17 Week Ultrasound

Yesterday we hit 17 weeks!! The time is flying and Tyler and I are having fun watching my belly grow more and more each week! Tyler is so sweet with Rowan.. he is always wanting to feel him (even though he is not kicking hard enough for us to feel yet), and it giving my belly kisses before we go to bed... he is going to be the best dad... :)

This week:

- Feeling more uncomfortable in my clothes! 

- Having trouble sleeping on my side without a support pillow, don't like everything being all crushed to one side!

- Really anticipating being able to feel him move soon!

- Can tell my face and arms are starting to fill out... BOO!! haha

- Trying to eat healthier since I can now stomach healthy food... YEAH!

-Set up a meeting for this summer to meet with our newborn photographer (so excited!)

- Starting to collect vintage plane items for Rowan's nursery... changed the theme!

- Love looking at baby boy outfits at stores, although I won't buy any more til he is here and we know how big/small he is!

- Cravings--- cookies, chips, cheese, refried beans (haha, so weird!!), dill pickles (cliche?? YES!)

- We LOVE him

This is the best shot we got of him today, little man was sleepy and stubborn and did not want to flip over for us to see him!! He is measuring about 6 inches long and has a steady heartbeat of 157 bpm... we are happy about that!

So the head looks super alien... but I LOVED his little fingers in this shot, so I had to post it!

Here I am! Blowing up like a little balloon! 17 weeks

15 weeks

15 weeks on Monday of this week! The time is flying! Tyler and I are loving every moment of thinking, talking and dreaming of this little boy... we are so excited!!

This Week:

- We picked a name-- Rowan Paul

- I bought his first newborn outfit

 - Tyler said' "I just want him to be here so I can hold him" (melts my heart... he loves his boy already)

- Tyler picked out Rowan's first NFL outfit online (bet you can guess what team (those who know Tyler))

- Starting to not feel as much fatigue as usual
- Starting to have to wear stretchier clothes!
-Bought a couple more dresses (non maternity that act as maternity!)

- We Love Him

15 weeks--

He has a name!!!

Tyler and I spent quite some time on baby boy names... girl names seemed to come very easily for me (I had three ready to go)... but boy names were harder!! Tyler was a bit pickier on the boy names (surprise, surprise!) so I wanted to find something he really loved, not just accepted!

We are happy to announce our baby boy's name will be:

Rowan Paul Schlumpf

Rowan was a name that I heard a while back and loved!! I always wanted our kids to have different names that you don't hear all over the place! Tyler liked the name from the beginning, although we let it sit a few days before coming back to it again!


Paul is for my dad! His middle name is Paul and since there is no one in our family named after him I wanted Rowan to have his middle name. The two other family names are Robert (both grandfathers) and Richard (Tyler's middle name and his dad's name)... Love them both, but did not want him to have to R names in a row!


So, Rowan Paul it is! We love it and can't wait to see how he fits the name!!

Gender Reveal with Family

Today was the day!! Well, today was Easter, and that is super important in and of itself... but we decided to have the big "gender reveal" today with my family!

It was a lot of fun preparing for it... I made pink lips and blue mustache masks for my family to guess with and finished it off with Tyler and I making a double decker blue cake to reveal the surprise with! It was fun spending time with him and doing some fun to remember the event by!!

Here are some pictures from the big event...

mom and dad

Pat and Ashley

Genevieve, Melissa and Rory

The whole Fam

The cake!!

Love him

It's a BOY!!!

They were right!!

So excited!!

We are so excited to welcome our baby BOY into the world in October!!!

Baby Tyler and Alicia Pictures

This post is really for my own benefit... Tyler and I have always wondered what our children would look like, or I guess I should say WHO they would look like, haha!!

In my family, my sisters and I don't really look like one parent or the other, we are all a definite blend of the two... wonder if that is how our baby will be too??!!

Here are a couple pictures of the both of us early on, I want to revisit this post when he/she gets here and post his/her picture in the middle to compare!

Me as an infant

Tyler as an infant

Tyler as a baby

Me as a baby ( I apparently grew into my large head!!!)

We can't wait to see what he/she looks like!!!

15 week Ultrasound and Dr. Visit

Yesterday we had our (almost 15 weeks) ultrasound!! It was so much fun to see the little bean rolling around and being SUPER active! I can't feel any of it yet, but I am sure I will soon!

Here he/she is!!! I love this image!!


Probably the craziest news we got was that we know what this little person is!!!!! 

We never expected to find out this early on in the pregnancy, but our tech was awesome and she figured it out!! We are not sharing the news until after Easter (until we can tell our families)... but we are very excited!! It makes it easier to plan and start to think of names, etc.

His/Her tiny little feet!!!

I then met with the Dr. whom we really love! She is super nice and patient and really takes the time to explain everything to us! She will be our delivery Dr. as well! We are so excited that we are in love with our Dr's office and the experiences we have had so far!

Next Ultrasound will be at 17 weeks!! I leave for Chicago beginning of May for 6 days and the Dr. wants to make sure everything is OK with baby before they send me off! We are super excited to get to see the little bean again in just a couple weeks!! I will update again next week with a new "tummy picture"!!