{Growing BOY}

It's been a while since I've updated again and I'm sorry that so many of these posts are all of my growing belly but I have to finish what I started ;)  Everything is going well and we are getting closer and closer, I can't believe how fast the time is going by! It's going faster then I thought it would and am feeling the nerves setting in. It has been made known to me that this little guy has to "come out" and that terrifies me!! So not ready to do that yet! BUT  it's not like I have a lot of say in the matter. So I guess I am going to have to just suck it up and do it *sigh*. 

At least in the meantime I can distract myself by obsessively taking pictures of my ever growing belly ;)

25 Weeks

26 Weeks

27 Weeks

There you go another 3 weeks of bump love! A lot of people have been telling me that I'm really small so I asked our Dr. last week after he took my measurements and this is what he told me. "Tara, you are NOT small. You are big!" Not exactly the things a girl likes to hear :/ So I guess I am measuring about a week ahead of schedule. Go Figure.

And just so I don't kill you with all the baby bump shots here is a picture of our awesome cheery tree that's in our backyard! I love when it blooms in the spring. So pretty.

And while I was in the backyard snapping this picture of the tree a little something caught my eye that I hadn't noticed sitting back there all these years.

 Look. At. This.

Glorious aren't they? Of course they won't stay red since that color isn't allowed in our house but I'm thinking white washed and some cute vinyl saying on them!!! Hung over our TV maybe or even better our bed! Oh the craftasticness!

Speaking of craftastic things my sister in law Haylee gave us this awesome hutch/armoire to use in Paxton's room which was EXACTLY what I had been looking for. I was going to take a pic and show you but Preston already dismantled it so I could start painting it (black of course). I still haven't started any of my craftastic projects yet which is maybe why I am so annoyed that the time is going by so quickly. I blame it on the horrible weather which doesn't allow me to paint anything outside. Grrr. 

Pray for sun.

{Ohh the Choices}

Are ya sick of looking at pictures of my bump?!  Well toooooo bad because I love it and frankly I might be a little obsessed with it lol. I could take pictures of my belly everyday so your lucky I only do it weekly. So here is my updated bump watch...

23 WEEKS

24 WEEKS

Ok the other thing I am obsessed with is baby photographers. Here's the deal these newborn pictures are once in a life time just like your wedding, so they have to be AWESOME right? Yes I am right. And not that I don't love my wedding photos but I always am saying that I wished I would've gone with a different style and am jealous of all the ones I see now. Hindsight is always 20/20 I guess. So not wanting to have the same feeling with Paxton's newborn pictures I have been looking at baby photographers for nearly a year now trying to find one with a style that I LURVE!

Now that I am getting close I am trying to decide between a couple of photographers that I have been watching/stalking for the last year or so and unless I can convince Preston that we need 2 or more photographers for just Paxton's newborn pics I'm going to have to make a choice. This is were YOU come in!  =)

Here are my top photographers:

Brittany G Photography:

 This photographer has been one of my favorites for the longest. You can go to her blog here and the website here (go under galleries and select newborns) and see the kind of style she does. I really love the black and whites with mom dad and baby so no matter who I go with I am getting some of those to put on canvas ALL over my house! I also am a vintage obsessed person so I LURVE the ones that look like the photo is old. Like I said top of my list for over a year.

Peekaboo Photography:

Ok this one is new to my LURVE list but wow are they a contender!! I recently found them and now I am obsessed/stalking them on their blog, on FB and their website (go to galleries and look under newborns) Are you dying yet?! I am hyperventilating right now!!!

This Memory Means a Lot Photography:
She has good ones too! Argh this is sooo hard, look at her galleries under newborns here and look at those darling babies!

Marissa Varagson Photography:

You know the drill enter into her site and look at her and see what you like.

Ok I know you are probably worn out so that is only SOME of the ones I like. I am nice and sparing you from my madness. But please if you have a couple minutes go and look and then tell me who was your favorite photographer! Thanks

{Bump Update}

21 WEEKS

22 WEEKS

He's getting bigger, as of today we have 120 days left AHHHH! But seriously we are SO excited to have him =) We still haven't decided on a middle name for him yet so if you have any suggestions please help us out. Everything is going well and I feel awesome. We are in full "preparation" mode, me a little bit more crazy about it then Preston but that's ok ;)

{The Bump + Nursery Goodies}

Here is my bump shot for 20 WEEKS
Looks like my little man is getting bigger! I love having a baby bump and finding cute clothes to show it off ;)

Alrighty now to some FUN baby stuff!!!
Here is a little snap shot of some of the magic that will become Paxton's nursery!

OK Here's a little run down of some of the things I am doing in the nursery (This is my new addiction, since I have been waiting for a room that I could go crazy in and decorate my heart out!)

All the frames and the big P will be modge podged along with the shadow box that I need to figure out something crafty with. Like so:


The barn star you see in the picture above will be transformed into this:

The crochet needles and yarn (I am taking a crochet class with a lady in my ward) will be made into little wonders like these:




The B+W fabric you see is going to become my nursing cover..instead of buying one for $45 I am making them with my mom for like $10 AWESOME!

The little helicopter on top of the football is there to represent an idea I got to use vintage tin helicopter toys and make a sort of mobile and hang it above my chair in the nursery. A little tribute to his helicopter pilot daddy ;) Sorry it's a little hard to picture but when I have the nursery done you will see what I mean. Here's some helicopters on ebay that look like what I want to use:



Of course there will be tributes to baseball by way of Boston Red Sox baseballs and apparel and also some footballs will be added!


If you can't tell from the picture these will be the colors..I would like to add some green in there too if I can find some crib bedding with blue, green and brown I would be in heaven! ;)




AND here are some items not shown that I have yet to get =)
I will buy this once he is here of course but it is the cutest canvas:

I have found the stuff at Roberts to make this I just haven't gotten it yet and of course with Paxton's name instead lol ;)

Here's the crib:

I REALLY want to make one of these and hang it on the door and of course it'll say Julger's Nursery =)


And one last thing for the momma, which is MEEEE!!! Say hello to my love the cutest diaper bag in the world, I literally am drooling!



W O W that was long! And there's even more but I guess I should pace myself lol! Anyways it will be sooooo cute when I'm done and don't worry if it doesn't all fit together in your head because it's amazing once you see what I see!

Ohhhh and sorry I had to add these. My sister gave me all of Emory's clothes and they are just piled in the "nursery" till I can go through them all. Here is Squeaker being a stinker ;)



LOVES!

{Bump Watch 2010}

19 WEEKS


Ok here's my 19 week bump shot and look how cute it is!!! And might I just say that I am so completely madly in LOVE with Paxton already! I can't believe I even wanted a girl, SOOO over that ;) I have totally switched my thinking from making little bows and flowers to cute little hats for him! I can't wait till I get to see my little guy now! Oh AND I started feeling him move this week!!! Not any kicks but the little flutters in my tummy. SO AMAZING. Goodness I am like gushing over with love for him!!

{Drumroll Please}

IT'S A BOY!!!! Introducing our little PAXTON!!


Yes all of you were right lol, I obviously do not have a "mother's intuition". But we are SOOO excited to have him! I know all of you are thinking that I must be sad but I'm not, once I got over the initial shock of having no clue about my child I actually got very excited! ;) And there are cute boy things to I just have to start looking. I always wanted a big brother growing up to protect me so I think it's perfect that I am having a boy first! So bring on the sports and trucks!!

Look at that little face! He'll be a heart breaker for sure ;)


Here's a 18 WEEK photo of the bump (sorry it's not the best I had to take it myself)

{Bump Watch 2010}

17 WEEKS
Do you see it?? It's small but it's coming. YAY!

{Boy or Girl?}

So the big day has been set...March 18th is our (hopefully) lucky day to find out what our little baby is. YAY! So I thought I would put a poll on here for the next couple weeks to see what you guys think we are going to have. Fun I know.

As to what we think we are having the politically correct answer would be this, "We don't care what we get as long as the baby is healthy." BLAH BLAH BLAH! That's a load of crap in my opinion so I guess I'm not politically correct. Sorry. My answer is we want a GIRL like bad! We think it is a girl and we both feel like it is so I hope we are right. I have had a ton of dreams about having the baby and in every one of them it's a little girl. It just doesn't feel right to say boy or even think that way. Every time I picture being a parent, having the baby, or anything else related it's a girl. So I will feel a little devastated and shocked if it's a boy.

That's right I said a little devastated go ahead and judge me if you want, I'm just being honest. But yes if it's a boy I will get used to thinking that way and LOVE him to pieces and be completely happy and in love with him. Sheesh I'm not that horrible of a person. I know no matter what we will get whatever Heavenly Father wants us to have and it will be the right baby for our family and Preston and I will be excited and happy no matter what. I'm not opposed to a boy, don't get me wrong boys are sweet too just look at my nephew Emory he's the sweetest little guy around. It's just that I don't FEEL like it's a boy I feel like it's a girl that's all. So I guess we will live in suspense for the next 2 weeks.

Now go vote on what you think! =)