happy

Sink full of dishes, plenty of laundry that needs to be done and dinner that needs to be cooked, but Aubrey is taking a late nap, so I’m taking advantage of the quiet (and putting off what should be done).

 

my crazy, sweet sleeper.

   

She has become quite the little helper. She usually loves to help me out with whatever, but every now and then I get a little 14 year old instead of my 4 year old with a nice big “ughhhh” as I ask for help. Lordy.

Took a little time out to color- I should color more often, its so relaxing ;) Side note: started off coloring on the floor, but I’ve been having horrible low back/hip/butt pain on my right side. Sitting on the “hard” floor kept sending shooting pains through me. So annoying. So, I had to move to a chair :( This pain has been going on for a few weeks now, hoping it lets up soon!

The girl loves to accessorize!

Attack of the stickers! In Aubrey’s word “You look beautiful... fruity.. and tasty.. Yum!” “I’m going to eat your face!” Nice.

 

Date night! Got the hook up to a suite at the Mesquite Rodeo! Love my cutie cowboy ;)

Her favorite new pose, haha.

 

And, Aubrey got to drive for the first time!

 

Girl fun with the besties! Northpark and Maggianos never disappoints. My how our lives have changed, me and Natalie (sometimes with the girls, but more often without) used to go to Northpark to just “get away” and hang all the time when the girls were little. I’m pretty sure the last time we did that was when Natalie was pregnant with Oliver!! What happened?! ;)

Loving on her new Sleeping Beauty doll :)

Aubrey has gotten in some good cousin time lately. We went to see Despicable Me 2- really cute! The kids laughed out loud so much! Then we just wandered around Stonebriar, did a little shopping and playing. Then Collin came back with us and spent the night :)

Aunt Emmy took the kids one day to her apartment for some swimming and cooking of the sweetest cupcakes I’ve ever tasted- cotton candy icing! One bite was enough for me, haha! And, of course, Aubrey got a new ‘do. A little trim and some pink hair! Little clip on pieces, she loves it! :)

 

And, today, CFA in Forney had a free carousel ride, I think she went around that thing 50 times! Started off with Sawyer, held her hand the whole time :) Then, switched to Lola- the two crazies. Did a little chalk work, played on the playground.. and I think ate?? Haha. Oh well, momma got some good adult talk in with our little lunch group- Natalie, Ashley and Ashley! :)

   

Latest baby update:

Second trimester!! Was hoping to get that long awaited burst of energy.. guess I’ll keep waiting. Just getting spurts. Which I guess is better than nothing! :)

Send Philip out for a craving- CFA chicken soup! Food has been a little bit of an issue, but for some reason that sounded super good (which now that I’m thinking about it, does now too!)

Trying to take these more consistently.

Family walk around the pond. Mosquitos cut it short, but would be good if we got in the habit of this. Did sleep better that night ;) 

 

Couldn’t resist and bought the baby some clothes! Both gender neutral and super soft and cute and sweet… can’t wait for this baby to get here!!

And the latest. I’m now 17 weeks as of today. Baby is getting bigger!

Let’s see… sleep is slowly getting better. Still going to the bathroom throughout the night, and having some crazy dreams (dating Tom Selleck?! haha!)

Hip/back pain… didn’t have that with Aubrey.. wish I didn’t have it this time!

Pretty sure no weight gain. At my very first appt at about 7 weeks to my about 13 weeks appt I might have lost 3lbs. Different scales so I don’t know for sure. From 13 weeks to 16 weeks when I weighed at home, no weight gain. But again, different scales. So, I’ll be real curious to see if any change when I go next week (same scale as 13 weeks). I am growing, so, hope its ok if I haven’t gained, or gained very little? I get full pretty fast when eating, don’t finish most meals. And, I was craving fruit for a while, so..?? Guess we’ll see soon though!

Been feeling the baby move! Not a ton, but some is better than none! Mostly the little tickle feeling.. but. maybe some more definite movement too? Can’t tell for sure. I’m sure in the next couple of weeks I’ll know for sure!

Also, don’t think I’ve made it “public” yet.. but, going with a birthing center! I’ve got a good balance between nervous/excited. Been reading lots of stories and techniques to help with labor and excited to take a Bradley Method birthing class soon. I’m sure I’ll elaborate on all this a little more later. If anyone out there reading this has any experience in this area (home birth/birthing center/midwife-tips/tricks/advice) holla at me!! ;)

Find out gender next week!!! Super excited! My gut says it’s a boy (and apparently so does everyone I know!) which I will be totally happy with. I just hope for a girl for Aubrey’s sake to have a sister as soon as possible. I actually picture more boy things than girl things. If it’s a girl I’ll be totally shocked actually. We’ll do a small gender reveal party the night we go to the sono- baby better cooperate! ;)  Can’t wait to knock a side off our baby names.. maybe it’ll help us agree on something! Ha!

Guess that’s it? Oh wait, no memory!! Can’t remember a dang thing. Making notes and setting alarms have been my new friend.

Ok, well I’m starving now.. and dinner unfortunately didn’t cook itself.. so, peace! :)

Life

Well, its 10:30pm, usually way past my bedtime, but seeing as how I can’t sleep anymore, figured this would be a good time to blog! Grr.

So, here’s our life as of lately- mostly all about my girl- as usual ;)

She has been totally into makeup. Luckily, I’ve put it away and she seems to have forgotten about it (for now). This first pose was all her doing! Um, don’t think so! I did her makeup this time- all purples and pinks, her faves ;)

Showing off her bling bling. --- Camped out with all her barbies and blankets. She loves to find little cubbie spaces.

  

I thought nap times would have been fazed out a lot easier and quicker… but, looks like they are still needed pretty often. She has fallen asleep without me telling her to several times. Oh well.

 

We’ve been getting lot’s of play time in with Lola (and Natalie- mommas need play dates too!) These girls are too crazy sometimes! Ha!

  

And, some fun cousin time! Olivia(5) Aubrey (4) Avery (3)

They loved their Rapunzel hair!

 

Father’s Day. So glad she has such a good example to watch. I have loved watching them get closer and closer. She gets so excited when he comes home from work, usually she’ll hide and “scare” him. Seeing their love grow is such a blessing :)

Sweet curls… but, only when she sweats. Like her momma.

We took some of her little stickers and made earrings. Totally need to see if those are still sold- does anyone remember wearing those stick on earrings?! Loved them! haha

Went to Collin’s 8th bday party at Bounce U. Two rooms full of different kinds of bounce houses and jungle gym type things. Kids loved it!

Went to the library for “Creature Teacher”. Way more kids than I thought were going to be there. She showed some pretty cool animals, some I’d never seen before. Aubrey loved it and wanted to touch them all! Though, could only touch the snake and chinchilla.

     

Sweet moment. ---- She’s been really into taking pics together and says “Take a picture, it will be so cute!” :)

 

More of her doing. All her ideas. She’s an interesting one ;)

We met Sarah, Jeff and Collin for dinner.. this is how she left the house. Again, all her choosing. :)

 

Decided to try out the Mesquite Aquatic Center/Pool..whatever it’s called. Wasn’t too bad! Great kiddie area! Though, I’d like to go back on a little less crowded day.

(the first pic was supposed to include Philip.. my aim wasn’t too good. haha)

We love naps and snuggle time.

Unfortunately, Aubrey wasn’t with us this year for 4th of July (boo!) but, we got a sweet invite to the lake from Natalie! (Thanks!) It was nice to get away and hang with friends. And, the weather was amazing!! First time it wasn’t over 100 degrees- what?! 

Me and my cutie, who is getting wayyyy too big!! Love that boy :)

Well, guess that’s pretty much it. (At least, in picture form)

Happenings with little baby--

Still can’t sleep. At all. Super annoying.

Going to the bathroom a million times a day.

Still pretty emotional.

Appetite goes back and forth. Some days nothing sounds or tastes good. Others, I know exactly what I want.

Things that are sweet taste even sweeter.. hopefully that sticks so maybe I won’t want sweets so much!

Still craving fruits, ice water, sandwiches, queso!

Really, have more aversions to foods rather than cravings probably. Been pretty indecisive when it comes to food.

I’ve been pretty out of it lately. Case in point: grocery shopping today, got all the way out to my car after checking out but with only half of my groceries. Whoops. Good thing the bagger kid brought them out to me ;)

No weight gain. Actually think I’ve lost a few pounds. I’ll take it, bc I know they’ll be back!

Aubrey has been sooo super sweet when it comes to the baby! Anytime I’m extra tired or sleepy she’ll say “Is that baby making you feel that way?” all sweetly. She’s been talking to the baby more too. She changes her voice when she does (the baby might be really confused when it comes out! haha) kinda like baby talk, sort of. It’s cute though, I’ll have to record her. But, she’ll say “Its morning time baby! Are you hungry for breakfast? Are you ready to come out?” Sweet girl. Can’t wait to see her in action when the baby is actually here! To help her understand timing, I’ve told her the baby will come after Christmas. So randomly she’ll say, “So, my birthday, then Christmas, then the baby comes!” Love her!

Starting my second trimester now- yayayayay! Better live up to all its hype! :)

Well, it’s now 11:20, guess I’ll try and go to sleep. Or, watch another episode of Friends. :)

And baby makes 4!

Well, now that is completely official, I better start documenting!

***baby***

 

From the beginning:

This was planned. Shockingly, we were blessed with only having to try for one month. I honestly did not think I was. I kept looking for any sign or symptom, and anything I felt could have easily been compared to PMS. So, I decided to go ahead and take a test, technically 1 day earlier than I was supposed to. To my complete amazement, 2 lines showed up!! Instant tears. Pretty faint though… so over the next few days I took a total of 5 tests! HAHA! I know, I’ve been through this before, and I know any line means “yes”, but, I just kept comparing everything to when I was pregnant with Aubrey and nothing matched! Aubrey’s test might as well have been a neon sign with how bright and fast it showed up, and I had every text book symptom with her, even before I took a test. Basically, I need to stop comparing because nothing is the same except there is a baby in there! :))))

I took the first test while Philip was outside in the backyard working on stuff but did not tell him until the next night. Torture. I wanted to do something a little creative for him, and I wanted to take another test in the morning. So, I photo screened some pictures on my phone of little comic joke things and that next night while we were in bed I just casually gave him the phone and told him there were some funny pictures I wanted him to see. He scrolled through them with the last one landing on the pic of the positive pregnancy tests. He looked at it for a few seconds, then looked back at me, I just smiled. Then he was like “Wait…” He was a little slow at catching on… haha. But, he was excited!

I wanted to wait until I went to the doctor before I made it FB official… even though tons of people already knew. I just can’t keep a secret ;) Doctor said everything looked perfect and the baby had a heartbeat of 163- I’m hoping the old wives tale will work in my favor on that one- girl! Though, I last night I did have a dream I had a boy!! Ha! Though, really, I will be just as happy either way. I just want Aubrey to have a sister as close in age as possible… but, I also do want a boy at some point, so, either way is just fine with me :)

Amazing. The size of a raspberry and it already totally looks like a baby!!

When we told Aubrey, she was a bit confused to say the least. She asked if she had a baby in her tummy too. Sweet girl. She is now pretty aware and even made an announcement to her class at school that her momma has a baby in her tummy! :) She is dead set on it being a girl (sibling intuition??). I can’t wait to see her as a big sister- I know she will love it! Though, I’m sure there will be a little jealousy at first. It is a little weird to think she won’t be the only one anymore. By the time the baby comes, it will have been only her for 5 years! It will be a change for us all ;)

My new lock screen pic for my phone- love it!

 

So, let’s see, some symptom's/cravings I have been having:

-Right away I had trouble sleeping. Even before I found out. It’s like all of a sudden I couldn’t get comfortable, I’d toss and turn, get hot… not typical at all. Which, is really weird, bc its not like the baby was making me that way, it was like the size of a dot! Ha! Sleeping has gotten a little better… either that, or I’ve just figured out how to get comfortable now. If I already feel this way now, its going to really suck in a few months! :) That was the only “sign” something was different. Like I said, I didn’t at all think I was.

-boobs got sore, bad sore, starting may 11th. just now starting to get some relief. I’ll be glad when that’s over!

-smells have not really been a problem at all. Every now and then something will smell stronger, but never to where it makes me feel sick. Except garlic. Ugh!!

-I’ve pretty much been able to eat normally. Every now and then I won’t be able to finish something, like I just get totally turned off by it mid eating. I thought milk was going to be a problem for a while, luckily that went away. That would have been AWFUL. I crave stuff more than I dislike stuff. My first real craving was for sonic- chicken strip sandwich and fries. haha! We were at community group and its all I could think about the whole time, as soon as we left, we went to Sonic! I do not remember having cravings like this with Aubrey at all. I really like cold stuff, fruit, salads, popsicles, jello, pudding, LEMONADE, and lot’s of ice water. Though, I’ll never turn down a good pizza! ;)

-Emotional!!! For a few weeks I was constantly on the verge of tears. I just felt sad, and really, kind of depressed. It was really strange and I did not like it at. all. I do still get emotional, but, its not quite so bad now though. I say that, but just a couple of days ago, Philip and I went to an antique store, I needed to go to the bathroom (which was broken), my legs were burnt to a crisp and killing me, and I was getting tired… I told him we needed to leave bc I was about to start crying! There have been other instances where I’ve cried with no reason at all- so annoying. I feel so stupid for crying but I just can’t stop myself. I know Philip must think I’m a crazy person ;)

-Potty breaks like crazy!! I told Philip our toilet paper bill is going to go up, haha.

-Definitely been pretty tired. For a while I was taking a nap almost every day, but that has dwindled down.

Guess that’s about it on that.

Pictures. Let me just give a disclaimer, or something… For a while I was pretty bloated, so it made me seem like I was showing more than I really was. Also, I did not start off with a flat stomach, I know- shocking ;) so, that has definitely played a part I think. I just feel kinda silly that I think I’m actually legitimately showing now- at only 9 weeks! Though, some outfits make me look more pregnant than others- some just make me look fat and frumpy, haha. So, really it just depends on what I’m wearing. But, I’d say there is a bump there. Still a mushy bump, but, a bump none the less ;) Most of my clothes (shorts and pants) don’t really fit, just tight and uncomfortable, but maternity clothes are still too big, so I’m in that awkward annoying stage. Yay. So, I’ve decided to just embrace it all- you’re supposed to show faster with the second one anyway, right?! :)

So, these were taken 1 day apart. The skirt the second day. Outfit really does make a difference! Top outfit was all non-maternity. Bottom outfit just the shirt was maternity  (didn’t need it, just felt like wearing it)- and, before I had eaten anything! Crazy.

Guess there really is a little baby in there! ;)

We are all so excited about this little baby. January seems so far away, but I know it will be here in no time! So, for now we are going to savor our time as a family of 3 :)