First timer

I seriously feel like this is my first baby, it's crazy how much you forget in 3 years!! I find myself questioning how many blankets I need, onsies, outfits, pacifiers, pajamas, and then questioning what I put a infant in when it's in the middle of summer!!

So help me out, I only had one summer baby and that was 6 years ago, and a lot cooler of a climate!! Do you think I would just put her to sleep in a onsie and swaddle her, or does she still need sleepers?? I have a few long sleeved and long panted outfits, but I question will it be too hot for her to wear them!! I have a good combination of semi warm and light clothing in newborn sizes (thanks to all the up to 7 pounds clothes I bought for Liv's dolls while I worked at Gap), and in 0-3 I only really have "warm weather" clothes!! So for anyone who had a summer baby (Sadie) help me out a little...PLEASE!!

22/23 week

So, yes I still don't know when I'm officially due...weird right?? Every time I try to make my Dr. nail down a date, he says things like "well we have plenty of time to figure that out"...ugh!! To his defense I am seeing another Dr. down in Charlotte and I think they don't 100% agree on my due date, so I'm still unsure of the exact date. There is a 10 day difference in the two dates I've been given, the one going off of my period would be May 15th, and going off the ultrasound would be May 22nd. For right now I've just kinda been going off the 22nd date because I would rather be surprised and deliver 10 days earlier than be ready and go 10 days later!! So if I go off of that date I am 22 weeks, and will be 23 on Saturday!! Alright enough with this craziness, let's get on with the good stuff ;)

Weight gain-it's official the Dr. says I've gained 3 pounds and he would like me to eat more...um okay Doc!! He says he's "concerned" with the lack of weight I gained, I told him and I quote "Well I usually only gain around 15-20 pounds, so throw a 6 pound baby in there, fluid and a placenta and I think we're good" he gave me a blank stare and told me to eat more!!

Names-I'm so stumped on this one, I could rattle off boy names I love all day, but when it comes to girl names I'm lost!! I'm starting to get concerned a little bit, am I not going to fall in love with a girl name and have to just settle on something!!

Baby-I would say that this baby seems so quiet, but in ultrasound she's moving around like crazy!! I feel like I only feel her moving a few time a day, well I should say that a few times I day I notice that she's being active. I'm hoping that I'm just still early yet or if she's a quiet baby I'm good with that too!! When I lie down on my back, you can grab my uterus, it's so gross it looks like a ball with some skin covering it...ick!!

Baby stuff-So I went to Babies R Us with Tim last Saturday while my parents were watching the kids, yes I know it's sad that is what we did on our day out!! Anyways I registered while I was there because they'll give you a 15% off coupon to use for everything that wasn't purchased off of your registry and you can use any other coupons you may happen to have!! I was sure on pretty much everything I needed/wanted, I loved my Chicco car seat, and had made up my mind that I would get another one...a pink one of course :) But as I was checking out I saw this Quinny Stroller for $273!! I bought it, I love it, but I'm not sure if I'm going to keep it!! The problem is you can only really use a Maxi Cosi car seat with it, and I really don't want one and the reviews are not so great on them as well!! So now I'm stumped!! I LOVE the Chicco car seat, but never used the stroller after I was done with the infant car seat because it doesn't sit up and Max hated trying to sit in it!! So do I go for this system or stay with the stroller I love and figure out the car seat issue?? PLEASE help me out on this one!!!

Alright I have to run, I'm suppose to be ready in about 30 min's to take Max to a Spanish class and I still need to shower!! Picture of the belly to come very soon I promise!!

100th post :)

I can't believe I've posted something on this blog 100 times!! Now I should of done something fab for this special occasion, but I just didn't know what to do!! So instead I'm going to take this opportunity to thank you, my dear friends who read this!! There are a handful of you that I know read and care and I appreciate each and everyone of you for being in my life!!

True friendship is hard to come by, and I feel so blessed for you who I know are my true friends, my life long friends!! We may get busy with life and kids, but I know you are always there for me when I need you. It's great to be able to talk to someone after not talking for awhile and be able to talk like no time has passed!! I am so thankful for you guys and your friendship!!

I think sometimes I turn to this blog to vent my frustrations in life, I want to try to do that less and document my family's life a little more!! That being said this blog serves as such a good release for me at times, when frustrations are built up it's so nice to just write!! So thank you for reading the good, bad, and the ugly :)

Here's to 100 more!!

Week 21/22

So this is either my 21st or 22nd week, I'm going to nail down a positive due date next week at my Dr's opt. I'm still feeling good, my left hip is giving me a little trouble but if it wasn't for that or the nudges from the baby it would be easy to forget I was even pregnant. I'm still somewhere in the 3-5 pound weight gain, it tends to depend on when I weigh myself. I have almost completely switched over to maternity clothes now, no shirts but dang the jeans are comfy :) It's weird I seem to start out the day not looking pregnant at all and by the end of the day HOLY COW!! This pic was taken late in the day...blah!!

It feels like there is so much time to get things around, but I know I need to start thinking about some of it in the near future!! I had that first twitch of fear about giving birth the other day, like it hit me all of a sudden how this was going to end, it's hard to think about a wonderful day of pain in your near future!! I'm going to try my best to do this one completely drug free also, first of all because it's a amazing experience when you get through it, and second of all I know I will probably be at the hospital alone and I don't want to be all drugged up!! Let me clarify that, Tim will be with me during the delivery, but I'm almost 100% sure he will need to go home and be with the kids in the afternoon.

Ultrasound pics

A foot

Here's a few pics from my ultrasound I had a couple of weeks ago!!

It's a girl shot, which doesn't look very clear or good, but it's the only one she gave us!! I guess the three lines is what your looking for!!




And here she is the way she looked the entire hour we were having our ultrasound, bent in half :) In some of the pics her knees were resting on her forehead, they weren't able to get all the measurements because of this, so hopefully when we go back she'll straighten up a little ;)

I need to post a new belly shot, I swear since I posted the last one I doubled if not tripled in size!! Yikes!! Sometimes I think I look like I should deliver next month, but I still have a long ways to go!!

2011 New Years Resolutions...

I know this is some lame thing that people feel like they have to do this time of year, and most of the things on the list are a joke and never happen, but hey you have to try...right?? So here is my list, some reachable, some probably more like a dream, and some I really hope I can make happen!!

Here we go...

• Blog more
• learn to sew
• continue learning and growing in photography
• try to grow a business
• be a better mother and wife
• stress less
• love more
• be happy more
• enjoy life more
• find the time
• make things I want to happen, happen
• get a even lower A1C for Liv
• realize I can't control everything and try to put more trust in God/fate
  
• figure out if this is home or if it's time to move on
• get into shape after the arrival of number 5
  

Some of these are cheesy and more than less not a goal but me trying to better myself!! But I think that's what it's all about, remembering to try to better ourselves!!

Happy New Years my friends!!