20 weeks

Well – on Friday Eric and I found out that we are having a….BOY! We are SO excited! We cannot wait to meet our little man. Friday was a great day. The twenty week ultrasound is very cool and we got to see his arms, legs, hands, feet, spine, heart, lungs, bladder and identifying boy part :) He is healthy and growing and already about ten inches long and weighs about a pound. I am halfway through and very anxious for his arrival – come on August 28^th!

Once we found out, we were excited to tell our parents. We bought little blue teddy bear blanket type things to give to my parents and Eric’s to keep at their houses for when baby visits. We stopped by their houses on Friday afternoon and they were all very glad to hear our news. Since Sunday was Easter and we would be seeing our extended families, Eric and I made “we’re having a boy” cookies to take to both family celebrations. Overall – a wonderful and exciting weekend. Let the nursery decorating begin!

he's the size of a cantaloupe!

baby boy cookies (Eric did the sprinkles)

baby boy balloon :)

my lovely baby bump

I am almost to the five month mark already and I can't believe how quickly this time has gone. Eric and I get to find out the gender on Friday and I seriously feel like it's Christmas - I am so excited. I have read a lot about what they do at the 20 week ultrasound and I just can't wait to see our baby. I have also read about all of the 'old wives tale' ways to tell if baby is a boy or a girl and if they are true, it seems like we're having a girl; guess we'll find out on Friday! 
Until then, I will share weeks 16-19 with you :) Baby has definitely grown therefore so have I - hello maternity pants, goodbye pre-pregnancy clothes. I have really enjoyed being pregnant and these last few weeks have been even more special since I have started to feel the baby move. Throughout the day I feel little kicks and punches and it is seriously such an awesome feeling. I can't wait until the baby is a bit bigger so Eric can feel and see the movement too. 

                                                  Baby is the size of an avocado!

                                                   Baby is the size of an onion!

                                                  Baby is the size of a sweet potato!

             Baby is the size of a mango! - 6 inches...and check out those sweet maternity pants ;)

my bump

So I am now officially 15 weeks pregnant and I am finally starting to hear people say "I see a baby bump" yay!! I am to the point where my regular clothes are a bit too tight, so this past weekend I bought my first few items of maternity clothing - I am pretty excited about elastic waist band pants! I am only a few weeks away from being able to find out the sex of the baby and I can not wait. We have several people already making predictions on whether they think it will be a boy or a girl, maybe we should start taking bets? 
Eric and I are house hunting right now and if all goes as planned we will be in our first home this spring. I already have so many ideas for the nursery (and how I want to decorate other rooms as well). It is kind of perfect because I will be in that nesting stage when we have a new house to decorate. Needless to say we are busy in the Lohbeck house right now!
Below are pictures from weeks 13, 14 and 15, enjoy :)

baby is the size of a peach

baby is the size of a lemon

baby is the size of an apple

We Have a Bun in the Oven!

Eric & I are very excited to share that Baby Lohbeck is due to arrive August 28, 2012! This is, by far, the most wonderful surprise of all. We started documenting my growing baby bump at week ten when I started showing slightly (Eric said he still doesn’t really see anything, but I definitely do!) So, below are weeks 10, 11 & 12 along with our very first baby picture – a sonogram from week 8.

Pregnancy is such an amazing miracle. I will say – not all of it has been enjoyable and I have had some rough days, but watching and feeling my body change and knowing our baby is developing is, without question, the best experience. I anxiously look forward to the upcoming weeks and months and I will post updates on here to share. Thanks for all of the support and love we have received so far from our family and friends J

baby is the size of a prune!

 baby is the size of a lime!

 baby is the size of a plum!

 baby at 8 weeks :)

Eric & I celebrated one wonderful year of marriage this past weekend and it was simply lovely. Our anniversary was Saturday and to celebrate we had what I like to call “Eric & Morgan’s Day of Fun!” We woke up and swapped cards and gifts before we were off to the UC/UConn football game at Nippert Stadium. It was their last home game of the season and they won, woohoo! We were bundled in our red and black and cheered the cats on to a win. After the game we went home and bummed around before getting ready and heading downtown for dinner at one of our favorite restaurants. We ordered champagne and toasted to the continuance of our blissful marriage and many blessed years ahead. We talked about what this past year brought us and what we would like to accomplish in year number two. There were Christmas activities going on downtown so while we dined we were able to enjoy fireworks. It was perfect. After dinner we had our picture taken in front of the Christmas tree on fountain square and then headed home and ate year-old cake that, surprisingly, tasted pretty good. All in all it was a great way to spend our anniversary and I can’t wait to see what the next year brings us. J

Hello, we meet again. Long time, no blog & I’m sorry…life is busy. Eric and I have been busy with work, school and such; nothing too crazy, just normal stuff.

We are entering into my most favorite time of year. I can’t get enough of autumn & all of the activities that accompany it. Not to mention, the ‘fall’ scented candles are the best!

Something exciting in the Lohbeck house: Eric and I made a big adult decision this past weekend and bought a new car. We are so grown up! My car, my lovely Ford Escape, was racking up too many miles so we figured we should take advantage of the fact that it is still in great shape and trade it in while the value is decent. So, we did, and we bought a brand new Mazda3. Eek. I love it! I drove an SUV for a little more than nine years, so switching to a sporty little car is an adjustment but so far it is so fun to drive and very cute. I will say, though, that getting rid of my first and only car was very difficult. I wish I could tell you that I didn't cry, but that would be a lie. I also wish that I could tell you that I didn’t have my picture taken with the car, but that would also be a lie. Let’s just say I get attached to things and have trouble with change.  I have so many memories in that Ford Escape and all 131,980 miles were driven by me! But, on to bigger and better things, right? Here’s to many many miles to be driven in my new car :)

There are certain things in life that will always bring out my inner child, and vacation is definitely one of those things. No matter how old I get, I am always so anxious before vacation. It’s the kind of anxiety that won’t let you fall asleep - even though you have to wake up at 3:15 am to go catch a flight – because you are just too excited! That’s exactly what happened to me last week when my husband and I flew down to spend a few glorious days on the beach with my family in Kiawah Island, SC. Nothing brings out that inner child more than going to the beach with your siblings and parents, no matter how old you are.

We had a blast; days full of sand, sun and endless lounging, and evenings spent eating good food and laughing a lot. One of the evenings, after dinner, we all went to the beach for some good photo ops and ended up walking along the edge of the water until we could no longer see our own feet. It was great – all of us walking together talking and laughing and just being with each other. I definitely treasured that evening because normally life moves way too fast and with everyone’s schedules and hectic lives, we certainly don’t find much time to just leisurely enjoy each other’s company.

Kiawah is easily one of my most favorite places to be. I love everything about being there and, as I told Eric, if they bottled up that ‘Kiawah’ smell and sold it as a candle, I would buy it. Although it was a short vacation for Eric and me, it was wonderful and well spent! Thanks mom and dad for everything J