Purchases: I always said Id wait, but goodness gracious! Once you're at the store, you just cant help your self! A lot of the baby purchases I have been making have been from sales, or second hand stores, so I guess its not that bad! Ive also ordered a few things! =x 

It has officially begun ladies and gents. Project Nursery is well underway! John and I went to Home Depot yesterday to look at paint swatches and ended up buying the paint and supplies because we picked out and agreed on a color right there and then! Its a miracle! It took us one year to agree on a paint color for our living room! We went with Behr: Ultra Pure White, Almond Wisp, and Antique Tin for the mural that John is going to be working on. Luckily for us, the rest of the wall is already a cream/neutral color. Thats what were going for, neutral. I didn't want it to be blue just because were having a boy. I want him to be able to grow up in it, so we chose neutrals, then we'll just add pops of color. 

So today, as I got home from running errands, John was already in the what used to be guest-room pre-planning the Mountain Mural. They day I told him the news of our pregnancy, he was already on Pinterest pinning ideas away! We both knew from the get go what we were aiming for: adventure & travel themed. So it'll have tons of travel and outdoorsy related stuff in it. John had a few ideas for the wall, and a mountain mural was definitely in his plans. There were a few that he showed me and we narrowed it down to two, and I let him decide which one was easiest or would look nice. I can't wait to see the turn out! He wouldn't let me help, which I didn't mind just sitting and watching because I am not as artistic as he is. 

I also had to sneak in this photo from a few days ago. John came home from work and was so tired! I was editing on the couch, and when I put my laptop down, I saw them cuddled on top of my leg! Of course, as uncomfortable as I was, I didnt want to move them! So I let them sleep for as long as my leg could take it before it went numb! Haha! We bought a new couch a few months ago so that we're not always on top of each other, but they always end up sleeping on me or next to my butt! We have such a big sectional that when John sits on the other side and Im on the chase, I feel like he's in another room! Sigh. I have a feeling all three of them in the future will be on top of me. But its okay, I love my babies! :)

The Jordan Retro 7's (Bordeux) was re-released today and of course we had to go out and get a pair for the baby. The baby will have Jordans from the time he can walk all the way up until high school. Because I have about 10 pairs, and John has well, I lost track. Haha! Anyway, John and I have a pair of these shoes too that we bought a while back, so we'll definitely rock them as a family, as well as the Infrared Air Max 90's. I have matching Breds with the baby, and John has matching New Loves with him. We opted out of buying the disney vans for ourselves though! The only other pair we want to get him this year are the Aqua 8's, which John & I already have as well! 

Aside from the NEX sales, Amazon Prime was also having a one day only Prime sales! I was able to snag the Ju-Ju-Be Super Star - Legacy Collection in the Admiral for only $50 (originally $80)! Funny thing was, I had just added this item on our registry the night before! Anyway, it was delivered today! I was so excited to see how big and spacious it is! It'll definitely be a handy travel bag. Im using it as our hospital bag for both John & I because its roomy enough to fit both our necessities. What I love about the JuJuBe bags is that its so light weight, washable, and the materials used is very nice. It goes well with my fuel cell and paci pod! Im set, now we just need the diaper bag. I've been eying the B.F.F. style- The Commodore or the Queen of Nile from the Legacy Collection as well. 

Today, I turn one year older! I don't really get excited for my birthday anymore, especially because the last few birthdays John has had duty so I either spend it alone, or with friends. Today is just like those birthdays. John has work until tomorrow, so I ended up having brunch with a few girlfriends. I'm glad that this year, I dont have to completely feel alone because I know my babies are with me. I did get a present today, but it was really for the baby, which I don't mind one bit because it was thee cutest baby clothes ever. They were adventure and photography related!! How perfect is that?! 

I took that photo above earlier this afternoon. I was busy editing when I noticed Pax sitting next to me and when I acknowledged him, he got closer and cuddled near my belly. It was the most precious thing ever! I was starting to feel a bit lonely, but Pax always does something so sweet to make me feel otherwise, the best part was that he decided to cuddle right next to his baby brother. It melted my heart. It was a reassurance that I'm never completely alone. I can't wait to see how Pax and our baby boy interact. I bet theyre going to be the best of friends, I can feel it already! Pax is amazing with kids! We really did get lucky with our furbaby!

As far as pregnancy goes, we had our 3rd OB appointment two days ago and everything went well. I sorta had a little scare because when the doctor first put the doppler on my tummy we didnt hear a heart beat. I stopped breathing in panic until the doctor reassured me that the sounds we were hearing were the baby moving. She had to chase the baby around my belly to get the heart beat, a few minutes later, she found it. It was beating at 160bpm. I let out a big sigh of relief. I love hearing my baby's heart beat, it is definitely music to my ears! This baby is already giving me a scare. But i'm glad to know that he is moving around. I can just picture all his stretches from when we did the 3d/4d last week. So darn cute! Speaking of which, I think I felt what they call a "quickening" for the first time today. Its the baby's first apparent movement. I was on the couch while John was napping next to me, and I was scrolling through my phone when I felt sudden movements under my belly button. It wasn't the normal flutters I'd feel, it was in wave form. I can't seem to explain. I tried to wake John up to tell him, but he wasn't as excited only because he was sleep deprived so he said "cool!!" and fell right back to sleep! I don't blame him, its been a long few weeks, plus the jet lag! He did get excited as soon as he woke from his nap when he realized what I had told him. I feel it every now and then, I know it's not gas either, because Ive had gas ones before and most of the times they hurt. Haha!

Even thought dada couldn't be with us today, I'm glad we got to spend the past three weeks in San Diego! The picture above is from the San Diego Fair at Del Mar! We found those shirts hidden in our closets while we were picking out clothes to pack for our trip. It was so perfect, so we decided to pack it with us. We bought those shirts from SD Bolt Complex last summer when we visited and wore it a handful of times and have forgotten about it. It was John who found them! John was asked where we got them while we were walking around. I can't wait to see him tomorrow, or early Saturday morning? I have a trip to the Outer Banks at 11am tomorrow with a good friend, Sarah, to assist her on shooting a wedding. I'm excited, I havent done a wedding in 2 years! 

Xx,

Jenn

Where do I even begin?! The gender reveal picnic was amazing! Long before John and I found out that we were pregnant, I already knew how I wanted to do it: waterguns with paint. I haven't seen anyone else do it, until one night I was browsing through Pinterest and searching for reveal ideas for the future, and put in water gun gender reveal and a bunch that wasnt water gun related popped up until I kept scrolling and found one couple who did it! I pinned it instantly! I wanted to do waterguns because for 3 years in a row when I was still living in San Diego, I would hold a water gun/water balloon fight for my birthday, so thats where I got the idea. 

Anyway, it was a one week process prepping for the big day. As soon as we got back from our Bay Area trip, my sister and I got started on party planning and buying decors and party related stuff as the days went by. We also sat down with my mom to plan the food list. It was like planning my wedding all over again, us girls sitting around the dining table! My sister had cute ideas which of course I agreed with. She did a lot of the props and helped buy decors (which of course she got to keep). We bought 11 water guns: 5 big ones and 6 medium sized ones. Some of them you can see through so my sister and Alex had to use black electrical tape to cover it up. They filled the water guns the day of the reveal. For the paint to squirt easily, they had to add some water to help dilute it. They drove back home to fill the guns so that they wouldn't be bothered by anyone! Ha!

We had the reveal at Ski Beach near Sea World. It was gloomy, windy and chilly, but that didn't phase me, because I was so excited to see family, friends and of course to find out the gender! The party started at 3pm, but we didnt do the actual reveal til 6pm. Some of the waterguns were leaking so Lai and Alex had to seal it with tape and then splatter the rest with all the paint colors so that nothing was given away. John and I changed into our reveal clothes and off we went to the sandy area of the park. And on Lai's count of three, everyone started squirting us!! John and I werent looking at first and we did our own countdown before looking down! Ahhhh! Surprise, surprise!!