Monday, October 14, 2013

32 weeks

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How far along? 32 weeks, 2 days

Total weight gain/loss: Up 27 lbs. At this point in my last pregnancy, I had gained 37 lbs!!

Maternity clothes: I had to start packing away some maternity clothes that are TOO SMALL now!

Stretch marks: Same ones

Sleep: Great this week. I usually wake up a few times to potty and I wake up once around 2-3am starving and I have to eat, but I can normally go right back to sleep.

Best moment this week: Celebrating my grandmother’s 85th birthday!

Movement: Still moving around a good bit. Sometimes he likes to get his little foot and draaaag it down the side of my belly. Ouch!

Food cravings/aversions: Strawberry orange banana flavored Crystal Light with CRUSHED ICE!! And I still can’t stand the smell of bbq. Yuck.

Gender: Boy!

Labor signs: Still having a few BH contractions, but not as bad since I’ve been resting a lot.

Belly button in or out: It keeps poking out further and further.

What I miss: Not having fat-face and an ice cold Red Bull!

What I am looking forward to: Finishing up the nursery and installing the carseat!

Weekly wisdom: For me, a lot of walking causes contractions and a lot of sitting causes hip pain. So sit mostly and take stretch breaks to prevent both!

Milestone: Just a few more weeks and it could be any day!

Monday, October 7, 2013

31 weeks

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How far along? 31 weeks, 2 days

Total weight gain/loss: Up 26 lbs

Maternity clothes: Yes! I can’t even wear my old t-shirts anymore.

Stretch marks: Same ones

Sleep: I’ve been sleeping really well, but having CRAZY dreams….Cason being born with 26 toes on one foot, birthing a dachshund instead of a baby, you get the idea.

Best moment this week: We snuck in another ultrasound and got to see our sweet boy sucking his thumb!

Movement: All the time! I’m going to miss that.

Food cravings/aversions: I’m still craving fruit!

Gender: Boy!

Labor signs: I haven’t had as many BH contractions this week, thankfully. My doctor said that if I have several in a row, to lay down and drink two big glasses of water and that should make them go away. It’s worked so far! I'm trying to really take it easy though.

Belly button in or out: Out!

What I miss: Not having fat-face

What I am looking forward to: Cason getting here! Labor, delivery, everything. I’m ready to do this!

Weekly wisdom: Blue jeans are highly uncomfortable at this stage!

Milestone: Curtains hung in the nursery. It’s slowly getting done!

Thursday, October 3, 2013

A day in the life!

I’ve been wanting to do one of these posts for a while, but never made the time to actually do it until yesterday!

2:00am-I wake up to pee and realize I'm pretty hungry. I grab a Chobani yogurt (blueberry!) and get back in bed, turning on the tv to watch Chopped. After the yogurt, I'm still hungry and I can tell Cason isn't going to sleep anytime soon. Back to the kitchen I go for a pack of little muffins and a water. That fills us up. I continue watching tv and fall back asleep around 3:00am.

5:45am-My alarm goes off. Snooze!

5:54am-The alarm goes off again. I get up and start getting ready for the day.

6:15am-Time to wake up Noah. I go to his room and he pops right up and says, "Well hey Mommy!" I hug him and carry him to my bed. He kisses his Daddy and I turn the tv on to what he requests-Jake and the Neverland Pirates. He also asks for some juice and a cereal bar, so I bring him that. Brad gets up and I finish getting myself ready, along with Noah.

6:50am- The boys are leaving for work and school. I give kisses and hugs and they leave. I fix myself a bagel and let Bella outside, then put her in her room. I'm out the door by 7:00am.

7:00am- My drive to work consists of listening to Rick and Bubba on the radio and scarfing down my bagel.

7:10am- I get to work, check emails, Facebook, balance our checkbook, work on this blog post :), and mentally prepare myself for the day ahead. And I also drink my morning Mt Dew!

8:00am-My ride-around buddy arrives and we head out to check on some jobs.

8:40am-I'm back at the office, doing some paperwork. I make a trip to Lowe's with a subcontractor, go with my Dad to look at some properties we are thinking about buying, do some more office work.

11:00am- Time for lunch! April, Brooks and I head to Newk's to meet our Dad.

11:45am- We leave and head to the gym to check on things there.

12:20pm- Time for my 4D ultrasound! April, Brooks and I meet Brad at the hospital. We find out that someone had to have an emergency surgery that required the 4D machine and the two other 4D probes are being worked on. Dang! So we do a regular ultrasound instead. Our sweet boy weighs 3 lb 4 oz, was sucking his thumb and has a huge package! :)

1:00pm- We get back to the office.

2:00pm- I head to my doctor's appt!

3:15pm- Everything is looking fab with the baby. I'm hungry so I head to Chick-fil-A and order a salad and a lemonade.

3:40pm- I get back to the office, eat my salad and do some more office work.

4:45pm- It’s time to leave work! I head to Noah’s school to pick him up. His class is blowing bubbles on the front steps of the church and when he sees me, he gets super excited! I get a big hug and we head to the car. He tells me he had an accident today…. I tell him that we are putting his toys up when we get home! We head to McDonald’s to get something to eat before church. I roll down the window to order and the smell of french fries makes me want to gag! I order him a happy meal and he eats it on the way to church.

5:30pm- We get to church and still have about 10 minutes to kill before I want to drop him off at his class, so he watches The Incredibles while I play Candy Crush on my phone.

5:40pm- We walk inside and I take Noah to his class, then walk alllllllllll the way across the church to my class.

7:00pm-Church is over and I go pick Noah up and we head home. Brad goes to another class that is located off-campus, so a few minutes later he calls to tell me he is heading home too.

7:15pm- Daddy is home! We all talk about our day, then we change Noah into his jammies.

7:30pm- We put Noah to bed. He wants to watch Little Einsteins tonight. We get big hugs and sugar and tell him good night.

7:40pm- Mommy and Daddy are starving! Brad makes himself some sandwiches/grapes and I make myself a wrap/nectarine and we settle in front of the tv to watch Survivor!

8:00pm- I’m tired of sitting up, so we move to the bedroom to finish watching Survivor.

8:30pm- Survivor is done and I can barely hold my eyes open. Brad always stays up later than me and watches tv, so I tell him I love him and I’m out!

And there you have it! :)

Monday, September 30, 2013

30 weeks

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How far along? 30 weeks, 2 days

Total weight gain/loss: Up 24 lbs. I have been freaking out since yesterday because I thought I gained four pounds this week, but luckily I just miscalculated and have only gained ONE pound this week! Haha

Maternity clothes: Yes please!

Stretch marks: Same ones

Sleep: Good for the most part. I’ve always been a stomach sleeper and so far with this pregnancy, I’ve been able to sleep half way on my stomach, propped up on a body pillow. But now, he’s getting so big that sleeping on my belly at all is uncomfortable. I HATE sleeping on my side! He also has a new trick of kicking the bed when I’m laying down, so that’s been keeping me up as well. :)

Best moment this week: Brad and I had a date night Friday night!

Movement: Absolutely! I’ve been trying to get him dancing around on video, but you can’t ever see it as good as you can in real life!

Food cravings/aversions: Fruit, sour candy. I am an avid Mt Dew drinker, but this week I just haven’t wanted it that much.

Gender: Boy!

Labor signs: I’m still having a ton of Braxton-Hicks. They are a bit concerning to me, especially when I have 5 in 30 minutes or one contraction that lasts ten minutes, but every time I call my doctor’s office they tell me not to worry until they stay in a regular pattern. Luckily I have a doctor’s appointment Wednesday, so I can talk to my doctor about it. My blood pressure was also slightly elevated this morning at 129/80. Mine is usually 110/50ish. I’ve also been really sore from contracting so much.

Belly button in or out: Out and so strange!

What I miss: My pre-pregnancy body!

What I am looking forward to: My doctor’s appointment this week!

Weekly wisdom: Sour Patch watermelons are really yummy! :)

Milestone: Only 10 more weeks to go! I think I can, I think I can, I think I can!

Monday, September 23, 2013

29 weeks

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How far along? 29 weeks, 2 days

Total weight gain/loss: Up 23 lbs.

Maternity clothes: All the time

Stretch marks: Same ones

Sleep: I slept really good this week for the most part. I sleep SO good for the first hour or two. And I’m not waking up as often to go pee so that’s been awesome!

Best moment this week: Getting a day FULL of rest on Saturday! It was much needed.

Movement: All the time! He has the hiccups at least once a day right now. I’ve also felt him have the ‘heeby jeebies”

Food cravings/aversions: Nectarines! I can’t get enough. I’ve been craving fresh foods this week like salads, cucumbers, etc. Probably from all the junk I’ve been eating lately!

Gender: Boy!

Labor signs: Lord yes. I have been having a TON of Braxton Hicks. They started Wednesday afternoon. By Friday afternoon, I had 6 in an hour and I was so sore from having them so often. I called my doctor’s office to find out how many BH were too many and they said to go to the hospital if they got into a pattern or became too painful. We had dinner plans that night that I really didn’t want to cancel, so I left work early to go home and lay down for about an hour. After that I didn’t have any more. Then Saturday I made sure to stay in bed ALL DAY LONG. I haven’t had any contractions since then, thankfully. I started to get a little freaked out on Friday, though!

Belly button in or out: Out!

What I miss: Being able to get a lot of things done.

What I am looking forward to: Seeing this sweet baby! Now that it’s getting so close, I’m getting really excited to meet my sweet boy!

Weekly wisdom: SLOW DOWN

Milestone: Last week in the 20s! It won’t be long now!

Friday, September 20, 2013

Noah’s trip to the dentist

Noah’s pediatrician said that I should take him for his first dental check up this summer. I put it off until he got back in school and in a routine. We went yesterday!

I made sure to really talk it up and explain to him what all they were going to do and he was a little apprehensive, but seemed to be ok with going.

Before the hygienist started, I told him that I wanted to take his picture. He said, “Well let me do my mad face!”

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Haha! I asked him to smile and this was all I got…

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He wasn’t sure about the whole process at this point! :)

The hygienist looked in his mouth, brushed and flossed his teeth, and put fluoride on his little teeth. He did so good! They asked him if he had ever seen floss before and he said, “Yeah! My Mommy used that once!” Hahaha. Oops.

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He held onto the chair for dear life! I was so surprised that he wasn’t shy and he just let them do whatever they wanted!

Then the dentist came in!

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Noah loved him! He gave him a hug and a high five after his appointment!

He got a bag FULL of goodies, including a new dinosaur toothbrush. Noah said his favorite part of going to the dentist was riding the dental chair up and down. :)

Afterwards, Noah requested a trip to Walgreens to pick out a toy so I happy obliged! He’s such a big boy!

Monday, September 16, 2013

28 weeks

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How far along? 28 weeks, 2 days

Total weight gain/loss: Up 21 lbs.

Maternity clothes: All the time

Stretch marks: Same ones

Sleep: I slept ok this week. I have AWESOME sleep from about 8:30pm-9:30pm every night. After that, it’s hard to get deep sleep.

Best moment this week: We had a house FULL of people over Saturday to watch the game. I ate a ton and we had a great time!

Movement: He’s like the energizer bunny! And I can still always count on him to do some aerobics from 7:30-8pm each night.

Food cravings/aversions: I’m still craving Crystal Light, strawberry orange banana to be exact. And nectarines. I still can’t stand the smell of bbq.

Gender: Boy!

Labor signs: Nope

Belly button in or out: Ok, ok. It’s out.

What I miss: Being able to breathe.

What I am looking forward to: Doctor’s appt this week!

Weekly wisdom: I’m fresh out this week!

Milestone: Third trimester!!!! Yay!

And a funny….

This morning, Noah was telling me bye before he and Brad left the house. He gave me a kiss, then kissed Cason. He stared at my belly for a few seconds and then said, “Mommy, your belly is REALLLLY big! Cason is just gonna pop outta there!” Haha! I’m glad he thinks he has this all figured out. I’m not prepared for questions yet! :)