17 Weeks

Cheese 

My love bug 

We were finally home this weekend. This is the first time we have been home in almost two months.  It was very nice, to hang out and clean and relax.   We were still got a lot done. Kenna and I, went shopping for a bunch of back to school stuff.  Mostly we stocked up on a bunch of groceries and diapers. I also worked in my classroom for a little bit. Still a long ways to go. 

This week is going to be crazy busy.  School officially starts tomorrow for teachers. OMG where did summer go:(  I am so sad it is time to go back to school. I am going to miss my little girl soo much.  Kenna and I have become best friends over the summer.  We do everything together.  The water gates will be opened when I drop her off at our new daycare. Kenna is honestly the sweetest little girl. She has such a strong personality, but also is so nice and kind. One day she will give me trouble, but right now I cant get enough of her:)   I will miss her very much.  I guess that's life of working mamas.  

We also got a new patio--- WOOT WOOT- it is soo awesome.  I will post pictures when it is officially done. I took a before picture- you wont believe how different it looks.  We still have to wait a couple days before we can wash it off and are still working on getting a patio set.   

Overall, it was a great weekend- On Friday, the boys finished up the patio and we hung out at home.   On Saturday, we ran some errands and went to our friends bean bag tourney. It was so much fun. I cant wait for next year.   Then today, we had a great day. We stayed home and snuggled on the couch and watched cartoons and even church on tv.  It was so nice not to have to get up and get ready.  Then all of my sisters and their kids came over to have dinner for my sister who is leaving for college.  We ate lots yummy food and played outside in the sandbox and sprinkler:)  It was a fantastic weekend. The rest of the night will be spent doing school work and putting away laundry. LET THE FUN BEGIN.   

How far along?  17 weeks- Almost on time:)  

Total weight gain/loss: up 5 lbs-    

Maternity clothes? Just ordered a couple things online- Last time I was pregnant I barely bought any maternity clothes. This time around, I am buying a couple more. Misewell be cute and comfortable.  

Stretch Marks? I haven’t spotted anything yet.

Best Moment: Spending a relaxing weekend with my friends and family and we got a patio:) YAY   

Miss Anything:  Energy- still pretty tired  

Movement: Not much lately 

Food cravings:  My friend made a buffalo chicken chip dip and it was to die for. I could of ate it with a spoon. It was so delicious.  

Anything making you queasy or sick:  Nothing this week. 

Symptoms: Itchy hands:( burning hands-weird, bloating (the usual)  

Have you started to show yet? More every week     

Labor Signs: Nope

Belly button in or out? in  

Gender: Still boy for now. My friend found out she is having her second girl and Travis's friend found out they are having a second girl.  All of our kids were born right around the same time. We will see if we follow the trend.    

Wedding ring on or off? On

Happy or Moody most of the time: emotional roller coaster- lol Moody and happy  

Looking forward to:  Fall 

16 weeks:)

Holy Emotional- I am not a big crier, but I feel like I cry and get emotional more frequently. When I was pregnant with Kenna I rarely cried.  I also feel like I worry a lot when I am pregnant. I dont even worry about anything specific, but just worry about everyone lol. I am telling you sometimes being pregnant and having crazy hormones is not fun.  I also have been having weird dreams where I wake up in a panic. It happened three times this week!  All three have been about me losing Kenna and I wake up in a panic looking for her. I even jump out of bed. Then I come too and fall back asleep- CRAZY- Otherwise things are good. My best friend got married last weekend and we had soo much fun. Kenna stayed with the grandparents so Travis and I could enjoy all the wedding festivities. This week flew by. We had a play date with our friends, went and worked in the classroom, went shopping for Kenna's big girl bedroom. We had so much fun shopping, Kenna is so expressive and always so excited.  I will show you her room when we are finished. We are still working on painting.  This is the 3rd time we have painted this room since we have moved here lol. I am a little indecisive.    

How far along?  16 weeks- Tomorrow I am 17 weeks- lol I am little behind this time around.  

Total weight gain/loss: up 5 lbs- I seem to be gaining a pound a week.    

Maternity clothes? Getting close to whipping them. Clothes just do not feel comfortable at all.  

Stretch Marks? I haven’t spotted anything yet.

Best Moment: My best friends wedding- She was beautiful:)  It was just a cute country wedding- I loved it. I love the country theme. It was so nice spending the weekend with her and her family and friends.  

Miss Anything:  Sleep and energy- woke up 5 times last night- 3 times to go to the bathroom- once because of a dream- and once because of the rain.  

Movement: Not much recently 

Food cravings:  guacamole- yummy-  

Anything making you queasy or sick:  Felt pretty good this week.  

Have you started to show yet? It is so weird. I get think first- like my clothes dont fit, but I dont really have a cute little baby bump lol.             

Labor Signs: Nope

Belly button in or out? in  

Gender: Still boy for now. sometimes girl, because everyone tells me girl       

Wedding ring on or off? On

Happy or Moody most of the time: Irritable- Lol I am kind of crabby  

Looking forward to:  A restful weekend- Maybe getting a patio on Saturday:) Fingers crossed.  

15 weeks Pregnant

Our 3rd wedding anniversary- I can still remember our wedding day like yesterday:)

Holy Smokes, this week flew by. We went camping last weekend with my family. It was great time. We went to a thrashing event lol which is a very country/hillbilly tractor event.  Is the best way I can describe it. It was quite the experience, but it was fun. They honestly had the best sweet corn I have had in a long time. We also took Kenna Mini Golfing and canoeing.  She did great. She only tried to climb out of the canoe one time. Thankfully.  She is not much for sitting in one place, but she had fun.  We came home Monday.  Then had VB Monday night and I started going to back to school meetings on Tuesday. I already miss Kenna. It is so hard to leave her.  We are also switching daycares this fall, which is an exciting, but scary thing.  Change is hard, but obliviously something we all have to do. We will miss our old daycare lady soooo much, but look forward to the new adventures and kiddos we will meet at our new one. I hope one day I will be able to stay home and watch my kids grow up and help them learn along the way, but for now bills need to be paid, so my husband and I work.  Everything on the baby end of things is going well.  I am pretty sure I felt he/she moving around in there:) Only makes it more real. I cant believe how fast it is going by.  


How far along?  15 weeks- I almost 16 weeks so I better post now lol

Total weight gain/loss: up 4 lbs    

Maternity clothes? Zero so far

Stretch Marks? I haven’t spotted anything yet.

Best Moment: Camping with my family, lots of yummy food, and swimming. Travis's and I, 3rd year anniversary:)  WOOOT WOOT- love him more than ever

Miss Anything:  Not being tired. My energy is starting to come back.  Hopefully more and more each day. I will need it when I start school in two weeks. AHHHH where did summer go. 

Movement: pretty sure I feel baby moving and grooving in there

Food cravings:  Salty, salty, salty.  Anything with chicken in it. 

Anything making you queasy or sick:  My stomach this time around has not been good. Twice this week felt really sick. 

Have you started to show yet? Yup, getting thicker like I did with Kenna, but this time faster            

Labor Signs: Nope

Belly button in or out? in  

Gender: Not finding out, but this time around I am thinking it is a boy- Chinese calendar says boy as well lol.     

Wedding ring on or off? On

Happy or Moody most of the time: Emotional, but not as moody. Good thing for my poor husband.    

Looking forward to:  My best friends wedding:) she is going to be the most beautiful bride. She is such a wonderful person I cant wait to celebrate with her and her soon to be new husband.  I am also excited to go visit our new daycare. 

14 Weeks

 

14 weeks

 

 

Busy, busy, busy.  This weekend I went to my friends bachelorette party by Rhinelander, Wisconsin.  It was so much fun. It was so nice to spend time with my friends. I rarely do anything without Kenna, so at first it was weird because  I am so used to always watching her every second.  She is at the stage where she will try and eat anything. She has no fear.  We went swimming the other day and she doesn't know how to swim, but tried to swim very unsuccessfully.  She floated right to the bottom of the pool.  I was standing right next to her and picked her up quickly and she was like whoa and didn't even cry.  So I watch her very carefully.  It was nice to have a mommy break this weekend. Went pontooning, played sand volleyball, ate lots of yummy food, and talked around the camp fire. It was a great weekend and I cant wait for my friends' wedding next weekend. She is going to be stunning bride.  

On Monday, I had a baby doc appointment. Everything went well. Baby's heartbeat was 152.  Prior to this week I got my blood drawn to test to see if I have cholestasis.  I have extremely itchy palms and it usually only happens at night. WEIRD. Anyways, my doctor got my blood work back and said everything was good. I will get tested again at 28 weeks just to double check.  The condition is not the best for the baby so they just want to be sure I don't have it.  I am positive that things will work out:)  

 

How far along?  14 weeks

Total weight gain/loss: 4 pounds- lol like I said lots of yummy for at the bachelorette party   

Maternity clothes? No, but wufta, I don't have a lot of shorts left I can wear- All I want to wear are my running shorts.   

Stretch Marks? zero so far-

Best Moment: Baby check up, also Kenna said I love you. I almost cried. It was the sweetest little thing.   

Miss Anything:  I feel like I am lazy bum because I don't want to do anything!!!  

Movement: Not sure, the doc said my placenta is anterior again- so it is on the side of where my belly is so it will be longer before I feel things.  I had this with Kenna as well.    

Food cravings:  SALT, SALT, SALT- Chipotle, guacamole, chips, I love it all- Also a treat for dessert:)   

Anything making you queasy or sick:  Feeling pretty good

Have you started to show yet? Yes-  Getting thicker

Labor Signs: zero

Belly button in or out? In  

Gender: Still guessing boy

Wedding ring on or off? Still on.    

Happy or Moody most of the time: Emotional this week- I rarely cry-even pregnant and I cried multiple times this week. I think I was very tired from last weekend and needed to catch up on sleep.  Emotional roller coaster.   

Looking forward to:

We did not get our new patio yet, rescheduled for early fall:( I will have to wait patiently!  I am excited to go camping with my family this weekend:) WOOT WOOT.  We are going to a new campground.  I always love going to new places to see what it is like.   

9 Weeks Flash back of our 2nd pregnancy

Right now, my pregnancy is a secret, but I wanted to write some things down so I can remember and compare them to my first pregnancy.  SO HERE WE GO ROUND 2:)

I found out I was pregnant in May.  I new I was pregnant because I got so light headed. I would be sitting at the carpet with my 3rd graders and when I would go to stand up I would get really dizzy.  This happened a couple of times.  Also, I was also very tired and caffeine didn't even seem to help.  I took a pregnancy test six days before my missed period and no such luck, but as I got closer to my period I just felt pregnant. More dizziness, I didn't like my coffee, my veins in my stomach started to become more predominant so I drove after school with Kenna to buy one more test.  This was 1 day before my period.  Usually you are supposed to take the test right away in the morning, but I figured it was going to be positive so I went to my moms house and at 4:30 and Kenna and I found out I was pregnant.  We were pretty excited and couldn't wait to tell daddy, but daddy was at a baseball game.  He coaches JV baseball.  So Kenna and I colored him a picture that said We love Daddy, from Mommy, Kenna, and Baby #2.  Next, we sat through the whole game patiently waiting to give Travis his gift.  He walked us to the car and Kenna gave him her picture. At first he was like oh cool and I was like did you read it?? So he read it one more time and was like ARE YOU FOR REAL?  Yup, yup, we are having another one. We all hugged and were so happy.  From there we told my family with this cute little shirt. 

 

How far along?  9 weeks

Total weight gain/loss: down 1 pound     

Maternity clothes? Nope

Stretch Marks? I haven’t spotted anything yet.

Best Moment: so many great things- my cousin was in town with her family, a beach day, a bbq, beautiful weather, family wedding, and a nice relaxing Sunday.   

Miss Anything:  Energy- I have zero- I am seriously so tired I could fall asleep standing up.  Coffee, I can't drink it because it now taste terrible:(   

Movement: Nope  

Food cravings:  Lots of different things- Mostly salty-  Guacamole, chips, chex mix, cheese sandwich crackers , beef jerky, food I don't have to cook

Anything making you queasy or sick: : yes lots of things.  My stomach this time around has not been good. Sometimes I am starving and will eat and then I feel sick. Most of the time if I am not snacking on something I don't feel well. So I have lots of snacks in my car- chex mix, beef jerky, and prunes, animal crackers lol.      

Have you started to show yet? No, just bloating                

Labor Signs: Nope

Belly button in or out? in  

Gender: Not finding out, but this time around I am thinking it is a boy   

Wedding ring on or off? On

Happy or Moody most of the time: Moody, soo moody this week and emotional.   

Looking forward to: Fourth of July at Travis's parents cabin, pontoon rides, fishing, good food, swimming with Kenna, relaxing, bomb fires, smores, and sleeping in hopefully a couple days:)  with grandma and grandpa around. First fireworks with Kenna.  I think she will love them. Her personality is soo great right now and she has the best facial expressions.