this little boy has wonderful timing! just hours after his due date, my water broke and we were headed to the hospital (but i'll save his birth story for another post).

COLSEN DREW MEHNER

born Monday, June 23rd, 2014

at 4:54am

weighing 8lbs 4oz & 19in long

we couldn't be happier and feel more blessed to have this little bundle of joy in our lives! he's such a good baby. we just brought him home yesterday and we're so happy to be a family of three now!

today is the day i have been looking forward to the past 9 months and i cannot believe it's finally here! so now... we just wait to meet him this week which is so exciting! i'm trying to be as patient as i can so let's hope i don't go insane this week :)

How far along are you? 40 weeks 
Due Date? TODAY!
Total weight gain: 40 lbs   
Countdown? now that my due date is here and will be gone... who knows when this little one will decide to come!
Maternity Clothes? SO ready to be out of them...   
Stretch Marks? yes
Sleep: (insert thumbs down icon) it's been horrible the last week. 
Movement?  yes
Food Cravings: nothing particular lately
Symptoms? ITCHY SKIN! heartburn, definitely swollen feet and hands
Belly Button in or Out? flat  
Labor signs? my last doctor appointment i was still dilated about the same (1.5cm). my next appointment is tuesday so i guess we'll see how things are then if i don't have the baby before that!
Wedding ring on or off? it's been off the past couple weeks now
Happy or Moody? getting impatient and just tired of being pregnant :/  
Looking Forward to: meeting our son!  

this weekend we went to a cardinals game! i'm not a huge baseball fan, but there's something about the atmosphere of going to a baseball game in the summertime, listening to the crowd cheer when there's a home run, and eating nachos. (i instantly regretted eating those...) afterward we got some delicious frozen custard at the famous ted drewes.

on sunday, i surprised kevin with a little wrapped gift for fathers day that i made sure he opened before church so he could wear it; it was a new tie ;) we enjoyed our long sunday nap, talking to our fathers and playing games with some friends.

i'd say it was a pretty good weekend.

since we are living in an apartment for the summer here in St. Louis, we only packed the essentials and left the rest of our things back at home in utah. we got a furnished apartment so that was really nice to come to. i thought i would have time to decorate the nursery at our home before coming out here, but sadly i never got around to finishing it (it'll be a project to keep me busy when we return!). so i knew i wanted to find some small ways to cheaply decorate a "nursery" for our boy here. i set up the co-sleeper crib next to our bed and hung some pictures on the wall. on our dresser, i put the changing pad and a basket filled with diapers and wipes. the nesting vibes are kicking in full gear waiting for this baby to arrive!

every time i look at my belly, i am just amazed that there is a little boy growing in there. it's such a crazy thing to think about! (i mean, how does he fit?!) i am constantly wondering what he'll look like, what his personality will be like and how he's going to change our lives completely in just a couple weeks. kevin and i are SO excited to meet him. we are incredibly thankful that everything has gone so well with my pregnancy and that we have a healthy boy. i'll miss being pregnant because i've loved this journey; but i sure am excited and ready for this next chapter in our lives to have a family of three (and to have my normal self/body back!).

How far along are you? 38 weeks + 3 days  
Due Date? June 22nd
Total weight gain: 38 whoppin lbs   
Countdown?  1 week and 4 days
Maternity Clothes? most definitely   
Stretch Marks? yes
Sleep: besides the occasional getting up to pee and taking what seems like a minute just to change sides, my sleeping hasn't been too bad lately! i do have crazy random dreams. ex: last night i had a dream that i still had braces (!!!) so when i woke up this morning, i literally had to check my teeth to be sure it was just a dream (thank goodness it was haha)    
Best moments: talking with kevin about our baby boy and how excited we are to meet him so soon! 
Movement?  yup!
Food Cravings: peanut butter and chocolate! yumm
Symptoms? heartburn, swollen feet and hands, nesting!, frequent urination   
Belly Button in or Out? stretched and flat but somehow still makes an appearance through my clothes that it's sticking out  
Labor signs? well i'm currently 1.5 cm dilated and about 80% effaced, i've had "bloody show" the past couple days and i'm sure my mucus plug has come out (TMI?) so hoping that labor is just around the corner! however, i haven't felt many contractions though 
Wedding ring on or off? haven't been able to wear it the past few days since my hands have swollen a little. i feel naked without it!
Happy or Moody? definitely emotional.  
Looking Forward to: my mom coming next week! yay! 

remember that one time we went on a babymoon to costa rica?! well i'm finally posting the photos! looking back at all these images really makes me miss that place. we were there for 9 days and loved every minute of it. i'm so glad we decided to do a babymoon vacation to get away from the colder utah weather, spend time together before the baby and it was really fun going with my parents! we love traveling with them.

click below to read about our adventures there + see sun filled images of palm trees, beaches, cute animals and a (much smaller than it is now) preggo bump ;)

i sit here at home with music playing in the background, a thunder storm passing by outside and feeling my little boy kick inside of me. where have the last 8 1/2 months gone?! i seriously cannot believe we're at the final countdown with this pregnancy. to think that within the next couple weeks i'll have a baby in my arms makes me so incredibly happy! i'll definitely miss being pregnant, even with all its aches and body changes that go with it, because it's so worth it in the end.

now we play the waiting game...

i wish i could post them all but here are some of my favorites from our maternity session with christal bridge photography. it is so nice having some updated photos of kevin and i together since the last time we did a photo session was... at our wedding!

i can't believe our little boy will be here with us within a couple weeks (!!!). well, he could be here any day now, which i wouldn't mind :) i'm just hoping he decides to come sooner than later or i'll go crazy!

chowing down on BBQ food with the sales team,
soaking in the summer heat (and humidity!),
kicking back in the theater chairs watching the new X-Men movie,
walking around the st louis zoo,
+ loving our pictures from the maternity session we did with christal bridge photography! i'll be posting them soon!