Baby #2 Bumpdate: 12 Weeks

Hi hi! Ok I hope you are all caught up and we are starting our first official photo ready bumpdates! Woohoo! Were gonna duplicate these like last time with a play by play on baby and mom!

What's baby up to this week? He/she is the size of a lime, just over 2 inches long from crown to rump. The eyes have moved from the side of the head to the front, right where they belong. Reflexes are beginning to form and soon will be able to open and close their fingers. Toes will curl and eye muscles will clench. Nerve cells are multiplying rapidly and synapses in the brain are forming. Intestines will move into the abdominal cavity and the kidneys will begin excreting urine into baby's bladder.

What's been going on with mom? Anxiety. Duh. Until we made it into seeing my doctor I have been a complete and utter wreck. It's not like I haven't been through this all before, but I guess needing to see baby again and hear that all is well from my doctor. They did an ultrasound and checked my ovaries and the cysts are all gone! We even saw baby playing in my tummy! Something that was rare with Emma, she was ALWAYS asleep.....something that didn't translate to outside the womb! Other than that just working a lot. Something that I haven't wanted to be doing. I just want to snuggle in bed with my loves.

Symptoms: They were pretty mild. I did have one night of complete tummy trouble and most of Sunday I was a wreck with tummy troubles and exhaustion, but other than that I'm sleeping pretty well again. The insomnia has seemed like it's subsided. Yay. I finished my drug store pre-natals and started on the samples that the dr. office provided and a majority of them I want to gag! I mean the flavors they added this time around?! Really? So that's causing a little backup, but that's to be expected.

Yummy/Icky: The chicken aversion seems to be fading. I made a garlic lemon chicken with rice the other night and I devoured it! It was YUMMY! I have discovered that my body isn't liking red sauce....so family sauce and pizza or anything with cooked tomatos is out! I have already broken out the tums.....but it just sounds so good usually! I'm trying to stick with the protein and hamburger sounds good a lot of the time also. I had a MAJOR root beer float craving over the weekend and Darin gladly obliged. Also walking through the supermarket I am drawn to fresh fruit and anything with cheese!

Clothing: Oh the dreaded morning of what to wear? Since work doesn't know yet I have been trying to stay comfortable without being overly frumpy. My work slacks do not fit comfortably....but I haven't pulled out the maternity wear. I have one pair of denim that gets regular use and when they are washed I get sad. SQUEEZE!

That seems to be it! Except a photo of the babe from my appointment and of course if you want to see what it was like to be pregnant with Emma, here is her 12 week update.

Baby #2 Bumpdate: 11 Weeks

So we will start the bumpdate weekly photos at 12 weeks like we did last time. I am still on the hunt for a good idea. I wont be using the large chalkboard this time around, because it was just too time consuming....and Emma will want to help! So this post probably wont be very eventful. Just an update on mommy and baby.

Not related, but needed to share this photo again!

I have been feeling a little anxious since my last appointment. Wanting everything to be ok, but waiting for another u/s to calm my nerves. Anyone who has experienced a loss, or pregnancy in general knows how nerve wracking it can be just waiting. Once the baby starts moving consistently you start to relax and enjoy the pregnancy. It doesn't help that a vlogger I follow lost her baby at 6 weeks, but didn't find out until 8, and she was only a week ahead of me. Makes you hyper aware of everything. I think because I didn't see my own doctor at my initial appointment it made me needing that sensitivity that I am used to. Hopefully I can get that confirmation I need from my dr at my next appointment.

As far as symptoms go, I have had a lot of round ligament pain when I move too quickly. I need to learn to take things a little slower, but that's really hard when you work full time and have a toddler. The nausea has pretty much subsided, but I still have my moments where I just don't feel that hot. I try to keep snacks and water around me to combat this. I think I may be having a tomato thing like I did with Emma. Every time I have tomato sauce my tummy gets all riled up and I have to take a tums and some Ginger Ale to settle it. I have been feeling these flutters on the right side of my lower tummy....and keep thinking to myself I cannot be feeling the baby already! I went back and read my updates with Emma and discovered that I didn't start feeling things until 13 weeks with her sooooo.....who knows. Clothes are tight and I am limited in the pants department and I am starting to feel super bloated in the middle but nowhere near a bump yet. I am resisting pulling down the maternity pants just yet....but they are calling to me! The fatigue and hormonal insomnia are still raging strong. I wish I could sleep!

Whelp that's all I can think of right now....I'm sure I am missing something since my brain just seems fried! Compare to Emma's pregnancy: Week 11

Baby #2 Bumpdate: Week 8, 9, and 10

Hi folks, In case you missed it, were preggo with Baby #2! And by preggo I'm not talking about a food baby from too much spaghetti! I mean a real life actual bun in my oven! We are so excited! Here's what we were looking at for the first trimester and first couple of weeks! I have been keeping a journal this whole time so I don't forget anything!

Week 8: Lets start out this week with the flu! I was sick a lot when I was pregnant with Emma, but this was the straight FLU! Nausea, stuffy nose, coughing. You name it, I was down for the count for 5 days! The fever made the night-time sleep HORRIBLE. I mean that "change" thing I was talking about was ten times worse and still continues to this day. Once the flu made its way out of my body then the hormonal sleep problems started. I mean exhausted all day and then couldn't sleep at night. Thanks nature. You are cruel! Totally craving cheese and made Darin stop at the store specifically for cold Kosher dill pickles on the way home from work. Yes I am a cliche pregnant woman!

Week 9: (This is technically week 8) Doctor appointment week!!!!! Oh my goodness, I was so excited at the beginning of the week, and that excitement turned to nerves by Thursday morning. The office called while we were en-route and said that my doctor was heading to the hospital for a delivery and that we were going to be rescheduled. I pleaded with them to just reschedule me with the other physician. They accommodated me and we continued on. I didn't want to wait longer!! Emma was such a good girl waiting for the doc. She drew on a piece of paper and watched Duck Tales on daddies phone. Once the dr. came in we went over my history and then it was u/s time! We saw the little bean on the screen and a strong beating heartbeat! Instant relief! When I asked the dr to clarify that there was only 1 baby in there he said yes, but pointed at a dark shadow next to the sack and said, "although it looks like there was a start of a twin right there!" WHAT?! Oh wow that was crazy! Because I have had some cramping, which is usually normal, he proceeded to check my ovaries. He discovered two cysts on my left ovary. Nothing to be concerned about with baby but he asked that I come in again in two weeks to look at them. Which means we get to see baby in a u/s!!! This is making me nervous, but Dr. Google assured me that they most likely will go away on it's own. We saw a return of the chicken aversion and not really wanting sweets.

Week 10: My mother-in-law was in town this week and spoiled us by cooking homemade meals every night. It was nice to come straight home to dinner and seeing our baby girl. Fatigue was in FULL swing this week but the hormonal insomnia was also. Still falling asleep at 830-9pm usually in the chair before it was even Emma's bedtime. I would zombie my way back into bed. Since I am at a different job this time around I need to make sure I have snacks on me and water to make sure I don't get dehydrated. The nice thing is I can have lunch with my hubby now, but his lunches are usually scheduled at 230. to go from 830-230 with no food is a bad idea and I was usually a stark raving HANGRY individual by the time I got to the food. One day my blood sugar had dropped so low, even though I did have a snack, that I was shaking and lightheaded by the time I got the food, and it didn't taste good at all. I just ate to put something in my stomach. The chicken aversion is waning, and the sweet tooth is slowly returning, but my favorite items currently are cheese, sliced extra sharp cheddar straight, and salty items.....chips, pickles, french fries. Homemade comfort foods just sound so yummy! Same as with Emma!

Here's my update with Emma: Week 8,9, and 10

Baby #2 Bumpdate: Week 5, 6 and 7

Wow! I can't believe this is happening again! We are so BEYOND excited that I cannot even stand it. Of course there are the nerves, and the panic that sets in at first, but once you start having symptoms you know that it's real! I will do similar recaps like with miss Emma, the current week, but recapping the week before.

Week 5: Lord what a week this was. I didn't feel any different at all, except for waking up in the middle of the night like a woman going through "the change" and sweating my butt off. CLUE 1! On Tuesday Darin and I went to Sam's club on our lunch break. When leaving I checked both directions before backing out, saw no one, and proceeded to continue out. Then bam, backed into a car that came behind me. We exchanged info and once on our way again Darin proceeded to make a comment and I FLEW OFF THE HANDLE. I mean enraged! CLUE 2! I realized when I got home that I was due to start on Monday and I hadn't yet. CLUE 3! No biggie, sometimes I went a couple days over. So when Wednesday came with nothing I went and picked up a test, thinking no way that it would be positive. Well the second line came up before the control line even did and I started to laugh. Emma came running in the bathroom, I quickly wiped it off and handed it to her saying "go show this to daddy!" She ran out and handed it to Darin, who looked at it and said...."REALLY?" We hugged and cried and told Emma that she would be a big sister! Then we went and took an announcement photo to send to our parents.

Emma has been enjoying mommies lack of energy means not getting dressed and getting to color with chalk outside!

Week 6: This week was the week of my brother-in-laws wedding. Seriously how to hide this at a wedding. I am straight up falling asleep at 8:30pm and conveniently not having any alcoholic beverages. People were straight suspicious. We didn't want to overstep the day and tell people before the wedding. We wanted to allow Darin's brother to have a special day all to himself, however people kept asking what my "mocktails" were and I am a horrible liar, so we told Darin's siblings at the reception and they were so excited.

Week 7: This week the nausea started. Oh jeez.....ALL DAY. I cannot remember if this is worse than last time or not! If I don't have a snack every couple of hours then I get a horrible headache and nauseated! It's miserable! Also the tiredness has kicked in and its here to stay, Sometimes I make Darin drive home from work so I can snooze, just so I can make it to Emma's bedtime. Then poured into bed I go. 9:30 I am out! Still waiting to tell all family members until we get a clear from the dr. My appointment was delayed until 8 weeks because of scheduling between myself and my doctor!

Here's my updates with Emma: Week 5,6, and 7

Announcing!

Emma made a rather large announcement on Facebook this past Friday! We have been holding in this news for quite a while and are so excited to finally share!

I will be making weekly posts just like I did with Emma! They most likely won't be as elaborate as the one's for Emma, but she will definitely be a part of them!! Stay tuned for all the back updates that I have been journaling these past couple of weeks and we will officially start with our photos on Friday! 

Next week I will start posting my bumpdates when my weeks change over on Tuesdays! HOPEFULLY! I also have some non-baby related posts, but as you all know....thinks will be baby focused around here, as they have been since 2013 anyways! Stay tuned!

Easter 2016

How fun are these holidays with little ones? I mean experiencing all the traditions with them is just the best!

Easter morning Emma woke with such excitement! The Easter Bunny had hid the eggs and she was going to find them! She had such a blast finding those brightly colored plastic eggs and then meticulously opening each one. Some had stickers, some had jelly beans and some had CHANGE! Oh then on a breakfast of jelly beans she put each coin in her piggy bank and proceeded to shake it to hear the sound. We took the coins out of the bank several times just so she could put them back in. SO CUTE!

The Easter Bunny brought her a new outfit, a Minnie Mouse shaped plate with a new cup and a Playdoh set! Such fun! After the sugar high wore off we got ready to head to my aunt's home in Hermosa Beach. You may remember from the Easter bumpdate  with Emma.

My cousin, Emma's godmommy, pulled out her old kitchen set and Emma was in heaven playing with the plastic foods and all the tools that she had. We made the trek down to the beach to dip our toes in the water and Emma was NOT HAVING IT. She cried when we put her on the sand, when we tried to get her feet in the water, when mommy went into the water, when daddy went into the water. Poor thing was not interested in the beach one iota. We snapped a couple of photo's and then made our way back to the house.

Once back in the safe zone, Emma played and danced and snuggled with family while we ate some yummy food....I did not partake in the ham, but my cousin smoked an awesome side of beef and that went down so nicely!

On our way back up the hill we made sure to stop at the hospital where Emma came into the world and visit D's grandfather who had to have back surgery. On our way in we ran into his mom and grandma and made plans to get a bite to eat before we head out. We went up and spent a couple of minutes up there, we left because he was eating dinner, then went and had an Easter dinner of the Habit with Darin's mom, grandmother, sister and brother-in-law. It was a nice evening and we managed to get home in time to put Emma to bed. Poor thing was so wiped.

I hope your Easter was as wonderful as ours!

LA Airshow

One Sunday in March, my mom asked if we would be interested in joining us for the airshow that is held near our house. While Darin wasn't super interested in going I knew he would enjoy himself, so we packed some snacks and the stroller for Emma and headed out.

We got there at around 11 as the show was to start at 12, and the Blue Angels would perform at 3. We made our way through the mass of people and into the airfield. Lots of vendors were there and we looked for some souvenirs for Emma but they seemed a bit too old for her age. Although I regret not buying her a silly toy plane now! We met some of the Blue Angels and bought some lunch. On the way in a guy was handing out hats for a donation and I got an Air Force hat in honor of my dad. We watched all the old  WWI and WWII planes perform and then had some lunch.

We went and looked at all the cool display planes and even sat in a LA Sheriff helicopter and squad car for Emma's godfather. That will be the only time shes allowed in the back of a squad car! LOL.

Daddy picked up Emma to put her on his shoulders for a time while we watched all the cool planes fly and do awe inspiring tricks. Since I have limited storage on my phone I missed taking all those photos....but trust me they were impressive. Miss Emma and all of us enjoyed the day immensely. Can anyone else attest to doing this. I was so focused on keeping the sun off my precious baby's skin with sunscreen that I completely forgot to put some on myself until in was too late and I looked like a tomato on my back :-S Oh well. All in the name of motherhood I guess!

What fun things do you all do with your kiddos on the weekends?

Family Photo Shoot and a Visit 2016

We had a wonderful visitor back in March. My stepmom flew in from Florida to spend a week with us. To see our home and explore our town and just spend time with us. We had a great time exploring our little town on the first day shopping for her summer rental properties in Montana finding cute antique wall decor, going to the train museum and having lunch. We spent our evenings snuggled under blankets and watching MMC and other kid friendly shows.

We went and had wings in tribute and tradition, laughed, reminisced and talked all about how big Emma is and how great living in our area is going to be for her. We went to the park and played with all the kiddos and even had a meal with my parents to celebrate her visit, and Daryl got a sewing tutorial and made some of her own wall hangings for the rental.

We also trekked out to our old stomping grounds to have a photoshoot with our favorite photographer. She took our family photos last year, that I inadvertently forgot to post here! OOPS! She moved out of state, but would be in town that weekend and I thought that it would be perfect timing to have a nice family shoot with Daryl since we have never gotten professional photo's done. She got some wonderful shots and too many to post so here is a snippet.

We always love spending time with Daryl and are always sad to see her go. I cant wait for our next adventure together!

Wedding Quilt!

Man. Didn't think that I would be back did ya? We'll I'm not going to share an excuse. I just got lazy and haven't wanted to sit at the computer. Do I have lots of things to blog about? DUH! But it's time and the desire to do so. I have missed this space and am excited to be back!

Last month my hubbies brother got married. As per tradition I, with the help of Emma and Darin made the couple a quilt. They didn't really have a home style that they described to me, so I went with a patriotic theme. Darin and Emma each sewed a seam in the quilt so it was a family project.

Darin and Emma were both in the wedding. I attempted to get Emma to nap early because the wedding was at 3pm, smack in the middle of her naptime. After and hour and a half of screaming she finally fell asleep for 45 minutes!!! AHHHHH! In my head this was going to be a disaster. She had never walked down an aisle before, nor had she done so in front of over 100 people she didn't know. I was praying that she wouldn't meltdown right there in the middle of the church! Once the ceremony started, the ring bearer grabbed her hand and she walked straight down that aisle and back up after the ceremony without any fear or tears. It was the CUTEST thing ever! Damn camera wouldn't focus and I missed the shot! Oh photographer I'd like to see these photos!!!!

Once at the reception she ate, and mingled with the rest of the family. Danced with mommy, daddy and grandma and even gave up some cash for the money dance and danced with her uncle Ryan. She made it through most of the reception and crashed out on my chest. She was such a champ and it was such a good day! I love going to weddings with my hubby. It reminds me of our wedding day and I just want to go back and celebrate that day all over!

I will be better about posting blogs from now on! I promise!!!! I have lots to recap over the last 5 months!!!!