Beautiful Weekend in Aspen

We enjoyed a beautiful weekend in Snowmass and Aspen.  It was the first time for both of us, and a place we'll be sure to visit again.

Two good friends of of ours tied the knot and it couldn't have been a more perfect day for a White Wedding.

The back of the happy couple:  (We were in the back, so I wasn't able to get any good pictures of them walking down the aisle)

 First Dance:

It was a weekend full of fun times with friends.

On the way back we took a more scenic route and were able to make a pit stop at a beautiful spot.

Not too bad for a little weekend trip.

All those little baby things

All those sweet little baby things will quickly take over this little house of ours.  I couldn't be more excited to stock up for the little bean, but at times it feels a bit overwhelming.  Reading safety reviews, researching breast pumps and baby bottles, deciding to diaper with disposables or cloth, choosing the perfect stroller color, figuring out the perfect number of blankets for a February arrival...and SO much more.  Don't get me wrong, I feel so lucky to be making all these decisions whether they be big or small, but sometimes I think I just read too much into the hype of every little necessary (or unnecessary) baby item.

So, I'm bringing it to the blog.  Adam and I will be registering over the weekend and we'd LOVE to have any and all opinions and input from you.  What could you not live without when it comes to baby? What item was really not necessary?  What are you favorite brands for specific baby gear?

Strike a pose

Something I've been wanting to do for a while is get some good pictures of our first little baby, Charlotte.  So this weekend I grabbed a piece of old fabric and set up a little photo shoot for our little pooch.  I'm not sure I'd call her a model, but she worked with it and gave us some really cute shots.  I hope to hang one of these up in Baby C's room :)

Looking back, I probably should have used a much larger piece of fabric so the cement wouldn't show, but hopefully some cropping magic will do the trick.  I still think she's pretty dang cute!

16 weeks

Ahhh the relief!  I've been looking forward to temperatures below 90 for the last month, and it couldn't have come at a more perfect time.  And all of this means we are one season closer to meeting our little bean!  

How far along: 16 weeks 

Size of baby: Size of an avocado 

Total Weight Gain: Just around 4 lbs

Maternity Clothes: Expandable pants are a must have.  I've mostly been wearing the belly bands so that I can keep my pants unbuttoned, but this weekend I made a trip down to the Outlet malls and went a bit overboard at Motherhood Maternity.  No maternity tops though....I'm keeping my eye out for looser non-maternity tops that I can re-wear later.

Sex:  Check back in 24 weeks!

Movement: Tough to tell.  Sometimes I feel little twitches, but can't quite determine if they're the little nugget or not.

Sleep: I used to sleep like a log.  Now, not so much.  This whole laying on my side is just not my favorite.  I just bought a maternity pillow to help out, but once I make a mid-night bathroom run, it's tough to fall back asleep.

What I miss: Not much.  I wish I could keep up with everyone else like I did pre-pregnancy, but now I have to be the old lady and duck out for bed early.

Cravings: Nothing really.
Symptoms: An expanding waist!  Luckily the exhaustion has worn off.

What I’m looking forward to: Checkup this Friday- 17 weeks.  And then in just a few short weeks we go in for the big 20 week appointment!  We won't be finding out the sex of course, but they do the normal anatomy scan- so we get to see the little face, fingers, and toes.

This week we also attended our 2nd wedding of the year!  I was so glad we were able to make it back to STL for my friend Abbey and John's big day!  It was gorgeous, and of course the bride looked AMAZING!  I would love to share pictures (and planned on it), however I got some interesting news after I discovered our camera wasn't working at the wedding.  SOMEONE decided it was safe to put the camera in his waders while he went fly fishing a couple weeks ago.  And well, it's pretty much ruined.  So, that meant no pictures at the wedding :(  The photographer did snap a shot with me and the bride....but it may be a while before I see that one.  Now on to our next wedding- this weekend in Aspen!  Another great couple that I can't wait to see tie the knot!  Pictures will be taken, even though that means I'll look like a tourist or second photographer carrying around our big camera.

While we were back in Missouri we were also lucky enough to visit with some of my family and one of my besties, Jessica, and her hubby Travis housed us for most of the weekend.  And of course I couldn't forget my awesome Aunt Janis and Mom for picking us up from the airport at 1:30 am after a ridiculous plane delay.  Thank you SO much again!  It was really a wonderful visit and I'm so glad we were able to spend so much time together.  My Mom brought up some of the baby goodies she's been working on lately.

Little Booties

Fuzzy rattle

My Mom has been slaving away with all types of baby projects and she's really done an amazing job.  I couldn't be more happy to have all this homemade stuff for Baby C, who I'm sure will appreciate it just as much.  She's also made the Baby's quilt, but I'll save that for the big nursery reveal post later! 

She did an amazing job on this stuff, right?!

So what am I making?  Trying to motivate myself to finish some of these really cute things I've already begun or committed to making before Baby arrives:

Patchwork for a sleep sack

Cloth diapers that I'm hoping to turn in to cute burp clothes

That's all the projects for me so far.  Hopefully I get motivated once the cooler weather forces us inside and the weddings die down.

Hope you all are doing well!

Babifying this old house and the last few months

Quick recap of what you've missed the last few months:

In July we were lucky enough to have two sets of our parents visit us in Colorado.  

We got some use out of Adam's canoe on the lake in Evergreen.

Then my Mom, Stepdad, brother and us spent a night camping.

 We rode the light rail downtown for a Rockies game.

We celebrated Adam's 29th Birthday.

We finally got our new and improved backyard.  It's been so great and we've enjoyed it most of the summer.

 

    

Adam got a hammock for his birthday, and he built these stone paths in our backyard.

And, of course we told the happy new grandparents our news.  Unfortunately only four were there to hear the announcement in person, but it was an exciting day for everyone!

One of my besties tied the knot.  It was a gorgeous weekend, and of course I didn't take nearly enough pictures to document the weekend, but here are a few.

 

Now we are back at home, and made some progress on Babifying our house.  The Nursery started as this: 

We still have lots of work to do, but cleaning it out and moving our spare room downstairs is a big step.  

         

On my first trip to our new Ikea in Denver I bought a curtain holder to create a room divider for this room.  And, in order to create more space for our rugrat in the making, we are going to take the bed off the floor to create more floor room.  Adam's agreed to take a stab at building a Murphy Bed, and I'm hoping it isn't much harder than the Do It Yourself Magazine makes it sound.

I always think back to Uncle Jesse's fancy bed from full house that would slowly fold out of the wall with a simple push of a button.  Ours won't be nearly as fancy, but it will be the ultimate space-saver in our house, and has already created a very cozy living room.

 Right now Adam is re-attaching the vent in the Nursery that suddenly stopped working after our kitchen remodel.  So much more to do, but we've taken the first few baby steps :)