Baby Saville #1. Week 32 Update.

How far along? 32 weeks 

Size: squash

Total weight gain/loss: + 20 lbs. somehow, I lost 4 lbs this week. 

Maternity clothes? Definitely

Stretch marks? Not yet

Sleep: has been okay. Nighttime potty breaks have begun. 

Best moment this week: Getting to spend some time at my favorite workplace-Palmetto Middle. Grateful to be able to sub until Eva Kate arrives. 

Movement: Yes! 

Food cravings: not really craving anything

Anything making you queasy or sick: Still playing the gallbladder games 

Have you started to show? For some reason, I feel rather large this week. I think she's spreading out! 

Gender: all things girl around here :)

Belly Button in or out? On the verge

Wedding rings on or off? Either rocking my Walmart rings or my band from when I worked at CFA. 

Milestones: Eva Kate is in the head-down position in the birth canal to prep for birth (she's been there for like 2 months, silly girl). Her skin is less translucent and she is strong enough to be a healthy baby if born anytime soon! 

Major Happenings: I Had a great doctor appointment this week where we learned my placenta has moved just enough (yay) and that Eva Kate is measuring perfectly. 

What's Been Going On: Feelings-wise, Not a whole lot new here. I definitely feel myself and Eva Kate growing. Lol. 

 Life-wise: cross country is gearing up! We also are still sitting with our house on the market ... So hurry up and wait there! Haha. 

Looking Forward To:  Cross Country, subbing in 7th grade (yay!), and deciding what we're going to do about our house!!! Pray for that!!!

Baby Saville #1. Week 31 Update.

Foregoing the brick wall because...when in Maine! 

How far along? 31 weeks 

Size: coconut 

Total weight gain/loss: + 25 lbs

Maternity clothes? Definitely

Stretch marks? Not yet

Sleep: has been interesting this week! We're in Maine and I didn't bring my diva pregnancy pillow, but I have had the whole bed to myself with lottttttts of pillows. So, you win some, you lose some. 

Best moment this week: Taking maternity picture by the place where we got engaged and that has been so special to me. 

Movement: Yes! 

Food cravings: not really craving, but eating up all the lobster I can handle! 

Anything making you queasy or sick: Still playing the gallbladder games 

Have you started to show? Friends, she is everywhere. Haha. Not only is she large and in charge, her violent movements are visible from across the room. 😂

Gender: all things girl around here :)

Belly Button in or out? In, but it is sort of getting larger. 

Wedding rings on or off? Either rocking my Walmart rings or my band from when I worked at CFA. 

Milestones: Eva Kate is around 16" long and weighing in at 3-3.8 lbs. All five senses are working properly and she is starting to gain function of her next and head. 

Major Happenings: I fly home from Maine and have a doctor's appointment in the next couple of days. They'll be checking the placenta previa and some other things at this appointment! We are getting closer!!! There's something magical about going to the doctor every other week that makes the time fly. 

What's Been Going On: Feelings-wise, Not a whole lot new here. I feel like I'm growing out more, but my weight has been consistent for the past few weeks--it might just be me! 

 Life-wise: I've been in Maine with dad and his parents! I need to catch up on blogging in the next week or two! Be on the lookout for a shower post, a Maine post, and some life lately! 

Looking Forward To:  Settling in to our fall schedule! Needing a new normal!!! 

Baby Saville #1. Week 30.

How far along? 30 weeks 

Size: zucchini  

Total weight gain/loss: + 25 lbs

Maternity clothes? Definitely

Stretch marks? Not yet

Sleep: off and on! It depends on the night and how tired I am. 

Best moment this week: We had our baby shower at church for Eva Kate. We are so loved. (More on that later this week)

Movement: Yes! Watching the olympics on TV and feeling them inside. 😁

Food cravings: not really. Trying to do some better things for my gallbladder, which has been acting up BIG TIME! 

Anything making you queasy or sick: Still feeling that gallbladder pain. 

Have you started to show? Showing...and growing this third trimester. 

Gender: all things girl around here :)

Belly Button in or out? In, but it is sort of getting larger. 

Wedding rings on or off? Either rocking my Walmart rings or my band from when I worked at CFA. 

Milestones: Eva Kate is around 16" long and weighing in close to 3 lbs. Her skin is tightening and her brain is developing more and more each day. 

Major Happenings: Our shower was this week! Details coming later on the blog. 

What's Been Going On: Feelings-wise, My pelvis is feeling good still! Gallbladder pain is real, but trying to manage diet. 

 Life-wise: It was the last week before back-to-school around here and we did plenty of getting ready. We had a house offer, but it was a bit too low for us to accept. Continue to pray that if it is God's will, our house will sell by Aug 25!

Looking Forward To:  A week in Maine! Dad, his parents, and I boarded a plane this morning to visit Peepaw's sister in Maine and enjoy his hometown there. It should be an adventure. 

Baby Saville #1. Week 29

How far along? 29 weeks 

Size: acorn squash 

Total weight gain/loss: + 25 lbs

Maternity clothes? Definitely

Stretch marks? Not yet

Sleep: off and on! It depends on the night and how tired I am. 

Best moment this week: We've been busy! Life is getting into fulllllllll swing!  

Movement: Yes! Sister cakes is going crazy! 

Food cravings: not really. Trying to do some better things for my gallbladder, which has been acting up BIG TIME! 

Anything making you queasy or sick: Guys! My gallbladder is ON FIRE! It hurts so bad. We shall see how I last the next 11 weeks. 

Have you started to show? Friends, Eva Kate is starting to move up and around. She's growing out quickly! 

Gender: all things girl around here :)

Belly Button in or out? In, but it is sort of getting larger. 

Wedding rings on or off? Either rocking my Walmart rings or my band from when I worked at CFA. 

Milestones: Eva Kate is around 16" long and weighing in at 2.5-3.5 lbs. She's growing like a weed and moving like crazy. 

Major Happenings: I had a big doctor's appointment this week! I passed the glucose test, (yay!!) so I don't have to go back for the three hour test. My iron is a little bit low (but kids camp all week = not a ton of iron rich foods). But the biggie is my gallbladder. Friends...it hurts in the front and in the back! Been doing lots of googling gallbladder friendly diets! Eva Kate is healthy and measuring right on. We're 10-11 weeks away and time is flying. 

What's Been Going On: Feelings-wise, My pelvis is feeling so much better! I am 100% a fan of chiropractic care during pregnancy now!!! 

 Life-wise: we spent the week at kids camp and capped it off with running camp over the weekend. Our house showed like 6 times while I was gone and Moose was a bed-making, lamp-lighting champ. Continue to pray that if it is God's will, our house will sell by Aug 25! 

Here's some fun for you...these were my feet on Friday:

Now--it's funny, but then, it freaked me out a little bit. Welcome to third trimester in the heat of summer, huh?! 

Looking Forward To:  A week of rest! Also, our shower is this weekend!!! So much fun to look forward to! 

July 4th Weekend!

We have had such a busy month that I am just now getting around to blogging about the weekend of the fourth! Oops!

I always try to do something fun for the holiday and this weekend was no exception! We packed a TON of things into the short time. 

Our Sunday School class had a party on Saturday at the Berry's house. We swam, ate and just enjoyed each other's company. Our class tries to do something every few months and we trade out kid-events with kid-less events. This was a kid-event, so there was a lot more wild and crazy going on! 

The Berrys have a zip line in their back yard. It's not too high, so before my mom got there (or AS she was walking down the yard), I had to try!

The kiddos and grown up men played pool games!

And yard games! There is never an outdoor outing where polish darts is not close by (Especially if my brother Micah or our friend Bryan are near). Basically, you throw a frisbee at a glass bottle balancing on top of PVC. You earn points for knocking the bottle down or getting the frisbee past your opponents. It is just as invigorating as it sounds :)

Mack entertaining Weston (or the other way around?)

My turn ended in a nap. I guess I'm not as exciting as she is!

After the Sunday School party, several of us headed to our town's firework display. A lot of us went separately, but ended up at our favorite spot together. I don't really love the fireworks (I know...party pooper), but I enjoy the hanging out time before they begin! Micah and Travis serenaded us with a playlist all about fire as the fireworks popped around us, so that was a fun touch.

Sunday morning, we had our annual patriotic service at church. I really enjoy this service and we love celebrating our freedom in America and freedom in Christ.

Finally (I told you we packed a lot in), on Monday --the actual 4th--we had the Saville family and Roberts family over for Low Country Boil and some fam time! I made it my goal to eat different food all weekend and Friday night we ate out, Saturday's cookout was BBQ, Sunday was Hamburgers/Hotdogs at church, and Monday was Boil. SUCCESS!!!

We had so much fun hanging out with both sides of our family! And again--Polish Darts was played :)

All in all this weekend was a jam-packed, family and friend filled weekend. Totally my favorite kind!
I can't wait to make many more memories like this when Eva Kate is here to join us! Tradition and holidays are just my FAVORITE :)

So we're selling our house!

Moose and I have been watching Zillow fairly religiously for about a year now. I knew that our house was a tad bit smaller than I would like for multiple children and I wanted to be on the lookout for when the "right one" came along in order to upgrade. We were in no hurry, but had several things on our list. That being said, we really didn't expect to move anytime soon.

Fast forward to the week Moose was in the Dominican.

Chelsea and I decided to paint Eva Kate's room and I cheekily said, "Watch--I'll paint this thing and find a house." Lo and behold, I mayyyyy have done that very thing! We found a house that we just love and have put an offer in on it. In order for everything to go through, we have to sell ours first, so I am not positive everything will work out for this specific house...but ours is officially on the market. 28 weeks pregnant, house on the market, out of town for two weeks in August. Why not!?!? I always did like to make things as stressful as possible :)

I thought we could take a little trip down memory lane as we look at our house currently at what it looked like before! Our realtor (also my aunt/uncle) found some photos from the original house listing right before we moved in and I have put them below as a side-by-side for your viewing pleasure. It really made me nostalgic and feel the love, blood, sweat, and tears that have gone into making this house our home over the past five years. 

The exterior (yep. That's a school bell and flag pole!)

Front living room (those spindles were literally the first thing to go)

Front Living room 2 (those sconces were next)

Living room to Kitchen view. This room was the BIGGEST transformation. Literally everything is brand new (except my dishwasher...it is from 1975 and is the BEST dishwasher in the history of the world). 

Back Den. (That carpet though!)

Main Hall Bathroom (What are those lights? And that wallpaper)

Hallway. Ironically we kept that wallpaper and just painted it. I love the texture.

And here are a few more pictures of current that I didn't have old photos to compare with:

Baby Saville #1. Week 28 (and 27) Update.

Woah! This last two weeks has been a blur! I didn't totally abandon you-I promise! 

How far along? 28 weeks 

Size: eggplant

Total weight gain/loss: + 25 lbs (oh man)

Maternity clothes? Definitely

Stretch marks? Not yet

Sleep: serious leg cramp! 

Best moment this week: This past week or so have been BUSY and I love it! 

Movement: Yes! All the time; everywhere. 

Food cravings: no cravings during this part of pregnancy. 

Anything making you queasy or sick: Not sick--just indigestion. Like. My chest is on fire. 

Have you started to show yet: yes! I'm definitely growing. Third trimester is here and I can tell! 

Gender: all things girl around here :)

Belly Button in or out? In, but it is sort of getting larger. 

Wedding rings on or off? Either rocking my Walmart rings or my band from when I worked at CFA. 

Milestones: Viability!!! Eva Kate's insides are fully functionable and over the next 12 weeks (ish), she will just be getting stronger and larger and ready to make it in this big ole world. Third trimester y'all. 

Major Happenings: Miss Eva Kate got to run in her first race! I promptly forgot my finish time and bought new shoes because she (and those extra 25 lbs) made it my hardest race ever. Slow but going is my motto currently! 

What's Been Going On: Feelings-wise, I'm still having some back and pelvic pain. The chiropractor has definitely helped. 

 Life-wise: so here's this--I got the nursery painted...and then we found a house that we really like. SO, we put ours on the market and put an offer on it. We may be moving this third trimester! If our house sells, we're out of there. We have loved our little house so so so so much and built our life there, but we're ready for a change. 

Looking Forward To:  This week is kids camp!!! Woo hoo!!!

Also, with Moose's work change, our insurance also changed. We've put off a couple of doctor's appointments--so they're coming up. Glucose test, TDap, and placenta-checking ultrasound. Hoping for great news on all counts!!!