Big News :)

We are REALLY excited.  A few months ago I started feeling like Joey needed a sibling, and that feeling kept getting stronger.  It took 7 months before we got pregnant with Joey, so we figured it would take a few months.  Apparently this spirit is very anxious to get here because it took less than a month for this little kiddo to join our family.

We are due March 14, 2016.  If baby were to be born on the due date, they would be 23 months and 2 weeks apart.

It will be an adventure for sure!

(PS.  This is why I've been absent on my blog for a month.  I really, really haven't been feeling well, and I'm just finally getting to the point where I can actually function.)

30 Weeks!!!

What?!  Can you believe it's been two weeks already since I posted about being in my third trimester??  I sure can't.  Time is FLYING!  Little dude will be here before we know it!

This was at 29 weeks and 3 days.  This outfit made me look a lot bigger, but it was super comfy!  Haha :)

Only 70 days until he is supposed to be here.  That's crazy talk to me.  It's kind of funny because I'm definitely getting that "nesting" instinct, and I want to go out and buy everything for him and set up his room.  Neal (thankfully) is the sane side of me, and reminds me that we've got baby showers coming up, and that we should wait to buy things we need until AFTER we have the baby showers.  He also kindly reminds me that my "we won't have time to set everything up" excuse is invalid, and that I don't have to do everything myself and that (get this) he can set everything up for me.  I know, shocker right?  Apparently in my lovely preggo brain, its a new concept.  Haha.  Poor guy.  I'm going to drive him nuts over the next 10 weeks.

Alright.  About little dude:

- He's supposedly almost 16 inches long and 3 pounds.  That makes him about the size of a cabbage according to my app.

- He's definitely running out of room in there...he's actually kicking less and more just rolling around now.

- The one place he does still love to actually kick is right up under my right ribs.  I imagine that's not going to change over the next 10 weeks.

- He was kind enough to have hiccups in a place where Neal could feel them last week!

- Heart rate: We'll find out later this week

About mom and dad:

- My belly button is ALMOST out!  I have a ridiculously deep belly button, so it really hasn't even been close until this past week.  No stretch marks yet!  Woohoo!

- We're taking prenatal classes.  We're actually about half way done now.  We've done three classes on labor and delivery so far.  In the next three weeks we have a tour of the hospital, a breastfeeding class, and a newborn care class.

- We're learning about how differently we process things.  Neal processes things by not worrying about them until they happen, and then learning about them then.  I process things by learning everything I can about a subject if there's even a slight possibility I think they could happen to me.

- I finally had to take my engagement ring off this past week.  I can still wear my wedding ring comfortably, but having both rings on there was getting a little too tight.

Baby Advice

Hi all!

So a while back I posted this post asking people what they wished they knew before they were a mom.

Well, here I am asking again, but in a different way: what pregnancy/newborn advice do you have?

I want serious advice...not "be healthy and it'll make pregnancy easier."  While I know that's true, let's be honest...it's super general and not exactly helpful to me.

Here are a couple things I've been told already that I found helpful:

- Use name brand diapers until their "little poo poo" (thank you Bill Cosby) becomes more solid, and blow outs will be less likely to happen.  After it becomes more solid, use store brand diapers to save money.

- Buy sensitive wipes: then you're less likely to have to worry about crazy rashes and such.

- Make sure pacifiers have the little "lip" on them.  If they don't, baby has to suck harder to keep it in his or her mouth, and it makes breast feeding more difficult because they're used to sucking hard to keep the pacifier in.

- Walk or do yoga everyday.  It'll help keep extra weight off, and make labor a lot easier.

So...what advice do you have? 

Three months down!!

Can I start off by saying I LOVE the weather today????  I had to turn the heater and the fire place on, and it is awesome.

It's hard to believe that over two months ago now we found out we were going to have a baby.  We've had two doctor appointments, one where we actually got to hear the heartbeat, and then an ultrasound.  Though not much is changing on the outside, I know there's so much going on in there.  

This week our baby's the size of a lime.  Crazy to think Baby J gone from the size of a poppy seed to the size of a lime.

I'm finally starting to feel more energetic.  My nausea hasn't gone away, but I keep hoping it goes away soon.  I just continually thank Heavenly Father that I'm not as sick as a lot of women get.  

I've been reading a lot (and told by my doctor a lot) about how much exercising helps with labor and delivery.  I stopped working out when we were trying to get pregnant because I thought it was something that was contributing to things being thrown off.  So, this week, I've started getting back to it.  I walked for about 30 minutes yesterday, and today I walked for about 15 minutes and jogged for about 5 minutes.  My goal by the end of my second trimester is to be jogging for all 30 minutes.

I think the hardest part so far has been trying to eat everything I'm supposed to.  I've been trying really hard to make sure I'm getting my fruits and veggies, and my dairy.  I'm not stressing about it (so please don't tell me not to stress about it), I just know it's what's best for our baby, and I (obviously) want what's best for our little one.

PS.  No, I don't really have a bump yet.  So no pictures yet.  Sorry! 

Baby J

A lot of you saw our post two days go on Facebook, but in case you didn't, we are pregnant :)

Here's how we announced it:

About baby:

- Due April 6, 2014

- Baby is 11 weeks and 3 days

- At the ultrasound we had at 8 weeks and 1 day, baby's heart rate was 154 beats per minute

- Could be a boy or girl.  We won't find out for a few weeks still

About Neal:

- He's excited

- Seeing the heart rate made it real for him

- He's been an incredible support to me.  He does whatever I need him to do.

- Protective of baby

About me:

- Also excited

- Only looks pregnant at certain times of day

- Tired.  All the time.

- Not too sick.  Only have had one bad day.

- Craving carbs and starch (like french fries)

- Can't eat salad.  Not matter how hard I try.