Homemade swaddle wraps

Somehow I've managed to continue my crafting ADHD and squeezed in making these lovely little swaddle wrap blankets on a snow day. I've been eyeing up gauzy swaddlers like these from Aden + Anais, but I'm not about to spend $50 on them! Thankfully, one of my favorite blogs, inspired me to simply make my own!

I really like how they turned out. I found the coral pink color on clearance at Joann's and then hand dyed the purple one from white. I also dyed a lot of other hand-me-down baby clothes that friends have given us. It was a pretty relaxing, but productive day!

Here's the growing baby bump at 30 weeks! :)

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Baby Belly: 28 weeks

Little Amelia sure is growing and growing...my big belly is definitely proof of that!  I love all the kicks and jabs I get ALL DAY (and night)! She sure is an active little one!

At this point, I've successfully put on about 20lbs, which I am pretty darn proud of. Sounds strange, but I've always struggled to gain weight, so I'm happy to finally put on a couple extra pounds (assuming most of it comes right off post-delivery!) :) Dan makes me feel better and says he can hardly tell I've gained weight. :)

I'm so blessed to be as active and busy as I am at nearly 30 weeks and not have any complications. It's definitely draining teaching teenagers all day and then spending 2 hrs on the track in the cold rain or wind. But I love my job and I'm excited for Amelia to join our family, so it's worth any exhaustion I'm feeling. I also just found out that my iron is low, so I'm hoping the extra supplements I'm now taking will perk me up! :)

We are also looking into getting some maternity photos taken- Dan is a super fab photographer, but I would like some of the both of us. Wish my amazing cousin was here to take them.....

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Snowy day

So much for getting my garden going this week! :) 

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