31 weeks

I am 31 weeks (and 2 days) pregnant!

Baby girl is about 15.2 to 16.7 inches long and weighs about 3 pounds.

At 31 weeks, baby girl is going through major brain and nerve development.

Eye development too!  Her irises are now reacting to light.

All five of her senses are working.

Weight gain so far: 22 or 23 pounds is my guess.

Time left: 9 weeks or 61 days

BTW- I think my hair looks funny in this picture.  Is the part in the right place???

Have a great week!

30 weeks

There is a baby girl in my belly!

I am 30 weeks (and 3 days) pregnant!

Baby girl is the size of a squash and weighs around 3 pounds, she is about 15.5 inches long.

New with baby girl this week: Her brain is getting wrinklier - to make way for all of her essential brain tissue.  She is now strong enough to grasp a finger and her skin is getting smoother.

Weight gain so far: 21 pounds

New for me this week: I failed the 1 hour glucose test, so Wednesday I get to take the 3 hour glucose test.  Wish me luck.  I really do not want to give up my sweets, I just started liking them again.

Time left: 9.5 weeks or 67 days

Sunday Savings

It's been a few weeks since we have couponed and done a savings trip.  But today I hit up CVS and Harris Teeter for a few items for our Christmas party and food for lunch for the week.

At Harris Teeter...
They were having an awesome sale on coke products!  Buy 3, get 2 free with a limit of 10.  I bought 6 and got 4 free, mostly for our party and my family coming for Christmas in a few weeks.

Continuing on my trip to Harris Teeter, we got 10 yogurts, 4 bananas, 2 toothpastes, 2 tooth brushes, milk, salami, and mints.

Total before coupons: $93.57

Total spent: $64.05

At CVS...
I purchased 2 bags of coffee, 2 cans on mixed nuts, 2 bags of Reese's, 2 bags of Chex Mix, 1 box of tea, and I received for free a $10 gift card to Macy's

Total before coupons: $48.95

Total spent: $23.22



Weekly total before coupons: $142.52

Total spent: $87.27

Thanksgiving

We went to Greensburg for Thanksgiving and a relaxing weekend.  Sally Anne made a fabulous dinner that we enjoyed with Ben's Aunts and Uncle and cousins.  The boys played football in the afternoon while the ladies snacked and relaxed.

Al and Uncle Bob

Abby and Aunt Stacy

The boys playing football

The dinner table.

Good game!

All the food!

My plate, the sweet potatoes are my favorite!

Happy Thanksgiving!

All the pies.

I ate peanut butter pie and apple pie.  Yum!

29 weeks (and 6 days)

I am 29 weeks (in this picture) and 6 days pregnant!

Baby girl is the size of a large squash (the round kind).

She is about 15.2 inches long and weighs about 2.5 pounds.

Weight gain so far: 21 pounds

New this week: When baby girl rolls around I can now see her little body move across my stomach, kinda weird and kinda cool all at the same time.  I have been told that in about 4 more weeks I will be able to identify her hands and feet (we shall see).

DC Baby Shower!

I am so behind in updating so I am trying to catch up.  We have been so busy with the contractors here, traveling for Thanksgiving, working, and everything else.  Anywho- my friends in DC threw me a baby shower on November 19th.  It was so wonderful of Pari and Kelly and I am so happy so many people came and brought beautiful things to baby girl.  Ben and I are so truly blessed to have such wonderful friends.

Tons of delicious food!

And a very tasty cake!

Presents for baby girl...

Our friend Debbie made this for baby girl. 

I absolutely LOVE it!

Opening my last gift.  Johnson & Johnson products for baby girl!

Thank you to all my friends that came out for a wonderful afternoon.  I had such a wonderful time and I love all the gifts for baby girl.  Yay for baby showers!!!



Catching up with birthday fun and the nursery

The past two weeks have been a little busy in the Novak household so I am a little behind on my blog updating.  So here are our updates starting with November 7th...

Free dinner at Fuddruckers (they sent me an e-mail for a free meal for my birthday)

I also went to Victoria Secret and got a free bottle of shower gel ($10 value) and then over to Express and I got a free lip gloss ($7 value) (all courtesy of free birthday items with my birthday coupons).

On Friday, November 11th (2 days before my birthday) I came home from work and Ben had set-up a 3-course fondue dinner for us to celebrate!

Cheese fondue (first course)

Meat course (second course)

Chocolate fondue (third course)

So yummy!!!

Sunday morning (11/13/11), Ben surrounded me with presents (and breakfast) in bed.

I have been "hinting" for a door knocker with our last name for about 6 months.

My new camera!

On Monday, our contractors started on the nursery.  They were finished on Wednesday, here is the finished project!

Walking into the nursery.

New wall (on the right) and the new door!

Beautiful, happy yellow paint.

New door.

Ben building the first piece of furniture.  The changing table.

The finished product!

So, that's what we have been up to the last couple of weeks.  Busy celebrating and getting ready for baby girl.  We are super excited to have the construction done on the nursery and now we (and by we, I mean Ben) is putting together the rest of the furniture and adding all the fabulous details to her room.  Once it is all done, I have will post about the nursery.  Have a great week and a Happy Thanksgiving!