week 29: home sweet homa.

it's baby shower week!  blakey & i headed home for a few days with family & friends, a 30th birthday party, our big truck baby party, & our baby shower!  it was so nice to be in oklahoma & eat at our favorite places & lay out by the pool & do a little shopping & celebrate miss nora belle.

julie & benny boo & little man were in town for the week too, which was incredible!  malcolm & i built a lot of tracks & played choo choo.  & he got to ride an amazing john deere tractor!  so cool, little man.

{grandpa, benny boo, & little man's pool day}

{we just had to take the 

7-months pregnant vs not pregnant 

baby bump pic}

{tanky was a little out of it after a procedure}

& my dearest friend, cari, turned THIRTY!!!  we celebrated with a party on the rooftop patio at packard's in okc.  oh my gosh, this place is awesome!  & it's two blocks from our old loft.  an evening under the stars with a great view of downtown, so many wonderful people, celebrating an amazing friend.  happy birthday to you, cari marie!!

{so excited for baby cohen & miss nora belle to be best friends.}

{my love!}

love love,

kjp.

week 28: hello third trimester!

third trimester is here!  & that means nora belle is going to be here soon!  we cannot believe it but are incredibly excited.  little one is showing her personality more & more.  anytime something pushes against my belly - be it my purse, tank, or the ultrasound device - nora belle kicks back it.  this little girl does not want anything all up in her space.  that or she wants to say "hello!" back.

we got to see her beautiful little face again this week!  i cannot believe how much she's grown since we saw her 10 weeks ago!  the sonographer estimated her weight at 2 lb 13 oz, right around the 50th percentile.  she is doing great & all of her measurements checked out normally.  keep growing strong & healthy, little one!

second trimester certainly left with as much gusto as it came in.  i'm relearning all about this exhaustion from nothing thing & the random immediate need to eat every once in awhile. i am truly thankful for this time to rest & take care of myself & nora belle & get the things accomplished we need to.  & thankful for a wonderful husband who understands & appreciates it all.

love love,
kjp.

week 27: opening those eyes!

it's my last week of my second trimester!  oh my goodness, time is flying.  this week, nora belle is about the size of a head of cauliflower & weighs about two pounds.  she is learning to sleep for awhile at a time & then waking up to have a party in my belly.  you can even sometimes see her kicking!

a very wonderful thing happened for me in kansas city this week - i finally found a delicious americano.  excellent beans, a barista who knows what they are doing, & an appropriate amount of water.  i am a happy girl.  oddly correct, i knew you wouldn't disappoint.  i heart you.

& i made scones this week!  mmmmmm... maple pecan scones.  i heart you too.

{happy husband}

 {& a delicious mocktail & cocktail at remedy!

happy wife}

love love,

kjp.

week 26: happy birthday, blakey!

it was blakey's birthday this weekend!  the big 3-1.  old man :)  we celebrated with his parents in kansas city all weekend with lots of delicious dinners, including one of blake's favorite restaurant concepts - the brazilian steakhouse {fogo de chao}.  all the meat you can eat served on a sword?!  yes, please.  it was awesome & delicious.  we also went to an old kansas city favorite burger joint {westport flea market} & a delicious local frozen custard place {foo's fabulous frozen custard}.  so many birthday feasts! that's the best kind of birthday.

blake & dave also spent the weekend fancying up nora belle's nursery!  they installed a pretty white fan & built her crib!  {thank you mom & ray for the beautiful crib!}  she now has a place to sleep, a place to get rocked to sleep, & place to put all of her teeny tiny clothes.  it's coming together, nora belle!

 {the fellas hard at work}

 {LOVE her modern crib}

we hit the 100 days 'til mark this week!  & then we fast forwarded three days at our first OB appointment in kansas city - our new due date is october 21st!  little girl is growing right on schedule & has a healthy heartbeat.  we'll get to see her little face again in another week!  

love love,

kjp.

week 25: hello, cravings!

those pregnancy cravings everyone always talks about have finally begun.  a few relatively normal foods sound simply amazing & refuse to exit my brain like ice cream & coffee & sweet treats of any kind.  but one quite random, not something i ever eat, keeps popping up - taco bell.  taco bell??  really??  is that even food?  so one day last week, i told my husband of my random cravings, & he picked up taco bell for us for dinner.  sweetest man in the world.  & a delicious dinner it was.  hopefully, we can keep those not-really-food meals to a minimum.

oh!  my belly button is getting oh so funny looking.  it has squished itself into a little flat indented button with a nose on top.  confession: i have always disliked how my belly button looks.  it was this super deep hole my entire life, like a hole to the middle of nowhere.  so i was pretty excited about pregnancy changing it.  now... not so sure this is better!  it's certainly not worse.  it's a funny little thing, pregnancy.

& to make your day a million times happier, please watch this video of my wonderful nephew:

love love,

kjp.

week 24: fireworks!

happy fourth of july & happy 24 weeks!  this nora belly is growing bigger each & every day.  i am feeling her kick more & more, which is just as neat as it was the first time around.  she likes to party after i eat & just about anytime i actually sit down & rest.  it's so nice to know she's having a fun time in there.

blakey & i headed home to celebrate the fourth of july in oooooooklahoma!  the entire porter clan was there, including the adorable baby brooks.  we were so excited to finally meet the little man.  he's so long & skinny & happy to sleep most of the day.  & he has the most adorable little smile.  we are so excited to watch you grow, brooks wilson!

we also got to celebrate the fourth with caric & their little baby caric, coming january 2015!!  our little ones are going to be best of friends.  i cannot wait.

to celebrate parent-style, all four of us cooked up an incredible holiday feast - brats & sauerkraut & grilled corn & avocado salad & brown butter rice krispie treats!  it was oh so nice to spend the day with our wonderful friends.

& we bought a new car!  my first mom car.  can't you see me running around with all of the kiddos in this gem?  can't wait :)

love love,
kjp.