Upcoming CSN Review!

I'm super excited to do a review for CSN Stores! CSN Stores has over 200 different stores to choose from and over 1 million items, including beautiful dining room tables, children's furniture, and cookware! They offer competitive pricing that you can't find on other retail online stores. They also do price matching, and have some of the fastest shipping I have ever seen!

One of my favorite things about CSN is that they have EVERYTHING you want! You can find just about anything you want by just typing in what you are looking for in the search engine. Being pregnant, their are a million things that I always need. I love the fact that I can order what I need, and CSN will let you know before hand how many days it will be before your item ships. Then when your item ships you receive an email letting you know when it will arrive, which is always really quickly!

I can't wait to share my review with everyone! I just wish I would have found out about CSN Stores earlier!

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34 Week Ultrasound and Appointment

Today we had an ultrasound to check out sweet baby Brynley Sage! Let me just say this little girl has GROWN. At 30 weeks she weighed 3lbs and 5 oz. Today she weighed 5 lbs and 5oz. She is still head down and seems to be doing very well. She is very low already, I was actually shocked to see how low she actually is. I was also shocked that she was so big that we could barely tell anything about her on the ultrasound machine and pictures. Dr. Woods talked to us today about pediatricians and about the "not so fun" next appointment.

It still has not sank into me that I am about to be a Mommy. I can't wait, but I still don't think it will actually sink in until the day I deliver!

Brynley's Nursery

Well, we finally have Brynley's nursery 95% ready! I LOVE it!! It is so calming and relaxing, just like I wanted! We are just waiting for her wall monogram and her paintings for the wall to come in now. I have also found a few Maya Trend Lab products that I want to order to complete the look. I have seen a cute lamp shade and hamper that match her bedding so well , maybe I will get those soon!

Telling Our Family

When we found out we were pregnant I decided that we should wait until Christmas to tell my family. Everyone knows I can't keep anything from my momma, granny, or Shawna. However, I had no trouble keeping the secret. Robyn on the other hand, couldn't wait to tell.

Before we told the wonderful news we had already been to our 1st dr. visit and had blood work. It was almost 3 weeks from the time we found out, until we shared the news. Robyn called my momma every night and asked when we were having Christmas at Brandon's house. I told him she was going to know something was going on if he didn't quit calling, but she didn't figure it out.

We wanted everything to be special, and everything to be a surprise, especially since no one knew this could have even been happening. We bought everyone a glass, polka dot, AL. christmas ornament to throw them off. Robyn used stickers to put Lolly and Pop on momma and daddy's, Uncle and Auntie on Brandon and Kerry's, Uncle on Brent's, and G-Bob on Granny's. We told everyone to open their gifts at the same time. Mom looked at hers and said, "When you have a baby I'm not gonna be called Lolly."

About that time Kerry screams, "Oh my god, yall are having a baby!" Momma still didn't get it. Finally I had to look at her and tell her that I was pregnant. Everyone was in complete shock. I then picked up the phone to call Shawna.

When she answered I said, "Do you think our babies will be best friends like we are?"

She goes into, "I've been thinking about that. If you get pregnant sometime next year I bet they will be."

I then say, "Well it won't be next year, I am pregnant."

She couldn't believe it. It was such a wonderful night for both Robyn and me. However, we decided not to tell anyone else until I was 12 weeks along!

We have Nursery Furniture ....FINALLY!

We finally have Brynley's Baby Furniture! We thought we were getting it Saturday, but when we got to the store that we ordered it from at the end of March so pieces weren't in yet. They were suppose to be in weeks ago. After a huge hassel the owner gave us our money back and we found the furniture in stock at the only other store in AL. that carries it! THANK YOU LORD JESUS!!!!

We went today and picked it up. They actually had a much better price than the other store, and were so nice to give us a coupon for $50 off her mattress, so we got that today also! Robyn says her room will be ready by Saturday. I think all we will like are her 2 wall paintings and curtains then, but the majority will be finished!

Brynley's Baby Shower

Saturday, June 19th, was Brynley's Baby Shower! It was held at the Cullman County Museum and was hosted by friends and family! All the decorations were absolutly beautiful, and we had a great turn out. The decorations matched the theme of her room, pink, brown, and green paisley!

Brynley received tons of wonderful gifts! It is a great feeling to know that so many people love you this much! I truly believe we have a spoiled baby on our hands!

Today we started our 2 week appointments. Dr. Woods said I would get to have one more ultrasound at the next appointment. This is great timing because Robyn will

be off work during this time and can go see his little princess! Brynley has been kicking and moving tons. At my final UAB appointment we found out that she is already head down. I can't believe how quickly this pregnancy has gone. At the beginning I was so terribly sick and every day I wondered if I would ever make it to August. Since March I have felt great, and things have flown by. Now I think I am going to miss being pregnant. I am going to miss feeling my precious love moving around in my belly, and being able to keep her protected inside of me.

How We Found Out We Were Expecting

I know this is a little late, but this is something I want to remember forever.

I have been on birth control for eight years, The Patch, which I LOVE. I knew exactly when my period would come, on Wednesday at 10:00 on the week of my cycle each month. In October we decided to go ahead and get off of it because we wanted to start trying for a baby in January, and I wanted it out of my system for 3 months before we started to try.

Thanksgiving Break rolls around and I clearly remember Mrs. Acosta at school walking by and saying, "You better get some practice over the break." Which strikes me as hilarious now, knowing when I got pregnant.

So we come back from break and Mrs. Monette looks at me and says, "You weren't on FB much, so I guess we know what you were doing." Which wasn't neccessarily the case, but my family shops the entire week of Thanksgiving!

Well on Monday, December 7th I was suppose to start my period...it wasn't on Wednesday because of getting off my patch. We had a BBSST meeting that day, and I wanted a Sprite SOOOOOOO bad. I don't like sprite, everyone knows I drink Mt. Dew always. I walk to the drink machine and get a sprite and Mrs. Shar looks up at me and says, "Uh-Oh, the only time I have ever craved sprite was when I found out I was pregnant." I explained to her that it couldnt be possible, I had just got off my patch, and so forth.

We have our meeting, and at some point during the day for no reason , Mrs. Monette informs me that I am pregnant. I again tell her NO WAY.

That night I get home and I still haven't started. I really didn't think anything about it because I figured it would be late because of not having my patch. About 8 o'clock I decide that I should just take a pregnancy test. I had one in the bathroom because I have always been one to think I was pregnant, even when I knew I couldn't be. Well this just happened to be a very expensive digital test that my husband told me I better not waste and that I didn't need to take pregnancy tests until I was over a week late. Well, I just had to take one for some reason , so I go in the bathroom and take it. Well, Robyn NEVER walks in the bathroom while I am in there, and of course this night he did. I put the test under the cabinet and listened to him. When he finally left I got it out ready to throw it away because I just knew that I really wasn't pregnant.

I looked at the stick and it says ---PREGNANT......I have always planned how I would tell my husband in a sweet way..well that all went down the drain. I started yelling , "Robyn, ROBYN, ROBYN, come here..OMG OMG OMG." I started shaking all over, I was scared to death at the moment. Robyn walked in and I said, "OMG Robyn, I am pregnant." He looked confused, and I explained that I took the test because everyone at school had told me I was pregnant and I knew he told me not to waste them but it wasnt wasted.

We get in the car and head to the dollar general where we buy 2 more tests. I took all of them and they all came back positive. Once the shock was over, we were sooooo excited. God blessed us more quickly than we could have ever imagined.

We decided to wait to tell anyone until Christmas. For some reason this was no problem for me, the person who can't keep anything from my Mom, Granny, or Shawna. Robyn, on the other hand, he was dying to tell my Momma. He would call her everynight to see when we were meeting for Christmas. I told him she was going to figure out that something was up.

We went to the dr. on Dec. 15th and found out that we did indeed get pregnant over the Thanksgiving Holidays----I guess we didn't need that practice did we, Mrs. Acosta....LOL