Before we got pregnant, I ALWAYS thought I would do all the things you see online to keep up with the bump, announce the gender, etc. I just knew I would do all the "popular" things to do during my pregnancy. As days and weeks passed, I decided that I would rather keep the pregnancy kind of private. Not a secret but just private. I was adamant about not posting anything until 12 weeks and even then it was more like 19 before we officially announced it via social media! We told our parents right off the bat and from then certain family members and friends found out! When you come from a small town it's hard to keep things private unless you tell NO ONE! I was not prepared for everyone to know just yet but apparently my family is physic and they "Just Knew." Basically we only confirmed the news! After that day, we told the other close friends that we did not want to find out from anyone but us. That was me trying to be a "Planner" and it came back to bite me. There was a reason that everyone found out right away and I eventually got over the fact that I did not get to tell everyone the way I had envisioned! Telling our friends and family was so exciting! Hearing and seeing their reactions was priceless! We actually took some professional photos to give to family members, frame for the house and the nursery and to announce the pregnancy on social media!
I did not want to NOT keep up with the bump progress so I did start documenting the bump at about 15 weeks! If it is a holiday or a significant event, IE: Halloween, Thanksgiving, Christmas and Super Bowl Sunday, I have been documenting those times as well. I have used the App 'Typic+' to label the pictures so I know what week it is and if there was a significant weather event or holiday happening. 'Typic+' is a free App that I downloaded on my iPhone. You can add text, frames and filters to your photos before posting them on Instagram or Facebook or Twitter. It has made it easy for me to label my photos and keep track of how far along I am. I took one photo early on, about 6 weeks, and then did not take another until the 15 week mark when I first started noticing a bump! I am missing 2 weeks in the middle of the 20's, but I have one photo that I am not sure when it was taken so I will pretend it was during one of those weeks that I missed!!! I wanted to use a chalkboard to make a cute weekly post with the size of the baby and some details about what I am feeling each week but the App has proven to be easier for me to do! I had a great plan but I can't take a photo of myself unless I use the mirror and Ryan gets home after dark so my plan of taking a photo outside each week did not work. That's when I resorted to selfies in the mirror!
I also thought that when I got pregnant that I would have a gender reveal party to announce the sex of the baby. Early on I decided that I wanted to wait to find out. I didn't want to fall into the mold and do what everyone else was doing. When I first saw that for the first time it was new but by the time we got pregnant I felt it had been overdone so Ryan and I discussed it and agreed that we would wait. We are keeping it a secret until the baby arrives! Each month we tell the Ultrasound Tech "we still aren't finding out the sex" and she tells when when to cover my eyes if she needs to check things out down there. I don't know if I have mentioned before that Ryan is convinced that Peanut is a boy. I tend to think the same thing but we will see!!!
I have decided on Nursery Colors that I feel are gender neutral and that will be a post all it's own. I have purchased fabric that my aunt and I will turn into baby bedding and I will definitely post about that! I can't wait to get started!
Something else that I have noticed in the past month is a lot more movement. I get a giant smile when Peanut does his/her daily Yoga and Karate routine. I can't wait to meet this little one!!!
Here are some photos from our photo shoot and some bump pics! That's all for now!
XOXO,
Hillary
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