Iceland on video.

27 Weeks.

Last night Aaron and I drove out to the more rural parts of Montgomery County to get a few pictures of my growing belly in that golden hour light. I bought this dress early in pregnancy with these images in mind and I realized yesterday we needed to do them now or never if I wanted to wear this dress. It turns out, you quickly grow out of your non-maternity clothes once the second trimester hits!

Strawberry Picking!

I'm turning 28 tomorrow and my one birthday wish was to go strawberry picking at Butler's Orchard. When we lived in New York I was always sad to miss out on the summer season at Butler's so this has been on the top of my list since moving back. We were lucky to get there while they were at their peak and enjoyed a sticky-hot morning of picking together. We also picked up some strawberry shortcake mix and I'll likely be making that as a birthday gift to myself at some point tomorrow. It was such a sweet way to kick off my birthday and the start of summer!

25 Weeks!

In an effort to have something written down to look back on, here we go with another little pregnancy recap! We reached the 25 week mark on Sunday and it feels like time is flying by. I'm finding it hard to believe my stomach is going to get any bigger, but this baby has a ways to go and will likely quadruple in weight before she is born (yikes!). We've spent the last few weeks purchasing things for the nursery and it's slowly coming together. We also went to Iceland for our babymoon and it was one of the best adventures together. While it wasn't as relaxing as a tropical beach vacation, we figured those would be easier to do someday with a baby than something like Iceland. It didn't disappoint and I'm still going through my pictures just as in awe as when we saw these things in real life (more to come on that soon).

Since we are hoping and preparing for a natural, medication free birth we've spent a lot of time recently exploring things like birth classes and doulas. We've also been reading different books about birth, and while I found it all fascinating before I was ever pregnant, it hits a new nerve knowing this will be something I go through in a few short months. I'm mostly excited but also YIKES! It's been a treat to see Aaron get super into it - sometimes we get happy-teary just talking about this new little life. Although yesterday at breakfast I did confess to him how I was a wee bit jealous at how he gets to look forward to the baby without the super intense task at hand (aka labor).

In other funny things, we now can SEE her kicking! It's truly like there's an alien living inside of you when you start seeing the kicks from the outside. I enjoy each and every kick but it's no joke when they tell you you'll be peeing all day every day. I was guilty of using a lot of toilet paper before but now it's like a roll a day over here! All in all, I've been pretty comfortable and am enjoying the ease of the 2nd trimester. I imagine that'll be changing quickly as I continue to grow into the heat of the summer. More updates to come!

We bought a new car! It's a 2017 Hyundai Santa Fe. Somehow this felt more adult than buying a house!

The bump! And more importantly - a gorgeous sunset on our walk last night!

Top of the Rock.

One of my favorite New York activities is visiting the observation deck at Rockefeller Center and I was lucky enough to go this week! The amazing city views never get old and it's a fun group outing when you're looking for some great pictures and outside time. While visiting the ONA office in New York, we took a field trip up to the Top of the Rock since a few people hadn't yet been - it was such a treat to spend time with my team and enjoy the city views at once. See a bit of our photo fun below!

See pictures from past visits here and here. 

A Weekend in Maine.

After our wonderful friendship weekend last May in Bucks County, Christine and I decided to make these trips an annual thing and this year we ventured to Maine! When we booked our trip in late January we were fed up with winter and had our sights set on sunny, blue-skied coasts, endless lobster rolls, and lighthouses for days. What we failed to think of in our winter misery was how far north Maine actually was! As it turns out, Maine is still pretty cold in May ;) Despite the weather woes, we had a wonderful weekend exploring the charming city of Portland, along with some other coastal towns farther north like Rockport. We did manage to eat all of the lobster rolls, found several great lighthouses, and happened upon a calf unveiling festival #onlyinmaine! Be sure to watch the video Christine complied as well here!

Thank you to The Press Hotel and The Samoset Resort for providing our lodging - we'll never stop talking about those Press Hotel mattresses and the Margherita pizza at Samoset!