Pressure

Lots of pressure Sunday.  And I noticed that long walks....not so great right now.  After going around the Lake View Cemetery.  Jimmy axed all of the baby names on our list so we had to start all over.  We have another list in the making, but I'm still freaking out that this baby won't have a name when it's born.  So after it's born and we send out info on height, weight, and a picture....don't expect a name to go along with it.  Haha.

Bending over to tie my shoes or put on socks or ANYTHING else....not easy.

Trying not to sleep on my right side.....not easy.

Avoiding heartburn...not gonna happen.

And all I want to eat is ice cream (which I haven't caved & eaten yet), dark chocolate, fruit, cookies, CAPE COD CHIPS....OMG I'm starving.  And I want nothing healthy.

baby update 33w

How far along: 33.2 weeks

Maternity clothes: Usually wear leggings and my "fat" skinny jeans.  Other than that I have worn a couple maternity pants (like pictured above).  I haven't worn maternity tops really.  But my t-shirts are getting to the point where they are way too short in the front.  Haha  

Sleep: Depends on the day.  I feel rested today.  Yesterday I subbed a full day and had practice afterwards.  I was EXHAUSTED.  Ready for bed at 6pm.  Jimmy took my body pillow out for me so that helps.

Best moment this week: knowing that volleyball is almost over! Haha 

Movement: Lots of it!  Right now, the way that the baby is positioned- my belly button is off to the side by an inch! I think I might have felt some Braxton Hicks yesterday. 

Food cravings/aversions: pumpkin cream cheese, water, pineapple, strawberries, Cape Cod chips (just finished the bag too), popcorn, dark chocolate.  Things that I don't really want: spoiled milk (oops drank that twice), fishy fish, potatoes, milk chocolate.

Gender: So I'm leaning towards a boy.  I'm about 95% sure that's what it is. I tried peeking in the envelope again, and saw nothing. Haha.  But all the signs point to boy, even though it feels like a girl.      

What I miss: still miss feeling good about myself, sleeping on my right side, fitting into my clothes, not having an itchy belly, NOT HAVING A belly! 

What I am looking forward to: Popping this kid out! Shopping for baby stuff & decorating the nursery.  I also can't wait to take newborn pictures.  Shoot, I need to finish some crocheting!!!!! 

What I have learned: This baby is coming a lot sooner than I realized.  I need to pick out a name!!!!   Jimmy made me throw out our list, so we started all over!!!!!!!!  AHHHHHH!  

Milestones: my uterus is jammed into my lungs and I can't breathe.  I have to arch back to get good deep breaths.  Also watching my belly move in all different directions.  It almost looks lumpy & lopsided.  Like there are 3 kids in there.  Oh shit, this baby HAS to be huge!!!!  

Leaves!!

Little Man helped me rake up leaves the other day.  He likes them way more this year than he did last year.
















Fish Face makes another appearance.











Caden helped Michelle & I with Aspen's 7 month photo shoot:

Pumpkining

Caden went pumpkining with Aspen.  He came home with the perfect pumpkin!


playing with some photoshop.



picking out the perfect one



love the fish face







What a cutie!!!!

31.6

Ugh!  Heartburn & Acid Reflux!!!???!!!  AGAIN??  I was hoping to not have to really deal with that this time around.  I think it might even be worse this time.  BC I have it all day, not just at night.  I have it right now!  Ridic!  These dang hairy babies are killing me.  I also developed some nasal congestion as well.  Fabulous!  And being able not to breathe.  Yeah that kinda sucks.

Jimmy & I had names picked out and were pretty set to go, until last night when he sprung on me that he doesn't like 2 of them anymore.  And yes, they were probably the top 2.  Sooooooo, now we pretty much have to start all over.  I'm not too thrilled about that.  In fact, I'm really stressing out about it.

I haven't felt nauseous in awhile, that's always good.  :)  Since the heartburn is so bad, I really don't feel like eating anything though.  :(



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Caden is doing really well.  He just got some stacking cups from some friends, and he is OBSESSED with them.  It's so cute.  I love to watch him walk around, too.  He cracks me up.  When I tell him to go get something he does.  Nice!  He actually is trying to play with my right now, so I'm going to go be entertained some more by that little nugget.

p.s. his halloween costume might not work out and I'm a little disappointed.  I had that planned out before he was even born!!

I feel like I need this!

Baby Update 31w

How far along: 31 weeks

Maternity clothes: I wear some, but still getting away with not having to wear them everyday.  I probably wear a maternity apparel about once a week.  

Sleep: WOW am I EXHAUSTED!!!!  I look like crap.  Giant bags under my eyes.

Best moment this week: going to the gym on my birthday.  I wish I got there more often.  

Movement: this baby likes to rock and roll!!!!  It was very squirmy at my volleyball game and it's rolling around right now.  

Food cravings/aversions: nothing sounds appealing to me right now.  maybe just some water.  

Gender: no clue. and everyone that puts in their own input is all over.  If I counted the number of guesses we'd be pretty even boy/girl.  I think I'll do a gender, size, date pool again    

What I miss: sleep and feeling good about myself 

What I am looking forward to: having my body back to myself.  Watching Caden as a big brother.  My 36 week ultrasound- - can't come soon enough!!!!

What I have learned: the 2nd pregnancy goes by faster and I seem less interested in what the baby is doing at each stage.  For instance, I don't read my Day by Day book like I did with Caden.  It's more of a Crap, I'm a Week Behind...reading.

Milestones: turning 30 years old and not too thrilled about it.  It's going to be so hard to get my body looking good.  

18 month Check-up

Caden has his doctor's appointment today.  He had 3 shots and two cool Snoopy tattoos.  He is doing very well!!!

Head Circumference: 47.5 cm  45%tile
Weight: 25 lbs 6 oz   45%tile
Height: 2' 9.25"    77%tile

He doesn't go back until he is 2 yrs old!  TWO YEARS OLD!!!???!!  I can't even imagine having a two year old.  And the sad part is that it will be here sooner than I think.

Not to mention having 2 kids at that point.  whew!


Speaking of which, Baby #2 is moving around like crazy.  I was looking at some baby names and we may have to get rid of one of our boy names.  It was WAY too common.  I don't want a kid who has 10 other kids in its class with the same name.  Ugh.  Thinking of names is so hard, too.


I have a few pictures to post, just need to upload them in between the other 6 jobs I have going on right now.

About 32 Inches

Just curious to see how much he has grown bc he seems soooooo tall.  He can now take things off of the kitchen table.




About 32"

We'll see what the doctor's office comes up with next week.

18 months!!!

Wow!  A year and 6 months has gone by already.  Yay! Now we can just say Caden is a year and a half now.  Instead of using the month terminology.  I definitely think he is growing up so quickly, but after looking at his now picture next to these, it looks like he has lost his baby face.  :(   It could also be the mop on his head.



Giving kisses to Nipper (more like expecting kisses back) and petting him on the head.



I love that picture of him on the right.  "Hey!  I'm going to get a lot of candy in this here pumpkin next month.  Candy that I won't be allowed to eat yet because I'm too little.  Candy that my mom & dad will devour."






The Bipolar-ness of a toddler.  He actually wasn't pouting in that picture just making a silly face.











BLOCKS!!!  If you ever need someone to tear down your block building, Caden is the man for the job!



"Hey Caden! Show Mommy how you ride your bike."- Jimmy
"You mean THIS BIKE?"- Caden



Someone has a little cold.....

mister charming

He really does look like both of us mixed together.










Bustin' out the "cool" bandaids for the 1st time!

Little Man Update

He is VERY independent!  And I like that.  Still calls me Dada, not too keen on that though.  I love how he says the cat's name.  Likes to play and looks at books!!!  He's into chasing the dog around which is cool, except I have to make sure he doesn't go near her tail or she'll freak.  So that will be better when he understands that.  He's a smart little cookie, too.  Sometimes he does stuff and Jimmy & I just look at each other like, "how the heck did he know to do that?"  It's pretty cool.  

He's kinda getting in that clingy stage where he just wants me and comes over and hugs my legs and doesn't let go.  Haha.  

I can't believe how big he is getting, too.  :(  It's a good thing we are having another baby soon.  

Well, I need to get cracking on my pictures for work.   Yay.....

Baby #2 Update 28w

How far along: 28.3 weeks

Maternity clothes: I'm still getting away with not having to wear them.  Old Navy had a sale on clothes. I needed new khaki shorts for coaching, so I just bought a few sizes bigger than what I normally wear.  And I fit into my "fat" jeans right now, so I really don't have to wear maternity jeans yet either.  I have a couple of times though.  

Sleep: Yeah, not getting that anymore, I guess.  I REALLY struggled yesterday.  And last night I had pretty bad acid reflux & heartburn, so that kinda kept me up.  The other night, our neighbor's dog barked outside our window from 1am-4am.  That never helps.    

Best moment this week: Hearing the baby's heartbeat the other night with Jimmy's stethoscope. It was beating fast.

Movement: This baby likes to Move it, Move it!  And it's definitely getting bigger because the kicks are harder and the pushing it does it stronger.

Food cravings/aversions: Right now I can't even think about eating pasta.  I'm trying to eat more protein.  

Gender: Not finding out.  For sure.  I've made it this far, and I think it would be cool to not know.  When the baby comes out there will actually be meaning behind it when they say, "It's a ______!"  Instead of thinking to myself, yeah.  I already know.    

What I miss: feeling good about myself, getting out of bed easily, sleeping through the night, wearing whatever I want.

What I am looking forward to: Meeting the baby & seeing Caden with his "brister"

What I have learned: hitting downballs and serving to my girls is probably not the best idea.  I think I pulled an ab muscle.  It and doesn't feel that great.  But someone has to do it!

Milestones: Nothing to do with this pregnancy but I held a newborn that wasn't mine!!!!!  

This & That

My belly pretty much looks the same as when I was pregnant with Caden.



My hair is longer!  I think it's funny that I took both of these pictures after a shower.  I can tell my hair is wet.  I would say that I'm carrying this baby a little lower, probably because my abs aren't as strong as they were the first time around.  It's kinda of funny to see the two next to each other.  And gross at the same time.

A little post from the Baby Mama

I should could be in bed right now.

It's almost midnight, but I'm glued to the brightness of my MacBook.  Damn you technology.  Now I won't be able to go to sleep for awhile.  It's good that I haven't been lying down in bed though, because  I have heartburn.

I just realized today that I only have about 12 weeks left to go in this pregnancy.  I have to admit, it's been pretty dang easy!  That is a little scary- maybe the birth won't be so easy- maybe I will come out of it with stretch marks- maybe I'll be surprised with TWINS!!!!  ahhhh!

Jimmy took my 28 week picture today, so hopefully I will find some time to upload that.  I have a HUGE couple of weeks ahead of me.  I already want them to be over.  :/

Tomorrow, I have a hair modeling gig, stop at the office to turn in pictures, an away game, dinner at my parents', and need to clean the ENTIRE house, bc we have about 25 people coming over on Tuesday.

I guess I really should go to bed...


The baby is kicking me, trying to tell me to go lay down.

A Little Man & his Football

I can't believe how big he looks already!!!

Is that Caden?

Nope. It's me.

Third Trimester, Here I am!!!!

Yay!  I had my 27th week appt today.  I asked the doctor about all of the new veins that popped up on my right leg this pregnancy.  He said we will check for blood clotting the next appt.  They actually hurt.  I can feel the blood throbbing in the area where there are veins.  Not cool.  I also asked him about how nauseous I have been.  Nothing is wrong with me or the baby, so I just got unlucky this time with being sick throughout the pregnancy. It hasn't been completely unbearable and I know people have it worse than me.  So I can't really complain.  But I do.  hehe.

I also have to make sure I have 5 fetal kicks after I eat.  If not- I need to call the doc.  Lots of stuff this ponder.

Today was my gestational diabetes testing day.  When I was pregnant with Caden, it was around Christmas time when I was this far along.  Needless to say, with all of the holiday eating, I failed the diabetes test.  Healthy results 65-135  I had a 146.  Oops.  So I had to do the 3 hour long test.  That really sucked!!!!  So this time around, I tried to watch my sugar intake before the test.  The vampire that took my blood asked if I ate anything this morning.  Yes- plain oatmeal. She said, that's not that good bc it's carbs.  Carbs breakdown into sugar.  Well shit.  So I've been kinda stressed about that all day.  And I got my results tonight.......85!  Yay.  No dia-Bee-tis here!

I kinda have some heartburn right now.  But looking back on my last pregnancy it is NOTHING compared to it:
Bad heartburn

Oh man, I feel so bad for my former me.  Sleeping while sitting up or not sleeping at all.


Oh geez!  It's getting late.  I have a lot to do again tomo.  Gonna go read myself to sleep.

26.4

What the heck!?!?  I thought this nausea thing was only supposed to happen in the first trimester???  This blows!!!  I feel dizzy and ready to puke!  It seems like I would feel better if I just threw up.  What are ya gonna do?  Of course I have a lot going on, too.  I have 3 jobs to go to today and tomorrow I have 2.

Jimmy went to pick up the baby's crib today! That's exciting!  Yay.  Hopefully all of this will keep me so busy that I will forget that I feel sick.  But all I want to do is lay down---and when I lay down I feel even worse bc the acid rises up!

Lame.

1st class...working on quizzes right now.  So far so good.  I have 7th grade students today.  I usually like 8th grade and up so this could get interesting.

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A couple of weeks ago, I went rollerblading, Yeah, yeah, I know I shouldn't be doing that.  Well I did end up straining my ankle and hurting my knee.  It eventually stopped hurting.  So Wednesday at my game I have no idea what I did, but I hurt my ankle again.  I mean it REALLY hurt to walk on.  It feels a little better today, so that's good.

I also had to try on my bridesmaid dress today to get it altered for the wedding I'm in next month.  That thing is HUGE on me.  Going to cost a pretty penny to alter. Haha.  The dress shop ladies overestimated the size that I was going to be.  Bitches.  Haha.  Better too big than too small though :)  I also had to pay extra to order extra length.  Turns out, now it's WAY too long, so I had to pay EVEN MORE to have it shortened.  Oh geez!!  Just my luck.

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I went to the gym the other day.  And weighed myself.  I haven't done that in 3 weeks!!!  I am exactly where I was at this point the last time I was pregnant.  So I guess that's good.  I still don't know if I'm having a boy or girl this time around.  It's kinda getting to the point where I don't even care that I don't know.  At first it was driving me crazy, but today I kinda realizes that it doesn't really bother me to not know.

#1 I will obviously find out at some point.
#2 I will have the winter months to decorate.  I won't really want to be outside all day anyway, so that's perfect.
#3 We already have 2 names for each gender picked out, so after the baby is born we will just need to pick between the 2.
#4 It is what it is.  As long as the baby is healthy, we are happy.  :)

p.s. I'm totally going to puke.  I know it.  I'm trying so hard to not think about it.  But it's not that easy being queasy.  Ha.

25.6

We went to a wedding last night.  It was fun!  We got to hangout with our friends and get loose on the dance floor.  Plus there was some drama with a stolen purse.  Located by me & Todd!  I suggested to use Find my iPhone and it led him to the purse.  Turns out someone did take it and threw it in the bushes.  Lame.

I did a lot of dancing, eating and drinking a lot of water & cranberry & sprites.  I felt like I was just as "tipsy" as everyone else (I guess I really don't need to drink when I go out then).  My friend, Nicole is due in about 2 weeks and she and I stayed until the end!  We were out there shaking our bumps to the music.  Haha.

When I woke up this morning, I was worried bc the baby hadn't kicked all night.  It's making up for it now.  So all is good.  A few people came up to me to tell me how great I looked.  That is always nice to hear, especially when you feel like a cow.  So thank you!

Today, I'm getting some work done and doing some laundry.  Caden is goofing off & making me laugh.

The baby's crib should be coming in this week!!  I can't wait to set it up!  {ew-baby part moving along my side}

Our first game is tomorrow, so I'm curious to see how that is going to turn out.  I don't think the girls are ready for that yet.  Could be interesting or VERY boring.  lol.

Okey dokey!  I need to go feed the little guy some lunch!  ta-ta!