30 Weeks!

Well, I am 30 weeks pregnant now!  I can't believe how quickly time flies by!  I am definitely getting bigger and bigger, but I have yet to get any stretch marks and for the most part, I have not been very uncomfortable.

I look forward to little Zoe's arrival.  I have read several books, but I still have no clue what I'm really in for, especially in another country and culture.  It has been fun making her little headbands and hats and things.  Every now and then the thought enters my head:  What if she's born and it turns out she's really a he?  He'd be wearing a lot of pink for a while :)  I feel pretty certain little Zoe's a girl.  I'm carrying her high up like a girl, and her heart rate is always pretty fast like a girl as well.

Little Zoe is quite the mover and kicker these days.  Maybe it's because she's so long, but she's constantly moving in there.  I love feeling and seeing her move around, it makes me even more excited for her to be here!

Pregnant Creations

Since I have been pregnant and over the morning sickness, I have found a renewed love for food.  I know it's obvious because I'm pregnant I would want to eat, but it is pretty discouraging and frustrating eating Gluten Free.  And since I'm pregnant, I have to be even more careful that I don't accidentally eat anything with Gluten, which means I only eat in my house, what I cook.  Having Celiacs Disease really does take the joy out of eating.  You always have to worry about how it was prepared, could there be anything, a preservative, a thickener, something I've never heard of with a crazy name that contains gluten.  You have to make from scratch literally everything that you eat.  But, lately I have enjoyed putting in a little bit more time and effort to make something that tastes good and reminds me more of the good ole days when I could eat whatever I wanted :)

Here's a little something that I made for a get together

Beach Weekend

Last weekend we headed down to our old city for a beach getaway.  We stayed at one of the nice hotels in the tourist area of town.  Even though we were at a tourist hotel, most of those tourists were from Saudi Arabia or other parts of our Country.  There were a few scattered Europeans, but for the most part, it wasn't quite the typical beach getaway we love and enjoy in the States.  We were also able to spend some time with some of our good friends from that town and enjoy a few meals together with them.

Andrew excited about being at the beach

When we go to hotel beaches I get to wear my swimsuit, but I usually wear leggings with it in an attempt to be more modest but still get some sun :)

Some ladies enjoying the pool

Andrew's best friend here came out and spent one day with us at the beach

Enjoying a refreshing Watermelon juice

We had a lot of fun!  We went sort of for Andrew's birthday which was yesterday and to see our friends as well as have some time relaxing :)

We celebrated Andrew's 29th Birthday at Fudrucker's with some friends

28 Weeks ~~ Already in my third trimester!!

Well, this was all a bit random, but I hope it got ya'll all caught up.  Happy 4th of July!!!

Baby Bear Hat

Another blog about something I made for little Zoe.  I saw this adorable little crochet hat on Pinterest and decided I had to try to make it.  I was a bit nervous that I wouldn't be able to do it.  The only things I've been able to successfully crochet are flowers which come from a book with a picture diagram, I have not been able to get a handle on the written instructions for crochet.  But, I decided to try to give this one a shot since it was so cute.  Some parts were quite confusing, but I finally got the hang of it!  I think it turned out very cute and I can't wait for little Zoe to wear it!  I made this hat to fit a newborn, but it gives instructions for sizes up to 36 months, so who knows, maybe I'll make her another one.

I really love the flower on this, it's unlike any I have made before.

Knit Squares

I have been working on a baby blanket for our little Wheat.  I bought the yarn before we knew if we were having a boy or a girl.  At that time, I really thought we were going to be having a little boy, so I tried to buy fairly gender neutral colors then if it was a girl I could put some flowers on it to make it more girly.  I do love the colors, especially since little Zoe will be born in the fall, the colors are perfect for that time of year.

So, I used 9 colors and made 9 rows of 9 squares per row.  It took a good bit of time to knit all the squares and then piece them all together, but I think it turned out great.  It is a pretty simply blanket, but since it has so many colors in it, it makes it look a lot more complex than it really is.  

Starting to piece together the squares

Crochet flowers on knit blanket

I didn't really get a picture of the whole blanket, but this is a good chunk of it.

25 Weeks!

22 Weeks

I found one from 22 weeks.