Maternity Photos are Finally here!!!!

Wonderful time with my wonderful husband

So this weekend was my 27th birthday. I can't believe how quickly time has flown. Not only am I 27, but I'm also 27 weeks. This was probably one of the best birthdays I've had in a while, mainly because as Lauren put it, the best birthday present is just a few months away. I hadn't thought about it like that, but Lauren is so right. Of all the material things in the world I could ever ask for, God has blessed us with something so much more special. This weekend was a great one. Friday Matt took what we hope is his final test for his CPA, we spent hours at Babies R Us, and he took me to O'Charley's where I had probably one of the best steaks I've ever put in my mouth. Saturday Matt and I worked on the nursery and just spent time together. Sunday Matt, did I mention how wonderful he is, painted and installed the nursery's new closet doors and painted the trim. He even put up our Christmas lights outside. Needless to say that by the end of the night we were exhausted. Note to self: when eating during the later part of pregnancy do not overstuff yourself. The evening was not pleasant for me....... but I did learn a lesson! Never eat 4 pieces of pizza in one setting at a time.

I can't believe it's been 2 weeks since I last posted something. I had a goal of doing at least weekly updates, that hasn't happened so far. I guess we have a lot to catch up on. The time is flying by it's hard to believe that I'm already 26 1/2 weeks. Wow, 13 1/2 weeks to go! This past Saturday Matt and I drove down to Nashville to see our friends Lauren and Jeremy and their precious almost 5 month old baby, Braxton. Now Braxton is a precious child. He just smiled and grinned the whole time we were there. He's such a good baby. Lauren and Jeremy are so blessed. While we were in Nashville we had to go to the UT store at Opry Mills and we picked out the sweetest UT Onzie for our baby to wear for the hospital pictures. Since we don't know the gender it's hard to plan ahead, so we figured UT was very gender neutral. Let me tell you, this baby will be the smallest UT fan ever! To top it off, we received UT pacifers from some friends a few weeks ago as a gift. So between the UT Onzie and the pacy we'll be good to go. After Opry Mills we headed over to Pied Piper's in East Nashville to have some professional maternity photos made. We had a blast!!!! One picture is posted, of course this is what the photographer calls a "Sneak Peek" so there will be lots more to come later!!!

24 weeks and counting

I am 24 weeks pregnant, yes, that means 16 more weeks till baby Hinton arrives!!!! I am getting bigger almost every day, as well as my appetite. This weekend is the only weekend in November that we don't have plans. I can't believe Thanksgiving is in 3 weeks, this year has flown. I was on vacation last week, of course I was sick the entire time, but it was still nice being off. I did manage, however, to finish my Christmas shopping so that was a relief. Now we're just waiting for Christmas to be here. I also decided this week that I have got to start going to the gym.

Halloween 2009

Every year we dress Bailey up, last year she was an angel, the year before a witch. This year she was a pretty pretty princess! She is such a good natured dog. We could dress her up in everything, believe me, we've tried, and she just prances around. This costume did come with a princess hat but she wasn't very fond of it. Mainly because it kept falling off. She stayed in her costume most of the night. We had a wedding to go to that evening so we took it off of her before we left.

Chicago

On Friday Matt and I headed to Chicago. Of course we couldn't leave before having a check up at the doctor. The baby's heart rate was 170.... evidently eating Honey Nut Cheerios for breakfast isn't a good thing. Anyway, after getting an injection and some blood drawn we were on our way. We got there about 4:30, and that even included stopping every hour and a half or so for potty breaks! After we got there we picked Jen up on the side of the street and headed to her condo. I had my first encounter with The Land of Nod. Cute, but very pricey. After the Nod we headed to Create and Barrell and then had dinner. On Saturday we went to the Museum of Science and Industry, which I recommended going to if you've never been. We had lunch at my favorite place, The Corner Bistro. Delicious!!!! Then it was back to the condo to relax. That night we headeded to Naperville to hang with Jen's parents and ate at Lou Malnati's Pizzaria! Before we knew it, it was Sunday and time to go home. Thanks Jen for a wonderful weekend! The next time we go to Chicago we'll be 3 instead of 2. I can't wait!! Unfortunately there are no pictures of this weekend trip, but we've got lots of memories!

Growing belly

Matt, Papa, and Me at 10 weeks, barely showing


Me at 20 weeks! Getting bigger!