Week 10

It has been a great week so far. Lenny has been out of town (the not great part) but is finally back from Greensboro and boy am I happy to have him home. I am a true believer in "distance makes the heart grow fonder" or "Sara is a big fat mess when her hubby is gone". I'm serious. It's a little pathetic to be honest :)

My mom (Marmi as I will call her throughout the blog) made me promise I would send weekly pictures so she could see my growing belly. And although it's not much, and I usually wear clothes that are pretty loose anyhow - A promise is a promise. So here you go - At week 10 on our back porch (just got home from work, hence the exhausted-look) 

We are having steak and veggies and a wedge salad tonight, so luckily this dress has an elastic belt!

I have received lots of fun goodies this week. The first being a pretty amazing pregnancy journal. 

My sister recommended this as a "must have" during the pregnancy.  It's pretty great because it tells you what is happening every day and it's short excerpts and per Amanda's advice, I am keeping it our bathroom with a pen so I can read it every morning before I get ready and fill out any information it asks for (sometimes it asks for weight, etc). It's a great way to document all the details and really know what's going on in this belly of mine without having to sit there for 30 minutes reading a 15 page chapter. 

Keep in mind though, this is one of 8 books I've received. I will title the next picture "overwhelmed"

Even the picture is a little fuzzy -- my camera was even overwhelmed looking at all those books! And I'm sure they all say different things. Oh boy.  Whatever happened to "oh, we'll just figure it out when it happens" ? -- That's probably not my style anyway :)

Another fun and GREAT recommendation was the stretch mark cream my sister told me about. I ordered it online and let me tell you -- NOTHING with a strong scent smells good to me right now. I can't even wear even one spritz of perfume -- I bought non-scented deodorant! BUT... this stuff... it smells AMAZING. I can't even describe it. I'd love to buy it as a lotion and be able to lube up with it but it's only for stretch marks and I put it on my belly and sides in the morning and before bed. Trying to not go too crazy with it since it wasn't cheap (I mean for stretch mark cream) - so I bought two bottles and hopefully will make it through the entire pregnancy with just the two.

I'm telling you - When it's your time, get some. It's the only scented thing I can stomach right now! 

In other news, we went to a company bowling event last night. I did (of course) research first if it is safe to bowl while pregnant and the consensus was that yes - it's totally fine. We had a great time.  I bowled a 103 both games and Lenny bowled a 177 his second game! It was a lot of fun and I actually snagged a picture of us - He had gotten home just a few hours before from being gone for two weeks -- This is DEFINITELY a happy Sara :)  Lenny looks so tan! I guess because he's been outside at the golf tournament for two weeks..

I will leave you with one more unbelievably sweet picture. This is a little present for baby Shelor that our next door neighbor's (Niki and Brady) - their little girl picked out and wanted to give the baby. Of course, she's so smart and picked out gender neutral colors (5 years old and brilliant I tell you!) 

How sweet is that? You can wind it up and it plays the sweetest music and I know our baby will love it. 

So - all in all, week 10 has been great. We are having Lenny's parents down to Charlotte tomorrow for his momma's birthday. We are going to our favorite restaurant in town and treating them to dinner. It should be a wonderful start to the weekend. 

That's all for now - until next time!

xo,

Sara