13 Weeks and Trunk Shows

**It's kind of driving me crazy that this is in two fonts. Not sure why!!!

I turned 13 weeks yesterday. I can't believe I am in my 2nd trimester. Crazy! I already want it to slow down a little. I am cherishing this time with just Meyers.

Sidenote: I am seeing in these weekly pictures that I need a haircut!!!

13 weeks now

13 weeks with Meyers

How Far Along: 13 Weeks

Size of baby: almost 3 inches, about the size of a medium shrimp, weighs an ounce

Maternity Clothes: Kind of. None of my shorts fit, so I am wearing a lot of non-maternity stretchy skirts with regular and maternity fitted tops. I still have some regular fuller dresses that I am wearing. I am embracing my baby bump!

Gender: We are not finding out!

Movement: Obviously not yet!

Sleep: I am already having to get up at night a time or two to use the restroom. Even though this baby is clearly not big enough to sit on my bladder, that has already started. It did that with Meyers, too.

Symptoms: crazy dreams. I had crazy dreams with Meyers, too. Okay, this week, I dreamed I was a Kardashian. I also dreamed that my parents adopted this sweet college girl at our church. How weird???? I am still exhausted everyday and am trying to nap when Meyers does. I worked with Meyers, but I feel like I am more exhausted this pregnancy being a SAHM.

What I miss: wearing my cute summer clothes

Cravings: I had Taco Bell AGAIN this week!!! And a Chick-fil-a milkshake!

Symptoms: My crazy mini contractions from last week have stopped!

Best Moment this week: We are still in the process of telling people, so that is fun!


My Shrimp and Grits trunk shows started this week, so I will be crazy-town until mid-August. My clothes came on Wednesday and it was a little like Christmas at our house. I love sweet, baby clothes!!!

The clothes are so cute this season!!

Love these sweet clothes!!


Meyers LOVED these polka dotted squeaker shoes. She wanted to put them on everyday!

How cute are these feet??? I think we need them in every color! Now that the clothes are packed up in my car, she hasn't been able to put them on. She is a little sad about that.

What Meyers Wore Wednesday

I had to go to the doctor for some lab work this morning. My mom came with me to occupy Meyers. After that, we went by Pottery Barn Outlet to see if they had any deals. Unfortunately, there were no deals for us.

Meyers wore her Shrimp and Grits seersucker top and ruffle bloomers. Yes, it's kind of big and looks like a dress, but that's okay. I wanted to get two years out of it. I love, love, love the bow in the back!

**My mom wanted to make sure I got a picture of her ruffled booty:)

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12 Weeks

In the future, I hope to have this up every Friday.....when I turn a new week, but since I just announced it on Friday, and I've been busy all weekend, it's up on Sunday today.

Some other blogs that I read did a weekly update while pregnant. I didn't journal my pregnancy for Meyers (something that I regret). So I'm excited to document this baby. It'll be a trade-off. Meyers will have a hand-written journal of her first two years (not pregnancy) and this baby will have a documented pregnancy and childhood....on the blog:)

12 weeks now

12 weeks with Meyers

How Far Along: 12 Weeks

Size of baby: a lime, just over two inches and weighs 1/2 ounce

Maternity Clothes: Kind of. None of my shorts fit, so I am wearing a lot of non-maternity stretchy skirts with regular and maternity fitted tops. I still have some regular fuller dresses that I am wearing. Now that we are telling people, I am embracing my baby bump!

Gender: We are not finding out!

Movement: Obviously not yet!

Sleep: I am already having to get up at night a time or two to use the restroom. Even though this baby is clearly not big enough to sit on my bladder, that has already started. It did that with Meyers, too.

Symptoms: crazy dreams. I had crazy dreams with Meyers, too. I am exhausted everyday and am trying to nap when Meyers does. I worked with Meyers, but I feel like I am more exhausted this pregnancy being a SAHM.

What I miss: wearing my cute summer clothes

Cravings: I had to have Taco Bell this week. Now, Taco Bell doesn't disgust me, but it's definitely a once and a while thing for me. John could eat it every meal! The other day, we were driving home from a playdate, and I could not stop thinking about it. So we made a swing through the drive through for a cheesy gordita crunch!

Symptoms: I have not been sick at all. I was not sick with Meyers, either. I can not tell you how blessed I feel about that!! This week, though, I have been having what feels like tiny contractions when I lay down at night. The doctor was not concerned at all, but just told me to let her know if it continues.

Best Moment this week: Seeing our baby on the ultrasound and getting a good report. I don't remember seeing Meyers heart pumping, but we got to see this baby's heart pumping. Meyers came to the ultrasound and kept saying "hi, baby". That melted my heart. Being able to tell people now that I'm 12 weeks has been exciting, too.

Meyers Wanted You to Know......

....that she is going to be a big sister!!!!!!


We are so excited to meet Baby Eason in January 2012!

What Meyers Wore Wednesday

Today we ran some errands and then went to a friend's house for a playdate. Meyers got to see her friends Bennett and Morgan that she had not seen in a while. And I got to catch up and visit with their mamas.

Meyers wore her Shrimp and Grits bees and daisies bubble. I was shocked to see that it looked a little smaller on her than it did last time. Maybe she's grown. Oh, I'm going to be so sad when she is out of bubbles!

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Little Mama

Meyers was running (and for her that means a fast walk) back and forth from our diaper basket in the den to the fireplace the other day. I really wasn't paying much attention to what she was doing. I could hear her talking to herself. She was saying things like "right back" and "one minute" as she would go back and forth. I finally looked to see exactly what she was doing.....



Changing her baby's diaper, of course. She was all business....can you see she all the necessary things: baby, diaper, wipes, and "dekadan" (that's desitin to most people).

The Story of a Playhouse

We have been talking about getting Meyers a Little Tykes playhouse for a while now. The previous owners left one in our backyard, but it had seen much better days. The plan was to get a new one and put it in the backyard. John had torn down this fenced off part of the yard (that the previous owners used for a dog pen) to put it back there.



I thought he was just tearing it down because we didn't need it.....which is fine because we don't. He didn't know that there is no way that I want my 2 year old playing in the very back of the yard, by the fence, right by the woods, which I'm convinced is full of snakes!!!


So we kind of put the playhouse thing out of our minds until recently. A nurse at one of John's offices has tripletts that are too old for their playhouse, so she asked him if we wanted to buy it. I'm not sure why it never occurred to me to put a playhouse in our basically empty playroom. Part of it is probably because I envision a playroom looking like a playroom/media room combination like something out of Pottery Barn. But let's get real, we haven't even finished decorating our downstairs the way we want it, my dream playroom is very last on the list. So we decided to put it in the playroom, which makes total sense. It's a million degrees outside. Between that and the winter, the times she could use it outside are way limited. And one day, when she is older, we will have my dream playroom/media room:)


We got the playhouse this weekend. It's Barbie, by the way. Meyers has no clue about Barbies, but I'm sure she will think that's neat in a couple of years. We put it together after she went to bed Saturday night. We were so giddy like it was Christmas Eve or something. On Sunday morning, she walked into the playroom to play at her desk (that is what she wants to do first thing in the morning these days), and she saw her playhouse. She was so excited. She really loves the doorbell and being able to go in and close the door. She tells us "bye" when she closes the door. The three adirondack chairs are from this family, too. Meyers made herself at home and sat in them while we were picking up the playhouse. The sweet kids told their mom that they wanted to give Meyers the chairs. How cute is that? It's not often that people give us random kid stuff (we don't have a toy fairy like some people I know), so I was like, "um, yes, please". She loves sitting in the chairs. They are the perfect size for her.









So.....that is the story of a playhouse and how it came to live in our playroom. All of this has totally motivated me to get the playroom neat, organized, and completely child-proof. And Meyers has a playroom that is super fun to play in now. It's a win-win!!

What Meyers Wore Wednesday

Meyers has been with my mom all day. I was able to get a ton of stuff done. We have both enjoyed Mimi being off this summer:) I even wandered aimlessly around Target for an hour. I can't remember the last time I did that. After seeing my total at the checkout, I realized why it's probably best that Meyers is always with me when I go. I definitely don't get to take my time when she is with me:) Today Meyers wore this cute ruffled neck Just Ducky dress. I try to keep her in bubbles most of the time....while I still can. Because of that, she looks like a big girl to me in this dress:)

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Monday, July 4th

I just realized that I now have three posts with "4th of July" in them. I promise, this is the last one. There were too many pictures to post it all in one.....

On Monday, July 4th, we went to John's Aunt Jamie's house to swim and cook out. Meyers usually likes the pool, but she didn't want to be in that day. Fortunately, John's mom was not swimming, so she watched her outside while we hung out in the pool.

Here is Meyers all ready to go swim.


She stayed in the water for a few minutes.



We tried to get her to stay in the pool by John throwing her. It worked for a minute.


John is a great swimmer. I, on the other hand, am not. John likes to tell people I can't swim. I correct him by saying, " I can swim, but I'm not a strong swimmer." He thinks it's super funny that I don't get in the pool and just start swimming laps to the other side. I guess it's that I'm lazy and the pool is for relaxing, not seeing how long I can swim under water. I digress.......



He is also a great diver. I hope that Meyers picks up both of these things from him. I love to watch him dive. He is so fearless, and he is good at it. Occasionally, he busts it. But for the most part, they are all pretty!



Pretty impressive!


When he started diving, I grabbed my camera to catch him in action:)


Meyers was just walking around taking it all in.


She decided to get back in the pool for a few minutes and "motorboat" with Pop. She is totally looking at him like "I'm not sure about this!"

4th of July Weekend

This past weekend, we went to Nashville for a concert and to visit family. John wanted tickets to David Gray for Father's Day, so that's what we did. We stayed with my aunt and uncle and got to visit with my cousins, too. My parents came up, also. They watched Meyers while we went to the concert. We drove up Thursday and went to the concert that night. It was at the Grand Ole Opry which was so much fun. Neither one of us had ever seen a concert there; we both loved the atmosphere. If I was a good blogger or documenter of us, I would have pictures....but apparently, I'm only good at documenting Meyers:)

The concert was fun, but one of the most exciting parts of the trip was fabric shopping on Friday. We went to the Children's Corner. They were having a sale, and I got a bunch of fabric to make Meyers some fall clothes and some things for next summer, too. I was in heaven!



We also made a trip to the Cheesecake Factory, and just like when we went over Memorial Day, it did not disappoint!

We had a great weekend visiting family. Meyers got to hang out with this cutie.....her cousin, and she had fun, too! They are three months apart. They were so cute together!!


This girl is a talker... I mean, she talks better than some 4 and 5 year olds that I know! So smart!


They both loved doing flashcards. You know that is Meyers favorite!!


Sweet little faces!!! I could eat them!


Meyers and Daddy

Not sure what she was doing here, but I thought she looked cute:)


These girls loved playing with each other!


Their favorite place to play was on the bottom of the stairs.


They practiced their jumping skills!