Ruby Rowan - 22 Weeks

This week's picture is brought to you by my dear friend Jennifer!  We had a fun night out together without our girls.  We have a great time getting together for play dates but I have to admit it was so much fun to have dinner together without any fits being thrown.  Jennifer was gracious enough to take some maternity pictures for me before we move.  I love them!  She is so talented and such a sweet friend to me.  I am going to miss her.  Our girls are one month apart and we are due less than two months apart this time around.  So fun, and I can't wait to find out if Jen is having a girl or a boy this time.

And....we have a name for our sweet baby girl!  We are going to call her Ruby Rowan.  It was actually pretty easy to decide on a name.  We struggled with the middle name a bit and thought about several family names but in the end we went with our runner up for her first name.  I love the R's together and the way her name flows.  We also like how Ruby and Lillian are both a bit old fashioned and I think they go well with each other.  Now I just hope that they get along well with each other!  Lily loves babies and today she was walking out the door to go to the 4th of July parade with Phil and she ran back and grabbed her doll to take with her.  Hopefully she likes her little sister that much!

From Daddy's Shirt to Lily's Skirt

I have been meaning to try this tutorial for a while now.  I finally got the chance last weekend and I love the result.  P's shirt had seen better days with some pen marks on the sleeve and the collar was starting to get a bit grungy.  The only changes I made to the tutorial was to sew down the buttons so the skirt wouldn't gap, and add the lace trim.  So fun, don't you think?  When I get a chance I'm going to sit down and whip up a couple more of these!

 

21 Weeks

This was taken at the very end of the week...so almost two weeks later than the 20 week picture.  I'm trying to be good about these, but I'm just not that disciplined!

Father's Day

Happy Father's Day to my awesome dad who did so much for us growing up, and also to my wonderful husband who is truly the best dad I know.  He loves his little girl so much and I'm so thankful he takes the time to do things with her one on one and spends so much quality time with her.  She loves her daddy and they have the sweetest relationship.  I took a few pictures of them playing and having fun together today.

20 Weeks

20 week shot from my sweet friend Lindsey's wedding.  It was a fun evening and a beautiful wedding.  Lindsey looked amazing.  Congrats Lindsey and Matt and thanks for including us in your celebration! 

* Photo credit goes to Phil :)

19 Weeks

Still feeling good at nineteen weeks!  The baby is moving around a lot and I feel little kicks.  I love that so much.  Phil took some pictures earlier this week and it was the end of a long day and I looked a little scary.  So these are some self portrait belly shots.  I might be 19wks 6 days but I got them in before 20.  And...20 weeks?!  Already half way through this pregnancy.  Where is the time going?

18 Weeks

The belly is definitely growing and baby is moving a lot more.  I'm starting to feel weighed down when I carry my 30 pound Lily around so if she wants to be held I pop her in the sling.  Fortunately she is an independent woman most of the time!  Other than a cough that I cannot get rid of, I'm feeling good.  We are very thankful for this little life and feel very blessed.  We don't take a healthy pregnancy for granted in this family.