Baby Bump

I will be 28 weeks tomorrow! I can not believe that I am that far along already! Im in my 3rd trimester! I honestly never thought id get here months ago it felt like a lifetime away and here I am. Today I took my glucose test, which was not fun! I had to drink this really sugary drink that made my stomach hurt and gave me a headache. Then I had to wait an hour and go get my blood drawn. This is to see if I have gestational diabetes. I should get the results next week! 

I have been feeling the baby move and kick me constantly now. The weird thing is I can now see the baby move. Ill see what looks like a ball roll across my belly. Its crazy to see. Ricky finds it equally weird but its also really kind of cool! The baby seems to be doing great and my belly is getting bigger and bigger and bigger! Approximately 12 weeks to go! 

27 weeks 6 days! I feel like a whale!!!! 

  

Getting ready for baby... really slowly!

We have a 2nd bedroom that we have been using as basically a storage space for all of Ricky's army gear. This will be the nursery for the baby one day. It needs a lot of work! We are clearing everything out and moving all of the baby stuff in which is a big job all in itself. We also have some black bookshelves that we decided we are going to sand down and paint green. Its a slow process but its slowly taking shape.

Ricky working on the bookshelves 

This is how the room started 

After moving some gear around 

Bedroom today. It looks a lot better than it did, still a work in progress 

Halloween

I realize its Dec and im behind but I wanted to share what we did for Halloween. Ricky has never been to a pumpkin patch or a farm and I thought it would be fun to experience that. I found a wonderful little farm that we decided to go to with some friends of ours. We fed some of the farm animals, we went on a hay ride, we went through a corn maze, and we of course picked our pumpkins out of the pumpkin patch. We had a ton of fun and will definitely be repeating it again next year.

Ricky and I got 2 little pumpkins and 1 very large pumpkin. I drew the face and Ricky gutted and carved it. I think it turned out pretty good!

Ricky working hard! 

The finished product! 

 On Halloween night we went trick or treating with some friends of ours and their children. Ricky and I dressed up Marley and Ringo and brought them with us. Marley was a Redskins football player and Ringo was a Colts football player. Ricky likes to say they dressed up as the underdogs lol. We had a lot of fun and Marley and Ringo got some yummy dog treats!

This is the best picture they would let me get 

Birthdays!

Ricky and I both have birthdays in November (5 days apart). We had wonderful birthdays that were spent relaxing and spoiling each other. For Ricky's birthday I made a steak dinner with baked potatoes and broccoli with cheese and of course a birthday cake. This year Ricky decided he wanted a Redskins birthday cake. I made a vanilla cake with butter cream icing. Then I rolled out some white fondant and painted the Redskins emblem on it with edible food coloring. It was the first time I have attempted to paint a cake. I think it turned out really good! Sadly Ricky has the pictures so I cant post a picture of it right now :(
For my birthday Ricky made me one of my favorite meals, Red beans, rice, and smoked sausage. Because he had to work and cakes are my thing I made my own birthday cake. I decided I wanted a zebra print cake. So I made a white cake with vanilla butter cream icing. Then I rolled out white fondant and put it on the cake. Then I made some black fondant and added the zebra stripes. When Ricky got home from work he helped me by making pink pears and adding them around the base of the cake and then he piped "Happy Birthday Brittany" on my cake in pretty pink icing. All in all we had pretty good birthdays.

A New Car!

For those of you who dont know, I have had the same car since high school. It was a White Chevy Malibu aka Bu. My dad bought the car when we were stationed at Ft. Stewart. Years passed, the car went on several cross country trips, got in a few fender benders (oops) and had some work done. It was a good reliable car that I have a lot of memories in. Sadly it was nearing the end of its lifespan and it was time to say goodbye to the Bu and hello to a new car. Ricky and I looked for several months and finally found a car that is perfect for us. We decided on a used Silver Jeep Commander. We got a great deal on it and it had extremely low mileage. The car is perfect for our growing family. It has a roomy back seat for baby and a lot of cargo space for Marley and Ringo. We added a few features for added safety. We put a cage in that separates the back seat and the cargo area so the dogs stay away from baby during car rides. We also added a basket roof rack for our luggage for trips to visit the grandparents. So far we really like our new car. I have to say though, it was kind of bitter-sweet saying goodbye to the Bu.

New Car minus the roof rack