Morgan's 2nd Year

This weekend we are celebrating our little man turning two. TWO!

How did that happen?

Where did the time go?

{last year's vintage baseball party}

12 weeks

Pregnancy: 12 weeks(almost out of 1st tri!)

Weight Gain: Down 2 pounds

Sleep: Sleeping pretty good still, just can't get enough of it!

Gender: We will definitely be finding out. I was thinking girl for awhile, but now I really don't have a feeling one way or the other. Frank on the other hand has been referring to the baby with our girl name or as Morgan's "sister" for awhile now. We can find out in as soon as 4 weeks if we opt to pay for an elective ultrasound.

Names: Our girl name has been set in stone for a long time, but we're still not 100% on a boy name yet.

Feeling: Exhausted. I don't remember being so tired last time, but then again I didn't have a toddler to chase around then either.

Health:  All is good. Baby's heart beat was beating at a strong 168 bpm at my appointment today.

Movement: Not yet, I'm hoping that it will be earlier this time now that I know what I'm looking for.

Belly: No linea nigra yet. Belly button is still in. I'm definitely bigger than I was with Morgan at this point, but still not super obviously showing.

Next Appointment: August 9th at 16 weeks.

xoxo,

Ashley

DQ Date

I found these pictures on my camera this morning from a Dairy Queen date me and Morgan had last month. This was probably the first time we went to a restaurant just the two of us. Usually Frank, my mom, or one of my friends is with us, but on this hot day I decided to go to Dairy Queen for a treat - just the two of us. Finding these priceless, sweet pictures to remember our date by just made my day.

Is it possible to fall more and more in love with this sweet boy everyday?

xoxo,

Ashley

summa, summa, summa time

Friday my mom and I took Morgan to the local swimming pool. I wasn't sure how it was going to go, because Morgan seems to have a love/hate relationship with water. But, it turns out he loved it. 

Apparently he like his water of the clear, chlorinated variety. 

Such a diva. 

He loved it so much, and was so daring that he wanted us to let him go when we were in the water. Umm, no sorry mister, you're going to have to learn to swim first. 

They had a really cool kids area too...

And the pool side snacks were definitely another highlight...

Don't fret pool, we'll be back soon!

 

xoxo,

Ashley

picmonkey invitation tutorial

I was perusing tinyprints, looking for ideas for Morgan's 2nd birthday party invite when I came across an invitation I loved. It was perfect for our "little man" theme, but the price tag? Not so much. As in, it wasn't happening. So, I decided to recreate the same invitation in PicMonkey.

Would you like to know how to do it too?

First, upload a pic to the PicMonkey website. Any picture will do because we are going to be covering it up. {Note: you do want to choose a picture that is in the same orientation you will want your invitation to be in, i.e. landscape or portrait}. 

Next, go to the 5th button down {Overlays} on the left of the program and click. Then click "geometric".

From there, select the rectangle and resize it so that the overlay covers your entire photo. You can choose any color you like {below I chose a basic white}. 

Finally, personalize your invitation by adding your text and clipart by using the 4th and 5th buttons down on the left.

I then saved the file to my computer and printed them out at Walmart {Note: Make sure you select "true digital" when printing them so that they aren't cropped at all}. 

They turned out beautifully. I absolutely love them and I really love that I saved $45 by taking the DIY route {$4.61 vs $49}.

Happy Party Planning!

xoxo,

Ashley

good thing you can't remember things from when you were two...

A few weeks ago Morgan went with Frank to get his haircut. And when he came back it looked pretty much the same just slightly shorter, and very choppy. Obviously, the woman who did it was not used to cutting kids hair. Well, it's been buggin me since then, and today I decided to do something about it by taking matters into my own hands. 

At my parents house me and my mom strapped him into his high chair and busted out my dad's hair clippers. I felt a little like I was going all "Britney" on my little boys head as clumps of hair filled the combs and fell to the floor. I mean, wasn't I the mom that was crying into his curls a few months back at the very thought of cutting his hair? Funny how easy it gets after you take the first big plunge.

As if shaving all his hair off and giving him a buzz cut wasn't traumatizing enough, we decided to take him in the backyard, strip him down and rinse the hair off by dumping water from the rain barrel on him. Little man was not a happy camper.

But, he looks so stinkin' cute, no?

xoxo,

Ashley

Here comes #2!

Morgan's going to be a big brother!

This week I had my first OB appointment, and we got to see our little one via ultrasound yesterday (with it's little heart beating at 141 strong beats per minute). Although, the plan was to wait until Morgan's birthday (and the customary 12 weeks) to announce, the excitement got the best of us after seeing him/her. So, we snapped this pics of big brother yesterday to share the news. The belly shot is my favorite! :) 

Because we had been trying for quite some time, we found out really early about this pregnancy (at 3 weeks!). So, even though I'm 8 weeks, it feels like I've been pregnant for awhile already, and we've been keeping a huge secret for 5 weeks. So excited to have "the cat out of the bag".

xoxo,

Ashley