22 Week Bump Date: The Good, The Bad and The Really Bad

Last week was week 22 of Pregnancy: Marlene! I still love being pregnant...although this week did not include all of the sunshine and rainbows of last week. I may have "jinxed" myself by writing about how much I loved pregnancy last week. Go figure! Thanks for following, I love to share my pregnancy stories with you all, including the good, the bad and the really bad.

The Good...

Marlie has been rocking and rolling this week! She has been having little dance parties every night. This week I felt her move in more than one place at a time. My best guess is that she's shaking arms and legs at the same time. Let's just say this chick can really rock a womb (hahaha, get it?)!

Both Nathan and Jasen got to feel her move this week. Nathan has felt her once before, but this was the first time my son has felt her. It is such a great experience to share as a family! She was moving towards Nathan's hand on my belly, it was amazing!

The Bad...

Hello random second trimester nausea. I have not thrown up this entire pregnancy. During my first trimester, I felt sick to my stomach all of the time. It was a special kind of nausea that never goes away. This past week I started feeling intense feelings that I was going to throw up. It was so bad one morning that I ran to the bathroom three times at work. I still haven't thrown up though!

The Really Bad...

Warning: I am about to give you all way too much information. But it really wouldn't be fair if I only shared the good things about my pregnancy, right? I promise, I will spare you all the gross details. On Friday, my doctor had to do minor surgery... on my ass. Yep, that's right, it's the ugly side of pregnancy. For a few days I was stuck in bed, laying on my side.

My sweet husband held my hand through the entire ordeal and waited on me hand and foot when we got home. I told my son "when you are thinking about getting married, you have to think to yourself, 'would I hold her hand through butt surgery?' and if the answer is yes, then she might be the one". Of course he looked at me like I was crazy and he thinks I am a weirdo for posting this story on my blog. But it's real and life is real and I like to keep my blog real. So that was the really bad event of pregnancy week 22.

More Good...

I like to end things on a positive note, so I have a few more good things to tell you all!

My mother in law and father in law gave me a huge box of fresh fruits and veggies from a local farmer's market. Yum! If you follow me on Instagram, you have seen the pic. If not, come on over and follow me!

My son played two great baseball games in a tournament this weekend.

My husband played in his first kickball games of the season and won them both!

I finally upgraded my cell phone to the iPhone 5s! I love it!

While we were at the doctor's office for the umm...pain in my ass...we got to hear Marlie's heartbeat! It was in the 150's, which the doctor said was great! I love hearing her heartbeat. :)

Well, here was week 22 in a nutshell, thanks for following my adventures!

2014 Ultimate Blog Party! #UBP14

This is my party post for for the 2014 Ultimate Blog Party! I am excited to be involved and make some new blogging friends!

A little about Michelle's Pixie Dust...

I started Michelle's Pixie Dust in 2012. I can't believe it's been two years already! I started this blog as a way to display my DIY projects. For my one year blogiversary, I wrote a more detailed post about my first year of blogging. You can read that HERE.

Ultimately, this blog has grown to be a reflection of me. I post about whatever is going on in my life at that time. Sometimes I am really into Cooking and finding new recipes, other times I am into Craft Projects and upcycling. My career is counseling, so I have posted different Creative Therapy Projects. Sometimes I post about parenting and my family life. Right now I am pregnant, so readers will find a lot of Pregnancy Posts!

At present, I am 28 years old. I have been married since 2012 to a wonderful, wonderful man. I have a son who is 13 years old (which if you are quickly doing the math, makes me a very young mama) and I am expecting my daughter to arrive in August of this year. I have two little dogs, Mustang and Stella, they are chiweenies and are completely our babies. We recently adopted a stray cat, Walter, who is sweet and sneaky and possesses all of those other cat-like qualities. I will graduate in less than a month with a Master's Degree in Rehabilitation Counseling. I have a Bachelor's of Science in Criminology and Criminal Justice with a minor in Psychology. And I still have yet to figure our exactly what a want to do for a career.

Sometimes I am a "bad blogger". Sometimes I don't post frequently or update my social media. One time I let my URL expire...As much as I love blogging, it usually falls at the bottom of my priority list. I get caught up with family and work and life (as many of you can relate)!

So thank you for stopping by my little piece of the internet and I hope you enjoy some of the things you read here. I love to connect with my readers, so please comment me and follow me on Facebook and Twitter.

Happy Blog Partying!

21 Week Bump Date: Pregnancy Love

I am already 21 weeks pregnant...We are half way there, how exciting! I have to say, I really love being pregnant.



I love that my husband and I created this beautiful little person.


I love that I get to have her with me all day right now. I can feel her move a little bit now and then, and it makes me happy every time. She is moving while I write this :)


I love thinking about our daughter who will be in our arms in just 19 more weeks.


I love the baby girl clothes that people keep giving me. Everything is so tiny! My son passed me up in height about a year ago, so I am amazed at the thought of having a tiny baby again.


I actually enjoy watching my belly grow and filling out my growing stash of maternity clothes.


Sometimes I just stop and think, "How amazing is it that there is an actual human growing inside of me?"



Of course there are a few pregnancy symptoms that I am not a huge fan of, such as:

• Waking up to pee in the middle of the night
• Lots of tossing and turning
• Crying about ridiculous things
• The wonderful mood swings (happy-angry-sad-angry-sad-happy-happy)

I have realized that the good outweighs the not-so-good and most importantly, every second is completely worth it.

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An Owl Themed Gender Reveal Party!

As I mentioned in my last post, my sister is a craft genius! She made all of the decorations and snacks for our gender reveal party. I have a love for owls, so everything is owl themed!

Guess WHOO will be joining the family?

Old Wives Tales

Owl Banner

Question Mark Cupcakes

Pink Gender Reveal Cake (I made this one!)

Gender Reveal Snacks

Family Belly Photo

I hope you enjoyed some of the photos, we had a great time! 

Gender Reveal...It's A....

This past weekend, my family and I went for a 3D ultrasound and we got to find out the gender of our newest family member...

That's right, we are having a little girl! We will welcome Miss Marlene (aka Marlie) to our family this August. She is named after my Nana who passed away last March. If my Nana were still with us, she would be beyond excited to welcome another little girl into our family. 

Here is one of my favorite photos of Miss Marlene. She is crossing her legs and looking oh so lady-like!

It's amazing how much we can see of her at only 17 weeks. My family threw me a wonderful gender reveal party. I have a very crafty and talented older sister. She made adorable decorations for the party! I am going to post the pictures of her creativity in my next blog post.

We can't wait for our sweet baby to arrive!

Our Fun Pregnancy Announcement!

After 13 years...I am pregnant again! Our family will be expecting a new baby around August 10th of this year. We are so excited! 

We totally copied off of some other fun pregnancy announcements I checked out on Pinterest. I am so happy with how this turned out and even more happy that I finally got to share the news with everyone on Facebook this evening! 

I am 12 weeks pregnant and we got to hear the baby's heartbeat today. I almost had a mini heart attack as it took my doctor a long time to find the heartbeat. But not to worry, all is well! After about a minute of searching, we heard that wonderful little noise. My husband says the heartbeat sounds like a helicopter :) The doctor informed us not to worry, we just have a very wiggly baby! 

I hope to keep updates and pregnancy posts coming...

Thanks for reading!