our honeymoon in paris

in october my husband and i visited paris. it was for our honeymoon/babymoon, and boy was it lovely!!!!!  it's just the break we needed from our busy lives in los angeles. we had no set plans for things to do while there. we just wanted to take each day by day and relax while there.  

i think our most favorite thing that we did while there was a croissant baking class.  it was amazing. we made three different kinds of croissants. a plain, a chocolate, and an almond. we got to make a few of all three kinds. we also made these mini cookies with a raspberry jam and white chocolate chip. after learning how to make all three kinds, we got to finally eat what we made!  which of course was the best part of the entire class. while eating they provided tea, and coffee. oh it was so fun! if you're ever in paris i highly recommend taking one of their classes. 

check out their website here...paris pastry class

my other most favorite thing we did was go to luxemberg gardens. it was so beautiful. we got lunch, and brought it back to the park. sat under some beautiful trees while we ate, then went to the fountain to watch the children play with boats. it's something we plan to go back to when we travel with little bean. 

we went to a handful of museums, and got to see some beautiful art. 

we took a walk over the lovers bridge on the way to notre dame.wow notre dame was beautiful!!!! we made some lady super mad there for cutting in line. she was so upset she actually came up to me in the church and called me a bitch! pretty uncalled for. we still had an amazing time there! 

our hotel was right by the eiffel tower, on the corner of rue cler, so we spent lots of time in that area. we also visited père lachaise.

we did lots of walking around and exploring the city, but i won't bother with those details since i posted so many photos.  

our honeymoon was lovely, and perfect.  

34 weeks!!!!!

how far along: 34 weeks!i can't believe there is only 6 weeks left. so exciting.  the more and more i feel him move around in there, the more excited i get to meet him.

total weight gain: 28 pounds!

baby is the size of: a cantaloupe

miss anything: sleeping on my belly, sleeping on my right side, and picking things up with ease. i also miss taking baths. i've probably taken a handful since preggo, but i am always afraid that the water is too hot and that it's hurting the baby.

cravings: today i am having a major craving for a burger, fries, and a birthday cake milkshake.  who wants to go to the counter burger with me?

belly button in or out: out :)

looking forward to: my family coming up this sunday, my sweet friend jenny coming over on saturday to help finish up the nursery, and christmas!!

best moment this week: getting to babysit our friends baby last night! i love that kid so much, and it was nice being able to see my husband interact with a baby. it was really sweet.

maternity clothes: yup. also i think being in pajamas all day is my favorite thing ever.

labor symptoms:  nope!

i have been feeling pretty great this last week! i finally passed the kidney stones, which hurt, but now there is no pain so that's nice.  today i'm super tired for some reason.  eh! no amount of laying down has given me energy.  but that's okay. hopefully i get some sleep tonight.

oh! oh! oh! i also went to target this week, and got little bean his first christmas decoration. i want to get him a new ornament every year. i wrote the date on the tag with his name on it that way we will be able to remember which year it came from. ah! love starting traditions with my family.

next week is also the big week where i find out about my placenta previa! hopefully my placenta has moved, and i will be able to have a vaginal delivery. i really don't want to have a c-section in fear of a rough recovery. so send good thoughts my way! my appointment is on wednesday with the specialist, then i have a normal ob appointment on thursday where i will also be tested for strep-b. crossing my fingers all goes well at those two appointments next week!!!

it's beginning to look a lot like....

christmas!!!!!!!!

i got our tree started last night/ today. it's not quite done yet, we still have some ornaments from when we were kids to put on the tree. i will probably put those on there tomorrow, then it will be done! i love this time of year!!!!!!!

i also got little bean his first ornament. i plan to do this every year.  i wrote his name and the year on the tag, that was we will be able to remember each years ornament. 

our day for little bean

oh my last weekend was wonderful! it was my baby shower for little bean!! my amazing friends threw it for me. my bestie andrea flew out from atlanta (it's her third time this year coming out) to throw it for me. it was such a special day. i am very lucky to have friends like andrea, bobbie, and margaret. 

the decorations were beautiful, the food was so yummy.  there was a variety of things like mini quiche, bacon, meat pies from portos bakery , yogurt parfait, french toast with cups to dip syrup into, and donuts.  if you know me, i love donuts.  they have to be my most favorite food on earth. so so yummy.  any whoo, on top of having delish food there was fun games as well.  one where everyone got to guess the size of my belly by cutting a piece of string.  my sweet friend ruby who owns the blog westside mommy ended up winning the game.  probably because we are pretty much the same size. there was also a hilarious game that andrea threw together.  she cut up eyes, noses, and mouths from different pictures of my hubs and i so that people could mix and match them to make what they would think baby watson would look like.  some of them were so funny, and others were terrifying. i will put some at the end of the post so you can see people's creations.  

another fun thing that ended up being a total surprise was a photobooth!!! so creative! they set it up in one of the rooms at bobbie's place, and it was so fun to take pictures in there! i ended up getting a photo with everyone which is good. a very sweet way to remember my baby shower. 

thank you again andrea, bobbie and margaret. you all are so wonderful. and thank you to everyone that came.  you all got us such special things.  we love all of you!

also, here is the picture of the food table...

and i don't believe we have announced it yet, but yes, robert is what we are naming our little bean.  we are naming him after my father.  i am lucky to have such an amazing dad, and i hope i am half the parent that he is.  

my niece also took some great shots of me opening gifts. i don't want to post them all so that i don't bore people with pictures. but here are a few.

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