P.B and J (Porter Baby Jr)

I am out of apps that compare you to food on a weekly basis so we started calling you PB & J for Porter baby Jr because after 9 months I still feel the need to compare you to food I guess. I plan on telling your birth story, of our 18 hour labor and delivery that lead to your 5.6 tininess with all 10 fingers and toes! Yay! but we spent the last 9 months documenting your growth and our desire to nest in a video that is now finally complete, just like you

Better late than never?

Baby T you are late! I've spent to much time organizing your room, the house,  and whatever else I can find - it's time to get this show on the road! However, every morning that I wake up and get out of bed I am grateful to have another day to get things done, spend time with Derek, and reflect on life and it's coming changes. Still I am anxious to meet you and to stop the ever growing expansion of my belly.

I guess you'll come on time . . .  whenever that is

Come One Come All

Since it has been raining for the past 3 days and I have been stuck in doors trying to avoid cleaning anything in the house I came up with a little crafting project to fill my time. You know me and how I love to work in a theme! So, in keeping with the baby nursery motif I decided (I know this seems over the top) to make little gift bags for any visitors we get in the hospital. 

These are the darling circus bags that I am filling with all sorts of goodies below

Since we have decided to wait on naming the baby until we see him I had to stick with Baby Tillotson on the ticket stubs... I think we have narrowed the names down to two which feels like a huge accomplishment!

 I hope these little bags will entice you all to come visit us in the hospital!

Mini Watermelon 38 weeks

"Baby T" this week you are a watermelon and I LOVE watermelon so, I was ecstatic that this week my app compared you to a 'relevant melon' or food item for that matter. . . Any ways this past week was mother's day and it was the first time in my life where I celebrated being a mom, being able to be your mom! Tu tu sent me this quote and of course it made me all weepy;

The moment a child is born, the mother is also born. She never existed before. The woman existed, but the mother, never. A mother is something absolutely new. - Rajneesh

We have two weeks left together (give or take) and as ready as I am for the next phase of our relationship and to have my body back I have a feeling as soon as you are out I am going to miss this part of our bond. I just finished packing our hospital bags this week and I fretted over what outfits to bring you, what you should wear for the first time, and since I couldn't settle on any one thing I packed a mini bag of clothes for you even though I'll probably never put you in them and just want to hold you skin to skin. But your room is ready for you so you are welcome to come any day :)

I made your hot air balloon mobile in a nesting/crafting fit one evening

Closet doors

Accessories in your room!

Pillows made by Grannie Annie

Your clothes are folded and in place. We are just waiting to fill you up in them and to fill our lives up with you!

Crenshaw Melon week 35

This week is the week that Derek proposed to me on 3 years ago. The bedazzled egg above nestled in my anniversary flowers- aaawwweee:) is where the ring was hidden when he got down on one knee proclaiming that one Easter egg fell out of my basket that morning.

This week I am 35 weeks along and I am trying to get the baby nursery in order. It is coming- not quite finished but I figure I will post a few photos as teasers.

As I was trying to get shots of the egg/flower arrangement Deja kept putting her puppy face in every shot, like a true girl just to smell the flowers

Honeydew Melon week 34

This week Baby " T "  you are the size of a honeydew melon and are suppose to be around 5 1/2 lbs! However, after my doctor appointment today we are pretty sure you are not that big, in fact the Doc said he is going to hope you're a 6 lb baby come delivery time. 

These lasts weeks of pregnancy have my emotions all over the map again. Sometimes I want to see you right now to hold, squish, and kiss. Then I feel like I will never have enough time to prepare for you and you will be here without a finished baby room, name, or nicely folded onesies all in a row in the closet.

Some days I am delighted at my growing belly and then tearful at my lost waistline the next day! I am thrilled with the idea of motherhood but then worried about being tied down to your tiny helplessness the next minute. Needless to say the closer it gets to you being here (6 weeks) the more I feel like I am riding an emotional roller coaster!

Aside from all my worries I do know that I love you and can't wait to marvel at your face and count your fingers and toes. For now all I have is the sound of your cute little heart beating 150 bpm.

And then there where 5

A new member of the Sheranian Family came today at 3:15 p.m

weighing 8 lbs 1 ounce

with lots of chins

and luscious kissable lips!