Weekly Baby Bump Photos {How To Document A Pregnancy}

 Hey, remember that one time I was pregnant? Yeah, I'm about seven weeks late to the pregnancy party, but I still thought it would be fun to share the last bits of my pregnancy here on the blog. Just a little chance for me to reminiscence on the good ol' days of peeing every five minutes and looking like I swallowed a basketball. Sound good?!

As you guys know, I documented my pregnancy with weekly photos of my growing bump. Well, almost weekly photos. Sometimes the nausea and complete lack of willpower to stand in front of a camera and look cute meant we skipped a week or two here and there. So yes, a couple of these are fudged, but that's quite alright with me. Most of these were taken on time, from week five of my pregnancy until week thirty-eight, when I delivered.


Pretty fun to watch the evolution of the bump, right?! I love that I wore the same dress the whole time, which made the bump growth look even more dramatic. It was a pain to keep up with each week, but David and I are definitely glad we have these photos to look back on!

Here are the money shots: week five, week thirty-seven and week thirty-eight.



Isn't it funny how the look on my face goes from "yayyy! I'm preggo!" to "holy cow, I have a friggin' watermelon in my stomach" to "I'm so happy but can't keep my eyelids open because I'm so tired." Yeah, I'm still in that last phase, that's for sure!

I decided to keep the weekly photo tradition going with Baby H. Well, bi-weekly at least. I've been snapping shots of him with the same little chalkboard since his first week. It's so much fun to see how much he's grown already! Little man is going to be walking, talking, graduating college and taking his seat in the Oval Office before I even know it! What? My kid's going to be President, I know it.

I'll be sure to share H Dawg's bi-weekly photos soon. Speaking of... I've been meaning to ask. Do you guys like hearing about the bambino? Or would you rather me keep this blog all home decor + DIY? I've been curious, so I thought I'd ask.

Happy Monday, folks!

33 comments:

  1. I say definitely keep the baby updates coming! I'm sure you can find a good balance :) Love the bump pics, wish I had thought to do the same outfit each time and do them more regularly. H will love to look back and see how he grew :)

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  2. I love these pictures! Such a good idea!! Great blog!

    Xo-L
    simplylowcountry.blogspot.com

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  3. Keep it real! You have a baby, it is hard to not share stories. Personally, I like blogs that are true to the person's life. Also, those baby bump pictures are awesome!

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  4. I love having the mix of personal and DIY. As a mom, I love seeing how other parents decorate in a way that's reasonable with a family : )

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  5. I love the baby updates! I am pregnant with a baby boy and my husband and I are redoing our house. I love reading it all!

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  6. I too love the baby updates! Once my hubs and I are blessed with a baby, I'll need all the help I can get... even if it is from the internet :-)

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  7. I love the mix! Keep the baby updates coming :)

    ~Sarah

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  8. Clearly I'm biased but I LOVE hearing updates!! And it's so fun to see your progression! You rocked that pregnancy!!

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  9. love hearing about your baby boy! keep it coming :)

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  10. You really rocked pregnancy, cutest belly ever. I love hearing all the updates, he sure is a cutie!

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  11. Love this!!! You are adorable. And great way to keep that in memory!

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  12. you are too cute! and love how you literally just stayed the same size everywhere else except your little belly!

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  13. Love the weekly photos - I wish I'd been better about taking pictures while I was pregnant. And I love the baby talk - keep it up! :)

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  14. I love the baby updates also!

    And I am amazed that you managed to wear the same dress for every pic - we just started TTC but I hope when the time comes I can manage the same thing!

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  15. I too love the baby updates, but it's more important that YOU enjoy what's on the blog. We'll all love you whatever you post! :)

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  16. I love the baby updates. I have serious baby fever but my husband and I are waiting until next June to start trying. {He is a planner} Keep them coming. Totally want to take pictures like yours when I am preggers...and if I look as good as you did :) xoxo

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  17. I love the updates and the idea of progressive pregnancy pictures! It's totally something I want to do whenever I get preggers!

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  18. You were adorable throughout! Final picture is the BEST! Please keep featuring the bambino.
    Denise

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  19. I love hearing about the great bambino and pictures make it even better!

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  20. So fun to see all of this!! So glad you did the weekly pics! It'll be fun for him to look back and see as well. Keep posting about him...and sending me personal text photos...clearly. Love him :)

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  21. I LOVE the bambino updates! Keep 'em comin!

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  22. Definitely keep the baby bits a'rocking! Such a fun and precious time... why not have all of us along for the happy ride?? ;-)
    xo Heidi

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  23. You were such a cute pregnant lady. You looked great the entire time and I love the progression. I am still a little sad because I lost my hard drive at week 32 and lost all my pregnancy photos. I was taking them in front of our kitchen chalkboard. Sigh. I lived and learned. And now I'm just thanking my lucky stars I didn't lose all of Henry's photos.

    Also, of course I wanna hear about the H man. (We totally call Henry the h man, too.) and if you don't tell us about him, I'll be very disappointed and judgey about it. ;)

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  24. oh my gosh, that is awesome that you took those photos! you were a precious preggo lady! I think i looked like your 38 weeks at my 18 weeks, ha. What a great idea and it's great to see the progression!

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  25. Good for you for documenting your pregnancy so well! and CONGRATS!!! What a precious little one you have. You look great by the way.

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  26. Love that! I did monthly photos with my 1st pregnancy, too. Did you use Photoshop to put all the pictures into the collage above?

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  27. Keep up the baby posts....it makes you real and transparent....it also affects and impacts your decorating Bc your life has changed as will your projects rooms decor and priorities....I always believe in the whole self approach to creative pursuits!!!!! Mandy

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  28. I am SO far behind on everything, but I love hearing about the baby! You guys are such a precious family! I love the photo shoot idea to document your bump and I can't wait to see how the baby's photo shoots are turning out!

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  29. Love reading all the post's about Baby H. Your such a pretty new mom and the baby is too cute!

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  30. I love these baby bump shots! I recently found out I am pregnant and hope to do the same kind of thing. Where did you get the dress you are wearing? So cute!

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  31. Wonderful idea! May I ask what dress you got that stretched to Week 38?

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  32. For those of you asking, the dress is a t-shirt material dress that I scored from Old Navy last winter! I'm sure they have something similar in the stores this year : )

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