the bump: 30 weeks + Weekend filled with Christmassiness

So this past week I turned 30 weeks! I cannot believe there are only 10 more. It is going by way too fast. I am just recently REALLY enjoying it. The perks of being pregnant: Not having to suck your stomach in in pics (even though I still do, thinking its going to go away..hehe), being able to wear elastic pants all day-every day. Eating absolutely anything i want and not having a stomach ache or the runs afterward. This is huge for me- having Crohn's disease, I have always had to be very careful with my diet. There is no way I could ever eat pizza at 10pm.. and with pregnancy I not only ate pizza at 10pm but topped it off with peppermint joe joes at midnight! haha! No but all joking aside, i just feel overly blessed with this little miracle growing inside of me!

There is nothing like hearing his heartbeat, feeling him kick, and last week we got to see him again and he was facing out looking at us. It was amazing!

Well after our appointment on Thursday- we started our big Christmas weekend with Christmas on the Prado with our friends the Dodds- and met up with many others while walking through, after Christmas on the prado- we got pizza at Whole foods, watched elf, wore matching pjs and had a little sleepover with our dear friends lacey and patrick.

The next day we celebrated Christmas with all our wonderful friends in Southpark.

It was so much fun.

Then on Sunday, I hosted a Christmas cookie decorating party. It was so much fun. I was EXHAUSTED by the end of it all- but there is no better time of year! Merry Christmas everyone!

Grumpy boys- lost from their wives in Balboa park

Cheery wives found their grumpy husbands

Cheri and Andy- love them

Met up with all the girls in front of the big cmas tree!

lacey +patrick

Pj post party: Dodds +Walkers= Plaidmania

Forever Plaid

I havent laughed soo hard in so so long! Patrick was making me laugh soo hard.. if you could only hear his laugh- it would make you laugh too!

Our cute christmas tree.

Annual Christmas Party with all the Ptloma Gals

Becks: Hostess with the mostess

Cute Decor- the girls did such a good job!

Beautiful friends: Becks, Kate and Melody

Our first PT(pregnant twinsie) pic

Be Sexy Kar..

Pykes-Prom pose

Struttin our prego stuff :)

Pregnant twins with our two lil boys :) laughing it up

Lauren being lauren.

Me and my dear friend Jen

Sean painting Reid's name on a piece of art.

Love the Arias's

Me and Lo

Sara and Rachelle

Best friends being jolly!

Relaxin at the end of the night

The whole gang!

Volunteering at the Toussaint Academy

Last week, a bunch of us went down and volunteered at the Toussaint Academy. It is a home downtown San Diego that houses teenagers that need a home. Many of the kids are homeless for different reasons. Some have parents in prison, parents that have abandoned them, parents that have passed away. My mother in law's work always puts on a Christmas party for these kids each year, but this year they decided instead of throwing them a party- they had a bunch of us go down and decorate their home from floor to ceiling. So that they would feel like that had Christmas all season long! It was so much fun! It definitely started out the Christmas season out right. The kids really enjoyed it and it was so fun to just love on them. Here are some pics of the fun night. Each room had a different theme.

Chris- my bro in law- decorating it up

Sis-in- law decorated the cutest room using decals on the walls

My cute ma-in law- who organized it all!

Christmas is Coming..

Tonight we went out and got our very first grown up Christmas tree. For the past 3 years that we have celebrated Christmas together- we have lived in the trailer- and always had to buy a charlie brown christmas tree that is only like 2 feet tall. But this year- we have our own little house and actually could get a big tree. It was so fun to go the lot and pick out our tree. We decided on the grand fir. It is kind of a crossbreed between a Douglass and a Noble Fir. I prefer the noble fir and sean likes the Douglass fir- therefore the Grand was the perfect medium. We strapped the 6 ft tree on top of Turbo and off we went. We picked up christmas sprinkled donut holes on the way home and enjoyed our 1st day of December-decorating our tree. Nothing better than spiced cider, donut holes, christmas music, fire, and decorating the tree with the person you love the most!

Happy December 1st. Hope everyone has a blessed holiday season and remember the true reason we celebrate this time of year. There is no other time of year I love more! Everything about December and Christmas makes me joyful!

the bump: 29 weeks

I cannot believe Thanksgiving is already here. Sean's family goes beach camping every year for the whole week of Thanksgiving. Unfortunately since we were in Seattle til Monday before Thanksgiving- I wasn't able to get much time off work. But we did enjoy the latter of the week. Sean went up Thursday for the feast, and I came up later that night after work. We woke up Friday and did the deed of BLACK FRIDAY! Sean and I have done it before and got a kick out of it.. so we decided to try it again! It was so fun! We bought lots of electronics, movies and household items. It was really fun! Later Friday morning- the Walker women- threw me a little beachy baby shower. All the women that are a part of beach week- came together and threw me a shower. It was so adorable and fun! My mom, sister and niece joined us, and we had a great time, eating, playing games, chatting and opening gifts. That afternoon we just hung out at the beach, and then that night had some friends and more family come up for dinner/soup night. Friday night is my favorite night of all at the beach, because my family always joins Sean's family and we all eat together and make smores by the campfire. It is the epitome of what holidays are all about. I had so much to be thankful for this year! I can not express how blessed I feel to carry a child inside of me! It is mind boggling to me still that God would bless Sean and I with such a gift.
My sweet niece ( my lil twin)
My beautiful sister and crazy spaniard :)




My beautiful mom



My amazing aunt and uncle

My cute brother and sis-n-law

Lobster Diving at Beach Camping








My adorable niece and nephew.. always craziness!
Lovin the beautiful SD sunsets!


We are so cool in our ray bans :)

My beachy baby shower- love the homemade bag from bella boo.