This time, we had Jill up to shoot some official belly photos. When I was pregnant with Lilly, Adam and I just shot a few ourselves with a tripod. It was great to be able to have a real shoot with our family this time around and really capture some beautiful moments.

Just me and my little man :)

Lilly giving her brother some love.

Belly Inspection

Our little wannabe model insisted on hew own shoot. So beautiful :)

Lilly & I hanging out in the nursery.

My absolute favourite photo – Our growing family :)

Chillin with the baby bump.

God, how much I love this man.

Just like our last family photo sesh, we have to have at least one where we kiss & ignore the kid(s) ;)

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Lord knows I will be living in yoga pants for the next few months, with my main accessory being baby drool.

Tonight I am going out for dinner with the girls, which motivated me to get a little more dressed up than I have the last few weeks. I even got back into my maternity skinny jeans, which have been getting a bit snug towards the end here.

Rib-Knit Tank, Polka Dot – Old Navy
Maternity Skinny Jeans – H&M
Black Open Cardigan – Stitches a few years ago
Pink Ombre Earrings – Bootlegger, but ages ago & no longer on their site

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Well I am 30 weeks pregnant and below is my 3rd proper belly photo.

Darn life and responsibility just gets in the way

30 Weeks Pregnant

Last night, the little monster decided that we should have a practice run for this whole labour business. I had braxton hicks on and off for a good few hours. It was a little scary, but I had Lilly to try to talk some sense into her little brother.

“Hello, brother. This is your sister. Be nice to our Mama!” which was followed with this sweet kiss to the belly. I adore the sibling belly love.

Baby belly kisses!

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Our baby boy’s first official photo :)

Last Wednesday, we had our full scan ultrasound. I had been counting down the days for this one, since we were hoping to find out the sex of the baby. Spoiler alert – It’s a boy!!!

My husband and I are both very excited. We’ll have the “millionaires family” as they call it.

Lilly, however, is a bit of a different story. Next to hearing the news, she was the best part of the ultrasound…

Technicial: “So, do we want to find out the sex?”

Me: “Yes, if we can!” (she had mentioned the baby was on it’s tummy. I didn’t know if that impacted what she could see.)

Technician: (moving the wand to a different part of my belly) “Alright, well there are two leg bones there….and what does that look like in between?”

Me: (giggling) “Well, that looks like a penis.”

Technician: “That’s what that looks like to me as well.”

Adam: “Yeah!”

Lilly: (Throwing her hands up in the air triumphantly) “Yeah, it’s a baby girl!”

The technician, Adam and I all burst out laughing. Bless her little three year old heart. We’ve definitely had enough chats in the house about body parts that she knows the difference, but apparently her hope for a sister out weighed her ability to make the connection.

Me: “No sweetie. That means it’s a boy.”

Lilly: (staring down the technician as if this is her fault) “Uhhh. I wanted a girl!”

Adam: “Well honey, we told you we don’t get to decide. I think you will like having a baby brother.”

Her only response to this was to cross her arms and crinkle her nose. Obviously Daddy was wrong with his assumption in that moment.

About an hour later, after our visit with our obstetrician, Lilly and I are getting into the car to head home. I thought I would see if she felt any different after hearing his heart beat again and getting to look at his first official photos.

Me: “Well Lil, you’ve had time to think about it. Are you excited to have a baby brother yet?”

Lilly: (doing her best toddler eye-roll and heavy sigh) “Yeah. I guess a little bit.”

Ideally speaking, she will learn to accept the idea of a baby brother…and won’t try to treat him like a little girl. However, MY little brother has some traumatizing memories of being decked out in dresses with bows in his hair, so maybe I shouldn’t hold out too much hope for that one…

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Lilly: “The baby can hear me now?”

Me: “Yes, the baby is just starting to hear. So you can say hi, or sing a song. Maybe teach the baby some words.”

Lilly: “Teach her (she’s insistent on a girl…) what kinds of words, Mama?”

Me: “Anything you like sweetie.”

Lilly takes a moment to contemplate this information, then after looking like she has decided on her contribution to the baby’s vocabulary, leans in close to my belly…

Lilly: (in a slightly singing tone) “Bum. Bum. Bum. Bum. Bum. Bum. Bum.”

Me: “That’s the first word you want to teach to the baby?! (rolling my eyes) Lovely Lilly.”

She takes this older sibling duty thing very seriously. Obviously.

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