29 Weeks, 2 Days. {a pregnancy post}

As I type this I'm actually 30 weeks, exactly.  But, the way things are going these days if I don't post this now it may never get posted.  School's out and life is busy.  Who am I kidding?  Life is busy when school is in session.

In this 29th week of pregnancy I was tired and maybe a little emotional.  I could cry at the drop of a hat.  Darned pregnancy hormones.  Hubs would tell you I'm always emotional.  I disagree.  A little.  :o)

I also have killer indigestion.  Do you know of any foods or drinks that will help remedy that?  Tums don't seem to do the trick...no matter how many I chomp.

The baby is super active.  He {or she} likes the right side...of my rib cage.  I love feeling the little leg or arm or whatever piece of him {or her} that is so prominent on that side, just under my ribs.  I can gently press it out of the area and within seconds he's {or she's} right back where I moved him {or her} from.  I only remember this happening when I was pregnant with Jonah.  And he came out a nine pound baby!  Maybe this baby will be another big one.

Only eleven more weeks to be thinking of and working towards getting this baby all of the gear he {or she} needs.  A crib.  A car seat.  A stroller.  A wrap for me to carry him {or her} in.  It's been less than five years since McKinley was born and I've already forgotten all of what a baby needs.  Am I missing any necessities??

I still get asked, "do you know what you're having yet?"  We don't know.  We aren't finding out...until the big day!  We found out with all of the others.  We have boys and a girl.  It doesn't matter to us if this baby is a boy or a girl.  We just want a healthy baby!  And can you imagine what an amazing surprise it will be?!?!?

Yes, we already have names picked out.  We've shared with friends and family.  I'm going to wait to share on the blog because I want to be able to fully share with you the meaning behind his {or her} name.  It's so very special and totally deserves it's own post.

If I get all fancied up this week to take a 30 week pregnancy picture I'll be back to tell you more of how amazing it is to be carrying one if His creations!

Just for fun, how about a comparison photo??  I think it's kinda a hoot I'm wearing the same outfit!

Paper Culture {a review}

A few weeks ago I was asked to give Paper Culture a try.  Until then I had never heard of them.  I'm guessing you may not have heard of them either.

Well, today's your lucky day.  I'm gonna tell you all about them and how fabulous they are!

When I was asked to try their products I was super excited because I was specifically asked to give the baby shower invites a try.  Um, DUH!  Of course, I will absolutely, positively check that out!  I am pregnant, after all.

There was one drawback for me...we decided to not find out the gender of this baby. How in the world am I going to pick out a baby shower invite if I don't know if I'm having a boy or a girl. Paper Culture made it easy, believe it or not. I found a super cute gender-neutral invitation that I immediately fell in love with!



This baby is due at the end of summer. What better color scheme than red, white and blue? And whales? I love whales! This invitation was made for me!

I promptly ordered what I needed in the whale design and waited for my order to arrive on my doorstep. I was so very impressed with their shipping time. I received my order in less than seven days. That was from hitting 'submit' to pulling them from my mailbox. SUPER QUICK!

My invitations are perfect! The color is bright. The cardstock is 130lb, 17 pt. That's a considerably heavier weight paper than other printing companies. The corners of the invitations are rounded. For me, that's a special touch. It makes the invitations look so much more professional.

If I knew all of the names and addresses of the gals I wanted to invite at the time of ordering I could have had Paper Culture address, stamp and ship them all for me. For no extra cost. {other than the actual cost of the stamp}

Overall, I am highly pleased with my order...if you haven't already picked up on that. :o)

*****

What if I was having a girl?? I would choose these uber cute Babushka nesting dolls.


And if I knew I was having a boy? These little foxes would be my number one choice.


Wanna know some other fun facts that make Paper Culture stand out from the other printing companies?

*Paper Culture plants a tree with EVERY order (planted over 300,000 trees to date)

*Cards and envelopes are made from 100% post consumer recycled paper (so no new trees are cut down to produce your cards or envelopes)

*Paper Culture offsets it's entire carbon footprint

Fun, right?!

Who else is talking about Paper Culture??

*Paper Culture has been featured in publications like Real Simple, People, Martha Stewart, the Wall Street Journal, Parenting and dozens of others.

*Paper Culture has been used by celebrities such as Jewel, Toby Maguire, Elisabeth Hasselbeck, Kerri Walsh and more.

Paper Culture specializes in so much more than baby shower invitations.  You can find stationary, labels, wall art, holiday cards, birthday invitations, baby announcements and much more!

You can find Paper Culture on Facebook, Pinterest, Twitter or on their blog.



I was given a credit to Paper Culture on behalf of Global Influence to review their product.  All opinions are my own.