i love you.

Dear Husband,

I love you.
Romie loves you.
And baby loves you. 
We all talked and don't know what we'd do without you. 




xoxo

bumpin.


Good morning from my two boys and I!
Time is flying and my bump keeps poppin more and more each day.
I love it. 
You can see his kicks now, which is nuts.
I'm 26 weeks and only have 14 more to go!
Crazy.




No real updates though!
Oh just some strange little things like a massive nose bleed {EW} and the worst charlie horse I've ever had.
But other than that things are silky smooth and I couldn't ask for a better pregnancy!
And according to my phone app he's almost 2 lbs and the size of a bowling pin.
lol. 
  


I hope you have a wonderful Wednesday!

xoxo

rocksbox giveaway.


Happy Monday everyone!
Hope your week is starting off as lovely as ever. 
I didn't want the weekend to end!
It was such a good one.
Zak lucked out with a three day weekend {best. news. ever}
so we spent our time nesting like crazy getting ready for our little babe!
We went through every nook and cranny in our apartment, organized, re-organized, donated and through out all kinds of junk we had lying around. 
I don't know about you, but getting rid of stuff is totally therapeutic for me. 
And after waking up to a squeaky clean apartment, I feel like I'm ready to take on the week-
especially while wearing my gorg new jewels!


Aren't those earrings so much fun?!
I'm excited to share with you a super chic company called Rocksbox.
It's a really fun program that sends yah unlimited designer jewelry in the mail!
Talk about stalking the mail carrier.. 
I was so excited when my first box showed up at my front door!
It's a really cool concept where you pick out your fav jewels, Rocksbox will send you three pieces to borrow {you can wear them as much as you want!} and then just return them anytime you want some new snazzy rocks!
That's it.
Easy peasy!
They have all kinds of styles, designers and pieces that you can pick out! 
My first box came with these fancy bad boys, they're Perry Street Gwen Crystal Earrings that spruce up any old outfit I toss on. 


Along with this super cute House of Harlow 1960 bar necklace.


And a Sophie Harper Dagger Pendant-


both pieces were so easy to stack and went perfectly with my casual style. 


And now YOU can get your first month's free using my code-
sidneyhambschxoxo
!! 
Especially with all the holidays coming up, this is the perfect way to show off some gorgeous new jewels, without breaking the bank.
I hope you all enjoy!
And have a lovely rest of your day.

xoxo
 

happy halloween.


Happy Halloween ya ghouls!
Soo yeah. 
I had a little trouble with my skeleton makeup this year.
I looked like a scarecrow, a crazy person, the joker..
and the list could go on and on hahah!
Not to mention, the makeup was so uncomfortable.
I was over it as soon as I put it on..
And quickly washed it off before we went trick-or-treating with my niece.
I opted for a witch hat, and in 30 seconds my costume was complete. 
I'll be better next year, I promise.
Anywho, back up a few hours.
We started the day with a pumpkin carving contest.
I wasn't feeling too hot, so Zak and Kennedy got to work carving away!



Zak carved a witch in a cauldron-
pretty dang good, I have to admit.



And on one side of Kennedy's pumpkin she carved a classic jack-o-lantern face, and on the other she wrote "Mrs. Williams," who is a past teacher of hers who recently passed away from cancer.
Bless her little heart.
She did this all by herself and didn't tell us what she was carving till the end.
Kids have the kindest souls. 



This is the one pic I took with my makeup..
jeez Louise I can't do makeup to save my life.
lol. 
Kennedy dressed as Hermione-
crazy hair and all!

We headed to my sister's neighborhood to do some trick-or-treating-
and let me tell you..
her community is SO CUTE!
All the houses have front porches and stoops, and everyone goes all out!
I'm talking haunted houses, photos booths, carmel apple stations-
the works.
We'll totally be back next year.
It was darling!
I was bummed because it was really hard to take pics of everything in the dark,
but I managed a few good ones.



My pop came with us, and it was SO nice having both my parents with there.
Everyone's schedules are super busy these days, and my mom is finally feeling better so it was the biggest treat to have both of them around.
It really meant the world.



See how cute is this photo booth neighbors set up for everyone?!
Adorable.
I hope you had a SPOOK-tacular Halloween!

xoxo

hallows eve.


Happy Hallows Eve!
I know, it's not technically Halloween yet-
but I wanted to do a little recap of our holiday and share some photos with yah!
We started off the weekend baking some more pumpkin bread and visiting a little farm {literally steps from our door} that had it's very own pumpkin patch.
^^ Isn't it just the cutest?!
Who would've known there'd be a pumpkin patch in the heart of downtown Phoenix?!


Mmm I could totally eat this right meow.
On hallows eve the pumpkin patch held a big community dinner so my mom, Zak and I walked over thinking we'd buy some food and pumpkins and were so surprised when we learned that the entire thing was FREE!
Like free dinner, dessert, drinks and all the pumpkins your heart desired!
We were shocked.
The farmers wanted to just give back to the neighborhood and bring everyone together.
How awesome is that?!
I love nice people. 
We had the best time pigging out, listening to the live band, getting a little tour of the farm and then hoarding as many pumpkins as we could carry.



Aren't they gorgeous?!
They had all kinds- white, orange, green, peach!
Perfect for the holidays!


We were stuffing our purses and trying to take home as many as possible-
and then remembered we walked haha sooo it ended up being a good workout as well!




^^ Our loot!
The food was delicious as well!
I don't eat red meat, but Zak and my mom said the hot dogs were amazing.
They sure do look good.






After dinner we hitched a ride in a Rhino and took a little tour of the farm.
They're going to start growing roses, have a cactus garden, more pumpkins throughout Thanksgiving and they had all the traditional crops like lettuce and broccoli. 



I just love the different types of pumpkins they have growing- 
perfect for Thanksgiving!




And this photo was to please my mom-
she wanted a "bump" pic in my super classy sweats.
haha. 
Anywho-
It was a really good night.
This is the healthiest and happiest I've seen my mom in a really really long time,
which makes my heart happy.
And I'm so glad we got to make these memories together.

Hope you had festive hallows eve!

xoxo

dogs, dancing and baby.


Good Morning!
Sorry I haven't posted anything in about couple weeks-
my iPhoto library disappeared and after a minor panic attack, multiple phone calls with Apple Support and 10 hours of backing up my computer..
all two years worth of photos were recovered, 
woot woot!
So now I'm getting caught up on editing and will be bloggin lots very soon.
:)
Anywho,
things are starting to slow down and turn around here, which is a huge blessing.
We got my mom moved into a new place that will really help with her health and hopefully give her the kickstart she needs to get better.
Zak's on his psychiatry rotation, and man are the hours NICE!
He's home by noon each day- 
yep NOON!!!
That's been another big blessing for us.
Just having him around more, with everything that's been going, on is a huge help.
Especially when I'm getting a little overwhelmed with stuff and does sweet things like takes my hand and puts on our wedding song and slow dances with me in the kitchen-
Moments like that, make my heart burst.
I love him so much it hurts. 


We've been able to focus on our little babe, and get things ready for his debut!
Okay, we still have like a forever long to-do list, but we're done registering for the shower!
Haha and finally bought him some little clothes.
Along with Christmas decorations..
see above photo. 
We're so prepared.



We spend all day Friday going from a huge baby sale, a little pit stop for smoothies, Target, a yummy lunch date, and then Buy Buy Baby to get all of our registering done.
It was the best day.
Just us two.
Focusing on us stuff.
No phones, no craziness-
just him and I in our own little world. 
Those kinda days are rare, but my favorite!
And well needed.
And long overdue.


Our babe is a growin!
These pics are from weeks 23 and 24-
I'm really starting to pop!
And I love it.
Today I'm actually 25 weeks!
Some consider that third trimester, which is nuts.
My pregnancy has flown by!
According to my phone app he's the size of a cabbage or prairie dog...
lolol.
So yeah he's getting big!
We have a doctors appointment tomorrow, and I can't wait to see him on the ultrasound!
He's kicking a ton, so I'm sure he's going to be super squirmy like always.


We also got to see lots of family this past week.
We had the best surprise visit from Zak's grandma and great aunt who live in Illinois-
we would visit them a lot when we lived in Omaha,
{click here, here and here to see those posts}
so when we saw them at his dad's house for brunch, Zak and I both teared up because it was the biggest and sweetest surprise ever.
We've been going through some tough stuff lately, so having them show up and surprise all of us was such a nice gift.
I didn't even snap any photos because we were just in shock the whole time, and visiting non stop.
Oh and on top of our already crazy life..
Zak and I rescued three dogs in the past week.
THREE!
We successfully found all three owners, and were able to return the pups home-
but come on people, take care of your pets!
Neuter/spade them, don't leave gates open and hello dogs will escape through holes in fences.
These owners are going to make me go into labor early, I tell yah.
I'm a magnet for stray/lost animals and it stresses me out that people can't keep an eye on them and properly care for them.
Okay, my rant is over.
I'm just glad Dexter, Fred and Rocco were able to make it safely back home. 
Just be nice to animals and take good care of them, okay?!
:)
 Anywho,
that's kinda a recap of the past week.
Check back here soon, for all of our Halloween festivities!

xoxo