6 Months!!
Almost done!
Enjoying Alison's last moments of pregnancy!
The Bump can't wait to meet her best friend Rylee!
Happy Birthday!!
Wonderwoman (aka Stacie) and Miss Piggy (aka Cathleen) stop by for the Bday Party!
Matt and his two girlfriends, Alexa & Taylor :) 
The Bday Girl and her Girls!
The Boys! 
Dreaming of the Cowboys on the way to Grandma's House!
Rylee is here!! Love her hair!!
24 WeeksWhat a BUSY week we've had enjoying our 6 month mark with such great family & friends, old AND new!! Matt and I have been absolutely determined to get our nursery done since we are dying to set up the crib and get the room finished. Matt has been helping me patiently paint the detailed ribbon in the nursery, although he has fired himself a couple times now!! He gets so frustrated if he doesn't make a perfect line...how did that happen??!! I found a soul mate perfectionist like myself!! hahaha It's coming along though and we've made huge progress since last week. Since I'm pretty much nocturnal at this point, I wake up at the crack of dawn, throw on my pink painting gloves (of course I can't mess up my french mani) and head into the nursery for a couple of hours of staring at the wall really hard while trying to keep a steady hand.
I was so excited to end my work week and start our weekend because our good friend Robyn Harris from New Jersey was in town visiting so I spent Friday doing Girl's Night with she, Jenn and our friend Alison who was enjoying her last moments of pregnancy!
I was so excited to end my work week and start our weekend because our good friend Robyn Harris from New Jersey was in town visiting so I spent Friday doing Girl's Night with she, Jenn and our friend Alison who was enjoying her last moments of pregnancy!
Matt and I were both excited as well to show off our progress to my family this past Saturday to celebrate my Mom's upcoming Bday at our home. My two brothers and their families as well as my Aunt Lois came to celebrate my wonderful Mom on her big day with lots of food and WAY too many ice cream sundaes! My nieces taught me that you can actually have all three types of ice cream in your banana split and really not feel guilty at all...wait...is that the pregnancy justification devil on my shoulder whispering in my ear? Either way...they were good!! I love being able to spend time with the fam especially since we all have so much going on in our day to day...and honestly, what beats putting a smile on your Mom's face!!
Sunday was the Happy Cowboy Day for the Channel household......Matt's Mom is originally from Minnesota so of course the entire family was talking smack through mass text messages the entire morning. Cathleen made hordes of corn beef cabbage chicken spaghetti & jalapeno pie as Matt, Cathleen, Beau, Daisy, The Bump and myself rooted for the Cowboys and the entire Gifford clan (Cathleen's sister's family) rooted for the Vikings down in the South. We all knew the Cowboys would clean up but it felt REALLY good gloating at the end of the game!! hahaha
Nanner Nanner Vikings fans...oh yeah and the Cowboys record just gets better :)
And to finish off our wonderful weekend, my girlfriend Alison and her husband Greg headed into the hospital for a 4am inducement to bring their lovely and beautiful little girl (also The Bump's BFF) into the world. Rylee Hordesky was born at 4:19pm on October 22nd, 7 pounds 7 ounces, and she is an angel! She has so much hair, the reddest little pout and big blue eyes. Alison is doing wonderfully and says, "labor is such a breeze!!"
In light of my current situation being pregnant and all....thank you Ali for putting hope at the end of the tunnel!! In 3 months, I hope I can say, "that was easy! Piece of cake!"
Our little pumpkin is getting so big, my stomach just gets harder and rounder each day, and my skin does feel like there is no way it can stretch any more. Thank goodness for belly lotion!! She is just about a foot long, maybe a tad longer, and she weighs a pound & a quarter at this point. Her lungs are developing branches of the respiratory tree. Her taste buds are developing this week and her brain is growing very rapidly. The other night I was actually able to feel the roundness of her head just a couple inches under my ribs and then she rolled and it disappeared. I also have started to have mild Braxton Hicks contractions throughout the day. These are normal around this time in the pregnancy but they do stop you in your tracks! The entire uterus contracts and hardens and your stomach feels like a steel ball. The first time it happened I freaked...of course calling the doc's nurse and my sister-in-law to question the normalcy of my rock hard pooch!!
What is amazing to learn is that my body is actually exercising to prepare for real labor when my contractions might not be slight and cause me to possibly curse, blame Matt for everything..."You did this to me!"and "Get her out of me now!"...and uncharacteristically crave drugs! Or maybe I'll be like Ali, pop the baby out and say "No prob!!"
For Matthew's sake, let's hope for the latter....a crazed pregnant woman is never an attractive site :)
Happy Birthday Mama!! Congrats Alison and Greg!! And LOVE to you all!!
Sunday was the Happy Cowboy Day for the Channel household......Matt's Mom is originally from Minnesota so of course the entire family was talking smack through mass text messages the entire morning. Cathleen made hordes of corn beef cabbage chicken spaghetti & jalapeno pie as Matt, Cathleen, Beau, Daisy, The Bump and myself rooted for the Cowboys and the entire Gifford clan (Cathleen's sister's family) rooted for the Vikings down in the South. We all knew the Cowboys would clean up but it felt REALLY good gloating at the end of the game!! hahaha
Nanner Nanner Vikings fans...oh yeah and the Cowboys record just gets better :)
And to finish off our wonderful weekend, my girlfriend Alison and her husband Greg headed into the hospital for a 4am inducement to bring their lovely and beautiful little girl (also The Bump's BFF) into the world. Rylee Hordesky was born at 4:19pm on October 22nd, 7 pounds 7 ounces, and she is an angel! She has so much hair, the reddest little pout and big blue eyes. Alison is doing wonderfully and says, "labor is such a breeze!!"
In light of my current situation being pregnant and all....thank you Ali for putting hope at the end of the tunnel!! In 3 months, I hope I can say, "that was easy! Piece of cake!"
Our little pumpkin is getting so big, my stomach just gets harder and rounder each day, and my skin does feel like there is no way it can stretch any more. Thank goodness for belly lotion!! She is just about a foot long, maybe a tad longer, and she weighs a pound & a quarter at this point. Her lungs are developing branches of the respiratory tree. Her taste buds are developing this week and her brain is growing very rapidly. The other night I was actually able to feel the roundness of her head just a couple inches under my ribs and then she rolled and it disappeared. I also have started to have mild Braxton Hicks contractions throughout the day. These are normal around this time in the pregnancy but they do stop you in your tracks! The entire uterus contracts and hardens and your stomach feels like a steel ball. The first time it happened I freaked...of course calling the doc's nurse and my sister-in-law to question the normalcy of my rock hard pooch!!
What is amazing to learn is that my body is actually exercising to prepare for real labor when my contractions might not be slight and cause me to possibly curse, blame Matt for everything..."You did this to me!"and "Get her out of me now!"...and uncharacteristically crave drugs! Or maybe I'll be like Ali, pop the baby out and say "No prob!!"
For Matthew's sake, let's hope for the latter....a crazed pregnant woman is never an attractive site :)
Happy Birthday Mama!! Congrats Alison and Greg!! And LOVE to you all!!
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