I love being pregnant with this little boy!

Life right now is simply great! It gets more and more real everyday that we are gonna have a third little person in our life... and someone who will completely change our life! He has gone from slight fuzzy movements to all out kicks and nudges now! I love it so much because it's a little reminder that he's in there and he's safe! We have been so blessed to have my sister give us all Mason's old baby stuff. There was so much stuff that there are lots of things we didn't take! We feel so spoiled! And not to mention we still have a shower!

So my extra time has been spent organizing clothes into months so we can keep the older ones in storage for now. It makes me sad when I look at the teeny tiny ones (that Corey is in denial he will be that small) and then look at the older ones. I don't want him to get so big in one year! :( The other part of my time has been working on the pregnancy parts of his scrapbook. I know he might not appreciate as much as his future wife someday, but I love doing it!

We decided officially on his name:

Brigz Foster Bell

Right now I am just trying really hard to get through school asap. I have realized that hair school is worse than any middle school drama anywhere! I say middle school because its MUCH worse than high school. At the rate I'm going, I will finish one week before this little guy's due date. I ideally wanted a month, but our school opened late so i'm trying to put in some extra hours to get done. God is trying to teach me something with this experience and I'm eager to find out what it is because it is the single hardest thing mentally and emotionally I have ever had to force myself to do!

We are going to South Padre this weekend to spend Easter with Corey's family and I am sooooooo excited! I cannot wait to veg out on the beach and get some sun on this big ol belly! When we get back, we have a doctors apt next monday to look at Brigz's cyst. The doctor said it probably won't be gone, but that's ok! I know there is nothing wrong with this little boy!

Here are my belly pictures (i am a week behind):

22 weeks

23 weeks

21 weeks and a wild little boy!

I am now 21 weeks...

... and I am starting to get really excited! I don't know if it is because the weeks I have left are now smaller than the weeks I have been pregnant, his expanding closet of clothes, his room getting ready for him, or how often he now reminds me he is in there.

My belly has really popped. I think the pic of 22 weeks will surprise everyone. Everyone can guess I'm pregnant now rather than trying to ask with out being rude... it guess my belly is obvious! It is starting to feel more real now and even though I don't feel ready yet, I dream about the day I can meet his sweet little face! I'm so excited to kiss his little cheeks! He's probably going to get sick of it really fast, but I can't imagine ever wanting to stop loving on him... even when he's grown! I can't wait to see what he looks like, what his little cry will sound like, and how corey and I will be as parents. I can't wait to hold him while he sleeps! I'm excited for corey to get to feel him move. I hope its soon! I love this little guy so much already!

Dear Theives,

Here are a few things I would like to tell you:

1. If you steal our truck again, please wreck it. We're tired of having to go pick it up at 3-5 am
2. You could be a little quieter when you take it from the driveway... It's a loud truck. Push it out before you start it and maybe you won't get caught.
3. You must not be familiar with diesels, you need to let it run a little before you punch it. I heard you do it. Your parts aren't going to be worth much if you trash them.
4. Bring a can of diesel because it usually is close to out.
5. Why do you want a 2001 Dodge with T.O.N.S. of miles on it?
6. Obviously its cursed for you, so maybe give up.
7. Please bring your own gloves. My husband is tired of buying new ones.
8. Can you break in through the passenger door next time? Getting in on the passenger side is a little inconvenient.
9. Can you move the mirrors back before you ditch it? My husband is obviously a lot shorter than you and he gets aggitated when he has to move it all back to his way.
10. And most of all, can you steal it during the day next time? We are so stinking tired of being tired and catching up on sleep after nights like last night. The second time you stole it was good timing. Then you HAD to go back to the night schedule. Not cool dude.

Thank you criminals. Hope you had a nice little ride and then jog after you had to ditch it.

Wow... I NEVER expected nesting to be like this!!

So last night, I think my husband must have been blessed with patience because I'm pretty sure no one could handle me as well as he did! My whole life, I have been a little too much on the planning and organizing side. So as soon as I found out this little baby is a boy, my organization was brought to a whole new level... the pregnancy level! I started the list making right away (which is never good for my sweet husband). Since I read a lot about painting and it being bad while your pregnant, his list has a lot of painting items on it. One of which is our little guy's room (even though we are living in a rental... shhhhh!). Well last night I went crazy trying to move all the furniture from the extra room (now baby's) to the office and rearrange the office. Corey was trying to paint the crib and I tried so hard to move things in the office that needed two people, then gave up and tried to move the bed into the office. Corey happens to be amazing at tightening screws too. I finally got him to help me move the desk and I almost had a breakdown. I felt so helpless. I finally have energy and I couldn't do anything with it. The only job I could do was paint... I read it was like drinking while your pregnant. So even though everyone on facebook says I can, my hubby and I decided it wouldn't be best.

So at the end of last night, Corey had pretty much killed his list of things and we got so much done! Here is a picture of the crib and painted walls:

The colors have started to make thier own theme and I am really excited about it! Our crib bedding came in and came with the sheet I couldnt really see in the pictures. It is perfect! It matches so well! I am excited to paint the pink changing table red and get our other furntiture. Once we decide on his name we can hang some other things. It is still in between Remmey, Brigz, and Foster. I'm ready to get it done!

I am also halfway there at twenty weeks. He is the size of a cantaloupe this week and is going through a huge growth spurt! His length will increase by about 50% this week! It is amazing how good God is all the time! I can feel our crazy man in my belly all the time and it reminds me of how blessed he is because he was just in heaven. We are so lucky to be his parents here on earth! I can't wait to meet him and kiss all over his little cheeks!

Its A...

Boy!!!!

Yesterday we had the gender reveal party at my parent's house. There ended up being about 50+ people there! It was so awesome! We felt so spoiled to have so many people around us that love us and already love this baby as much as we do (well maybe as much, but that would have to be a lot of love!). My mom cooked her amazing enchiladas and my sister ordered the cake for us.

No one knew what the gender was except the doctor, tech, and cake people. I really thought it was going to be pink, but I wore blue becuase that was my original thought. Pink was definately the dominant color! We had everyone separate on a pink side and a blue side around the cake.

When it ended up being blue, we were so excited! Corey said that he has only been trying to convince himself it was a girl because he wanted a boy so bad, he didn't want to be let down! It was an amazing day! I cannot believe that we are going to have a little boy! I can't wait to meet him and kiss his little cheeks to peices! We are going to start the room ASAP because I'm a total planning dork! We are so excited!

I am now 19 weeks and will be half way through next Saturday!

It is crazy how mixed my emotions are! I feel like halfway through is not nearly far enough and I need to meet this baby soon!!!, and another part of me feels like it just started and I cannot believe I am going to be a mom and we will have a third person in our family! It has definately made it feel more real! God is so good and so good to us! I know this little guy will be healthy!