One day over this summer the boys wanted to surprise daddy when he got home with something...so we decided to go to the store and pick up 5 bags of mini marshmellows and attack nick when he walked through the door! He drove his bike dwn to stg for work so we knew he would be coming in through the garage but i didnt want a house full of sticky marshmellows so we hid outside right by the drive way and waited for him to park his bike and read the note we left on the door for him...kaylin took off and started throwing marshmellows at him and then kiptin and i fallowed. we ran all around the back yard and there where hundreds of mellows all over the grass, we figured the birds and animals would enjoy them! it was one of the fun memories of the this summer!
How far along? 14 weeks
Total weight gain? still 3 lbs
Baby Size? baby is the size of a lemon from head to bum!
Sleep? some nights good, some nights not.
Best moment of the week? Letting nick feel the babies body press out against my belly! and all the little kicks..i just love it!
Miss anything? I miss running this week, i really was enjoying my workout times and getting out for a nice run but walking will have to do for now.
Food cravings? just food in general...i feel like im always hunger this week.
Labor signs? No
Gender? we find out in 1 week!
Symptoms? same old Heartburn, burping, itching, nausea.
Happy or Moody? been pretty good this week a little less pain so feeling a bit better!
Looking forward to...? finding out if we are having a BOY or GIRL...the days still cant pass fast enough. also finishing the painting in the nursery.
Realization of the week? still have A LONG WAYS TO GO.
Some interesting tid-bits about my baby body...
*not much has changed from the last post (13 weeks) but a little less itchy, and i havent had to take as many tums.
*I cant believe how skin stretches, is kinda amazing!
*I really need to go buy some new "g's" mine are so tight on my belly and hips now.
*my skin is still having its breakout moments but seems to be getting a little better as well.
Iam really going to try hard this time around to document this pregnancy better then i did the last two times. with kaylin i hardly ever took a picture and with kiptin i was a bit better but still not like i would have liked looking back. so this time i will try harder!
How far along? 13 weeks 1 day
Total weight gain? 3 lbs so far :(
Sleep? not perfect but last night was A LOT better then it has been for weeks now. I wake up to pee in the middle of the night every night and i toss and turn all night cause its never comfortable, but last night i found my pillow wedge and had a much better sleep!
Best moment of the week? TODAY, waking up and feeling good and not sick was awesome for a change. also being able to feel the baby move..and i felt the first little TINY kicks yesterday!
Miss anything? I miss my pre pregnancy body (shallow i know) but i worked hard and now that i have the "bump" i wish i had a little longer to enjoy "my self" cause i was so proud of what i had done finally. I also know though i will get it back but its one of the hard things i faced giving up.
Food cravings? YES. Fruit is a big one. Bread, home made or rolls anything soft and warm. Pumpkin deserts.
Anything make you queasy or sick? Nicks Buffalo lunch meat, apple, pop tarts and orange juice.
Labor signs? No
Gender? we find out in 2 weeks!
Symptoms? Heartburn, burping, itching, nausea.
Happy or Moody? mostly moody is what everyone else would say, i have my moments where i just want to loose it, but when i feel good and im not sick im happy!
Looking forward to...? finding out if we are having a BOY or GIRL...the days cant pass fast enough. also finishing the painting in the nursery.
Realization of the week? I have A LONG WAYS TO GO.
Some interesting tid-bits about my baby body...
*The stretching hurts a lot more this time around.
*I itch to no end
*clothes drive me crazy, any where they are touching me i hate it.
*My belly button is almost an outti now.
*My skin is really sensitive.
*I cant stand my hair down.
*I cant bend over very long to paint my toes.
*I do love that im actually starting to "look" pregnant though!
I totally forget to write down the story of kiptin FINALLY loosing the bink....a MUST NOT FORGET!!!
Don't you hate when you go into the doc office and they sit down and do all there check up on your kids and then after thats all done they come at with all the things you need to be doing??? well i took kiptin into his 2 year chk up and of course he had his Binky with him and he was sad from shots and finger pokes so he wanted his bink, so i gave it to him and his doc says how often does he have that and i said really only when he goes to bed or when we are in the car, i dont let him just walk around with it all day but if he finds one he will stick it in his mouth. He said have you tried to get rid of it yet?....DUH YES are you kidding i have tried and tried but in the middle of the night a mom just needs her sleep! so i wasnt trying really really had but one by one the binky's would get lost or i would chuck one in the trash cause it had a little hole or something so we only had 1 or 2 in the house at that point anyways.
well that same night he and kaylin went out side on our deck and it was almost all the way dark outside still a tiny bit of light but not much, I herd kiptin say that he was going to throw the bink over the rail and i yelled from the kitchen that if you throw it we can not get it til morning cause its too dark outside to see where it is to find it....moments later kaylin said well kiptin throw it over mom, its gone.
so i looked at kiptin and told him that i had said if he throw it over i wouldnt be able to get it til morning and he would have to go to bed without it. he looked at me and you could tell he was sad but understood that he would have to wait until it was light out to go find it, and he actually went to bed better then i thought he would, i just figured there would be a huge melt down and i would give in and have to go out and find it, well he shed a few tears but that was it.
Morning came and i had kaylin run out and grab the bink before kiptin woke up and i hid it on the top of the fridge where he couldnt see it. I told kaylin not to tell him he got and that i was really wanting him to just not have it anymore so we came up with a "story" ( i know i know bad mom!). First thing he did when he woke up was run out on the deck and look down for his bink and it was gone, he kept saying "where go mum" and i went out and looked with him, we herd all the birds chirping and i said maybe a mommy bird picked it up and gave it to one of her crying babies. I told him to listen to all those crying babies and that one of them is so happy now and he smiled and thought it was pretty cool but soon reality set in to him and he wanted his bink back so bad, he kept asking for it and searching for it over and over again outside and we just kept saying a baby bird has it now.
he gave in and knew it wasnt coming back. months have gone by now and it has been so easy on him and us THANK HEAVENS!!
Now he See's a bink and he will either suck on it until we see him and then he gives it to us right away or just comes and hands it to us..so we have been binky free for about 4 months now!
Now if we can just get rid of the bed time bottle we would be free and clear....he loves his warm milk before he goes to bed...so that one is going to be tricky, iam still trying to come up with a way to say good bye to that one!
HOME SWEET HOME...or 2nd home that is...this is where nick and i lived after we got married..right on the tip of Oahu's north shore Hawaii right on the border of the land and ocean..CRAZY still to think i lived that close to the ocean.
AND WE ARE HEADED BACK COME DECEMBER FOR 16 GLORIOUS NIGHTS AND TWO WEEKS OF FUN FAMILY TIME!!!!
This pregnancy was so very unexpected and has messed with a lot of our "plans" we had on our "to do" list before we were ready for another baby but we are both so excited now.
One thing we both felt strongly about is taking a big vacation with just the boys and us before we threw in another...we have told kaylin for a few years now that we would take him to Hawaii and he reminds us all the time that we need to go...we were planning to go this summer/fall but nothing was ever set in stone and some how we just put it of and put it off and then we decided to put our yard in and fence in and that really ate a huge chunk so once again it was put off.
Then i found out we were going to have another baby and the plans really got put off..but nick and i were talking one day and he said..if we are going to go with just the boys we need to make something happen and just do it no matter what it takes....me knowing all the baby stuff we need to buy and the cost of a big trip in such a short amount of time to save more made it a little hard to think we could pull it off but we are and so many blessing have come that have enabled us to really make it happen. We set the dates and just worked everything out to go...we booked our condo and it happens to be a high end luxury one that was WAY WAY out of our price range but i found some coupon codes and we got 3 free nights and it ended up being cheaper then the regular cheapest condo they had, AMAZING..i still sit here and try to think of how we got it but the numbers dont add up, when i first looked it up and found the price it was double what we got it for and its in the PEAK season over Christmas and we still got it. then we found tickets and a rental jeep for about half the price all the sudden and got those..so all the major stuff is done now we just have to save the play money a few other things but its really FINALLY happening and we CANT WAIT to enjoy our first huge family vacation for 16 days in Hawaii over Christmas...im excited for it to just be me and the boys on the beach for Christmas...we are trading in the snow for some warm beautiful sandy beaches!
its not the ideal time to go in December but its still so beautiful and since we lived there for a year we know what part of the island had the big winter waves and the ones that are perfect so its a plus for us to go somewhere we both LOVE and shared so many great first together and now it will be our FIRST together with our boys.
plus it helps going to a place you know what and where everything is so it not wasting so much time learning how to get where you wanting to go and when is a good time to go...we already have that covered and we can just take the boys to our favorite spots and make some new favorite spots with them!
Given that it will be a little bit of strange Christmas with no family around, all i want and need our my 3 boys...we want something different this year, relaxing and low key just the 4 of us! one big family time together before life gets really crazy on us again. It may not be ideal time for my huge belly to go but we thought it was the only time i would feel pretty good other then having a huge basket ball under my shirt...and being a beached whale...not to excited about that part but i cant have it all right! I'm just thankful to be going with my boys!
Oahu means so much to nick and I and we want to share it with our kids as well, it was just the RIGHT place for us to take them this time...it will for sure be a family vacation stop for life!
now as long as everything goes OK with this pregnancy that's our only concern because you just never know...we are going and cant wait!!!
12 weeks has come and gone now and i think these next 3 weeks are going to crawl by. We always go to "prenatel treasures" to find out what we are having at 15 weeks because why wait another 5 weeks when i can make a phone call and find out 5 weeks earlier??!!! right! Getting to the 12 week safe zone (or more safe zone i call it) is huge for us and then the next one is the 15 week mark so i can start the planning of the babies room.
I started painting but got to stand still because i just want to know before i make a final desision!
I have mostly good days now but some pretty bad ones are thrown in there to keep me on my toes of who is boss of my body now lol! trust me im reminded just when i think i might have some control back.
This time around is so different, being pregnant with kaylin and kiptin was almost identical and this one is totally not the same..so it for sure keeps me guessing!
I went to my doc apt a week ago and he did an ultra sound which was so unexpected and awesome...my baby was so big and moving and wiggling and rubbing its eyes with its little hands, it was just so amazing to see it all happening i wish i could just see it all the time! he did some great 3d pictures that are just the best i have ever seen at 11 weeks. when he was scanning i noticed a "bulge" down there and said "WHAT THE HECK IS THAT", "I HOPE NOT WHAT I THINK IT IS"...He laughed and the nurse laughed and he said "dont think about that now cause boys and girls look the same at this stage for another week or two its called the "nub" (i have NEVER seen the nub before, i never had an early ultra sound done with the other two)....he says that most can make a guess by the "angle of the dangle" to which sex the baby will be but its not a for sure guess. according to our "angle of the dangle" it says probably girl but im not getting my hopes up yet, im just going to wait the 3 weeks out and what ever god blesses us with me will love more then anything!
I also feel the baby move inside of me very often and have felt a little body part sicking out twice now with my fingure...but at the same time i can not put my hand on my belly and feel anything that way i can only feel it on the inside...WEIRD yes very. just like now as i type he or she is moving all around but if i put my hand down i feel nothing??!! its a strange, very strange feeling but so AMAZING at the same time...nick said he would NEVER want to know what its like having a little human move inside of him uncontrolably hahaha, i just laugh!
we are so excited for all the many fun times in store for us as so many new things come our way!
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