38 Weeks

I am officially 38 weeks pregnant today! I can't believe how fast my pregnancy has gone by. I've been trying to take it easy, but its so hard with all the cleaning and organizing I seem to be wanting to do. (Hello Nesting!!) Alex has even started with the nesting, I came home from work the other day to find him scrubbing down the house! He has been so amazing, taking care of me while I've been pregnant. Tying my shoes, helping me off the couch, rubbing my (swollen) feet, doing most of the household chores, putting baby furniture together, all while busting his butt at our aquarium shop. I know Alex is going to be an awesome Dad and I can't wait for Baby Arnold's arrival!

Gender Reveal Party

Have you ever heard of a gender reveal party? I certainly hadn't, until one of my friends was tagged in a photo album on Facebook. I was intrigued, so I Googled it. It turns out that gender reveal parties are very popular right now. The expectant couple invites friends and family over to share in the joy of finding out the gender of their baby, typically by dyed cake batter or icing. None of my friends or family had heard of one, so we decided to go for it.

We went to our scheduled sonogram, and told our sonographer of our plan. We wanted her to write the gender of our baby on a slip of paper and then seal it in an envelope without telling us the results. She knew all about the concept of a gender reveal party, and gladly played along.

We had our employee at our aquarium shop call in the results to a local bakery, and they made preparations for the cake. Alex and I had to wait a long three days to find out with the rest of the party! On the party day, our friends and family started showing up with diapers! Little did we know, my Mom had emailed the guest list and wrote a cute poem asking guests to bring a package of diapers. We ended up with a great head start to our diaper supply!
Once everyone arrived, it was time to cut the cake. Texas Star Bakery made our cake, and it turned out great! Inspired by this cake on CakeCentral.com

And now...the big reveal...Alex and I are having...

A BOY!!!

We had such a great time with our friends and family and couldn't be more excited about having a baby boy!

Our New Blog

Well, blogging has been slow over at my other blog, Cinema Cupcakes. I'm not really sure why, but lately I haven't felt much like baking. Kind of sad, actually. But, there is big news for me and Alex...we are expecting our first child in November! I decided it was time to start up a new blog for our expanding family. I have been really bad about keeping up with things going on in my pregnancy, like writing down cravings and other experiences, so I hope to do that here. More to come soon!