NewlyWoodwards

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It’s 2012, baby!

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It’s time for 2012 goals…. but first, let’s quickly recap 2011 goals.

I went with more concrete goals for the year. Overall, I think I did rather well. (Although not so well in the health section.)

enjoy Take a family photo in the fall. Make digital albums for each of the first 3 years of our marriage. Organize photos, scan and back up. Make a blog book. Go on two trips. Practice taking better photos. create Finish a quilt. Make a list of sewing/crochet/crafting projects and make something for us every month. Refinish the sewing table. Build a piece of furniture with Ryan. Make myself an item of clothing. home Finish the new house. Sell our current home. Move into our new home. Get on a regular cleaning schedule. learn Finish my MBA. Finish my designation. cook Make a new recipe every month. Cook a vegetarian meal each week. Eat at home at least 3 days/week. save Keep the budget every month. Get debt-free. Live on one paycheck by year’s end. health Run 5 miles without stopping. Work out at least 12 days/month. Find a tennis partner and play. grow Have a garden despite the moving situation. Preserve produce. misc. Send thank-you notes regularly. Purge things we don’t need or use.

As for 2012, I’m going with just one goal…
Have a baby!

(Ryan got me this ornament for Christmas from Etsy. My baby belly isn’t quite so big. Yet.)


That’s right … the NewlyWoodwards are having a baby. I figured it’d be silly to make any other goals for 2012. I think this is a big enough change for the year. 


Baby W is due in June, which means we’re about 16 weeks along. So far, so good on the pregnancy front. Outside of extreme exhaustion and worthlessness in the way of productivity, I’ve been feeling pretty good. 


Needless to say, there will be lots to do in the upcoming months. While I don’t plan to make this blog baby-central, I hope you’ll understand that I’ve got baby on the brain, and some of our projects will definitely center around that. But that doesn’t mean that we won’t still be the same ol’ NewlyWoodwards – renovating, gardening, crafting and writing all about the journey.


So, did you have a feeling something was brewing around here?
(And also, any helpful books and websites for parents-to-be would certainly be welcome.)

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Comments

  2. Of course I suspected something was baking in the oven! All those baby quilts, and nursery-help decorating pictures, and baby shower pictures and Auntie Kim holding the baby pictures….if all that doesn’t give you baby fever nothing will, LOL!! Congrats again 🙂

  3. I am SO behind on blogs/blogging but I saw all that you were pinning and just had to come look to see if you’d made an announcement of any sort. LOL

    CONGRATS!! Is it bad that my first thought (after congrats of course) was “damn, I can’t wait to see what they do for a nursery” haha!

  6. Congrats Kim! I can’t wait to see your nursery ideas… Nothing better than a beautiful nursery!

    Carol
    antiquetexan.blogspot.com

  7. Congratulations. How lucky this baby will be to have you two for parents. Glad to hear you haven’t been sick. Tell Ryan he must take a couple of years off before renovating another house.

  10. Yaaaaaaaayyyyy!! I am so delayed in my commenting but that doesn’t change how incredibly excited & happy I am for you & R!! With your mad skills (you both are truly a power couple), Baby W is the luckiest darling in the world. I can’t wait to “meet” him/her!!

    Motherhood is a wild ride but it truly stretches your love beyond belief. I can’t wait to hear all about your experiences!

    Will be driving sloooowly by later tonight to take a peek at any nursery goings-ons. Thank goodness Quinn is too young to judge me.

    Love ya, Kim!!!!

  13. I am the happiest person on the face of this Earth. Congratulations to the most wonderful daughter on Earth. I love you Angel!

  18. YAYYYY!!!! Congratulations! I completely fell off the blogging map when I had a baby, but you’re awesome enough to be an amazing mama and blogger :)Can’t wait to see it all unfold!

  19. Oh Kim, what awesome news!!! For once I have to admit I had NO idea you were hiding this lil’ secret from us. 🙂 A huge congratulations to you and Ryan and best of luck on the upcoming journey!
    Meredith @ Welcome to Heardmont

  30. Congratulations to you both!! What exciting news. I’m dying to know which room in the new house is going to be the future nursery and has it been started? We’ll all love those DIY and decor updates.

    Also, will you spill the beans on your journey so far, especially how you announced to friends and family? Knowing you, it was something creative and cute!

    Best wishes for a healthy and happy 6 more months!
    Jess

  32. Congrats!! A baby is a great goal. It was my 2010 & 2011 goal and maybe in 2012 I can at least get pregnant. I can’t wait to see all of your ideas!

  33. Congratulations!!! Having a baby is life changing and so amazing! I can’t remember what life was like almost nine months ago before Logan was born! Can’t wait to follow you on this journey! 🙂

  39. Woohoo! Congratulations!!! I love the ornament. I hope you are feeling great! I can’t wait to read about your journey. I get chills every time I read baby announcements and birth stories these days. It’s awesome, just so very awesome!

  42. Dude! DUDE!!!

    I’m so very, very excited for you guys! BABIES EVERYWHERE!! You and 5Camels are due around the same time! That’s so great! EEEEE! That ornament is too cute! Way to go, Ryan!

    When I saw the aqua/red nursery (adorable!) and quilt on Pinterest earlier today, I thought, “Hmm. I wonder if she’s preggers?” Then I checked your blog and started cracking up! Congratulations!!! I’m soooo happy for you! Can’t wait to see all the baby related projects!

  47. Congratulations!!! I do enjoy a good pregnancy/baby blog so go ahead and turn it into baby central. I love that ornament, how very thoughtful is your husband, especially to venture on etsy 🙂

  48. Congratulations! I can’t wait to see posts about baby W!

    I liked the Girlfriends Guide to Pregnancy. I have What to Expect When You’re Expecting, but What to Expect the First Year is more useful. I also bought Dude You’re Going to be a Dad for my husband.

    If you’re going to breastfeed I would recommend getting a book and read it BEFORE you have the baby. If there is a breastfeeding class available I would also recommend taking one! There is a LOT to learn!

    The websites I use most are babycenter, dr. sears and kellymom (for breastfeeding).

  50. YAY! That’s exactly what I said out loud just now when I read your exciting news! You always look so happy with other people’s babies and I’m glad you get your own! YAY!

  53. YAY!!!! I’m so sooooo excited for you guys! As a newbie to the mommy world, I can be even more excited because I know what amazing joy lies ahead!! Congrats and I can’t wait to read ALL about it!

  56. So beyond excited and happy for you. For some reason I thought your announcement would be next. : ) Can’t wait for all the updates…I’m just a few weeks ahead of you. Pregnancy is quite the journey!

  57. Congratulations! June is such a wonderful time to have a baby! I am expecting my third around the same time! I have kept a pregnancy journal for each of my pregnancies, but the only pregnancy related books I cracked open were baby names books! My mom and some friends who had already had babies were a wonderful source of information. I did read, “So that’s what they’re there for” or something like that about breastfeeding, which was helpful. Congrats again, and can’t wait to see your journey into parenthood unfold on your blog!

  59. Congratulations!

    The Baby Bargain Book will help you save a ton of money on baby stuff! Buy only what you need. Babies grow so fast and people waste tons of money on unnecessary items!

    Happy New Year!

  60. Congratulations! I’m so so happy for you both! I haven’t liked any of the pregnancy books I read or baby books I’m reading very much. My best advice is to find a doctor/midwife/nurse/whatever who you really, really, really trust and just go with what they say, but don’t stress about the little symptoms, etc.

  61. Eeeeeeee! I’ve been thinking baby thoughts about you guys for awhile!! CONGRATS!!!! So excited for you guys. 🙂

  63. YAY!!!!! I’m so excited for you and Ryan! You are going to be an awesome mom and will have an AMAZING nursery!!! Congrats!!!!! 😀

  64. Phew. I’m so glad you made this blog official. I’ve had to erase quite a few comments so I didn’t spill your secret. I’m bad with secrets. I should have told you that before. 😛

    Congrats again!!

    And that ornament is hilarious.

  65. So, so, so excited for the two of you!! You are going to enjoy the parenthood journey so much!! I can’t wait to see all of the creative goodness that will be coming our way!!
    Blessings to the THREE of you!

  67. SOOOOO FUN — congrats Woodwards!! What a fun year this will be for you guys! Can’t wait to read about it!

  69. YAY!!!!!! I had a feeling…not sure why, but just had a suspicion. I’m so so very happy for you and Ryan. I can’t wait to see all the new projects. Congrats. Glad things are off to a good start.

  72. Congrats! I knew it! Or at least I was just thinking that it would be about time. 🙂 lol.

    Read “what to expect when ur expecting” and I like babycenter.com for other info as well.

    -L

  73. Finally catching up on blog posts and wanted to say CONGRATS again! You guys are going to be awesome parents and I am so, so excited to follow your journey. I have total nursery withdrawal, so this is perfect!!

  74. So happy for you. Having a baby really needs to be your only goal for the year. I can’t wait to see what all you come up with for baby.

  75. Congrats! And what a great goal for the year, really, what is more important than that?! 🙂 I really like the Dr Sears website and books, I found them really informative in the first months and whenever we have an issue now the website is one of my first go-to’s.
    katy

  78. Congrats! That is such great news!LOVE babies. And your pinterest HAS been pretty nursery focused as of late :0)I wasthinking it wouldn’t be too long.

    If you want a natural birth you should take the bradley method! http://www.bradleybirth.com. (I teach it. SO biased ;0)

    Give the new Papa a big high 5 for me. Go Ryan!

  79. Ohhhhhhhh congrats!!!! I had a sneaky feeling that this announcement was coming at some point. Hooray for a June baby- June is a great month to be born. 🙂 Congrats!!!!

  81. Congrats! This is such exciting news – can’t wait to see all the quilts and other fun things you make for the baby!

    I agree with Sarah – June babies are the best!

  82. Woohoo – congratulations! Can’t wait to hear all about baby preparations. How exciting!

  87. YayYayYay!!! Welcome to the baby bandwagon!!!! 🙂 Isn’t it so fun already?!? I’m so excited for you and Ryan! I haven’t really been doing parenting/birthing research – it seems everyone just wants to freak you out, or maybe that’s just my perception. So far I’m just enjoying the weekly babycenter.com emails and whatever random information my friends and family throw my way. We’ll see how that goes! 🙂 Congrats again, you two!! (Or should I say, you three?!?)

  89. How exciting! Conratulations!! I’ve kinda been waiting for this… but haven’t suspected anything! Are you going to find out what you’re having?

  90. Hurray hurray hurray! I’m so happy and excited for you two! What an exciting announcement! You’ll probably get advice out the wazoo (and maybe are already tired of hearing it!), but here’s my 2 cents: I don’t know where exactly in the QC you are, but I really loved the midwives at The Group (especially Pam, who delivered Forrest–she is an angel!). I did not have (or want) a natural birth, but I really loved the midwives there and the low-stress, easygoing, “what do YOU, the patient, think?” attitude and approach. Also, I think Dr. Ferber’s Solve Your Child’s Sleep Problems is the ONLY baby book worth your time. Seriously, I have read eeevvvveeeerrryy baby book out there. Don’t waste your time on any but that one 😉

    Yay for Baby Woodward!

  92. Congratulations! I am so excited for you guys! Having just had one, I can vouch for your one goal being an awesome (and very realistic) goal. I really liked what to expect when you’re expecting, the weekly emails from babycenter and my due date message board on the bump.com I don’t think I ever posted, but there was always someone with the same random symptom I was wondering about. That helped calm a lot of my first time fears. Hope that helps, and again, congrats!

  93. Congrats! Everything you guys have been doing has been leading up to this. I can’t wait to follow along on your adventure. Years (YEARS!) ago, I enjoyed The Magic Years. It’s by a psychologist and its about baby brain development and why they do some of the hard-to-understand things they do..

  95. You know, last week I was thinking to myself “I wonder if Kim is planning on having a baby soon”. Kid you not.

    Stay far away from What to Expect. I was a big fan of Your Pregnancy Week by Week.

    If you have any questions about being pregnant… well, don’t ask me. I sucked at it 😉 If you need any help with registering or rec’s for baby gear, please feel free to ask!.

    AHHHHHHH, I am so excited for you!
    LB

  96. Yayayayayay! Cannot wait for baby W to get here! I swear by Baby Bargains (book) and a beer every night for sanity and milk supply in that first month post-partum. Those are my awesome parenting tips.

  98. CONGRATULATIONS, GUYS!!!! :):):) I’m so excited for you! I’ve officially decided June babies are the best and I’m only very slightly biased. 😉

  99. Congratulations!! HOnestly…I was suspect. I have no idea why, lol. I didn’t read much. I kept Pregnancy Week by Week handy, but everything else made me too crazy. My girlfriends were the best source of knowledge!

  103. Yay the news is out!I’m so happy for you guys. You’re gonna be the best mom around, I just know it. As far as books, I liked Girlfriends Guide to Pregnancy and hated the alarmist What to Expect. Oh but I do recommend What to Expect When Your Expected: from the fetus’s point of view…or something like that.

  104. AGHHH!!! I have been waiting for this announcement, I just knew it had to be coming soon!! Congratulations, you and Ryan will be amazing parents and will absolutely love every moment!!

  107. Awww Congrats! YAY! Our baby is due in 3weeks. I hope to see baby nursery projects 🙂 Pinterest has been my addiction with this. lol.

  108. Congratulations! I kind of figured that this was coming for you. I cannot wait to read all about your nursery and, of course, the quilt!

  109. OMG! SOOOOO many huge congratulations to you guys!!! I’m due in June too – June 8th!! We’re pregnancy buddies?!?! Sorry for all the extraneous punctuation, but this is so beyond awesome. 🙂

  113. YAYAYAYAYAY!!! i’ve been waiting for this one for so long!!! you’re going to be a wonderful mom and i can’t wait to see what projects you have in store for preparing for baby. take it easy and share away! soooooo excited for you!! it’s a new wave of babies in the blogosphere it seems! 🙂

  114. WOOWOO! So excited for you guys! I loved Belly Laughs by Jenny McCarthy. It is a quick, honest & hilarious read. But as for informative books, I also liked the Girlfriends Guide to Pregnancy! Hope you are feeling great!!