clothes that I have to buy her for now (considering her dresser and closet are already full, she already has clothes up to 3T!) but I just couldn't resist. This cute little  consignment shop off of Union Street called Trendy Tots was having their big anniversary sale. So I got all of this for a little over $15! Amazing deal, everything was 50% off, I think the most expensive item was $3.00!If you have small kids you should definitely check out this shop!

We also made it to the fireworks too! They were postponed to July 12th due to weather and what not but still fun. We got a little group together and headed to Collins Park. Thankfully it wasn't too hot out either! Copeland enjoyed the fireworks too, how cute is he with his little headphones!

This has been my "work" this summer. Watching little Miss Harper May! She is too cute and so much fun! It's been great too, only a couple of days of week. It's really worked out well for me.

Also not working so much has given me time to fine tune little Penelope's nursery. It's really coming together and I couldn't be more happy with it.

We finally got her crib from Mimi and Papa, and I absolutely love it. It's absolutely perfect and I couldn't be more pleased. Just need her mattress and some crib sheets and she's good to go. You can also see her amazing curtains in there too! It's actually a shower curtain but it goes perfect with the room.

This corner is her dresser and her changing table. Dresser was Scottie's, just re-painted it and spray painted the knobs yellow to add a nice pop of color. The lamp we got from Scottie's sister Julie. I painted that yellow too to match. The changing table was a curb find. That's right free on the side of the road! I made Scottie go pick it up, cleaned it off and painted it white. Got some storage baskets and boom! Done!

Here's the "changing area". Just added a mirror I found at Target for just twenty bucks, and a couple of shelves I got for ten bucks a piece. Got some frames from Target too (can you tell where I like to shop) and added in some art work I found online and yes I'm in love.

Here's a little bit of a close up on the art work. I know it's hard to read but I love them! There's some bible verses, a couple of Dr. Seuss quotes, a Roald Dahl quote and a couple of other cute things.

This is her "rocking chair". This came from Scottie's room, it's his old recliner. Just put a slip cover over it and wah-la. Add in a little throw pillow and that's that.

I got these nice little cubes to hold all her toys and books that she'll be sure to get. Just waiting to get the fabric bins and that's it.

 A close up shot of her dresser. Added some art work (melted crayon art found on Pinterest) and a cute little jar to keep her pacifiers in.

Close up of the jar. (From Marshalls for 4 bucks!)

And here's her closet. Already full of clothes. Lucky for me her closet has a ton of shelves so I was able to put lots of baskets on them for storage. I made these cute little labels for the baskets too. Just found some wooden animals (from Wal-Mart for under a dollar!) painted them some fun colors and added some chalkboard paint so I could write on them and done!

Close up of my awesome chalkboard labels!

Obviously you can tell from the pictures we went with a neutral color scheme. Walls are a light grey, all the furniture is white with pops of yellow, teal and of course some pink! once we get all her sheets and changing pad covers they'll be some more pops of color in the room.

I also hosted a lovely little "Baby Party" at my house. Penelope has so many friends already and she's not even here yet! (From left to right: Amber and Baby Emma (5months) Jess and Baby Chase (almost 4 months) Ellie and Baby Copeland (1 month) and me and Nella)

This is my little obsession. My goal is that Nella has a headband/bow for every outfit and every holiday! We are well on our way. I think we have every color! Found this great website that has both crochet headbands and lace headbands for just thirty cents! I love these headbands because they don't cut into the babies heads and leave marks, I got them for my niece Adora and they seem pretty comfortable. She didn't seem to mind them either. Daddy loves them too! :)

Just this weekend I had the honor to be in my cousin Dale's wedding! He married his beautiful bride Mauranda this past Friday and it was beautiful! Here's a shot of me with the family!

Here's a couple more shots from the wedding:

 Scottie, myself, my dad and Courtney

 Some of the cousins with the bride & groom

Penelope's God-mommy & I (Absolutely in love with this picture by the way!)

 My hubby with the groom!

Another picture of the family, little better lighting.

Not gonna lie for almost 25 weeks pregnant I look pretty damn good! It was a beautiful night, spent with some pretty amazing people!

I've also been able to make it to the beach a couple of times too. Headed up to Gilbert for the weekend with Courtney. We also went to Gafton Lake just last weekend with Adora, Kody and Ellie, Ryan and Copeland came along too!

 

Me at Gilbert in my fab maternity suit. I thought I'd rock the bikini this year but I was blessed with some lovely stretch marks and I didn't feel like showing them off to the whole beach. So I went with this lovely tankini!

 Here's me and Mr. Copeland at Grafton. I could snuggle him all day!

I also made it out to Albany for Black Phil's memorial show. It was a pretty amazing night, I'm glad I made it out.

So far pregnancy wise I've been ok. I know I could be a lot worse off and that's what I try to focus on. People keep telling me I'm all belly although I beg to differ, (they haven't seen me naked) but I'll take what I can get. Recently I've been having some pretty bad back pain, I think it's because Nella is sitting so low. She's a planner like her momma and is already getting into position. Besides back pain I've been pretty good, baby's healthy and I'm healthy too. My boobs have grown at least two sizes, and when I stand up straight and look down I can no longer see my feet. I get tired super quick now, and I feel like I'm always hungry. Although now that she's getting bigger I have to eat more smaller meals, I can't fit as much in in one sitting. And I have to pee all the time. I swear I drink something and I have to pee right after.

Well I'd say for a pregnant lady I've had quite the summer so far,  and it's not over yet! Hope everyone is enjoying their summer too!