Getting Ready for Baby

I cannot believe how close it is. That we will be having our baby next month! I have put away all his clothes(still need to wash them). We are so ready for our little Max to be born. I keep looking at all his little clothes and cant wait till I am holding him. There are a few things we still need to get before we are totally ready. But I do have a baby shower coming up next weekend so I'm sure that will help. I can feel him moving in my belly and he feels more and more like a little baby, feeling his limbs move and little pokes from him. I feel so pregnant right now I cant believe I just get bigger till I deliver. Here are some pictures of the things we have ready for him...

My Etsy

I finally decided what I wanted to sell on my etsy shop. I started making handmade bobby pins! they are so fun to make and turn out really cute. I got the idea because I love unique cute things for my hair and use bobby pins all the time. I got a set from Anthropology awhile back when I was living in New York and love them. I named my shop belli copelli, which means beautiful hair in Italian, Mason gave me the great idea for the name:). So go check it out:

http://www.etsy.com/shop/bellicapelli

Waiting...

I am just sitting at home alone waiting for my Mason to come home from work(it's not fun until he is home). Just having a lazy day today, feeling tired from the pregnancy. I am so lucky to be able to relax at home while Mason works so hard for both of us. I love feeling every little movement our baby makes and it gets me so excited I can hardly stand it. I cannot wait until this little guy is born! I cant believe how much I love him right now and how it will all be so much more real when I hear his first cry and they put him in my arms. Mason and I are just counting down the days until we get to meet him.

We Love you so much already our little Maximus Conway.

Baby Shower

The beautiful Host

Mason and I went to Utah for New years this year. We drove out on Thursday the 31st with his parents and spent New Years Eve with my mom. On Saturday my sister Emily and my brother Ben threw me the funnest baby shower. It was so sweet of them. Ben made the small lunch which consisted of Bruschetta, potato finger things with goat cheese, and Parmesan crisps, it was all very delicious. Then for dessert he did small round brownies with cream cheese frosting on top with raspberries and raspberry sauce. We played three games and just talked and laughed and caught up since most of us had not seen each other for awhile. Then I opened all the wonderful gifts. It was nice to also spend time with Masons family and our two cute neices on Saturday evening and Sunday. Mason and I flew home on Sunday, it was a short trip but we made the most of it.

Growing...

I got to go to visit my sister Becky this week in Northern California. We went through her boys old baby clothes for when Max is born. I had such a great time seeing my nephews and neice! Jonah was so cute with my belly he always wanted to feel Max and he talked to him and told me he would teach him martial arts. He is going to have the best cousins who will look out for him. My belly is getting so BIG and Max is moving a lot and I love feeling him in there. My belly button is no longer an inie and looks funny to me. Six months along already! i cannot wait till March!!

Jonah feeling Max.

Happy Birthday Mason, Mason it's your Birthday!

For Mason's 27th birthday on Sunday November 8th it started out with coffee in bed, then we had a nice talk on webcam with his family in Utah. It was so cute to hear our two Neices sing him happy birthday. Then i made him his request for breakfast of potatoes, eggs and cheese. Then we headed off to lunch. Mason recently found out about a pizza place that came to LA that is only in New York called Two Boots. It is a mix of classic New York style pizza and louisiana spices. We each got two slices of cheese, it brought back good memories of New York because there is no other place to get a good new york pizza slice.

My Orange Soda and Pizza slice.

Then we headed back towards our place to go to the mall to find him some shoes, no luck i just ended up buying him some nice shoes online from simpleshoes.com. We then went to Barnes & Noble to get him Simpsons season 3. We decided to go see a movie even though nothing really was out that we wanted to see, but we ended up seeing Men Who Stare at Goats. It wasnt to bad and pretty funny. Then it was off to Planet Raw! Masons request for his Birthday dinner. Its a really good Raw food place in Santa Monica. We started our meal out how they suggest desert first! we got a "Mylke" shake adn Mason got a nice wine mixer. Then for our Entrees Mase got the Cheesy Burrito and I got the Avo Sandwich, then for desert(a second one) we shared the Fuji apple pie with a candle on top just for him :). We ended the wonderful night by snuggling up and watching some simpsons. I had such a fun day with him and feel so lucky to have found such an awesome, Hansdom, fun husband who is going to be a great dad when our little baby comes. Happy Birthday Mason!!

My belly & baby

I cant believe how I just grew over night, it makes me so happy though to know our little baby boy is growing. I look forward to feeling is tiny movements and kicks during the day. I dont feel a whole lot yet unless he is moving a lot, but I cannot wait till I start feeling stronger kicks. I am so in love with this baby, I cant imagine how I will feel when I get to hold him in my arms. I love when Mason leaves for work he says goodbye to us both. Mason and I are looking at apartments closer to his work and we found one we think we like a lot, we just have to go see it tomorrow. It is right near our hospital and seeing it makes me so excited for the day we get to meet our little guy.

It's a...

BOY!

I love him so much already and cannot wait to see what he looks like. He is so cute and was moving a lot during the ultrasound. I love being able to see him in my belly! When we were seeing that he is a boy his cute little leg was kicking and it made me so happy to see all his little movements. I am starting to feel little things like him moving and tiny kicks.

And we are so very excited and glad we can finally call the baby a him.

Weekend & A Pumpkin Patch

Mason and I had an awesome weekend as usual. On Saturday we went and looked at some apartments closer to Masons work and walked around a nice mall where we bought a gift for Grace's baby shower. Then we had a nice evening at home eating a veggie lasagna and salad while watching a movie. Then on Sunday I went to Grace's baby shower(Mason's Cousins wife) It was so cute and fun. I got there early so I was able to help out by making chocolate strawberries. It was so fun playing the games and talking to everyone. And the food was yummy :). Then Mason picked me up and we went to a close by Pumpkin Patch. It was so cute and the weather was perfect. We went through the corn maze and just walked around taking pictures and enjoying the views. Then when it was getting late we ended our wonderful weekend eating at Denny's.

My sister Emily

My sister Emily, I wanted to write this blog because I miss her so much and we have such good memories together. She is my blonde haired blue eyed sister. Every time we get together we laugh to hard and always have a great time. We have our stupid inside jokes and of course all those memories we had growing up together and sharing a room. Emily eventually wants to be a journalist, at least that's what I heard the last time I asked. And she wants to live in London one day or at least tour Europe, which I told her we have to do together :). I am excited for my baby to have such a cute fun aunt. (Becky you too I'm just writing about Emily right now) Emily has always been my cute little baby sister, I would try to carry her around even when she was 7 just playing around. I miss my sister Emily! I wish we lived closer but for now she is in Utah and I am here in California. I love how Emily loves to read because she always tells me cool books I would like. She is also a wonderful dancer although she hasn't danced since high school. I know this is a random blog about how much i love my sister but I have just been missing her and wanted her to know how much I love her. There is so much more about Emily but it would take to long to write. For Emily.

Fall & Halloween

Fall is by far my favorite season. It has Halloween and Thanksgiving and leaves changing and you get to where nice sweaters and long sleeves. I miss fall out east and in Utah, here in California the weather is getting a little cooler in the 70's and it makes me so happy! I miss the changing colour of leaves but there are some good things living in Southern California because you almost get fall all Winter because it never gets really cold enough to wear a heavy coat. I am excited for Halloween it is my favorite holiday. I used to love going trick-or-treating and cant wait till I get to take my own kids. This fall Mason and I also get to find out the sex of our little baby! I am also so very excited for Thanksgiving because Mason's Family is coming out to his grandparents and it is always so fun when we all get together. SO I am just in a happy cant wait for the cool weather and holidays mood:).


I found the cute Jack-O-Lantern idea on Martha Stewart Living. I love that magazine.

It's a Baby!

 

 

Mason and I went in for our first prenatal checkup today and got the first ultrasound of our baby, it is only 4 1/2 cm long :), I think it is so cute already! It was so exciting to see that little baby inside me; it's crazy how much love I have for it already. We were both so happy to hear everything looks great. They gave us a due date of March 13th,2010, and we get to find out the sex in mid October.