22 weeks

How far along:  22 weeks  (1.29.15)

Total weight gain/loss:  12.5 - 13 lbs

Maternity clothes:  i love them.  i love long shirts to cover my bump.  jackets are starting to look funny on me because of the gus gus sort of fit.  pants are still regular... i haven't had to go maternity on jeans yet.  i use the bella band with my target skinnies but everything else i can still button.  but i feel my belly starting to get constricted on my jade jeans.  everything else is still fine.  

Sleep:  not bad.  i even have had a few pretty normal dreams.  like the one where i was at an upscale ice cream shop and was with a group of people, including emmy, and i kept getting in the wrong line and changing my mind and wasn't able to make a decision on what flavor and mix ins i wanted and emmy kept trying to help give me directions on what to do and... eventually i woke up, without ever succeeding in getting my ice cream.  ha.

Best moment this week:  not sure.  with the exception of wednesday, it's all been good.

Movement:  just same as last week

Food cravings:  it's still hard for me to get excited about eating meal foods although i like sweets just fine.  ; )  but for the last three days, i've been feeling nauseous again at night... starting around four or so.  so, i don't love food, but i'm still recent enough to the vomiting that i'm so grateful for how awesome i'm feeling these days.  as far as food that i neeeeeed.  sugared cereal.  when i wake up, it's all i can do not to jump out of bed and get a huge bowl of frosted flakes with whole milk.  sunday morning, i was about to walk out the door for church and suddenly realized that i HAD to have chips ahoy cookies dipped in milk (i normally pour a little whole milk in a creme brulee ramekin and let them soak that way) and knew it would only take a second so i could do it.  well, i guess honey had already eaten the last few and thrown the package away.  i seriously went into panic mode.  luckily, i was able to find some of those individually packaged cookies from our christmas junk food candy stash.  i shoved those in my purse and was eating them on the way to church and during relief society.  ooooo so nice.  give me sugar.  lots and lots of sugar. 

Symptoms: nausea, headaches, backaches, fatigue, irritability, a bad temper...  ; )

Gender:  my greatest joy of having a girl is that abigail gets giddy about a baby sister.  i'm so excited for this little girl.  although a little annoyed that i'm still experiencing morning sickness at 22 weeks... i mean, come on.

What I miss:  not a lot.  probably the only thing is that i feel myself being irrationally angry sometimes and i know it's from being pregnant but it doesn't make it any easier to snap out of it.  for the most part though, i feel wonderful and have a lot of energy and motivation.  but if i sit down, i'm going to get sleepy real fast.  ; )  i've taken a nap or two this week but that's all.  and only for an hour or less.

Milestones:  i'm actually getting into the mindset of being a mom of three.  i gotta brace myself!
Theme: the week of semi nesting?  in my head at least.  i made a list of a million things i want to accomplish and get in order.  carrying that out has proven more difficult, but the excitement and motivation is there!
What's different this time around:  with both kids previously, the morning sickness was gone and i loved food.  this time, i'm still working on that part.  i'm amused though that my weight gain has been so consistent between the three pregnancies.  hopefully that means i'll still end up at something normal at the end, even though i've been gaining multiple pounds a week lately?!

Extra:  i'm so anxious to get my house in order and figure stuff out sooner than later.  something about the new year happening makes june seem a lot closer than it seemed when it was december.

1.29.15 at 22 weeks

1.29.15 at 22 weeks

Summer in January

Today has been a winning day. I woke up well rested before my alarm, wasted time on my phone, had a giant bowl of frosted flakes in bed, and took a shower all before either kid woke up. 

We went to playgroup at the church at 10, which was great, but even more perfect because Abigail's preschool was rescheduled to Friday so she got to come too. Originally my costing teachers were going to come over at ten, but we rearranged and decided to meet at playgroup instead. It all came together perfectly. We got to Walmart at noon, make it to checkout by one, and got a super fast and with it check out lady. Hallelujah because I've had bad luck with the last several people I've gotten. High turnover means cashiers that don't know how to price match. Anyways, we ate lunch, got Brady down by two, and Abigail and I headed outside to enjoy some amazing weather. 

It was so unbelievably pleasant. 

Despite our entire front yard still being completely covered in snow. We live on the shady side of the street. I think I shoveled snow three times last week. 

Anyways, it's been a great day. 

The wizard of oz

After we got home from the Rockies fest, we ate lunch, hung out for a bit reading books, and then Abigail and I were off for Lucy's birthday party. 

The whole way home from Lucy's party, Abigail was yawning like crazy and I told her she could either nap in the car right then or nap at home since we had a late night ahead of us. She didn't nap in the car, so honey laid down with her after we got home and she took a little nap from 4-5 or so. Then it was off to August moon for dinner with the Hilliers. Abigail was still a little groggy and weepy (she's lightly emotional when tired) but did just fine once everyone got there. 

Dinner was wonderful and delicious as always. That's kind of our place that we always go before plays. We had a blast hanging out and talking to everyone. Brady was awesome and stayed in his high chair the whole time and Abigail ate a ton of food and even what I couldn't finish on my own plate. 

This is the first time we've intentionally brought Brady to a play with us. Last time (for shrek), we planned to take Abigail but got a babysitter for Brady. Well, he's never super excited about babysitters, but turns out, he's inconsolable when he's alone with one without even Abigail to help him.  For shrek, I ended up having to run home between dinner and the play to grab him and take the babysitter home and being Brady with us and he was actually great during the whole show. So this time, I asked my mother in law to get tickets for both kids. 

Brady did great until it started and then he was freaked out because it was so loud and the actors were all fighting and yelling. "I want to go home" happened instantly and frequently but I gave him a binky and eventually he stopped talking so much. ; )  There were a lot of scary and jumpy parts where he would crawl to my chest and clutch me while he burrowed his head in my neck, and then as soon as they passed, he wanted to turn around on my lap to watch the songs and whatever. 

My mil took him during intermission to get cookies and he was all about that. 

Both kids were all about those cookies. 

The second half of the show was interesting for me because I have no recollection of the second half of the movie! I need to watch it again! Anyways, my favorite part of the experience was probably when Brady would ask to sit on Chris's lap so honey was holding a kid with each arm and it was so precious... No pictures of that though because it was while the show was going on. 

All in all, it was a big success and a really fun night out. On the way home, we kept asking the kids if they were tired (it was almost 10:30) and Abigail kept yawning and saying yes, meanwhile Brady was all "no sleep! I wanna play!"  The best was that Abigail kept responding em very calmly to him each time saying "Brady, yes, we need to go to sleep when we get home. It's really past our bedtime."  

And they both passed out as soon as we got them to bed. Whew! 

Rockies fest

To be truthful, I have no idea what Rockies fest is, but I think we had tickets for it because it probably comes with the season tickets.  Well, it was something to do, so we grabbed the kids and headed to coor's field. 

Wii dancing. Brady was a statue the whole song and Abigail was mesmerized by princess jasmine (prince Ali song) and barely moved, but made a few poses in slow motion speed. Christopher and I were cracking up. 

Bean bag toss. 

Guess the number of baseballs. 

Dig for Dinger (the purple Dino mascot). It was ahuge thing of shredded crinkly paper and you had to find little eggs in there. Abigail inherited my childhood luck (I was always really really lucky as a kid) and got a special egg so she got a big Dinger stuffed animal and Dinger bobble head. Brady got a Dino the size of a marble which was only fitting because he wouldn't go near the paper. 

Throwing. 

Giant connect four. 

When I scrolled through my photos and saw this, I did a double take because I thought it was a picture of me. That doesn't happen often (mostly due to clothes and scenery) but this time it happened more than once. So so weird to experience. 

Brady... Put your face in... But put your hands down... No, not out the hole, down like by your belly...

Okay sure. That's good enough. 

And that's a wrap. 

We did a family photo booth thing. Brady insisted on wearing the headband with shrek ears. Sadly, the glasses didn't last long enough for us to make it in the photo booth. 

Brady, try not to get so into it next time. We're too distracted and overwhelmed by your enthusiasm. 

Snow covered field. With geese. 

Brady thought this Mickey was the coolest thing ever. 

Like couldn't stop talking about it. It's funny what stands out and appeals to kids. 

And as predicted... We brought one umbrella stroller and it was occupied nearly the entire time and at least 70% by Abigail. Brady just wants to walk. 

And walk. 

And walk. 

And walk. Literally the whole way to the car. 

Honey and I just laughed while he continued to push Abigail... Lady Catherine de Bourgh. 

Ps- how do you like my festive Rockies wear since I didn't want to stretch out any of my Rockies tshirts or hoodies. ; )

It was a fun free thing to get out of the house on a Saturday morning. 

Two is perfection

Brady is at the best age. He is so cute and hilarious and adorable and I can't get over it. 

The last few days, he's been wandering around the house all "I want honey..." and while its normal for him to want and ask for his daddy all day from the second he wakes up, it's new that he's referring to him as "honey."  ; )

Also, he cracks me up when he wears other people's socks...

Seriously.  So cute. 

More production

Y'all, I'm so excited... I had another productive day today. I'm getting a grip on my life. Interacting with my kids, having more patience, organizing and cleaning, play dates for Abigail, making a hot dinner (who cares if it was frozen enchiladas that I'd made forever ago, I actually remembered to thaw and bake it in time for dinner!) and staying on top of laundry and dishes. I'm feeling so accomplished right now! 

First things first, last night I sent honey to Walmart to replace my car battery. He jumped my car (Sarah had warned me that her car battery was low and might not be enough to charge mine which ended up being the case) and then took it to Walmart, along with a random car battery our neighbor gave us when he moved (we really are magnets for free stuff, they gave us a brand new pack n play, camp chairs, a shop vac, and a ton of other stuff). So even though it wasn't the right battery for my car, the Walmart guarantee sticker on it let us exchange it for the right battery and we only had to pay $20 out of pocket. Also, Walmart has free battery installation and recycling. Woohoo! 

I also had honey pick up a car charger instant jump pack thing. I didn't even know those things existed until john got one in November or December and I knew I wanted one. But I never got around to buying one and we could have used it twice this month alone! It requires that you charge it once a month, but I think that's totally worth it to know that if my car battery dies then I won't be stranded or in a bad situation if it is night time or I'm alone with my kids or whatever and I need to flag down a sketchy man to help me. Christmas money is great because sometimes I don't know what I want at the time and then I remember something like this. So merry Christmas to me! I am soooo excited about this. 

Elle came over for a bit this morning and then Lucy came over to play from 2-4 which was great because Brady was napping and I could just work on stuff around the house and Abigail was totally happy and occupied (she was thrilled to get out of quiet time today and I was glad to give her a break from it). Elle is into more boyish stuff so when she's over, she and Brady and Abigail play cars and trains (and his time a lot of kitchen), and when Lucy comes over, it's all dressing up and doing hair styles and playing dolls and pretending about princesses. 

I won't lie, I was so impressed with how well Lucy did Abigail's hair. They were adorable together. 

Meanwhile, I cleaned our bedroom and worked on this huge pile of junk ice been collecting in this spot of my bedroom (it's not gone but it's currently significantly better than it was! 

I went around the house and replaced a few burned out light bulbs. Abigail's closet has had no light for at least a month so I was determined to replace it. Well, this light was a pain! I somehow completely dislodged it from the ceiling, and tangent Google helped me to actually get off the glass dome part (which flew to the ground so hard while I yelled "CRAP!" as loud as I could. Ugh, eventually I got it fixed. While I texted Sarah about "this is why Chris and I hire things out... We aren't handy... We can't do it) because ugh... I was so over it. 

And after Lucy went home, I found that the previously spotless playroom now looked like this. Do other people have kids clean up before they go home? I normally do, but Abigail refused this time to ask Lucy for any help so she skipped along home and then whined about having to do it all herself. Why?!

Anyways, we got it all cleaned up and my house is looking better than it has in months.

And honey got home early tonight and we had such a good night. We've got a packed day tomorrow so we're all pumped.