26 Weeks

How far along: 26 weeks 3 days
Total Weight Gain: Gained....the end.
Stretchmarks: None...hoping it stays that way.
Sleep: Sleep is okay. It's a love hate relationship with the body pillow now. I love snuggling up to it! Yet, going from one side to the other and moving the thing will wake me up and I feel like I am not getting good sleep. I'm comfortable, but wake up a lot through out the night. I wake up once to go to the bathroom, so that's not too bad.
Best Moment This Week: Finding out we got the house that we love and knowing we will have a place for our baby boy to start his life and memories in. I have another, Nick celebrated his 30th birthday. He turned 30 on the 30th! It was a "Golden" day! I am so blessed to have such an amazing hubby and look forward to the year ahead!
Movement: Lots of movement! Being able to see it from the outside is incredible and kinda weird, but I love it! He loves to punch and kick on my bladder! Although right now, I can tell his butt is facing out and the movements are so much softer that way.
Gender: We are having a son....baby boy!!!
Labor Signs: Too early for that!
Belly Button: Still in.
What I Miss: I miss wine and that will be a given for the remainder of the pregnancy. I don't miss anything new lately.  
What I am Looking Forward to: Where do I start...moving into our home at the end of this month! Getting my boy's nursery ready, fall weather, candles, football games, and our babymoon!
Milestones: Baby is 14.5 inches long and 2 lbs! So close to the last trimester!

***Sidenote...I am having kidney stones all the time! So that means back pain all the time as well. It's just crazy that they keep showing up or they are all still coming out. Please pray they pass quickly! I might need to really follow through with a nephrologist to see if I need to change something in my diet, because this is just crazy. No one should have to go through this, let alone pregnant.

This is me all the time. I am so hot and sometimes just break out in a sweat for no reason. So ready for some cool weather!

It has been an incredible last couples weeks and apologize for the delay in posting. Between work, house hunting and mandatory power outages, this was not a priority! Now I will have more time until moving time and then the madness really begins.

We are so excited to have a home. We have been looking for months online getting ideas of neighborhoods and houses that we like. We knew we wanted to be in South OC, but werent sure where exactly. Nick's parents live in Laguna Hills and we happen to find the perfect home 2 miles away. We just started being agressive with the home process about 2-3 weeks ago with getting an agent and lender...and what do you know we already have put an offer on one and got the house. Can I just say God is so good and his plan for us is amazing. He truly has blessed us this year and this all has come together with the most perfect timing. We are so grateful for all that we have been provided with. Also, this house had just came on the market and there were multiple offers. We were very anxious last week waiting to hear. The sellers said they really liked us and wanted us to have it. They really wanted a young family in the home. So sweet! It was all meant to be!
Some pictures of our home:

Front of the house

Kitchen, it's open to the family room and has big windows to the backyard

Master bedroom with "retreat" area. Cant wait to cuddle up next to fire with a good book!

Backyard- the hill goes high up with lots of trees and plants. Can't wait for some BBQs

September was great month!! 1. We celebrated many big birthdays! I turned 25, my mom turned 50, and Nick turned 30!! So fun celebrating the gift of life and another year! 2. Our friends Missy and Aric had their baby boy...Levi Scott. Havent met him yet, but the pictures are so sweet! So excited for them and cant wait for future playdates with our boys. 3. Lastly of course, we got our house!!

Well those are the big happenings for now! Don't really know how to top those!

Looking forward to October as well! We are heading up to Mammoth in a couple weeks for a little "babymoon." We are just going to enjoy the relaxation, being together and yummy food! We have a USC game planned with friends! We have been planning this for months, and we just found out we get our keys on the same night....decisions, decisions. I told Nick I am totally down to still go to the game because what can we do to the house the night of getting the keys. Might as well enjoy the game. We'll see how I feel closer to the that time. Lastly, we get the house this month! Eek. I can't believe this is all really happening. We are already so busy brainstorming what to do first! It's quite overwheming.

Well sorry for my rambling post of trying to play catch up on the entire last month! I need to take a new bump pic. It is growing by the day.

Have a great week!