25th Bday

Sorry, it's been awhile since I last posted.  Will try to be better at this :)

What a great weekend I had!  My parents hosted a party on Friday night to celebrate my 25th birthday (I am now officially an adult -- bring on mommy-hood!!).  It was great to spend time with my loved ones and just hang out.  Here are a few pics from the night.


My wonderful hubby and I



Joey's parents and us



My family



My "little" brother and I

I spoiled myself on Friday by taking the day off and getting a prenatal massage... it was amazing.... along with a mani/pedi.  Soon-to-be Uncle Mike and I went to lunch at Panera and then I did some much needed X-Mas shopping. Was a very relaxing day and I enjoyed every minute of it!

Baby and I are doing great!  Our next appointment is on Wednesday.  From now on, appointments will be every 2 weeks (until the last month where we'll go every week).

Continuing to get more and more excited!!

Thank you everyone for all the birthday wishes and kind thoughts :)  I truly am blessed to have so many wonderful people in my life!

Giving Thanks

So I meant to post this yesterday, but just wanted to wish everyone a very Happy Thanksgiving!

We have so much to be thankful for this year!  I am so thankful for baby hajduch, my hubby, family, and all our loved ones!

We had a wonderful Thanksgiving yesterday at my parents house -- it was great to just relax for the afternoon.  We missed Joey's parents and sisters down in Texas -- excited to see everyone soon! :)

It's Turkey week!

Happy Turkey week everyone!  In honor of the greatest TV show on earth (Friends), the Thanksgiving holiday, and baby Hajduch, here's a fun clip for you (I happen to find even more humor in this now!) www.youtube.com/watch?v=pvw-G4J4Y2c

So I realized today that I only have this week and next week, and then we will be in our THIRD trimester already... crazy!

Belly is continuing to grow... the nurse at my checkup last week tried comforting me when I saw the scale by saying: "Keep in mind you have winter clothes on now and they weigh more."  I understand what she was trying to say, but really, that is no comfort at all!  Although I can't complain, being pregnant in the winter I've decided is the best -- leggings and uggs every day... yes please!

26 weeks

Joey and I continue to throw names back and forth.  I can say that we do currently have one boy's name that we shockingly are in agreement with, but girls names we are stumped.  I keep trying to come up with new ones, but none of them seem to pass his stamp of approval too.  I know we have time, but hopefully we can eventually agree on one! :)

We continue to feel so blessed and definitely have much to be thankful for this Thanksgiving season! :)

Wishing all our loved ones a very safe and happy Thanksgiving holiday!!

The Nursery

We have had a pretty exciting past couple of weeks!  The first being the completion of the BASEMENT!  Yeaaa!  It is so nice to have the extra room to breathe down there (and particularly nice to have an extra bathroom now)!  I will post pictures of the basement in a later blog for all to see!  We are mostly excited because our house isn't a disaster zone anymore, so we can finally start having people over!

The second big project has been the nursery!  Daddy surprised mommy by painting the nursery one Saturday while I was out running errands -- what a great surprise to come home and see the green paint on the walls!  The color turned out perfect -- gender neutral and fun!

We (and I can say we, I did help) also put together the crib, changing table, and rocking chair.  We also have Joey's baby armoire from when he was little and with a big thank you from Grandma Kate, that is all painted and looks as good as new!

It is so exciting to walk past the room and picture a baby sleeping in there in a few short months!  I still have a lot of work to do on the decorating part... but the essentials are there :)  Getting more and more excited by the day to meet our little one -- about 3 months to go!!

Daddy putting together the crib

Crib and Armoire (door and knobs still not put on the armoire)

Rocking chair and changing table

Nala approves of the room :)

We also decided to be REALLY ambitious this past weekend and go register for some things at Babies R Us --- WOW is that overwhelming!  By the time Joey and I got to the baby diaper trash cans and there were six different options, we looked at each other and decided, "wow, we have no idea what we're doing."  Thanks to my cousin Emilie and her little one Olivia for coming back with me the next day and pointing me in the right direction!  :)

Hope everyone is having a great week!

The Anticipated Belly Watch

So many have been pestering me to upload photos of my growing belly (and it is DEFINITELY growing)!   I have to admit, I'm not quite comfortable uploading them to facebook, so I figure the blog will be the best way to share.

So here it goes!  Joey and I do our best to take photos every few weeks, so we'll start from the beginning...

The proud daddy-to-be the day we found out :) Yes, we took multiple tests (I think 7 total...)

13 weeks

15 weeks

20 weeks

21 weeks

And, the most recent (tonight), 23 1/2 weeks

So there we have it!  Baby is growing and becoming more and more active every day!  I haven't been able to sleep very well the past few nights, and when I wake up and try to go back to bed, baby is going CRAZY!!  Hopefully we can get these nights and days switched around come time for the little one's arrival :) 

Looking forward to a relaxing weekend with Joey and the pups -- our furniture for the new basement arrives tomorrow (and I have the day off -- yeah!), along with a new sofa for upstairs.  Things are definitely coming together around here... just in time too :)

<3 Carlie

23 weeks... and counting!

So I decided that in an effort to track all the notable and exciting things Joey and I are experiencing, I'd try out this blog thing.  Also, I figured it'd be a pretty good way to keep all our loved ones updated on our little one's progress! :) 

We are currently at 23 weeks and both mommy and baby are doing great!  We had our most recent appointment last week and everything is right on track!  We had our 3D ultrasound which was AMAZING -- Joey and I are pretty biased, but we think baby Hajduch is pretty cute already! ;)  It is amazing how technology allows you to see the little face at such an early stage.  I am still comprehending the fact that what is on the sonogram is actually inside my stomach!  We elected to not find out the sex, so we will be waiting anxiously for d-day to come when we find out if a baby girl or boy will be joining our family.  Right now, both daddy and mommy think it's a boy though :)

So far, I have gained a whopping 10 lbs!  I stepped on the scale at the last appointment and saw the number, looked at the nurse and said: "Wait, how much did I weigh last time?"  I managed to gain 6 lbs in a little over 4 weeks ---- yikes!! :)  Everyone says that is normal for the 5th month though.  According to my Baby Center weekly update I get on Tuesdays, baby is about the size of a large mango, weighs over 1 pound and is over 11 inches in length :)

In the meantime, as we prepare for baby's arrival, we are happy to announce that our 'finishing the basement' project is coming to an end! Carpet was put in yesterday and it looks AWESOME! Can't wait to get our furniture in (new sofa arrives Friday).  Joey and grandpa-to-be Larry did an amazing job and I couldn't be luckier to have two guys who have worked so hard these past few months on it! I can't claim too much help on it -- baby and I have been stearing pretty clear of the construction site :)  Once all the furniture is in, I'll post some photos of it for everyone to see!

Next project -- NURSERY!

That's all for now!  Please continue to keep us in your prayers!  We appreciate everyone's love and support!

Carlie