34 weeks!

34 weeks and 4 days! 

my goodness i can't believe i'm almost to the finish line. 

slightly freaking out and slightly so excited i can't even stand it. 

i'm at that point where i often find myself day dreaming about how life will be with a little one. 

i'm so excited to be a mom and to watch and see brandon become a dad. 

we talk about it all the time. this time right now we will be giving him a bath or i bet we just watch him on a blanket on the floor or he's going to love going to grandmas house and being on the farm. 

i hope and pray i will be a good mother to my little one. i hope i can be the example he needs throughout his life and not just a mother but also a friend to him. because i'm pretty sure he's going to be my best little sidekick and i'm not ever going to want to let him go. #obsessedmom  

baby i can't wait to see what you will look like. if you have my ears or your dad's lips if you have dark hair or no hair. either way you'll be the cutest little thing and i'll probably kiss you 27364 times. 

mama can't wait to meet you in just a few short couple weeks. 

cheers to the end! 

baby room update!

our favorite place in our house is hands down the baby's room. we always just hang out in there. 

i love it. its came a long way. the room before was kinda my little storage place. its where i did my make up and just stashed all my unnecessary junk i have. ha ha cleaning it out took some time. 

we first needed to paint the room you will see why below... hideous! brandon worked really hard on the baby's room during his christmas break. thank you hubby! it looks so good!  

^^WHY they painted it like this is beyond me!^^ 

^^we decided to paint the walls a light gray. we LOVE it!^^

^^painting all day long!^^

^^this was such a fun night setting up the crib. brandon surprised me and bought the crib all by himself. #proudwife!^^

^^reading instructions!^^

^^i mostly sat and watched and laid in my body pillow!^^

^^my mother gave us a rocking chair that needed to be re-painted and the cushions needed to be redone too. she did that part and brandon spray painted the chair white for me. i love it!^^

so now we got a dresser and a crib and a rocking chair. 

all i need to do is work on decorating... which is the hard part. 

6 more weeks! ahhhhh!! 

it's a baby!

song: baby by justin bieber 
this was such a special night for me and brandon. 

it was the night i found out i was going to be a mama and him a dad. i was over the moon excited and also extremely overwhelmed and nervous! this was clear back on july 15 2014. we waited quite some time to take a test because we thought there was no way it could have happened that fast. we just kept putting it off. i don't know the reason why its time for our little family to start but

 boy am i happy and thankful about it. 

without telling brandon i went to the store and bought the test. i remember at the store hiding it because i was scared i would run into someone i know. ha ha when i got home i was so scared to actually take the test. when i started opening it up i was shaking so bad (which i never do) and i flung it right in the toilet. after that happened i realized i needed to breathe and shut the toilet so that wouldn't happen again ha ha i did the test and left it on the counter and waited what seemed like an eternity and walked in and looked and it was the double lines. this is where i went into shock. i wanted to take another test to make sure so i went back to the store and bought more. sure enough all positive. man oh man was i so happy. 

finally brandon got home that night after studying around 10pm and i decided really quick on how to share the news with him. so i put it up on the bathroom mirror. 

i filmed his reaction and it was perfect. 

we're so excited and thankful and blessed to become parents.
i'm so glad we have this little video to always remember that night and his reaction. 

baby we love you! 

can't wait to meet you baby! 

baby updates!

over here at the granges house its all about baby! 

we are preparing for this little guy like crazy. 

1. we went and picked out a paint color for his room. a light gray we love it! 

2. we love to feel his little movements and kicks together. he likes his daddys voice. 

3. we got the crib and set it up! it was so fun.. more pictures to come on that project. 

4. my mother gave us a rocking chair and she spent many hours recovering the cushions and brandon spent many hours taking it apart and repainting it. its perfect. 

5. 30 week check up! everything is going well! 

6. we got all the crib stuff. my mom did such a good job. i love love love it! 

7. 30 weeks and 6 days in that photo. i love to hang out in the babys room. 

8. brandon found all his old legos and he set them up in the corner of the dresser and his little jordan shoes. it was very cute. he's so excited to be a dad! 

9. 31 weeks and growing like a weed! 

30 Weeks!!

30 weeks!! 

i'm a have mixed emotions because i'm 30 weeks! i have less than 10 weeks to go. honestly i'm so excited but also slightly freaking out. i remember when i was barely 10 weeks. i remember thinking i'm 10 weeks holy cow i'm so far along and now i look back and laugh. 

you get to this point of your pregnancy where you're like bring on the nursery and decorating and baby showers and then you also have this point where your like give me more time i'm not ready! 

that is me right now to a T. 

i wonder what this little handsome guy is going to look like. more like his mama or his dad. lots of hair or completely bald? dark skin or light. both brandon and i were born with really dark hair and dark skin. i just can't wait to meet him!

how far along are you? technically 30 weeks and 6 days. 

gender? boy! 

how big is baby? he is the size of a butternut squash (17in, 3.1 lbs) 

maternity clothes? still just my one pair of pants. i thank my lucky stars for them. ha 

sleep? sleep is good. it takes me awhile to fall asleep and he thinks its party in my tummy when i lay down. but really no complaints. just need my sleep. :) 

movement? yup. he loves to push and kick his mama. his movements are my favorite. 

weight gain? doctors apt yesterday and i gained 4 pounds in 4 weeks! i'm a chunker. 

food cravings? not really. i just see or think of stuff i want and won't stop tell i get it. 

this week strawberries and homemade rootbeer. 

food aversions? nope. 

labor signs? nope. 

belly button in or out? i like to say half way in and half way out. 

best moment this week? hearing his little heartbeat at the doctors apt. he's doing so well. 

some happy moments? sitting down and just watch my tummy ripple back and forth as he moves and kicks. really he has stolen my heart. 

what am i looking forward to? baby showers!!! WHAOOO! and decorating the room. 

love you baby boy. 

2015!!!

happy 2015! 

i can't believe another year has gone by. soooo fast. 

this year was a wonderful year. so many things happened and wonderful memories made. 

i got to have my first garden and grow my own flowers and made my very first trip to disneyland and sea world. this year was a really good year. 

my most favorite part was finding out my dream of being a mother was coming true. 

and best part to a baby boy! 

thanks for being such a good year 2014. i learned lots, made lots of fun memories and really just had a good time. you will be missed..buuuut

bring on 2015 baby!!! 

**2013 review can be found here**

christmas 2014!

christmas day was wonderful! 

it was one of my favorites really. this one i will always remember lots of fun memories and good time were made. brandon and i are big on having a little time to ourselves and making sure our little family has alone time to make memories. 

that christmas morning i woke up at 5:40 (totally wasn't planning on that early) and i sat awake till about 7ish for brandon to wake up. the joy of being pregnant i guess. we woke up and had a nice little morning. we opened up our gifts from each other and even baby boy got a few gifts too! 

it was a wonderful day. the holidays are such a wonderful time. 

^^brandon got this ottoman for downstairs! he picked it all out!^^

^^boys will be boys. ha ha he loves these little mini helmets to decorate his office with!^^

^^i love willow trees and i always wanted this one when i become a mama and santa got one of me. 

thanks santa it means so much!^^

^^spoiled little boy! brandon surprised me with all of this i was totally shocked and so happy!^^

^^baby boy got a little note from santa!^^

^^guys this pillow is amaaazzzzing.^^

^^a man and his tools.... sexy :)^^

^^after our little christmas we went to my mama's house. all my siblings were there and can i just say i LOVE when were all together. my parents gave us this awesome waffle maker. we used it already and we loved it! ps. thanks for the towels too parents!^^

^^baby bumpin on christmas!^^

^^my sister gave this sibling gift to brandon. he loves it.^^ 

silly photo is a must. gotta love these crazy peeps. 

it was a wonderful christmas day.

so thankful for the real reason for the season. 

and words can't even say how excited i am to have a little one next year for christmas!