Monday, April 30, 2012

19 weeks!

Try to get some pictures up later this week.  I'm on my own though (Luke's out of town 'til Wednesday) so who knows how much time I'll have.

How far along: 19 weeks 3 days


Total weight gain: 12 lbs.

Stretch marks: Not yet

Maternity clothes: Yes, pretty much everything now. Got some more borrows, thank God.

Sleep:  not much has changed.  Did have a dream that it was a boy, but had a dream a few weeks back it was  a girl??

Cravings: Salt and vinegar potato chips

Best moment this week: An adult dinner w/ friends while Mom and Dad watched Gage.
Movement: Yes, frequently now.  I love it, but it's still pretty small, can't wait for the big kicks

Gender: Usually it's Princess "I" if you ask Gage. Lovingly named after his one and only, Princess Pea, from Super Why! However, I know a girl whose Mom and her swear they have a 6th sense and say it's another
boy, so we'll see.....just 10 more days!!
Labor signs: Heck no!

Bellybutton in or out: In

What I miss: definitely soda and staying up late

What I am looking forward to: more movement and May 9th!

Milestones: Every day movement!

I know, I know, these are getting a little boring, but I'd like to have them to look back in, so I'll have to bore you with my unchanging pregnancy.



Wednesday, April 25, 2012

Wordless Wednesday- OBX 2012


Gage and Mommy, April 2012


Tried to get his eyelashes


...and the wind in his hair






Animal pictures courtesy of my husband



P.S.  Does anyone know how to get the posts to actually post when you 'schedule' them on the new Blogger?  Not working for me and God knows if I can't prepost, I'll never post!

Tuesday, April 24, 2012

Two Weeks Ago...

Now that it's been 2 weeks since the pictures were taken and it was meant to be two different posts, I have given in and decided that I just need to get the pics out there so one post it is. 

Easter weekend was a fun one for sure.  On Saturday morning we go to head to the Easter Festival that we checked out last year; however, it was a totally different ballgame this year.  Gage was an entire year older, very mobile and the weather was beautiful (it was in the 40's or 50's last year).  In any case, we met friends of ours there with their almost 3 year old son and had a blast!  There were huge slides coming off the side of a mountain, there was a bounce 'mound', a hayride, a cow train, lots of playground equipment, farm animals, food and the Easter Bunny.  Definitely a good morning.  Hope you enjoy the pictures!

The small slide

The bigger slide

The tube slide


Gage was so proud, he did it by himself.
About as far as he could get on the bounce mound before getting bounced off


Having fun anyway

These were the 'Christmas card' pictures I took of our friends, didn't get the perfect one, but still thought they were pretty cool.





Cow train

The hill
The next day was Easter and we had built the good ole Easter Bunny up pretty well.  However, Sundays are my day to get up early and Daddy's day to sleep, so I tried not to draw attention to the Easter basket that was left for Gage until he found it himself.  It took an hour or so so Daddy didn't have to get up that early.  Anyway, Gage was excited to find eggs in his basket and even more excited to open every one to see what th Bunny had left for him.  He also got a doctor's kit, a Tshirt and egg shaped sidewalk chalk from the Bunny.   After opening the basket, we headed to church and Gage did awesome.  It was about 35 mins. before he started to get restless but we managed to keep him in the sanctuary the entire hour, so we count that as a success.  When we got home, Gage wouldn't even look at the camera (that's his new MO), but I wanted to get him dressed in his handsome Easter  outfit.  I even took him next door in front of the neighbor's flowers (since I have none yet).  Here is the proof.


Checking out the basket


....and the chocolate bunny

I'm outta here, dude

The only way we can get a half smile is to mention a 'pumpkin face'.

Dr. Gage

And this is what we deal with when we try to get posed shots.



The aftermath.

Just remembered while writing this post, that by the way, took me 1 hour and 20 minutes, since the new Blogger didn't want to seem to download any of my pictures that I never posted our beach pictures from Spring Break.....guess you'll get a picture post tomorrow and you can figure out the story for yourself.


Monday, April 23, 2012

18 weeks and counting...

I took pictures this week, but no time to post. I'm so fricking busy and if you guys want any kind of post, it'll have to be quick!

How far along: 18 weeks 3 days

Total weight gain: 10 lbs.

Stretch marks: Not yet

Maternity clothes: Yes, pretty much everything now.  Got some more borrows and used my Old Navy Cash!

Sleep: Weird dreams and SO.FRICKIN. TIRED. still

Cravings: Salt and vinegar potato chips

Best moment this week:  My prenatal yoga class!

Movement:  Very occasionally I thinnk I feel something, should be about time, that's for sure.

Gender: Usually it's Princess "I" if you ask Gage. Lovingly named after his one and only, Princess Pea, from Super Why!  However, I know a girl whose Mom and her swear they have a 6th sense and say it's another boy, so we'll see.....18 more days and my DD is less than 5 months from today (crazy)

Labor signs: Heck no!

Bellybutton in or out: In

What I miss: definitely soda and staying up late

What I am looking forward to:   more movement and May 9th!

Milestones: can't think of one this week??



Wednesday, April 18, 2012

Wordless Wednesday- Easter


Easter 2010, 4 months

Easter 2011, 17 months

Easter 2012

Sunday, April 15, 2012

Spring Break, Part 1- a week late

Our Spring Break this year was awesome, I just haven't had time to share with all of you.  We started it by heading back to my parents' house for the night of March 31st.  My Great Aunt turned 90 and we all celebrated with family.  I'm super close to my aunt and it's not often we get everyone together, except for Thanksgiving so it was pretty nice.  Plus, one of my cousins just had surgery for cancer a few months back so it was a good excuse for her to get out and see everyone and for everyone to catch up with her.  If you've been reading this blog for a while, you know I grew up getting together with tons of people every holiday.  It's something I miss, yet Luke and I want to start our own traditions and can't be home for every holiday, so it was definitely nice to have an excuse to see everyone- there were 24 or 25 of us, I think 2 people were missing.  In any event, here are a few pictures from our celebration.  Gage was so well behaved at dinner, the service was awesome and he was a trooper the whole night so we can't complain.


Amusing himself at the table

Gage and Auntie, March 31st, 2012

A birthday kiss!

Gage and Nana


Playing with his cousin Robby, being the life of the party!



To Be Continued.....with the rest of the break.

Saturday, April 14, 2012

Week 17

Another quick update, since that all it seems I have time for these days.

How far along: 17 weeks 1 day

Total weight gain: 11 lbs.

Stretch marks: Not yet

Maternity clothes:  Yes, pretty much everything now.  Did find some good buys at Macys in their Motherhood section and luckily had a gift card from Xmas!

Sleep: Weird dreams and SO.FRICKIN. TIRED. still

Cravings:  Salt and vinegar potato chips

Best moment this week:  Not pregnancy related, because can't think of much on those fronts, but seeing my cousin Amber today was fun.

Movement:  I think for sure I felt the baby at the beginning of this week, usually at night after dinner (which was when I first feel Gage).  Felt some prodding and poking- not so much in the last few days though.

Gender: Usually it's Princess "I" if you ask Gage. Lovingly named after his one and only, Princess Pea, from Super Why! However, one day in the past few weeks he's said 'Baby Goy'.  Find out for sure on the 9th......so.long.to.wait (25 days)

Labor signs: Heck no!

Bellybutton in or out: In

What I miss: definitely soda

What I am looking forward to: May 9th!

Milestones:  Hitting 10lbs of weight gain??

Dr's appt was quick on Monday and disappointed I couldn't find out sex until the 9th.  They pretty much refused to do an US before then.  Put me on iron to help me feel a little less tired, but nothing else to report.


 
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