Week 23: Bump Update

Week 23

March 24 , 2014

size of baby: pomegranate, 11.4 inches, 1 lb!!! 

total weight gain/loss: negative 4 this week- maybe I just weighed in on an off day

maternity clothes: pretty much yes unless I am at home. This week I would put on a maternity top and leave on my pj pants. I dont want anything tight on my stomach and my pj pants are so much more comfy! The pest guy came to the door and Im sure he thought I was nuts. I had on a coral top with black marvin the martian pj pants. HAHA 

gender: It's a GIRL! The outfits I talked about last week came in & her first headband! Look how cute!

movement: I can tell now when she is sleeping vs awake. Normally between 5-7 she is very quiet and then come bath time and getting Ascher ready for bed she goes nuts. It is such a neat feeling. I LOVE every little kick/movement she makes!

sleep: Knocked out every night when I hit the pillow--- however this week if I woke up at any point during the night I could NOT go back to sleep. I would toss and turn before finally getting situated as Ascher would wake up, Justins alarm would go off and/or the workers would start working on house next door/behind us. 

cravings: blueberry cake donuts, warm desserts (strawberry cake, cookies), WHOLE milk, crushed ice, lemonade

what I miss: not being a fire breathing dragon (heartburn)

symptoms: heartburn, back pain, bloody nose, kidney stones and/or bladder infection. The terrible side pain I've been feeling the past two weeks apparently was kidney stones again. (Had them exact same week with Ascher). It has NOT been fun but they haven't been near as bad as they were with Ascher. I kept saying they were growing pains (even though the pain was NOT where growing pains happen- ignorance is bliss right??) I cut everything out except water and occasionally lemonade 

thoughts: 

• Had my first MOPS this past Friday and it was fabulous! I am so glad to be involved again and get to know moms who have young kids as well
• Hoping my nesting will kick in soon. It has semi-started but not full fledged like I want

Big Brother (Ascher) news: 

• Ascher turned 2 this week!!! I can't believe he is TWO years old. Whole separate post on his birthday

• We played at the park this week and Ascher loves to climb all over everything. He is also obsessed with playdoh.
• Not quite sure about sharing his baby seat & toys with little sister just yet

Weekly Photo 

23 months: 2-29-14

Ascher

23 months

February 29, 2014

weight: 25 lbs

diaper: size 4

clothes: 

pants- 18 months-24 months

shorts: varies, 9 months, 12 months, 18 months

tops: 2T, some 18 months

shoes: size 6

Things We Love This Month:

• screams when he gets mad & hits (we are working on that)

• loves "big hugs" & "kisses!!"
• donuts & pizza FAVORITES
• likes to put his shoes on himself

• feed himself & brush his own teeth

• loves watching monster truck videos on IPad (and his pink Monkey that was my Granny's) 

• JoJo Circus is a favorite
• gives paci's to baby (puts them on pile on my tummy)- usually takes them back shortly after but at least thinks about sharing ; )

• loves to be tickled

• Kim & Benjamin came to visit us in new house

• Cousin Korbin was born

• loves to read books & watch Mickey Mouse

• playing with his dump truck in the pile of dirt on lot next to our house

• still loves sleeping with mommy & in mommy & daddys bed

• went to Jacksons birthday party & loves to jump on trampoline

• ROCKS ROCKS ROCKS

• took great naps this month & quite a few on Mommy (LOVE)

• Has to have multiple stories told to him before he goes to sleep at night (not books- made up stories about our day and/or monster trucks in the dirt/water. Ends his day by saying, "Mommy sing" 
• One afternoon he was freaking out sobbing because he didn't want to take a nap and all of a sudden he got real quiet and said, "mama sing" I was so surprised I said,  mama sing??? and he said YES! So I hummed my songs I hum every night and he went to sleep. It was so sweet. I hum, "Lullaby & Goodnight" & "Prince of Egypt River lullaby"

Week 22: Bump Update

Week 22

March 17 , 2014

size of baby:  papaya, 10.9 inches, 12.25 ounces

total weight gain/loss: still negative 3

maternity clothes: give and take. jeans- yes. running shorts/pjs/anything with stretchy band- no. Tops- yes for most part. However, if we are going to play outside I throw on a tshirt and its way tight but all my maternity shirts are nice- no "play" clothes. 

gender: It's a GIRL! I may or may not have bought her her first headband & 2 rompers (a wine colored Aggie one & a teal one) They should be here next week!

movement: OMG- yes. On Thursday night, Justin and I were sitting on the couch and he was like oh wow. It looks like she is rolling over! I said SHE IS!! And I also love that now when he touches my stomach he feels ALL her movement. Before it was the big ones he felt. Now he feels all of them. She also moves a lot at night time. 

sleep: pretty good other than the fact they are framing the house next door to us along with the house behind us and start work at 6:45 am and are still working at 8:45 pm. It doesn't bother me as much as it wakes Ascher up then his whole day is screwed up. However, I tell myself they need to work hard and long now so that by July when I have 2 babies it will be quiet. I did fall asleep one night with Ascher. Some days I am just exhausted and others I'm a ball of energy. 

cravings: ice cream (yet I dont want that much once I have it), lemonade, grapes covered in jello dust (YUMMY- but I can only eat a few so sugary), hot dogs & deli meat (two things I'm not supposed to eat a lot of)

what I miss: being able to get out of bed easily, arms not falling asleep from laying on them

symptoms: a nasty after taste in my mouth after everything I eat (especially drinks), side aches- not near as bad this week- (I cut all drinks except water and that seems to help), out of breath easily, emotional (I cried a number of times about Ascher and how he was my baby and how could I love another baby as much as I love him), MAJOR heartburn- DEFINITELY can not lay down after eating or when I get up I literally can breathe fire!

thoughts: 

• We ordered her crib this week!! WOOHOO! I knew if we were having a boy he would get Aschers crib and Ascher would get big boy furniture but if it was a girl I wanted her to have a white crib and then she could transition into my old white daybed. Plus, Aschers crib converts to a big boy bed so it seemed silly to buy more furniture for him especially with the fact that it is a girl. So we ordered her the low profile Kendall gate crib from Pottery Barn! I'm super excited. It shipped yesterday!!
• Justin and I had date night on Monday night. My dad got us tickets to see Luke Bryan. He was amazing. I've always liked him but after Monday night I have a total man crush. 
• Tuesday night Justin had his first ever softball game with the company he works for. We always went and watched them play when we lived in College Station but this season they convinced him to be on the team. I can't wait to go watch one of his games. This week his games were late so we didn't go. Maybe next week.

Big Brother (Ascher) news: 

• He loves "sissy". He gives all his toys to sissy and wants to watch "babies" on youtube. He is going to be such a good big brother.
• He had his first real fit this week. We let him throw his fit in the bedroom and ignored him and eventually he came back out and wanted to eat dinner and cuddle. 
• The weather has been gorgeous this week! We have lived outside every day. Every morning we have had something (Bible Study, play date at park, errands), then we come home eat lunch & he takes nap and then when nap time is up we go BACK outside and when Justin gets home we stay outside until dinner. He ADORES being outside. 

Weekly Photo 

and comparison collage between week 12 vs 22 

and now 22 weeks with Ascher and 22 Week with Baby Girl

22 months: 1-29-14

Ascher

22 months

1-29-14

Stats:

weight: 23 lbs

diaper: size 4, Target brand

clothes: 18 months

shoes: size 6

Things we loved this month:

• Went to Bandera for New Years Eve 

• This month we settled into our house for the most part. 

• We did however enjoy a few outings.

Which Which Lunch Date with Mom & GoGo

• Got his haircut

• Park date with Mom & surprise visit by Dad on his way home from work (finally not freezing/raining so we were able to go visit park down the street from our house)

• alot of play time with train table

• lunch dates with Mom (I needed to get out of the house) so we had a lot of Chickfila & Which Which and a lot of runs to Target

• obsessed with play-doh

• loves monster trucks & jumping in his crib

• wore Mommys boots around the house (likes to put on my shoes and walk around as best as he can- Justin told him they were girl shoes and he was a boy so he started saying wear girl shoes!)

• lots of naps in the car

•  snuggles with mommy

21 months: 12-29-13

Ascher

21 months

12-29-13

weight: 23 lbs (will this child ever gain weight!?)

diapers: size 4

clothes: 18 months

shoes: size 6

Things we loved this month:

• mommy was sick sick sick this month
• climbing everything

• lived with GoGo & Papa while we waited for house to be finished (2 weeks)- which was nice because I felt awful (vomit every day-pregnancy) so it was nice to have help with Ascher

• says "brrrr cold" and shakes while holding arms

• loves to make cookies with GoGo (she lets him sit on the counter with her)

• moved into our new house! (December 15, 2013)

• helped hang ornaments on Christmas tree (which he was fascinated with)

• went to visit Santa

• loves to open presents (I wrapped 25 books for him to unwrap each day- though we didnt get thru all 25 cause  I was so sick- he LOVED unwrapping & reading the ones we did)

• loves to say "SNOWDROP!" and 'OPPS!"- thinks its hilarious

 

• got a train table for Christmas

• had Christmas morning with GoGo, Papa, Aunt Jessica & Uncle Roy (after looking at this I still need to do my Christmas blogs- Wow- Its the end of March and I never did Christmas- OOPS! Will do that ASAP!)

• visited K-Dan's side of family in Jefferson Christmas evening & next day