seven.

one: the prettiest pillows you ever did see.

two: the sweetest vintage overalls for our future baby girl, even if it isn’t this time around!

three: a cutesy little pumpkin mug, my new fave.

four: my pride & joy puppy all snuggly in the sun.

five: this pregnant girl’s new best friend.

six: banana nut muffins from scratch.

seven: a bump in my tummy & a lazy sunday.

happy tuesday!

perks.

recently, we took advantage of one of these bad boys! i mean, how could we not? one of the perks of being pregnant!

husband and i had a little day date, man do i love those :)

lunch & dreams.

baby dreams, house dreams, future dreams.

it's good to dream & imagine your life! we have SUCH a wonderful life & i truly believe that it's because we have had faith in God & envisioned what we wanted our life to be, and even when things haven't turned out how we envisioned, we know that it's been because God has better plans!

God loves us & loves to fulfill the desires of our hearts when they are in line with what He has for us!

so i hope you have a dreamy little monday!

xoxo

ps, only ONE more week until baby sal 's gender is revealed! woohooo!! there is still time to leave your two cents & vote over on the left sidebar! mini-he? or mini-she?

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!

little debbie who?

prepare yourself for some pretty exciting news & a few mouth watering pictures. i am so very excited to announce that i am the official betty crocker, in charge of all of the delicious baked goods at plum creek cafe! my SUPER creative, smart & talented mother owns a vintage shop here in fort collins, called vines vintage market. she hasn’t been open a year & has already expanded TWO times, tripled in size & had tremendous amounts of success… yea, i’m bragging on her, but it is AWESOME what God has built in her life & allowed her to be a part in! this all being said, she is now opening a cafe within the store!

plum creek cafe.

for the past few years it has been a dream of mine to open up my own bakeshop, but with our gypsy lifestyle it was something i knew i’d need to wait on and do down the road. so, when my mom decided to put in the cafe she asked me to do all of the baking while we are here in colorado! it is the perfect opportunity to try out SO many of the recipes and ideas that i have had in my mind & make them a reality! i am SO excited!

so, when are we gonna get to the mouth watering pictures??

oh, now :)

just wanted to give you a little sneak peek of a few ideas i’ve got for opening weeks menu! enjoy!

 

**photos from pinterest**

cry baby.

greetings from tuesday morning at 5:30 a.m.!

my day started an hour ago with a good old fashioned allergy attack, boo.

I won't lie, I've been a little bit of a cry baby this week, complete with a few 60 second meltdowns. people acting poorly, waking up one day and the button on your jeans seems tight because oh yea... you are currently growing another human, general feelings of being overwhelmed, allergy attacks. things that normally would earn a little complaining are meriting tears. i shouldn't complain, or be a little cry baby, because I DO know that people have way bigger problems, but honestly, it's just been a bit of a waterworks past few days. i must be pregnant or something...

I am realizing more than ever though that sometimes a quick cry is the best thing you can do in a moment. It is actually more often than not, the cure. So I now say, "hold on, I think I just need to cry for one second & then I'll be okay." and then I am. And secondly, I'm really thankful for the perfect (in my eyes :)) husband, and an awesome family that gets me. It just makes life good.

HAPPY TUESDAY!

*footnote* APOLOGIES for all of the proper capitalization... Bleh, blogging from the iPad corrects it, uncool. And TWO: I had a dream tonight that we went for our ultrasound that's coming up in TWO weeks... It was a girl. Hmmm... Wonder what that means?