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Exciting News: Baby Girl #4!

We are thrilled to share the news that our family is growing, as we are expecting another baby girl early next year! I am more than halfway through my last pregnancy (21 weeks now), and we were excited to see her sweet little face, arms, legs, etc. this past week at her anatomy ultrasound.

We found out that we were expecting back in June and then learned that we were having a fourth girl in August! Her big sisters are absolutely elated and cannot stop asking about when their new baby will arrive. February is going to be a busy month for our family – we’ve got a ton of back-to-back birthdays, and baby girl should arrive soon after mine!

This summer, we announced our move to Austin, which was potentially going to be this December, but with this pregnancy (and Google’s continued work-from-home policy), we won’t be moving until next June or July. I am so happy to stay close to our family and friends for a bit longer, and also to stay with my ob-gyn, Dr. Tejml, whom I love!

We have decided on a name, which I’ll share soon. I have already monogramed a few things and love how it fits in with her sisters’ names! This pregnancy has been very similar to the others (which is why I wasn’t very surprised to find out we were having a girl!). I was exhausted and very nauseous during the first trimester, but fortunately rebounded around week 12. I am feeling good now (mainly just tired), and grateful for the energy to exercise like normal again.

I want to say a huge thank you to Courtney @courtney_leigh_photo for our pregnancy announcement photos, to Sydney @sydneyarmesphotography for our gender reveal photos, to Brittany @butterartistry for glamming me up for our family photos, to Monica @paperflourink for our fabulous cake, and to Julie @youngwildandfriedman for tossing a pregnancy test into my yard and forcing me to take it right then and there (ha!). These are five of my favorite humans on this planet, and I’m grateful for their friendships and abundant talents!

I had my ob-gyn practice leave a voicemail with the gender results, which I forwarded to Monica, who immediately iced the cake with the pink icing. Sydney came over to capture the reveal, and it was such a fun (and yummy!) afternoon.

I took the photo below just minutes after getting that test result! Sasha was in a meeting upstairs, and I was dying to tell him! Julie already knew, since she stuck around until the result came in then had me come outside to socially-distance celebrate with her!

Enjoying Fall at Home with Walmart+

This is a sponsored conversation written by me on behalf of Walmart. The opinions and text are all mine. Thank you for supporting the brands my family loves!

Walmart recently introduced Walmart+, a different kind of membership with many amazing benefits, including free unlimited delivery ($35 minimum, restrictions apply), member prices on fuel, and mobile scan & go in stores. As a busy, working mom of three young girls, I appreciate any time savings I can get, and using Walmart+ can save you up to 2.5 hours per week (savings based on 3 store trips per week and excludes time spent on shopping online) and $68 per month (savings based on 2 deliveries per week vs. non-member $7.95 fee) with their free unlimited delivery ($35 minimum, restrictions apply).

In the recent months, I have enjoyed spending less time in stores, and my appreciation for deliveries has increased significantly. We signed up for Walmart+ and have already started to enjoy the benefits of this different kind of membership, which costs $12.95 per month or $98/year. You can find the same everyday low prices you love from Walmart on groceries, clothing, seasonal decor and even last minute gifts (if you’re like me, this is critical!). In addition to this great benefit, Walmart+ members save 5 cents per gallon at Walmart and Murphy fuel stations with member prices on fuel. Another key benefit is that you can check out with your phone using mobile scan & go to make in-store shopping fast, easy and contact-free. Just scan, pay and be on your way. This feature is so unique!

With the recent drop in temperature in Houston, our neighborhood seems to be bustling again with families going on walks together in the evenings and kids playing in their front yards. It makes my heart so happy to see everyone enjoying the beautiful weather and hear children’s squeals of laughter as they play. In year’s past, I would be busy planning a fall trip – something we’ve done every year – but this year, we’re enjoying this season at home, spending more time in our front and back yards.

Emi and Georgie absolutely adore playing with our neighbors’ wooden house, and Sasha and I finally caved and surprised them with one of their own to play with. We bought a sensory bin table from Walmart earlier this summer, and the girls have loved using that too! Since we knew in the early days of moving into our current house that we would be relocating to Austin, we hadn’t invested in lawn furniture, but I’m glad the girls now have things to play with outside.

Walmart has an amazing selection of fun activities for kids to play with at home (inside and out!), and I’m sharing some of my favorite finds below. With a Walmart+ membership, you can get these items delivered to your house as part of their free unlimited delivery once you meet the $35 minimum (restrictions apply).

You can also shop these fun items by clicking on the products below!

Tent // Bike // Learning Desk // Minnie Mouse Tent // Easy Bake Oven // Stroller // Spelling Puzzles // Kinetic Sand // Monopoly // Radio Flyer Bike // LEGO Classic

We’re Moving to Austin! (Plus, a House Tour)

Surprise! We are re-building our house and moving to Austin! It has been a crazy year-and-a-half since Sasha’s boss told him we needed to relocate to Austin just weeks before moving into the house we had been building for two years (in December 2018). There have been so many ups and downs and changes to our various plans, and despite some things still being uncertain, it finally feels like the right time to share this news! We won’t be moving until December at the earliest given that Google (Sasha’s employer) announced a work-from-home plan through October at the earliest, but we’ll be heading to Austin more often in the next few months to check on house progress, and I didn’t want to keep hiding these visits.

Milly Moo’s Ice Cream Themed 2nd Birthday Party

My sweet niece, Milly, is now three, but I realized recently I never shared photos or details from her second birthday party last year! We hosted it at our house since my nephew was born just weeks before her birthday, and I’ll blame having a two month old on my forgetting-to-post. Milly’s nickname since birth has been Milly Moo, so we went with an ice-cream themed party, and I love how it turned out! As always, we had the best-of-the-best, Monica of Paper Flour Ink, make the cake, which turned out so over-the-top incredible and was a definite show stopper on the dessert table, but was in great company of cake pop cones from Village Bakery, ice cream cookies from Sarah Savory & Sweet, and Monica’s daughter made ice cream cone cupcakes. We had flowers from Phuong of Mibellarosa Designs and balloon garlands from Tiffany of Glamfetti – my dream team! My friend Leah at The Monogram Shop made koozies that said, “I’ll stop the world and melt with Moo” which made me laugh because I love that song – Sasha was the only person that didn’t pick up on the cultural reference to the 80s British song.

Durango, Colorado Family-Friendly Travel Guide

My parents bought a house in Durango, Colorado in 2012, and it quickly became one of our favorite places to visit. After Isla was born, we spent six weeks in Durango to escape Houston’s summer weather, and we’ve tried to keep the tradition up after our other two girls were born. Durango is a beautiful, walkable city that is perfect for traveling with children. In the past two weeks, I’ve had a handful of people reach out to me for recommendations, so I thought it would be helpful to share a post with our favorite kid-friendly activities and restaurants/cafes. I hope you find this guide helpful! Please email me at ailee@snapshotsbyaileepetrovic.com if you have any additional questions. I’m happy to help be a tour guide for this city we adore!