best of 2015 + oh baby: thirty-nine weeks!

 april: 

a girl’s wine night, welcoming our new nephew, cameron james, and creating an outdoor living space

 may: 

finding out about sweet baby, a trip to cincinnati/a night out on ud’s campus with my brother, my last cocktail of the year {posted below} and celebrating mother’s day for the first time 

 august: 

a trip to the beach, a girl’s weekend in greenville, and starting to shop for a boy! 

 september: 

a trip to ohio for a college friend’s wedding, my hometown baby shower, and the bump started to make its appearance just a little more strongly! i am up a total of twenty pounds- and am totally fine with it. i would gain fifty to be able to experience this. 

october:

i loved the book, bringing up bebe, we explored a pumpkin patch, and celebrated baby boy with a storybook baby shower in charlotte

 november: 

traveled to virginia for a baby shower, savannah for our babymoon, and ohio for thanksgiving {my mom’s table was featured on pottery barn’s website – from my instagram account– that was exciting!}

 december: 

lots of baby/birthing classes, fun holiday festivities, a wonderful christmas/new year, a visit from my parents, elfing, and taking our maternity photos {coming soon!}

today: 

i am now thirty-nine weeks pregnant! baby boy was sleepy on the ultrasound this morning, but healthy! overall, i feel great!!! i am pain-free in my back and the gout is officially all the way gone- so i can’t complain. those were the worst parts of this pregnancy {by far!!}.  i am just blessed, grateful, and so appreciative for the chance to carry a son. there is nothing more amazing than the ability to have this incredible opportunity. i will be forever thankful to God for the chance to do so. at this point, we are playing the waiting game and are just so excited to meet him whenever he decides to come! i feel pretty calm and more and more ready each day.  this week has been full of so much love from loved ones- it’s been unbelievable. 

last saturday night was one i think i will always remember as mr. monaco and i watched the final episodes of parenthood {my favorite show of all time- love} *probably not the best idea when pregnant… but we had a lot of intimate conversations about baby and our future life with him. 

{with ice cream and lots of tissues}

ps: i heard this song, my baby by steve martin and edie brickell, on xm- the coffee house channel/my favorite- on my way to our appointment this morning and it simply melted my heart 

i saw it as a sign from above {from our angels that fly among us} letting me know that it’s so soon and that it’s going to be just amazing. to trust in God and to not be scared. 

“our love was meant to be.”

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what are you looking forward to most about 2016? 

{i have a feeling my photos will look a lot different when i re-cap 2016 next year- in a good way!}