29 Weeks

How Far Along: As of today I am 29 weeks and 2 days along-in the 3rd trimester!!!

Size of Baby: Measures about 15 inches long, size of a butternut squash.

Maternity Clothes: I can no longer wear my regular jeans, so I'm finally in maternity jeans with the stretchy belly and I hate them. I can wear most of the same shirts. If I wear a tight t-shirt it will sometimes creep up and my belly sticks out-it makes me laugh. 

Gender: BOY!

Movement:He loves to move for me, but when other people put their hands on my tummy to feel him, he usually stops moving. Conner did the same thing!

Sleep: Ah sleep. It's getting harder and harder for me to get comfortable at night and I have started to toss and turn a lot. I might need to start sleeping on the couch so Chris can sleep at night! 

What I Miss: Breathing normal. I am getting winded really easily by doing simple things. 

Cravings: Still loving burgers! 

Symptoms: Still having back pains and it's getting harder to move around, bend down and pick things up or do things for long periods of time. 

Best Moment of the Week: This was weeks ago but I never documented it-I don't have Gestational Diabetes!!! But the best moment of the week happened last night-Conner got to feel Braxton. Braxton was really moving and Conner was finally patient enough to put his hand on my tummy and Braxton kicked him. Conner finally got excited and started saying that he is going to share his cars with Braxton when he comes out. Such a cute moment!!! 

Appointments this Week: I don't have an appointment this week, but my sister and I BOTH had appointments last week at the same time. It was kind of fun to be there together. 

What I'm Looking Forward to: I'm getting anxious to see what this baby will look like. Conner is such a good mix of the two of us so I'm just not sure what Braxton will look like. I'm not too worried though, we make really cute babies! 

This Week's Thoughts:I am having a really hard time feeling emotionally connected to this baby. I was very connected with Conner but just haven't felt that with Braxton. Chris said that maybe he will be a daddy's boy. My sister in law said that it happens because this baby isn't my only focus in life right now. I have a toddler to take care and that comes first. I totally agree with her. 

Pictures from this Week: Here you go.....

Projects

Just a warning but this post is totally random!

It might be the fact that I'm nearing my 3rd trimester in this pregnancy and the "nesting" phase has began or the fact that I'm home all day and need something to do, but here are some organizing and other fun projects that we have done lately.

Photo Wall-I have wanted to do a photo wall for awhile and finally got around to doing it a couple of months ago. I decided to do all black and white photos to keep it classier. All of the frames are from Ikea and the 2 canvas prints are from Canvas People. We started laying the frames out on the floor in front of our couch, but then just started hanging them up and I love the way it turned out!

Bean Bag-Another project that I have wanted to do since before Christmas was to make Conner a bean bag. My friend April helped me out in making this and we used THIS tutorial. Conner loves this bean bag and uses it everyday! Huge thanks to April for helping me sew it!

I have a small kitchen and lots of baking stuff. I used to keep my baking sheets in my kitchen island and there was a battle every single time I needed to get one out. So I decided to rearrange my whole kitchen last week. I moved the baking sheets under my sink and the battle is no more! Too bad that it's taken 5 years of living in this house to figure out they fit better under the sink!

I also have the worlds smallest linen closet and lots of towels. So the same day I did the kitchen, I decided to try rolling up the towels to see if they fit better. Sure enough, they did!

And they look pretty!

Our next project-Braxton's Nursery!!!

Easter 2012

We had such a great Easter this year! We decorated Easter Eggs for the first time, met the Easter Bunny, Conner got some new toys and way too much candy, had a wonderful dinner with my family and spent lots of time outside playing!

25 Weeks

How Far Along: As of today I am 25 weeks and 2 Days

Size of Baby: Measures about 13 1/2 inches or 1 1/2 pounds or the size of an average rutabaga

Maternity Clothes: I can still fit into my non maternity skinny jeans but they are really really tight, I probably shouldn't wear them anymore. I have 1 pair of maternity jeans but I don't really like them so I don't wear them often. I did go shopping last week and bought a pair of jean capris and some tops. I was going to try and dress so cute this pregnancy, but it's just not happening.

Gender: BOY!

Movement:He is a mover! I feel him a lot at about 8-9am and then 10-11pm. Other than that it's random moving and kicking through out the day. But I love it and know that I will miss it.

Sleep: Sleeping pretty good!

What I Miss: I don't really miss anything right now.

Cravings: Still not having any real cravings. I do like burgers a lot this pregnancy though.

Symptoms: My back is starting to hurt if I sit or stand for awhile. I am carrying him really low. My doctor talked to me about a band you can get to kind of lift things up, but I don't think I'm at that point yet.

Best Moment of the Week: Had an appointment last week and got to hear the heartbeat. She put the machine on my stomach and he kept kicking at it!

Appointments this Week: I don't have a real appointment but need to take my 1 hour glucose test this week. I'm really nervous about having the diabetes again, so I'm kind of freaking out about this.

What I'm Looking Forward to: Throwing up in the docs office! Just kidding. I'm really anxious to start going through Conner's old clothes and seeing what is still good, but I think it's kind of early. But I have the energy now so I might just get it done. I also want to start working on some art for the nursery.

This Week's Thoughts:I have lots of thoughts all of the time! Too many to write down. My biggest thought is probably "what the heck did we do?" Everything is going to change again and I don't really like change. Also, I know about 4 people who recently had babies and it's making me anxious for mine to get here!

Pictures from this Week: Here you go.....

Our Boring Life

I became a Stay At Home Mom last September, but before then Chris and I both worked full time and our nights and weekends were kind of crazy, I felt busy. Now I kind of feel like I have a boring life. Conner and I stay home most days and play and clean and wait for dad to get home. We don't go out very much (due to my anxiety) which I wish was not the case. Conner and I have the freedom to do what we want, when we want and some days that is nothing. Some days we hang out on the couch, read, play the IPad, watch TV, whatever.

But in 4 short months another baby is entering our family and everything is going to change! My life is going to get busier! The baby is going to need my attention, Conner will need my attention, Chris will need my attention, my house will still need to be cleaned and food will still need to be cooked. I'm already tired thinking about it! Conner will eventually start school which will lead to homework and some day he will start playing sports and everything snowballs from there. And his little brother will not be far behind him! And our days will be boring no more!

So for the next 4 months I am going to soak up my days with just Conner, sitting on the couch being boring. Because I know that it will all change and in 20 years I will be able to sit down and relax!

Baby Update

I'm sure that Conner had about 20 posts at this point in my pregnancy with him and lots of pictures to go with them. I also kept a journal during my pregnancy with him and haven't done that with this baby, which makes me sad. So here I am, almost 19 weeks into this pregnancy and this is really the first post about how this pregnancy is going, sorry Baby Braxton, I suck!

We had our 20 week ultrasound today and the baby is healthy and looking good and still a boy! I was worried last night that something was going to be wrong, so I'm relieved that everything looks good.

I have seen this idea on a few peoples blog and decided to copy the idea. I don't think that I will do them every week, but I will do better at keeping everyone updated! This first post is kind of a catch-up on the past 19 weeks.

How Far Along: Will be 19 weeks in 2 days

Size of Baby: Today, he measured 9 oz. which is roughly the size of a large tomato or 6 inches from head to bottom

Maternity Clothes: Not wearing any, but my pants don't really fit anymore so I guess it's time to go shopping. I ordered a few maternity shirts online and should get those soon. Since I'm not working this pregnancy and stay home a lot, I wear lounge pants,a t-shirt and a zip up jacket most days. I only get dressed when I really need to. I feel bad for my husband who comes home everyday wondering why I'm not dressed yet. Oh well!

Gender: BOY!

Movement:I have only felt him move twice. Once it kind of felt like a wave in my stomach and one was a kick. With Conner, my placenta was backwards meaning the thick part is towards my belly button, making it harder to feel the baby. The ultrasound tech said my placenta is backwards again with the pregnancy which explains why I haven't really felt him.

Sleep: I sleep fine most nights. This past week I have been waking up around 4 and it takes me a while to get back to sleep. Conner is also sick and having coughing attacks at night and not sleeping well so that is probably a part of it too.

What I Miss: I don't really miss anything right now.

Cravings:None really. I was nauseous for the first 17 weeks or so and just ate whatever I thought tasted or sounded good at the time. I can pretty much eat anything at this point, I just really hate preparing food right now. I have really enjoyed vegetables with ranch this pregnancy though.

Symptoms: Nauseous for the first 17 weeks and no energy. I gag a lot at certain smells. I have only thrown up a couple of times this pregnancy. I also had no energy for the 17 weeks and have just regained energy in the past couple of weeks.

Best Moment of the Week: Seeing the heartbeat on the ultrasound

Appointments this Week: Just the ultrasound today

What I'm Looking Forward to: Getting started on the nursery and maybe buying a few clothes for the baby.

This Week's Thoughts:I know a lot of people who are having babies right now and have been reading their birth stories. And even though I gave birth once, I'm terrified right now! I was induced with Conner and as of right now, there is no need to induce this baby. So I'm really scared of having contractions, and going through labor and not knowing when this baby will come. I'm fully aware that it is still really early in this pregnancy to be talking about a due date, but I loved being induced with Conner and knowing when he was coming and not having to worry about my water breaking and things like that.

Pictures from this Week: Here you go.....

12 Years

I'm a couple days late in posting this but oh well! As of February 7th 2012, Chris and I have been together 12 years! I won't go into detail because I think I've talked about our love story on this blog before, but we met on the 7th and our first date was on the 14th. So this Valentine's Day we will be celebrating the 12th anniversary of our first date! I love Chris more than anything and anyone in the world and am SO SO happy to be his wife and to have him as my best friend!

Here are some OLD pictures for your viewing pleasure!