Baby Saville #1. Week 18 Update.

How far along? 18 Weeks

Size: artichoke 

Total weight gain/loss: + 12 lbs 

Maternity clothes? Definitely

Stretch marks? No, but some stretching.

Sleep: I've had a cold, so sleep has been a little iffy

Best moment this week: I felt our girl move for the first time! 

Movement: Barely there, but feeling it. 

Food cravings: I am on the food struggle bus. Not much is yummy. 

Anything making you queasy or sick: Still weird tummy feelings. 

Have you started to show yet: yes! Lol

Gender: BABY SAVILLE IS A GIRL! 

Belly Button in or out? In.

Wedding rings on or off? I may have invested in a cheap set that fits for the current moment.  

Milestones: Baby girl is on the move! She is rolling, kicking, punching, and wiggling like crazy. She is gaining muscle and growing. I'm starting to feel her acrobatics. 

Major Happenings: We are SO close to deciding on a name!!! Also, getting some bedding chosen and picking colors for her nursery. Exciting stuff!!!!

What's Been Going On: Feelings-wise, still dealing with some tummy issues. Otherwise, I've been feeling really good! 

 Life-wise, Morgan went to 8th grade prom; graduate recognition; and Andi and Tyler had baby Harper this week!! 

Looking Forward To: The end of the school year and summer gearing up!!! Yay for summer and lots of projects! First up-nursery. 

And getting ready for Charleston and the big Dominican trip. 

Camp Greenville

Last week was crazy and insane for several reasons, but mostly because we took 125 7th graders to Camp Greenville (in the woods near Pretty Place) and did ecology lessons, rotations, and just had fun for three straight days. Lack of sleep and lots of middle school drama speckled the trip, but overall it was a super fun time! 

We headed out on Wednesday morning. Please note that I made it 90% of the ride without getting sick (oops). 

The first day, several activity groups got to zip line! The kids were broken up into 7 groups and they rotated throughout ziplining and archery (the fun ones), animal adaptations, alive or dead, wilderness skills, and a nature hike (the learning ones). Mr. Achee and I got to float and go to all of the different adventures throughout the three days.

I hung with these girls as they ziplined! Too bad I couldn't participate this year.

At the zip line activity, we got caught in a STORM! Like...insane rain where we ran for the gym and got soaked. Then, the power went out and it hailed for about 45 minutes. Crazy! Totally a flash thunderstorm for sure.

We made the best of it and played dodgeball and hung out.

Wednesday night, we took a night hike to Pretty Place. It was a great time, as many of our kids had never been there before and were in awe of the mountains!

My cabin girls were totally crazy!

I went to animal adaptations on Thursday and got to play with a snake!!!

Mr. Achee and I joined this group on the hike! It was beautiful and not too strenuous, even for this preggo.

Lots of porch sitting, eating, and just hanging out ended our trip. Aside from some drama (#middleschool), we had THE BEST week! I so loved getting to see these kids in their element and take a few days to just HAVE FUN!

WOO HOO for Middle School and WOO HOO for Camp Greenville!

Baby Saville #1. Week 17 Update

How far along? 17 Weeks

Size: Pomegranate 

Total weight gain/loss: + 15 lbs and hanging on

Maternity clothes? Definitely

Stretch marks? No, but some stretching.

Sleep: Not horrible! 

Best moment this week: still reeling in all the girl-ness

Movement: Flutterings still

Food cravings: I've been on a healthy kick! Salads and fruit! 

Anything making you queasy or sick: Even though I'm well out of the 1st trimester, smells are still gross. Also, my tummy has been upset all week. I thought this whole second trimester was supposed to be better, but strangely it has been a little more difficult in terms of belly issues. 

Have you started to show yet: yes! Lol

Gender: BABY SAVILLE IS A GIRL! 

Belly Button in or out? In.

Wedding rings on or off? I may have invested in a cheap set that fits for the current moment.  

Milestones: Baby can hear our voices now, which is still super fun to me. Baby is adding some weight to her bony self! 

Major Happenings: We got some more cute maternity clothes this week! Lol. And I enjoyed some time at camp Greenville with my 7th grade babies. 

What's Been Going On: Feelings-wise, still dealing with some tummy issues as baby girl is low and resting on my intestines (thanks).  

 Life-wise: Camp Greenville trip, track state, church, and so much more! Phew

Looking Forward To: The end of the school year and summer gearing up!!! Yay for summer and lots of projects!!!

Cousin Twins

I mentioned a few weeks ago that 2016 was going to be the year of the baby...well, I can't even describe how true that is! Our church nursery is filling UP! In our friend group, Shannon has a one year old, PJ just had her third this month, Andi is pregnant with her second, I am pregnant, and Chels is also pregnant. Our family has known this for so long, but it just went public, and we couldn't be happier.

When you are best buds and family, you discuss everything...so we knew that we were both trying to be mommies at the same time...and we knew the struggles and the pain and all of the stuff that goes along with it.

We got a positive test in February and Micah and Chelsea were right behind us in March.

We joked after Micah and Chelsea got married that we would one day raise our babies together as "cousin twins." Well....our due dates are 5 weeks apart, so it seems that that would be a real thing coming soon!

We live on the same block, eat meals together, do Cross Country together, do church together, and cannot wait to do this next stage together as well!!!!!

So......I can finally use numbers....

One down, THREE TO GO! 

Come on 2016....bring on the babies :)

Baby Saville #1. Week 16 Update.

 16 week photo

How far along? 16 Weeks

Size: It's an avocado (ha)

Total weight gain/loss: + 12 lbs (but definitely have some definition)

Maternity clothes? Yes ma'am

Stretch marks? No, but some stretching.

Sleep: Not horrible! 

Best moment this week: Finding out that Baby Saville is a GIRL!

Movement: Flutterings still

Food cravings: this has been a low key week with cravings; I have just wanted ALL OF THE FOOD. 

Anything making you queasy or sick: Even though I'm well out of the 1st trimester, smells are still gross. Also, my tummy has been upset all week. I thought this whole second trimester was supposed to be better, but strangely it has been a little more difficult in terms of belly issues. 

Have you started to show yet: yes! Lol

Gender: BABY SAVILLE IS A GIRL! WHAT?!?

Belly Button in or out? In.

Wedding rings on or off? I may have invested in a cheap set that fits for the current moment.  

Milestones: Baby can hear our voices now, thanks to her ear bones being developed. She is also growing hair, eyebrows, and eyelashes (and if my prediction is correct, hair everywhere!)   

Major Happenings: We had another doctor's appointment this week and got to hear the heartbeat again. 158 Baby girl is a mover and a shaker--that's for sure! In the ultrasound this week, we were looking at her profile and arms and continually saw a foot fly by! man oh man. 

What's Been Going On: Feelings-wise, the hormones have been crazy the past few weeks. Also, dealing with some tummy issues as baby girl is low and resting on my intestines (thanks).  

 Life-wise: I'm grateful we had a fairly normal week last week, but our weekend was intense. Two doctors apts, a women's event, track state qualifiers, church and our gender reveal. Phew. I'm tired just thinking about it all. 

Looking Forward To: We are taking our 7th graders on an overnight trip to Camp Greenville Wed-Friday this week and Morgan runs at Track State on Friday night! Busy, but exciting things coming up! 

Gender Reveal

IT'S A GIRLLLLLLLLLL!

Y'all. Shocked doesn't even begin to describe. I was asked approximately one million times if I had a gut feeling and I really didn't...but I had convinced myself I was having a boy! The Saville family only has boys ;). Until the ultrasound scan, I had no "inkling", but Moose was certain it was a boy and I let myself hear the technician saying some things that were ambiguous as "boy-specific".

SO...to back up and tell the story a little bit!

My mom and I had talked about doing a gender reveal and I mentioned I really wanted to do something small and fun, but I didn't want to have a huge party or make a fuss because no one cares about the details about my baby like my family does. Grin. And even family doesn't REALLY care! Let's be honest! Nonetheless, we decided we wanted to do a little something. I made an appointment at Vision of Life for right before our 16 week mark to do a gender ultrasound. That place was so nice and the lady was wonderful!

We put the ultrasounds in an envelope and ordered two black confetti balloons (one had pink; one had blue). On Sunday night, a sweet lady from our church blew up the correct one.

Our no-fuss party consisted of ice cream sundaes. Mom bought this banner (LOVE).

And she decorated her dining room table with some pink and blue sundae supplies. She got cotton candy and birthday cake ice cream to go with the theme.

I made some banners to go on the table and realized as I was doing it that all roads were leading to pink. Hmmmmmm.

We took some pictures and made the most of our photo op. My sister practiced with her camera and we have a good family friend who is so gifted in photography and she generously offered her skills.

Then, we gathered my family, FaceTimed Moose's family and popped the balloon!!!
Moose held the silly thing too high at first and I felt like I had to jump for it :)

Clearly, we were a little shocked!

Our people were super excited!!!

We ended with some girl-specific pictures and LOTS of ice cream :)
All in all, it was a fun way to share in the moment with little-to-no fuss.

HOORAY Baby Girl! We CAN NOT WAIT to meet you :)