please, please, hold your applause!

a baby update ACTUALLY up on friday?!

whaaaa?!?!

yes, it’s true. our little baby is thankfully still growing inside his comfy little home, aka MY belly. he really is getting so big, and i love it. his growth HAS made the task of getting dressed a bit daunting at times…

you wake up with an outfit in mind… one that you’ve worn pretty recently, yet when you put it on this time… your belly sticks out too far for your shirt to reach, giving you the lovely crop top/hillbilly beer belly look. it’s reeeeeeeeeeal cute, as i’m sure you can imagine! however, leggings & dresses are SO convenient & comfortable right now, and at the current time, i can still button my jeggings y’all! so we have some options!

our little mister LOVES pizza about as much as i do, which is understandably one of my favorite traits of his. he dances all around doing flips & flops whenever i have any… so i make sure to have some ATLEAST once a week… you know, for him.

his crown to cutie little rump measurement is just over 8 inches now, about the length of an ear of corn! & he is expected to double in size over the next 4 weeks! does this mean i will too?! here’s hoping it’s just in the belly department :) i’m ALLLL about belly growth.

my new theme song is my humps. i usually have a belly dance-a-thon to the tune of it once, sometimes twice a week. the fam & husband pretty much love it. my personal favorite section of lyrics is when i get to the ‘drive these fellas crazzzzy’ part. just the thought of guys checkin’ out & lovin’ the sight of my baby bump is well, let’s just be honest… TOTALLY realistic.

in all seriousness though, it’s kind of crazy to see your husband love you even more than he did without the bump. i think he’s pretty amazed that i’m housing a tiny human. OUR tiny human. a SON. he is so good at making me feel special & beautiful at any given time throughout the day. i love him. being pregnant has honestly been wonderful for me. if a few pretty awful nights of reflux and the not so occasional anymore aka once a day emotional break down are really the worst problems i’ve had so far… i’ve got it good. thank you, thank you Lord!

on that note, we’re off! tonight we are going to a haunted corn maze! oooooo! i’m so excited about it! fall is here, we’ve broken out harlow’s sweaters, and it’s pretttyyyyy chilly out there! i hope you’re loving it as much as i am!

happy weekend!

a spaghetti squash baby.

happy wednesday! 

we are halfway through the week, which means i am behind on my weekly update (shocking, i know :)) and am 21.5 weeks now or about 5 months for those of you normal peeps counting in months! baby boy is about the size of a spaghetti squash from the tiny little hairs that are now growing on his head to his cutie little bootie, and he's ONE POUND! i love him so. 

no fun photos this week, but instead a recipe! spaghetti squash with brown sugarrrr, yumm!!

enjoy!

Ingredients

1 spaghetti squash, halved lengthwise & seeded

2 tablespoons butter, softened

2 tablespoons cold butter

1/4 cup brown sugar

Directions

1. Preheat an oven to 400 degrees F (200 degrees C). Line a large baking dish with aluminum foil.
2. Generously spread the softened butter over the flesh of the squash; lie in the prepared baking dish with the cut sides facing down.
3. Bake in the preheated oven for 30 minutes. Flip the squash and put about half the butter and about half the brown sugar in each of the cavities of the squash halves. Return to the oven until the outer shell is soft, about 10 minutes more. Spoon the flesh of the squash into a bowl to serve.

half way there!

aaand we’re back with a weekly update!

baby boy salvaggione is the size of a banana, and i am officially 20 weeks, which is HALFWAY through my very first pregnancy! i can’t believe how fast the time has flown by. when i realized, i almost got sad for a minute… this is my FIRST pregnancy. there will never be another FIRST. hopefully there will be a few more!! but never a first. time just flies & flies. LIFE flies by. do NOT get me wrong. the actual baby boy in my arms is what i am most excited for! but honestly, i wish time would slow down just a little bit. i love life, my family, my friends, being pregnant, EVERYTHING so much! i know that it is only going to seem quicker once our baby is here and he grows up! gah! be still my heart. stay calm. one day at a time.

it’s all so exciting! the quickness just makes me realize even more that i should enjoy every minute, and every day of not only being pregnant, but also LIFE. it doesn’t stop & wait for you, and you can’t go back. SUCH a good reminder to be grateful, to be content, to love the ones you’re with, to love the place you’re at :)

happy weekend!

19 weeks, a baby mango, & some smooth moves.

nooooo!!!!

my first official "friday update" fail.

so, i left out of town this weekend to wyoming to teach a master class workshop. i had an awesome awesome time! the kids were great & it was so fun to dance & stretch & MOVE my body! i'm sure baby was thinkin' i must have lost my mind, shakin' up it's home like that... but i don't doubt that baby sal will have some moves at some point, and so it will all make sense then!

so here is a sunday update for you!! 

little baby is 19 weeks young (almost halfway!!!!) and is the size of a mango! that's 6.5 inches, and 10 oz (crown to rump)... crazzzyyyy. still so small! but making BIG moves around these parts! i am SO SO thankful for all of the little kicks i have been feeling the past few weeks, and thankful that husband can feel them now too!! we definitely have some soccer or dancer legs happening in there! SO strong :) gender day is tomorrow, and this is the last week of the first half of my pregnancy! where did the time go?

things are rolling right along & all is well! apologies for not planning a post ahead of time or taking fun mango photos... i hope this video of me, sister & kala will suffice! more videos like this on my youtube channel!

happy sunday!

*this is an older video, just one of my favorites :) tabitha&napoleon choreography*

sweet potato pie.

       

i won’t lie, when my mom said it’d be cute to draw a little face on a veggie, i was not 100% convinced… but then when i saw how happy the little face was that she drew, i thought about how happy our little sweet potato must be all cozy in there & that made me very happy, so what the hey! our little is now the size of a SWEET potato! yummm. i’m officially 18 weeks & can’t believe i am only TWO weeks away from being halfway through this pregnancy! can this be real? bumping out, was just as everyone said, OVERNIGHT, and at 18 weeks, i am finally starting to feel or atleast look like i’m pregnant. i am really trying to enjoy all sides of pregnancy because i am SO thankful that i have been blessed with it, and also because though we hope to have a large family, you really don’t know what God has in store for you, and so i think it is really important to be grateful and joyful wherever you are.

 

i have seen these floatin’ around the blogging community & haven’t participated yet, so i decided today was the day! a few updates…

How far along? 18 weeks TODAY!
Baby is the size of? a SWEET potato!

Total weight gain/loss: still hadn’t gained at my last doctors appointment! but since then, i’ve bumped out a little, so hopefully i will be on track at the next weigh in :)

Maternity clothes? none so far, but it’s about time for a belly band!
Stretch marks? nope
Sleep: still sleeping great - minus a few trips to the bathroom and the occasional wacky dream
Best moment this week: feeling what i am almost positive are the first signs of movement in my tummy!
Miss Anything? strangely, wine. i wasn’t a huge wine-o before, but it smells soooo good. can’t wait to have a glass of sweet red :)
Movement: just starting to feel some!
Food cravings: none.
Anything making you queasy or sick: nada.
Have you started to show yet: yep! still a bit of an awkward bump, but we love it anyway around here :)
Gender: we find out in 9 days!!!
Labor Signs: i sure hope not! ha.
Belly Button in or out? in, but on the way out.
Wedding rings on or off? on
Happy or Moody most of the time: happy! with the occasional cry baby moment, as mentioned earlier this week.
Looking forward to: our ultrasound! what are you baby?! seriously couldn’t even pretend to know what we are having, so i am VERY excited!

have a great weekend!

avocado? guacamole…..

 

weekly update!!

baby sal is officially the size of an avocado, & is hearing all sorts of sounds! dogs barking, doorbell ringing, loud music, talking… you name it! which is great news, because this will prepare baby for all of the noises that are part of our daily life :) … it ain’t quiet around here! AND, baby is getting it’s fingerprints!

becaaaaause avocados aren’t THAT much bigger in size than last week’s naval orange measurement, this week i give you a recipe! guacamole, yummmm!

enjoy lots of it with salty, salty chips!

happy weekend!

• Ingredients:
• 2 Ripe Hass avocados
• 1 1/2 Tablespoon finely diced red onion
• 1 Tablespoon lemon juice
• 1 Tablespoon lime juice
• 1/4 teaspoon sea salt
• 1/8 teaspoon pepper

1. In a mixing bowl, combine all ingredients except for the avocado. Next, peel and remove the seed from the avocados. Dice the avocado into 1/2 inch pieces. Add the avocado to the mixing bowl with other ingredients and using a fork gently smoosh the avocado a few times, you do not want to make a paste, make sure you maintain some texture. Serve with some tortilla chips or cover with plastic wrap to prevent browning.

nothing rhymes with orange.

hello!! so i’m 15 weeks today :) the little is now the size of a naval orange…

those are the big ones, good for you baby!

to clarify… or atleast let you in on my baby fruit measuring chart’s justification of comparisons. while baby is growing, they measure him or her from the top of it’s crown to the bottom of it’s little rump, so when i say that they are the size of a naval orange, it really means that the average baby at 15 weeks measures at about 4 inches (which is apparently the length/width of an average naval orange)… make sense? it’s sort of strange & sometimes the following weeks fruit or veggie seems smaller than the previous week, but if your pregnancy iphone app says your baby is a naval orange… it MUST be a naval orange. iphone knows best… ;)

ANYHOW, as mentioned below… our little bun can hear my voice this week! SAY WHAAAA???! that is seriously the craziest thing ever! you mean to tell me, that now when i talk to myself there is a little someone listening in on my conversation??

nuts i tell you.

all joking aside though… i cried when i read that. it just makes it even more real for me :) so, happy 15 week birthday baby! that is definitely something to be celebrated! i can’t wait to hear your little heart beat again on monday morning!

xoxo

when life gives you lemons…

you compare them to the size of your growing baby!

that’s right friends :)

baby sal is 14 weeks old & currently the size of a large lemon!

hooray!

still no bump yet, which is hard to believe when you think of having an extra lemon sized being in your belly, but in time… for now, savoring feeling like myself & still being able to fit through tight spaces ;)

in other news, i reeeeally miss my husband. counting the days until he is here with me!

anywhoooo, i’m off to estes park for a family day!

enjoy your weekend!

our little lemondrop & i sure will :)

 

everything is just peachy!

oh hello trimester two! 

nice to meet you!

so in case you haven't heard... these days we compare growing babies & their size each week to fruits & veggies & all sorts of fun things like that. weird right? yea, i guess... but it makes for fun photo opps, so you know.

today marks 13 full weeks & during this past week, our little bun grew to the size of a peach!

not too shabby if you ask me! good job baby.

please keep our little in your prayers! pray that he or she keep growing strong in there & stay nice and cozy in the oven i am providing. we are SO thrilled about this little one & are thankful each day that God has chosen us.

one of my favorite lyrics from the song, 'your favor' by elevation worship goes like this:

"i'll give you everything i have, 'cause i was undeserving, 

and you chose me"

it is truer than true every day. we are all undeserving of Christ's love and the sacrifice He made for us so that we could live. 

live these glorious, joyful, hope filled lives. 

but i feel it more now than ever.

He has chosen US. He has chosen ME. to have part in creating a life. to be given the responsibility and HONOR to raise another beautiful human being in His Name!

it's too big for me to fully wrap my head around, i am just thankful.

thank you Jesus. thank You for Your love.

&& thank you baby, you've already opened my eyes :)