Is it a...

 We visited the doctor earlier this week and...

 My sweet doctor is pretty positive that this little one is a girl! We feel so blessed. Bella's reaction was the best. I'm not sure if I've mentioned it but she does not like the idea of having a little brother. In fact, when I asked her if she would love a little boy baby she firmly said NO. So when we told her that the baby is a girl she squealed and said "I told you!" Silly kid. She already think she knows everything at age two. We are in trouble!

I'm am so happy to have another girl. This will be our last child, we've always only planned on having two. It would have been fun to have one of each but for whatever reason we were meant to have another little princess. I'm so happy for Bella to grow up with a sister. My sister is one of my best friends and I honestly don't think there is a bond in the world like sisters share. Justin is officially outnumbered. But I am so excited for him. He is such a great daddy and he is a wonderful dad for a girl to have. He is definitely Bella's Prince Charming.

I'm so excited for this baby to be born. I can't wait until May. I got some fun ultrasound pictures. I'll share those in another post.

Our Christmas Bucket List!

Burt's Bees Natural Skin Solutions

Okay so this is the first post I've shared on my blog about being a BzzAgent. I figured I'd share with my readers the fun stuff that you receive and also share some great products.

My skin is pretty sensitive as it is but being pregnant, it's like crazy sensitive. I've always been a big fan of Burt's Bees but when I saw that BzzAgent was doing a Burt's Natural Skin line, I was all in!

Here is what I received:

-Full size facial cleanser and full size daily moisturizing cream.

-8 samples of the daily moisturizing cream including a $1 off coupon

 -7 additional $1 off coupons and the official BzzGuide.

This line is really great. Both of these products are fragrance-free (no added fragrance) but they do have a nice fall spice smell to them. The facial cleanser is gentle enough for everyday use. I would still use a heavier cleanser or toner once or twice a week on top of this product. The moisturizer is definitely my favorite out of the two. Really light and creamy but works great.

I will definitely continue to use this line. They also offer an eye cream and a night cream as part of their Natural Skin Solutions line. It's a great option for my skin type but if you are into using natural products, it's a great choice for anyone.

*I received this product for free from BzzAgent but the opinions in this blog post are my own. 

Curious about becoming a BzzAgent? Visit bzzagent.com. It's fun!

Guess whoo has a secret?

It's official! Baby #2 is on the way! He or she is due date is May 10th which puts me into week 13! Yay! It's been hard keeping it secret but I wanted to get out of the scary stage. The 1st trimester of this pregnancy was a million times worse than with Bella. I didn't have much morning sickness with Bella but this time around I'm pretty much sick from the second I wake up to the second I go to sleep. It has definitely taken a toll on my productivity.. and my housekeeping :) I'm staring to feel quite a bit better now that I'm getting into the second trimester. It will all be worth it in the end!

Halloween Fun

So I could have easily made this a couple of posts.. but I'm behind so I decided to throw everything into one.

First up.. a little bit of Halloween decorations. I wish this picture shows just how cute my Wicked wood letters are. This picture really doesn't do them justice at all.

A couple of weeks ago we took Bella to the Punkinaze. She loved the slide and all the activities out front..

But she really didn't love the idea of getting lost in the corn maze. Luckily we found out way out within about 15 minutes.

We took her to the new Noodles and Co in Riverdale to make up for it. She LOVES mac & cheese and theirs is the best ever!

Saturday we went to the Syracuse Pumpkin Walk and Trunk or Treat. We brought Tazy along with us.

Bella was exhausted afterwards and crashed on grandma's couch.

This year we decided to let Bella paint her pumpkin instead of carving it. She doesn't like to get the pumpkin "goo" on her hands so we decided this a good alternative. Justin still carved a pumpkin to keep the tradition going :)

Then Halloween night we headed over to my mom's neighborhood and went trick or treating. People don't trick or treat in our neighborhood. Weird, huh? The first year that we lived here we bought lots of candy but nobody came.. The houses are really far apart out here in the country and there isn't sidewalks either.


Bella was excited to pose with her pumpkins for pictures.

She was a little shy trick or treating at first and made grandma carry her. But soon enough she got the hang of it and loved it! She was proud of her Halloween loot!

That's it for our Halloween adventures! Hope everyone had a fun Halloween!

My little Dorothy

Pumpkin Walk

Last night we headed over to the Hooper pumpkin walk. The weather was chilly but not freezing. Perfect October weather. We had fun walking around and looking at the different displays.

This one was probably my favorite. Very good!

Bella loves her grandma! But she doesn't love the bright flash of the camera. It was pitch black so I'm surprised that the pictures turned out at all..

They had free face painting for the kids (and cookies and hot chocolate!). Bella was so excited to get her face painted. They had all kinds of Halloween designs but all she wanted was a butterfly :)

Checking out the inside of the pumpkin. Silly girl. We are excited for this week! Her dance class is having a Halloween party, we are going to carve pumpkins and then... Halloween time!

Treehouse Museum

Last week my best friend Steph invited us to go to the Treehouse Museum. We hadn't gone before and I can't believe how much we were missing out on. We had a blast! We are definitely asking Santa for a family pass for Christmas.

Bella in the music room. She loved the big drums!

Bella and her buddy Jake. He is a handsome boy!

Bella got to make a "scary" Halloween mask.

Practicing sitting at the President's desk in the Oval Office.

She loved this sheep! He was animated and so cute!

Okay, so this picture shows my brave little girl on stage during a play of the Three Little Pigs. They had the kids volunteer to play the different parts and she thought she was big enough to participate. It's funny because she is still so incredibly shy but she couldn't wait until her turn to go up on the stage. That's her on the right without her hood on. She got to play one of the bunnies (it was a revised version of the 3 pigs). She just stood and looked out at the audience until she found me so she could wave. I was so proud!

learning photograpy

Last weekend I started an online beginners photography class and I love it! My only goal was to learn how to use my camera in manual mode and I feel like I've got the basics of it! There is still so much to learn but it's a start.

Yesterday we headed out and took some pictures. This probably isn't the best picture that I took but it's my favorite. It's a little overexposed but I love the super blurry background. It was SUPER sunny outside. And that was probably the only productive thing I did the whole day. :)

Oh and I should probably add that the class i am taking is SnapShop by Ashley Ann Photography. You might be familiar with her blog, Under the Sycamore. The class is a little pricy at $200 but it's been worth it for me. :)

Fall, how I love thee

I love Fall. It's for sure my favorite season. I love the weather, the colors, being able to wear a warmer clothes, and the smell of pumpkins and spice.

I can't believe it's already October, but I'm happy it's here. Speaking of things I love, have you ever tried this stuff?

These Bear Creek soups are one of my quick go-to meals. They are perfect for a nice fall dinner after playing in the leaves all day. The Cheddar Potato soup is my favorite.

My good friend shared some projects on her blog she has been working and I realized I never shared these guys..

These cute little chickens are from Wood Creations in West Haven. Basically it's all unfinished wood that you take home and finish up yourself. And I love it because it's close to our house (like nothing else) and they have the cutest stuff ever. I took a wood class a few weeks ago and if I ever get the stuff out of my trunk and put it out somewhere.. I'll take a picture for you :)

I ordered some movies off of Amazon today. Lately we have just been watching movies from Netflix but I couldn't find either of them on there.

I ordered Hocus Pocus for Halloween. Seriously my favorite Halloween movie..

 And I ordered The Land Before Time for Bells.

This movie came out in 1988 when I was 6 years old and I LOVED it. I can remember watching it over and over. It's still one of my favorite movies so I'm glad to introduce it to my little one and add it to our DVD collection. On Netflix they have the trillions of sequels to this movie but not the original.

I also ordered the newly released Dr. Seuss book, The Bippolo Seed and Other Lost Stories.

Have you heard of this book? It's all stories that have never been published in a book but appeared in magazines at some point. Dr. Seuss is one of my all time favorite children's authors so I'm excited to read this book with Bella.

How was that for random? I'm off to enjoy some mommy time while someone is taking her nap!