It's a .....

How exciting is that!? We're completely thrilled to find out and announce that we will be the proud parents of a little boy.....Hunter Lee Lunsford V!!!! (aka HL5) :)

p.s. sorry about the fact that we just learned to use our video camera. We realized after the fact we can turn it the long ways and the video would have covered more picture. oops. oh well, better we found out now before HL5 comes!

So...about this Gender Reveal Party

I saw this Amy Atlas bunting theme for a sip and see and thought it would make a perfect and simple gender reveal party theme. With the help of my good friend Lindsey we designed, printed and sent out these invites.



And of course a bunting banner to hang above the food and drink table....



I made this bad boy on Sunday along with stringing our baby sonogram pictures on twine. They won't be hung in this order on Saturday...just hanging like this on the fireplace for safe keeping until the big day. Thinking of hanging the banner above the food/drink and the pictures below on the front of the table. We'll see.

Top the party off with some pink and blue serve ware, pink and blue table cloths, paper poms and flowers, and some pink and blue drinks and food. I plan to do blue koolaid and pink lemonade along with some pink and blue jello squares. When's the last time you had jello? It's been a while for me so I'm pretty excited about it. Hunter is making these burgers a mexi-slaw and onion rings to go along. Anyone hungry yet? :)

Oh and one more thing...these adorable onesie cut-out cookies. I can't resist making these!



The countdown is on ....I'm DYING to know at this point. Will it be a ....???

20 weeks!

Half way there, let's celebrate with a Gender reveal party on Saturday!! Whoot Whoot! :)

Size: A cantalope. That sounds really big to me!

Weight gain: oh lordy who knows!!! I was 145 two weeks ago so probably like 150 now, just kidding. Probably like 146 147 don't feel like I've gain too much the past two weeks.

Gender: Have I mentioned we find out saturday????????????????? I have friday off work, my parents come into town thursday night, we are going to try to find time to purchase a crib this weekend...such an exciting time!!!

Movement: Everyday!! And Hunter got to feel it last week. He/She was kicking pretty good in bed one night so I grabbed Hunter's hand and sure enough he jerked it back with a surprise look on his face. I could tell he thought it was pretty cool :) For me baby moves all the time. I feel it on the way to work, at my desk a couple times a day, on the car ride home from work, and always before bed. I like a description that I read a little bit ago that it sort of feels like popcorn is popping in your stomach. That is a bit what it feels like at times.

Sleep: Still sleeping great!

What I miss: back to my deli meat. I want a turkey wrap so bad right now!

Best Moment this week: Feeling the babies kicks and having Hunter feel it.

Looking forward to: Saturday duh!

Cravings: Tacos. Ate five last night, thats right, five. I want more...might have them tonight too. The hard kind....not soft. I like the crunch :)

Symptoms: Hunger. Def have a healthy appetite these days which the books say is normal so I'm gonna go with it :) Tummy soreness at times, and at night I'm just sore and whooped. Mornings I wake up full of energy.

Pictures: These are from Sunday, Monday, Tuesday of this week!

What I wore (with a bump)

This is a compilation of what i wore the past couple weeks (when I had time in the morning to take a pic) :)

1. Top Shade Maternity, Pants Gap (non-maternity).



2. Top Banana Republic (non-maternity), Cardigan Ann Taylor Loft (non-maternity), Skirt Gap (maternity).



3. Dress honestly I've had this for a year or two and I have no idea where I got it. I think it was like Belk or Nordstrom or something. It looks A LOT better on when I'm not pregnant but is stretchy so I thought I'd give it a try this day.



4. Dress Motherhood Maternity, Cardigan Express



5. Top Ann Taylor Loft (non-maternity), Khakis Gap Maternity



6. Dress Motherhood Maternity, Heels Banana Republic



7. Pants Express, Top Old Navy (maternity), Cardigan J.Crew



8. Dress I don't know the brand but just got it from a maternity boutique in Charleston called Sprout.

19 Weeks!

Size of baby: A mango! And at our Dr's appt last week they estimated it's weight to be 10oz. Little over half a pound :)

Weight Gain: okay, starting to regret the fact that I started posting my weight on here. haha. Ok here goes...145. WHOA 4 pounds since my last appointment making my total weight gain 15 pounds. NOT good! I think I'm only suppose to be at like 10 or something at this point so its time to reign it in. Work out more, eat less sweets I'm getting this back in check cause I only have 15 left to spend if I want to keep to my goal of 30.

Maternity Clothes: I need more clothes! I'm heading to old navy after work today to see if I can find some more summer dresses. And I could use some more work tops. I sport tanks with a cardigan to work a lot with the same 3 or 4 maternity pants/skirts rotated. I guess I just need to get used to the fact that I'm going to be wearing the same things over and over and over again.

Gender: We are in the presence of "THE ENVELOPE" that holds the big news! I have yet to touch it :) The ultrasound tech handed it to Hunter, he took it home and hid it somewhere in our house and I have no idea where. I did see her wrap it in green paper, staple and tape the envelope so that there was NO way we could see through it or get into it. In the next couple of days Hunter and I will take it to the bakery and then we won't even have it. Everyone asks me if it's hard and honestly not really...it's been pretty much out of sight out of mind.

Movement: Yep, pretty much everyday. It still feels like flutters though. No real good kicks or punches yet.

Sleep: I've been sleeping great! I'm only up to pee maybe once and my sleep is deep uninterrupted. I hope this continues!

What I miss: I guess just back to the old eating whatever I want. It's not really bothering me that I can't eat certain things because I always find something but it will be nice when I don't' have to analyze a menu or recipe with what I can have and can't have.

Best Moment: Seeing baby last Friday :) Everything check out A-okay! He was face up at first but after a few minutes of being poked at poor little baby got tired of it and turned its back to us. So for the last half of the ultrasound he/she was on it's stomach...hence all the ultrasound pics of it's back that I have :)

Looking forward to: Gender reveal party in 1.5 weeks! And then being able to actually get this party started!! Nursery stuff, finish registering!

Cravings: None, pretty boring. I pretty much like all food in general not discriminating :) Except avocados...I typically love them but this pregnancy avocado has not been appealing to me.

Symptoms: Some lower abdomen aches, slight nausea if I don't eat regularly or take a vitamin on an empty stomach. Def puked at work yesterday :( I took my vitmain after having a yogurt and berries thinking that would be enough of a coating. I was wrong. Haven't had any headaches, leg cramps or back pain this week though. whoot whoot.

Pictures: Giving the spot light to our little munchkin this week :)

Reagan's 1st Birthday!

We had a lot of fun this past weekend helping our niece Reagan celebrate her first Birthday. My sister in law Carter didn't miss a detail when it came to the "pink" themed party! She had a play tent set up over a blanket with toys which was a big hit for the babies. A large tent housed the food, table and chairs, and my favorite a baby bar complete with puffs, yogurt melts and other kid friendly sweet treats! :)
Enjoy the pics!















































A few months back I offered to make a couple banners for the party and some pink tissue poms. With this easy Martha tutorial there is no need to ever buy expensive already made poms. Just purchase plain tissue paper and make them yourself! The bigger the sheet of tissue paper the bigger your pom will be.

Nesting...

Not me silly, birds in our backyard!! :)

I found a nest of eggs while watering a flower pot on our back patio table. They simply amaze me and I'm excited to follow them through their hatching process!










And a shout out to the hubby. After a year, we can finally say the shed project is almost complete. Isn't it pretty...well, as pretty as a shed can be :)