Sneak Peek - Catherine and Zach

I had to stop while working on these and put one up. I love couples who look like supermodels, and yellow shoes.

Hello There!

I'm 5-1/2 months and the bump is officially here! Here's what is happening lately:

Soccer Player: He is kicking like a wild man! I really, really love it. It is so much fun at night to sit with Jared's hand on my belly and feel him putting on a show.

Fun Stuff: My back is killing me. I'm pretty sure the extra weight in front, belly and bazoombies, is throwing me off when it comes to sitting up straight. And I'm usually a rock hard sleeper but lately not so much. I got a Snoogle body pillow and that helped at first, but now it feels in the way most of the time since I switch sides back and forth during the night. Any suggestions?

Also, the pregnancy books totally freak you out about laying flat on your back - EVER!!! It means sudden death for everyone involved. So during the night when I wake up on my back I panic, hope I'm not dead, and turn to my side worrying like crazy. This happens about 15 times a night. So I asked my doctor about it and he said that it's not as terrible as they scare you into thinking, but it's not a good idea to sleep flat on your back all night. Of course that's the way I feel most comfortable, go figure.

Non-maternity Maternity Clothes: I've really been loving tunics in general lately, Jared got me this Anthropologie one for my birthday and it completes me.



Really any kind of blousy top with white pants or skinny jeans works for me. I have an obsession with white pants. I also love that there are cute sandals and flats GALORE right now, I found these at Payless and they are totally comfortable! (sometimes shoes from Payless aren't so comfy, but these get an A+)



I was actually wearing these sandals with the dress in the top picture, which brings me to my next obsession - maxi dresses! Dresses are my best friend with this crazy Texas heat. The less fabric touching my body the better. What's great is that non-maternity maxi dresses are basically the same as maternity maxi dresses, and I love all of them equally.

Maternity Clothes: I so wish I could be one of those people that wears their normal clothes as long as possible before finally breaking down in the last two months and buying official maternity clothes, it would save so much money! Most of my clothes still fit but just not the way that they did 5 months ago, or even 3 months ago for that matter! And to me, that's just depressing. Even though I know full well that is is totally normal and fully expected it, it still just sad when your pants won't zip up, or the shirt button between the girls is threatening to pop off and take someone's eye right out.

So over fourth of July weekend my wonderful, amazing, fashionista mom knew just what I needed and we set out on a quest for cute maternity clothes. The bump, bazoombies and I were so happy.

We hit Motherhood Maternity and actually found some really cute things! The funniest part is they have a strap on bump in every dressing room so you can see if what you're wearing will fit in a few months. I totally freaked my mom out when I came out of the dressing room looking like I was about to go into labor. It was hilarious.

We also went to Target so she could help me register which was really fun. They have some really great maternity things too! Just for fun I tried on a pair of jeans with the stretchy panel that goes all the way up, I just wanted to prepare myself for the hideous-ness that is to come. Lo and behold they were actually cute!! Outside of work I usually live in jeans so I've been prepared to pay the same price as normal jeans if I found a cute maternity pair, so at $29.99 I snatched them right up and was so proud of myself for saving so much money. They are in the top of the closet ready for when I need the full stretchy panel of joy in a month or two.

So I held out 5-1/2 months, I'm still wearing most of my pre-pregnancy clothes (thank you bella band) and mixing in maternity things here and there. Now I'm ready for the next 3-1/2 months! (but not so much for the whole labor and delivery part)

Baby Jacox

Here he is! (sorry these are so grainy, I took pictures of the ultrasound print outs with my iPhone since I am incapable of working our scanner!)

Doesn't he have the cutest little profile! (I'm not biased or anything) It was so awesome to get to see him moving his little mouth and squirming around. I could have laid there all day looking at him.

His little leg.




Another profile shot, he has his hand up next to his head. It was so cute, he kept moving his little fingers and stretching them out.




This is the first time Jared has seen him since the 6 week ultrasound so it was definitely fun to see how big he is, not a little bean anymore! He's actually about 10.5 inches, almost a whole ruler. Crazy. And talk about kicking, he is all over the place. Jared felt him kick for the first time a couple of days ago so now it's fun to sit and feel it together.

It's still really surreal but now that none of my pants button it's becoming a little more real! I'll post some pictures of the bump soon, it's so fun that there's actually a bump now. Over fourth of July weekend my mom and I went maternity clothes shopping and got tons of cute stuff. Yes - cute maternity clothes! They exist! It was SO MUCH fun. We found mostly dresses and cute tops, I'm still loving my regular size white linen pants but I found some cute jeans and capris that I'll be living in pretty soon.

It's just SO freakin' hot here right now!! We've had several record breaking days with temperatures above 105 (every day is above 100), it is miserable. And unless you've lived in Texas it's hard to understand the nasty, humid, suffocating heat that basically makes it impossible to keep your hair straight or your makeup on. It's just so gross. So we'll just count down to our Destin trip in less than a month and crank the AC!

Pictures...

... of Baby Jacox coming soon! We had our 20 week ultrasound yesterday and he is a handsome one!!

Gorgeous Catelena Family

Creative-ness

I'm feeling the nesting urge lately, which maybe is a good and bad thing with the move to Houston coming up in August. It's good because I am feeling less attached to stuff (read: crap) that I have accumulated and stashed in places, bad because I want to throw everything away and go on a major shopping spree to revamp! Ikea anyone!?

Here are some fun creative links if you feel the urge as well:

How to make fabric bowls at Imagine Fabric
Cute patterned key rack at Design Sponge
Custom magazine files at Apartment Therapy
Fun labels (in picture) at iDiY
Fabric storage baskets at jcaroline

Obsession....coral-y pink nail polish

I should say THE PERFECT coral-y pink nail polish. It's the perfect shade of watermelon-y goodness and I love it.

L'Oreal - Ragin' Cajun.

Preview - Miss Kate

She is just too adorable for words.

A word of warning...

Don't leave gummy bears in your car on a summer afternoon in Texas.

It's hot here.

The best day!

Last Thursday I was scheduled to have my 16 week appointment with my OB, I didn't think I was scheduled for a sonogram since they told me last time that they don't check for gender until 20 weeks. Torture! Jared has been with me to all of my appointments since finding out but he couldn't make this one because of some work meetings, so I called my mom and asked if she wanted to come up, celebrate her birthday here, and go to my doctor's appointment with me! And she said yes! She suggested that I call the doctor and ask if I could have one since I haven't seen the little bean since my 6 week appointment, and they said yes too!!

I've heard that sometimes they can tell at 16 weeks if the baby is in the right position so we just crossed our fingers and hoped! Jared was dying of course, I didn't want to find out without him, so I asked the ultrasound lady if I could close my eyes when she looked and if she could tell she would put it in an envelope that we could open later. It was so surreal during the ultrasound to see all the little features, it looks like a human now! It was so, so awesome. And it was really fun to have my mom with me getting to see it all too.

He was moving around like crazy too! My aunt, Deanna, is due in August and when she went in for her ultrasound the doctor said to eat a candy bar beforehand so the baby would be moving around (from the sugar). That makes it where you can see everything and get a good view. And it works! He was sucking his little mouth and moving his arms and legs, I'll put the ultrasound pictures up when I scan them. It was so amazing!!

So when Jared called and I told him I had an envelope he raced to meet us at home and open it! I'm pretty sure he could have been an extra in Braveheart with the scream he let out when we read it's a boy! It was so awesome!!


I look like I'm about to bite him. Scary.







Then we went out to lunch with my mom and Kellye to celebrate the fun news! I love these, they crack me up.