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Monday, June 13, 2016

40 Week Bumpdate



Pregnancy:  Number 2
How far along:  40 Weeks 3 Days #4thTrimesterBaby
Gender:  Baby boy!
Weight Gain:  +42 pounds
Maternity Clothes:  I guess you could say that...cycling through the same 2 shirts and 2 pairs of sweatpants until the end lol.  
Stretch Marks:  I have 2 new ones that are really small...one looks like a horseshoe (or hot dog stick according to my husband) and the other is just a small continuation from an old one.  
Sleep:  Depends on the night.  Usually around 2-3am I get super comfortable and baby boy settles into a good position so we can sleep for a few hours.  
Best moment of the week:  Passing my due date - oh wait that was probably the worst lol.  Best would be coming to terms with being over ue.  
Miss Anything:  Fitting into my maternity clothes hahahaha. 
Movement:  Definitely.  Although he is definitely running out of space.  No painful movements either.  Gretchen used to jab me all the time, he just likes to stretch out.  
Cravings:  Fresh veggies and salad.  Also Coconut Kenny's has this AMAZING Bora Bora pizza which is chicken, BBQ sauce, pineapple, and red onion.  I have been seriously craving that.
Aversions:  Not necessarily an aversion, but I don't ever want sweet foods.  
Queasy or sick:  Nope. 
Looking forward to:  Having this baby!!  Praying for a spontaneous labor!


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39 Week Bumpdate


Pregnancy:  Number 2
How far along:  39 Weeks 3 Days
Gender:  Baby boy!
Weight Gain:  +40 pounds
Maternity Clothes:  No...husband's clothes lol.  My maternity shirts are practically all belly shirts.  I am in dresses and Dave's basketball shorts till the end!  
Stretch Marks:  I have a few new small ones that just look like continuations from old ones.
Sleep: HORRIBLE!  I have been getting like 3 hours a night and peeing a million times.  Last night I did get 8 hours though!
Best moment of the week:  I have been watching a lot of birthing videos lately and just bawling my eyes out...it has finally hit me that I am going to have a tiny little human that I love as much as G!  I am so excited to meet him.
Miss Anything:  Laying on my stomach.  Not constantly sweating.  Not having heartburn.
Movement:  Yep...he is moving down so not too much in my ribs anymore thankfully!
Cravings:  Fresh veggies.  I craved these towards the end with Gretchen too.
Aversions:  None really.  
Queasy or sick:  Not too bad.  Sometimes I feel a little sick but nothing compared to the first trimester.
Looking forward to:  D-DAY!


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Monday, June 6, 2016

Happy Birthday Little G!

Happy happy birthday to my beautiful baby girl!  I CANNOT believe it has been TWO years already.  Where has the time gone?  It seems like just yesterday I was meeting you for the first time.  These past 2 years have been the best of my life.  You have taught me the true meaning of love and I am so proud to be your mommy!



 


This year, we had Gretchen's birthday party early since my due date with baby 2 is the day after her birthday...that would be cutting it close!  We had a blast even though it ended up raining.  Spent lots of time with family and ate good food...and the theme - BUBBLES!  We decorated with a ton of clear balloons and when she woke up from her nap and went downstairs she kept exclaiming, "BUBBLES!!! BUBBLES!!!"

Here are some of Gretty's current favorites...

  • Saying bless you anytime anyone sneezes
  • Chapstick
  • Her baby dolls
  • Brushing her teeth/sucking off the toothpaste
  • Sitting on the windowsill
  • Playing gos (Legos)
  • Reading books ALL THE TIME!
  • Singing song
  • Bubbles
  • Bedtime cuddles
  • Watching Frozen and High School Musical and dancing with mommy or daddy during all of the songs
  • Saying her ABC's (yep the whole thing!) and counting to 10.  

























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Tuesday, May 31, 2016

38 (And 37 Week) Bumpdate



Pregnancy:  Number 2. 

How far along:  38 weeks 1 day
Gender:  Boy!
Weight Gain:  +40 pounds
Maternity Clothes:  Getting small.  Basically living in Dave's shirts, yoga pants, and Dave's basketball shorts.  No need to go anywhere that I need to dress up AND if I do...then a dress it is! 
Stretch Marks:  I have a few new tiny ones.  They are a little less than an inch and part of old ones and my belly button where I used to have it pierced is stretching out and hurts pretty bad. 
Sleep:  Something that never happened with G - his head is so lodged in my pelvis that flipping over at night hurts really really bad.  If I want to flip over in bed then I have to sit up first...and if I sit up then I have to go to the bathroom.  Definitely sleeping less and less every night.  
Best moment of the week:  Non-pregnancy related...we had Gretchen's 2nd birthday party today!  She had a blast.  I can't believe how big she is.  
Miss Anything:  Being able to lay on my belly and being able to easily stand up from sitting down.  
Movement:  Definitely.  He for sure already has a sleep/wake schedule.  His moving is really big stretches.  I can tell he is long too because depending how I am sitting I always feel his feet up in my ribs and I know his head is super low.  
Cravings:  Caramel popcorn.  
Aversions:  None.
Queasy or sick:  Yes!  Another thing that didn't happen in my first pregnancy...I have definitely been nauseous. 
Looking forward to:  All of our big events (baby shower & birthday party) are over...the house is super duper clean and organized which means all I have to do until baby gets here is RELAX!  BUT because that is all I have left...I'm sure I will go into labor right after I post this lol.  


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Saturday, May 28, 2016

36 Week Bumpdate

Pregnancy:  Number 2. 
How far along:  36 Weeks 2 Days
Gender:  Boy!
Weight Gain:  +37 pounds
Maternity Clothes:  Yes!  I can't wait to be able to fit in my old clothes again.  It seriously seems like forever since I have been able to wear them and even looking at them makes me wonder how I ever fit into them lol.  
Stretch Marks:  My current ones look like they are getting more red, but sometimes they still look white.  Not sure what is going on.  I have a tiny one where my belly button was pierced.  Wondering if I will get anymore this time...I still have a month left though so probably.  
Sleep:  It has sucked.  I am having a harder and harder time rolling over and I am at a point where every time I wake up I have the internal debate of whether or not I should get up to pee or try to hold it for longer because getting up would take too much energy.  
Best moment of the week:  Had a baby sprinkle this morning!  It was so much fun!!
Miss Anything:  Not having heartburn every second of the day.  Definitely managing it better though this pregnancy.  I know I need to take a heartburn pill around 3 every day.  Hahaha.  
Movement:  Getting more painful as things get more cramped.  I definitely think he is starting to have a sleep/wake schedule.  Debating if I should try to change my schedule and get up in the middle of the night to put him to sleep haha...he seems most active at 3am...can't wait to see what fun that will bring.  
Cravings:  Wonton soup!!! 
Aversions:  None.
Queasy or sick:  Nope.
Looking forward to:  Relaxing these next couple of weeks now that I FINALLY have all of my deep cleaning done :D  


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Tuesday, May 10, 2016

35 Week Bumpdate


Pregnancy:  Number 2. 
How far along:  35 weeks 4 days
Gender:  Boy!
Weight Gain:  +36 pounds
Maternity Clothes:  Funny thing about maternity clothes...they only fit the first 8 months of pregnancy.  Lol.  Spending most of my days in bathrobes or David's basketball shorts and shirts.  
Stretch Marks:  I see the beginnings of one where I used to have my belly button pierced.  I have been using Bio Oil at least once a day, and although I truly believe nothing prevents stretch marks, it has definitely been helping with the dry skin and itchiness...AND I love the smell!
Sleep:  Awful!  I usually get comfortable and fall into a deep sleep around 3 or 4 in the morning, but then my toddler alarm clock goes off around 7.  Luckily Gretchen spends the day with her Grandma on Monday's so I spent today sleeping in until 9:30am!  It was AWESOME!
Best moment of the week:  Getting to sleep in this morning.  Oh and yesterday was mother's day and I took an hour long bath!  It was amazing!  
Miss Anything:  I have seriously been wanting to lay on my stomach lately!  
Movement:  Yes!  He is a wild boy and loves to stretch.  He has also been getting lots of hiccups this week. 
Cravings:  Nothing really...in fact I am not hungry most of the time which confuses me as to why I am gaining weight so fast...I guess my body just needs to do it's thing. 
Aversions:  None.
Queasy or sick:  Nope...just LOTS of heartburn :(
Looking forward to:  My baby shower on Saturday!  So excited to celebrate this little guy and I think things might actually start to sink in that I will have another baby in a month! 


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Monday, May 2, 2016

34 Week Bumpdate


Pregnancy:  Number 2. 
How far along:  34 Weeks 3 Days
Gender:  BOY!!
Weight Gain:  +34 pounds
Maternity Clothes:  Oh yea...even though I only gained a pound this last week, my hips magically grew 2 inches!!!  What the heck!  
Stretch Marks:  No new ones yet...but things are getting pretty tight.
Sleep:  It hasn't been as bad this week...still not great, but I am getting up less.  Everytime I wake, I have to get up and pee so seeing as I am getting up less, I think I am sleeping better.
Best moment of the week:  Finished with my purging of all things in the house!! Woohoo!  Now all that is left is a good deep clean which I really only need to do in the kitchen because I did all of the bathrooms not that long ago!  That AND I got a massage yesterday which was pretty awesome!
Miss Anything:  Not struggling to stand up from sitting.  By the end of the day I make Dave help me up...and everytime he does I think about getting one of those fake pregnancy bellies and making him wear it around the house just for fun...anyone know where I can get one of those?
Movement:  Yes!  Like crazy.  He is passed the cute kicking stages and into the painful stretching stages lol.  
Cravings:  Strawberry watermelon smoothies!  And corn on the cob.
Aversions:  None.
Queasy or sick:  A few times this past week I felt a little queasy but NOTHING compared to the first trimester.
Looking forward to:  Relaxing in a clean house :D


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