Anatomy Ultrasound...Nursery Findings...Josephine

Hello There!

Well, we had our big ultrasound this week! If you've followed my blog for a few years, you'll remember that at Josephine's anatomy ultrasound they discovered I had "Complete Placenta Previa"... which is when the placenta is covering the opening of the cervix & if it remains that way, there is a lot of bed rest & a c-section delivery. I was pretty bummed when they diagnosed me. We went back 2-3 weeks later & my placenta had moved... which is pretty unheard of in a "complete" case. We were so excited that we could continue our birth plan!

So as we were approaching "the boy's" anatomy ultrasound, I was a little nervous that we'd be receiving the same diagnoses. 

One of the first things my tech checked for was the placenta position & it was at the very top of my uterus, right where it should be!!!! I let out a huge sigh of relief! So we will hopefully have a nice smooth road a head of us...

Our tech was really great... showing us & explaining everything... the heart on an ultrasound is such an amazing thing to see... the 4 chambers... the beating... the blood flow. It's amazing. 

"The boy" is perfect & we couldn't be more happy & excited to be welcoming a bouncing baby boy into our family! 

In other news... we found an amazing chair for his room for my nursing chair! 1970's Orange & Yellow woven tweed fabric! So excited about this Craigslist find! 

The next search is for this changing table. Jenny Lind. 

Is it bad that I'm sitting here eating my 4th Chocolate Chip cookie & it's almost 10pm? Nah...

Josh got an underwater film camera for our "babymoon" next week & we tested it out while Josephine played in her new big little pool & at the park. The focus is great & it kinda choses where it wants to focus but it's pretty fun! And she's got a new short cut for the summer. Her hair was giving her heat rash on her neck & she hates it in a pony tail... so we cut it into a cute lil layered bob. Pretty precious!

So that is the latest happenings around the Ulmer home... just working on our June weddings... playing with our little love... 

We've also got a fun give-away for a Forage Bowtie over at our Ulmer Studios Blog going through the weekend! Be sure to head over there & check out THE POST!

Wardrobe Wednesday-Maternity Edition

This is just a little something I've decided I wanted to put together since really trying to dig into my wardrobe to create some cute & comfortable outfits to accomidate my growing belly & using some things I already have in my wardrobe that will last a little bit longer.

I also wanted to stay true to my normal style of dress as much as possible & avoid the "frumpy & pregnant" look.

1. The shirt is from Old Navy Maternity. $10 on clearance. :) The leggings, which I am a HUGE fan of b/c of comfort are my Forever 21 & were $4.50. Can't beat that! 

2. My head scarf is in a cute floral/bird parrent & is from Target I think from last year. The way I tied it is like this. Crazy simple & you can get vintage head scarves at any thrift store/Goodwill. 

Adding a great little necklace... I'm a fan of the longer "charm" style necklaces right now. They hit right at belly height. :)

Crazy comfy sandals...nice & flat...room for any heat swelling. These were $10 from Forever 21.

I have always loved wearing clothing that accents the belly rather than hiding it so most my outfits will help show you flattering & comfortable ways to do that. I am ALL about comfort all while being cute & stylish. 

So I hope you've enjoyed the 1st Edition of the Maternity Wardrobe! Look forward to sharing more of my ideas with you!

Pinterest Nusery Inspo for "The Boy"

So we've decided on a theme for "the boy's" room... Woodland Creatures! Josephine's room is a "bird + vintage floral theme" so we felt it complimented her's nicely. If you haven't seen Josephine nursery, check out her feature HERE over at On To Baby.

So Josh introduced ME to Pinterest... I LOVE that my husband is into all this kinda stuff...
Anyway... needless to say, I'm addicted...like everyone else who starts a pinterest account.
If you are on pinterest, FIND ME!

I've created a board just for "the boy's" room & here are some of the definite additions...

Owl Fabric for Crib Blanket

Chevron Gray Curtains 

Vintage Owls + Word Prints

Yellow Woodgrain fabric for his crib bumper.

Shade of yellow, gray, & powder blue

Love these little stuffed owls.

Wood circle cut outs for wall decor.

Felt Woodland Creature Mobile but made by my sweet friend, Tobi Weldon of Ivey Handcrafted.

So that should paint a pretty good picture. We will had dark furniture to go along w/the Woodland Theme which will be crazy cute I think. I am going to look at an orange 1970's plush rocker that I hope will work great in his room too!

So we are at 18 weeks now...
Feeling great still... minus the head cold we all had this past week... still recovering. I forgot how horrible it is to have a cold + being pregnant. The exhaustion is intense. Glad that much is over with at least.

We have been so busy with working on our summer weddings that we've had virtually NO time to look through & process the recent photos of Josephine or us lately... it's really pulling on my heart today so we must make time for it this weekend. I do have a 18 weeks belly photo & a cute photo of Josephine touching my belly to share though...
It's so funny, after the ultrasound we had a few weeks ago for gender, whenever someone asks Josephine about her little brother, she tells them "he's under mama's belly" and lifts my shirt. Totally precious.

I've been doing some nesting the past 2-3 weeks... we got new couches... scored on Craigslist!

Crazy awesome chartreuse green! Love them so much!  We haven't hung things yet above the love seat b/c that was the wall our tv was on... which has now changed to the wall across from the large couch... so things are still a WIP but we'll do a reveal when it's all said & done... which is hopefully before "the boy" arrives. 

So that is the latest happenings over at the Ulmer house... 

If there is something you would like me to touch on blogging... anything photography or baby/mama related, leave a comment here & I'll work up a post!

Sweet Pea Recap

So I've totally slacked on this blogging thing since our second pregnancy...so here we go... picking up at just about 16 weeks. Going to do a nice recap.

So why now for #2?
We really wanted our children to be able to grow up together... play together... have a closer relationship. So when Josephine turned 2, we started talking about a time line for baby #2. With our wedding season for 2012 picking up already for Spring/Summer bookings, we wanted to make sure we had enough time from the time "sweet pea" was born to get everyone acclimated to the new life at home, me get established with nursing & my supply under control... since it was CRAZY out of control with Josephine... and just have a NICE 3-5 month long maternity leave before going back to work!
So following our "Natural Family Planning" lifestyle that we have followed for 5 years now, we knew the month we needed to try was March since our May is now completely booked for weddings.
So Sweet Pea was conceived in March giving us a due date of December 14th.

Now, I delivered Josephine 3 weeks early due to my cervix being short & had some pre-term labor scares around 32 weeks... so we might have more of a November baby... only time will tell though!

My first trimester went very well. Just the normal tired & a few short weeks of constant nausea but no real sickness. I feel very blessed that my body responds well to pro-creation. :)

We are using the Vanderbilt Nurse Midwives again!
I had an amazing experience with them for Josephine's birth & am very exited about it again!
Our Family Nurse Practitioner is also a midwife so we will be actually seeing her for most of my pre-natal visits since she is a 10 min drive from us instead of driving to downtown Nashville for our appts so that is a great convenience. I'll start going to the Vandy group at about the 32-35 week mark.
I'm pretty excited that Vandy now has birthing tubs as well! Hoping one is available when I go in for delivery.

Here is a current photo of me at 15 weeks!

So here we are... I'll be 16 weeks tomorrow! I have a friend who is an ultrasound tech & she had us come in for a gender ultrasound! We'll go for our Anatomy Ultraound in 2-4 weeks to confirm & get all the anatomy info!
And... we found out today that Sweet Pea is a...

Here is a lil photo snippet of our visit. Daddy documented & Josephine watched her lil brother bounce on the screen!

We are so excited to have one of each! It's going to be such an adventure & feel brand new again & we couldn't be happier!
We are still narrowing down the name list for boys but we will be sure to share once we have decided a name for our Sweet Pea!

I also just started a Pinterest Account so I can start gathering inspiration for his nursery decor! Feel free to share things with me that you think we'd like!

I am going to try & be better about blogging now so check back & comment!

xo

Flutter

After I saw this page on Elizabeth Kartchner's blog a while ago, I knew I had to lift it! It's totally girly. totally sweet.

Mostly AC goodies w/a lil Daisy D's in there for some fun...

and a sweet Josephine photo for your day...

Waking up from an afternoon nap w/a wet head full of sweaty curls & a slightly boogery nose.
:)

Dreams...

We have so many dreams & aspirations for Josephine.
Most parents do.
But so many of those dreams are just ours. Not what hers will be.
So we just want her to do the things that make her happy. Blissful.
Things that keep her true to herself.
Things that she will shine doing.
Things that she LOVES.

Products: Dear Lizzy American Crafts & other American Crafts goodies!