20 weeks!

20 weeks! We are half way through our pregnancy! So so blessed and excited! Our babies are 10 inches from head to toe and about 10 1/2 oz. Thanks to babycenter.com! Jess and I had a great conversation last night! Sharing happy news! We are planning to name our baby girl Ella Mae! I love the name Ella! It comes from our mom's names! My moms middle name is ellen and Gavin's moms first name is ellen! I like that! Mae comes from my dear gramma's name! So Ella Mae it is! And for our precious boy, your name is still in the works!

We can't wait to meet our precious little love bugs!

 

BABY NEWS!

We received some amazing news at our anatomical ultrasound. We were unable to be there due to Gavin needing surgery to his right knee due to the good ol' dirt bike. It was an unbelievable evening! Jess planned to call us during the ultrasound as long as it was okay. Waiting for that phone call was like waiting for Christmas morning! So so exciting!

The above pic is from our last LA visit. Jess called when the ultrasound began to share that...

Yeah!!!! A few seconds go by and then

 

 

 

 

So much Joy and happiness! I actually was screaming and jumping up and down! It was the best feeling! We are so blessed in many many ways!

Amazing link,check it out! http://carrieannemiranda.com/archives/878



Have a Suneday!

Carly

 

Vintage love!

Love for vintage illustrations!

I want to share some sweet images from Eloise Wilkins. I adore her work. I have some of her

Golden books, but I actually picked up this one from TJMaxx. It's a golden books collection

of Elloise Wilkins stories! What a score! ;) These are a few of my favorites!

I look forward to sharing these lovely stories and pictures with my little ones pretty soon! We are 17.5 weeks! Thursday is a big day, we should be finding out the sexes! Holy cow, we're almost half way through our pregnancy!

Have a Suneday!

Carly

 

Linking to- http://linda-coastalcharm.blogspot.com/

Ulta haul!

Hello!

Really hard to believe were in the middle of june! I'm super excited that were in our second trimester! Were actually 16 weeks! All is well in the baby dept. we have an appt. on wednesday for a 17 week/2nd trimester check up!

Well last week I treated myself to some new cosmetics! FUN! I hadn't been to Ulta before, but its currently my favorite store! My sister and I went for the first time and it was like a kid in the candy store! Wow!

Its awesome, it has about hallf drug store prices and the other half department store prices. There is a tester for everything which is a huge plus. So here is what I bought!

This Laura Geller baked body frosting/ bronzer is awesome,it has a beautiful glow!

I haven't bought myself an expensive perfume in forever! I <3 it!

I have to say the urban decay eye pencils are the best! I bought the color underground (purpley,grayish brown) I love it! I thought it was time for a new shade. So I got mildew! It's metalicy green.

Finally to this great stilla palette I've used the shades kitten and sugar before so why not get it all for $20.

 

Lastly I got this really fun nail polish in blue lagoon! Love the shade, lovely blue with a shimmer! New tube of lipstick for a couple of dollars in Darling!

Have a Suneday!

Carly

Happy Father's Day!

 

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DIY

Hope everyone's enjoying their weekend! Very relaxing weekend, working on our future nursery.

I wanted to share my latest project. I really like the way it came out! What a great idea,using a vintage

hankie! While in blog land I found this great tutorial!

http://thecottagehome.blogspot.com/2010/06/vintage-hanky-tote-tutorial.html

 

 

 

 

I plan on making a few more, I think they make cute little gifts! Who couldn't use a sweet tote!

Have a Suneday!

Carly

Linking to- http://linda-coastalcharm.blogspot.com/

 

BIG NEWS!

Well it's been way to long since I've done a post, but I've been busy! We're having twins! We are so excited our family is growing! We couldn't have done it without our surrogate Jessica! We are so blessed! We had our egg retrieval and transfer in early March, we then had 13 days before we got any news. There were many prayers! Towards the end Jess actually shared with us that she felt pregnant! As a mother of 2, we felt so excited! On Monday, March 26th we got a positive pregnancy test! Our beta number was 1521! Which is great, high which gave us hopes for twins! On Wednesday, March 28 our beta number doubled! Yeah! April 10, 6wks6days was ultrasound #1, we found out that we had two sacs, and 1 heartbeat! Our doc said it was still early, we were thrilled and we knew what we had to do! Prayer!

Gavin and I had plans to fly out to California for our 2nd ultrasound! So much to be thankful for! On Saturday April 28, we had 2 amazing heartbeats! The babies our so precious and little just an inch at 9 1/2 weeks. I wanted to jump up and down with joy! What a feeling!

We were so lucky to share the weekend with Jess and her family! Following the appointment we had a lovely lunch and we spent the afternoon at Santa Monica beach and Pier! We planned a day at the LA Zoo for Sunday!

A fun filled amazing weekend!

We are so looking forward to parenthood and a lifetime friend!

Lots of smiles!

Carly



 

Lovely Easter swap!

Look at these goodies! All beautifully wrapped! I absolutely love getting mail especially packages! I was super excited to receive the package, I sat down and opened it slowly enjoying very little bit!

I must admit I love this sweet little Easter window box and lovely vintage chicky card! Sue, I don't blame you for putting little post its inside to save the precious little card. Thank you!

Thank you Sue from http://suelovescherries.blogspot.com/2012/02/easter-swap.html
For hosting a wonderful Easter swap,being my partner and a sweet gift!
Have a Suneday!
Enjoy the weekend!
Carly