Maternity Photos

I remember back to when Hannah was in my tummy and I didn't even really know what maternity photos were. I had a false alarm about five days before she was born and then realized I should probably document what my stomach in it's full glory looked like. So I put the camera on self timer, set it on the bathroom counter and wallah...I had my maternity shoot! I have had friends take beautiful professional photos which inspired me to go somewhere in the middle with Jack. Hence, this morning I rallied the troops, had Grandma Ne meet us at the lake, and we had a photo shoot. With a little help from pinterest to get pose ideas I think they came out great. Hannah will pretty much do anything for a donut hole so getting her to participate was a breeze. All in all I am so happy with how they turned out and can't wait to scrap the pages! Sorry there are kinda a lot of photos today since that is the whole point of today's blog entry. Here are some of my favs. (32 DAYS TO GO)

Month 8 bump watch

47 days left. Count down is on. Honestly it has totally snuck up on me. With Hannah I feel like I was sitting around waiting. Granted our social calendar was pretty empty in nor cal. With jack I feel like we have been go go go and the calendar is still full. Crazy! Last Sunday I reached 33 weeks. At 33 weeks I am feeling terrible heartburn and slight back ache. Baby is the size of a pineapple. I feel him moving all the time.

Month 8: week 33 bump watch

Family Shower

This past weekend, Jack was spoiled with a beautiful family shower. The Tatum and Robbins women came together to celebrate Jack and we had a wonderful time. Granny and Auntie Mimi hosted the shower. There was great food made by grandpa, beautiful flowers, cute baby blue decor and great company. Jack is so blessed to have such a strong loving group of women in his corner. Jack was spoiled with lots of clothes, blankets, toys, etc. It is so fun bringing everything home for Hannah to see. Her favorites this time are dinosaur toys and truck books. I've been drilling in her head that she has to share with Jack so it only seems fair that he shares with her too. I draw the line at his new Little Giraffe blanket and stuffed animal. They are out of reach because she wants to sleep with them too. It is so fun to open the closet and see all the blue things. It feels really close and I am very excited to meet him. We are blessed!

Summer Fun

We have had such a fun start to our summer. Tim and I wanted to do all of our traveling and major summer activities early this year just in case baby boy decided to join the fam earlier than expected. So, for the last 2 weeks we have been having a blast. First, we spent 10 days in Bishop, visiting with family, swimming, hiking, picnicking, visiting many lakes, boat rides, feeding the ducks, feeding the farm animals, going to the beach, and Hannah's favorite meeting a litter of puppies. On the 4th, each family member created a carnival game and we transformed the backyard for the kids. There was water balloon toss, ring toss, knock the cans down, etc. Each kid won prizes. Hannah's favorite was Auntie Laura's fishing game. She could have played that all day (and she kinda did). We stayed up super late to watch fireworks. I wasn't sure if Hannah would like them. It was her first time seeing them and she LOVED the big ones in the sky. We walk down the street and sit in the back of Gramps' truck with popcorn and candy. Hannah said "Fioworks, puurrple, my favo-ite color, Look Weston, it's yellllow" like fifty times. It was so fun to see her enjoyment. We had a great time and I love seeing Hannah interact with all her cousins. After Bishop, we came home for one day then took off again up to Big Bear to see Pop (and baby deer). Again, it was so fun. I love that Hannah has opportunities and experiences to spend time in beautiful places and learn to appreciate nature. We rode the gondola to the top of the mountain. Hannah and I thought it was great. Hannah kept saying "the people can't reach me." Daddy was a little nervous of the height, but not Hannah, she said it was like Dumbo ride. We ate lunch at the top of the mountain taking in the view. We also skipped rocks at Big Bear lake, saw horses, collected pine cones, and ate a ton of great food. Hannah loves playing in pop's backyard and got pretty good at hitting a baseball (without a T)! Amazing! Did I also mention that Hannah sleeps in a big bed all by herself now. Wow! she is a super star.

While we were out having fun, Jack was chillin, growing bigger and stronger. We went to the doctor today for our last ultrasound. Jack looks perfect. Heart beat is 151, cervix, fluid, placenta, kidneys etc all exactly as they should be. Jack measures 4 lb. and 7 oz. currently. Doctor also casually said "Nice size head." Ya, I know what that means. Big sister Hannah's head was and always has been in the 90%. He was sleeping during the ultrasound with one foot up by his face. And yes, he is definitely still a 'he.' Head is completely down and ready to go which is wonderful news. All in all, smooth sailing. Tim got to meet Doctor Flora for the first time. She's been my doctor for 11 years and I love her. She is so sweet and was telling Tim how I am one of her longest patients (she is young) and how Hannah is her best behaved sibling that comes in the office. I feel lucky to be in such good hands with someone I trust. She has nothing but great things to say about my health and baby's health so we will check in again in 2 weeks.

Jack, your sister loves watching you on the big TV. She says you are so cute and even got to take her own photo of you home just for her to hold. She keeps kissing it. We all can't wait to meet you.

Anything that looks distorted or blurry is the umbilical cord, it was floating right in front of his face.


Fist and foot


My cute little man