19 weeks

Pregnancy Highlights:
How Far Along: 19 Weeks
Size of baby: Baby Jay weighs about 8 1/2 ounces and 6 inches long - about the size of a heirloom tomato.

Total Weight Gain/Loss: Gained 11 lbs. Lost a lb or two since last week!

Maternity Clothes: Mostly jeans, but I'll wear a shirt here and there since they fit better.

Gender:We *hopefully* find out in 1 weeks exactly. I'm so excited!! Lately I've been thinking girl, but my mind changes so quick. Sean mentioned yesterday he wish he had tallied up all my changes from boy to girl or girl to boy.

Movement: Couple times a day.

Sleep: I'm sleeping pretty good!
What I miss: I really want a margarita!

Cravings:Water, fruity stuff

Symptoms:Crying and peeing all the time.

Best Moment this week: Feeling her/him from the outside a few times!

I'm getting my energy back and I love it! This is the part of pregnancy I enjoy!!

What are words...

I'm not a big Idol fan, but I know a lot of people are. I did watch a few episodes and one guy that caught my attention was Chris Medina. His story is just amazing and he is a true, selfless man with such a un-dying love for his wife. I came across a video he did and I just love it. I love the song and also the meaning behind the words. It is very much worth listening too. I've cried each time I've listened to it...dang hormones!




Lyrics

Anywhere you are, I am near
Anywhere you go, I'll be there
Anytime you whisper my name, you'll see
How every single promise I keep
Cuz what kind of guy would I be
If I was to leave when you need me most

What are words
If you really don't mean them
When you say them
What are words
If they're only for good times
Then it's on
When it's love
Yeah, you see them as lover's words
They never go away
They live on, even when we're gone

And I know an angel would say
Just from me and now know I'm meant
To be where I am and I'm gonna be
Standing right beside her tonight And I'm gonna be by your side
[From: http://www.elyrics.net/read/c/chris-medina-lyrics/what-are-words-lyrics.html ]
I would never leave when she needs me most

What are words
If you really don't mean them
When you say them
What are words
If they're only for good times
Then it's off
When it's love
Yeah, you see them as lover's words
They never go away
They live on, even when we're gone

Anywhere you are, I am near
Anywhere you go, I'll be there
And I'm gonna be here forever more
Every single promise I keep
Cuz what kind of guy would I be
If I was to leave when you need me most

I'm forever keeping my angel close

Baby Max

"Baby Max" will soon be here in a few weeks. I'm excited to know if I'm getting another niece or if I'll get a nephew to spoil.
To celebrate "Baby Max" I co-hosted a shower for my SIL along with a friend of hers.

Since Max's sex is unknown, we did black, white and lime green for the colors.

The hostess's with the momma-to-be.
Gifts! She was very much blessed and got a lot of the big ticket items and other great gifts. My mom and I got them their carseat and stroller. She also got the highchair, an umbrella stroller, swings, diaper bags, books, etc!

Belly picture - Kelci at 35 weeks and me at 18 weeks.

Lyla and I

Ly and her Aunt Kelci

Lyla ADORES her Uncle Kevin.

A few decorations... flowers with lime green and white feathers

The cupcakes...I wanted cute little toppers and came up with these. I will for sure be doing these again in the future.

Congrats to Kev and Kelci! Can't wait to meet "Max"!

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Dear Max, Pleae do not come on April 3rd. I'm a birthday brat and do not want to share... Thanks! :) But the 2nd or 4th is just fine!!

Love, Aunt Andrea

18 weeks

(This picture was taken WAY to early in the am!)

Pregnancy Highlights:
How Far Along: 18 Weeks
Size of baby: Baby Jay is about the length of a green pepper!

Total Weight Gain/Loss: 14 lbs. I'm a weight gaining machine. I've decided I must just embrace it because it doesn't seem to be slowing down.

Maternity Clothes: Mostly just pants and every once in a while a shirt.

Gender: Today I feel like it's a girl, but my appointment is set so only 2 more weeks!

Movement: Yes! I love it! I was feeling it every once in a while and now I can feel it a couple times a day. I'm sure I'll be able to feel it from the outside here soon too.

Sleep:If I don't nap, then I sleep really well.

What I miss:Margarita's, my skinny jeans

Cravings: Fruit, fruit and fruit. Everything else I crave in on a whim.

Symptoms:I should have added it a long time ago, but I have probably cried at least once just about everyday for probably that last 2-3 months.

Best Moment this week: Scheduling the sono and feel him/her move a lot more.

My appointment went well today. Heartbeat was 146 (Lyla's was around 136 at this time) and we had a very active baby on our hands today. I have to start taking iron early because I bleed a lot after having Lyla. We also scheduled our sono for the 21st and I CAN NOT wait! Oh, and I got the ok to start running again and I will be doing that soon as well! Hopefully as soon as this stupid weather stops!!

Great day, minus the weather! :)

Yay!

I'm very excited for tomorrow. Not only am I 18 weeks, but I have a doctor's appointment which means we will scheduled our sono!!! I'm so excited to see my baby again! Hopefully, still healthy, active and adorable. Ok, and I'm REALLY excited to know girl or boy. Today is another day of thinking it's a boy...but for a few hours, I thought girl! :) I just *need* to know!! Watch this baby be a little stink and keep it's legs crossed tight! Praying that doesn't happen!

As for the weekend, I co-hosted a shower for my SIL and got some family time. Next time I'll see them, they will have a baby of their own and I'll have another niece or nephew (I vote nephew). Today was spent photographing the best little baby I have had to date and then watching Sean play basketball. Seany boy had his bromance up and they shared a sweet nerdfest of a weekend. 2 guys + dvr'd history shows + Call of Duty= nerdfest. (They even drove around Victoria to look at the historical sites...told you they were nerds).

I'm off to bed. I have a busy, EARLY morning tomorrow. Happy Weekend!

Love

It was another beautiful day today!!! Also, a semi-busy day! Lyla had her 18 month appointment this morning! The child finally weighs 22 lbs!! :) She's also 31 inches and still has a big noggin at 39 inches I think! Doc says she's right on track and doing well!! After that we hurried to our Mom's Club meeting as we were already about an 1/2 hour late. Afterwards we ran a few errands and then headed home. Funny story: I normally don't let her eat in the car but I knew she's probably fall asleep on the way home, so I was hoping by eating, she'd stay awake. Well, mid-bite she fell asleep. Literally 1 minute after I had looked at her eating a nugget, she was a sleep!! And then proceeded to sleep for 2 more hours...that's my girl! :) During nap time, I cleaned and caught up on laundry and then we headed outside! Lyla loves, loves being outside!

Remember the car I tried putting together...here it is! Looks quite ghetto, but at least she can roll around in it until Sean finishes putting it together! She loves it and pretty much played with it the whole time.

We also threw some golf balls (her fav), played with the puppies, and decorated our sidewalk with some chalk!

And another fabulous day! I'm sooo glad it is beginning to be nicer out! This weekend Lyla and I are headed to GB for Kelci's shower while Sean has a man weekend geeking it out to the history channel.

Happy Day

Yesterday was a beautiful day! I am so ready for spring!!!!

Lyla and I had a great day, too! I love being home with my sweet girl! One thing she has been doing lately is just randomly coming up to me on the couch, wrapping her arms around my neck and giving me hugs and kisses. I love, love, love this time with her! Oh, goodness I love her.

Lunchtime was quite the mess today. Hamburger, mac and cheese, other noodles, & yogurt. She isn't a pro yet with eating with her fork or spoon, but she did a good job today, even considering she got it everywhere!

Please ignore the highchair. I have yet to get a replacement cushion. I really need to add that to my list. That thing also needs to go through the car wash a time or two!

After nap time, we headed outside. I always feel bored when we play in our back yard, so I decided I should put together her little cozy coupe car. Oh my this was hard. And honestly, it's 3/4th's done, but at least Lyla can still play in it. She hasn't figured out how to walk with it since she's still a bit short, but she's still had fun. She absolutely LOVES being outside.

I feel so, so blessed!!!

Big girl room

It will soon be time. My little girl is growing up, tear. She will be moving up to a toddler bed here shortly and with that comes new bedding.

I know I want to do something different than the pinkish brown thing we have going on now.

Pink, red, and turquoise. Yes, all together. I know some people don't think pink and red should go together, but I love it. And I heart turquoise more than most people I know, and so of course I want to incorporate that as well. I also want something for her that isn't matchy matchy. Speaking of, have you visited this website? She's amazing and I love her style. So I'm going slightly with her love for mixing fabrics up and doing a few of her DIY projects.

Here is the bed I want so far. I love that it doesn't have a foot board! Now, if I happen to find out I'm having a boy, we will just be converting her crib now into a toddler bed. (Only 2 or 3 weeks!! Eeek!)

As for bedding, I've looked at quite a few places and so far, pottery barn kids understands what I want or, uhem, need. Normally I love target, but haven't found anything that didn't seem cheesy or overdone. So these are my favs as of right now. (Click the links)

Option 1: My favorite so far.

Option 2: I really love the sham on this one, but not crazy about the white.

Option 3: Loving the red and pink together. But not loving all the white.

I also want to throw in a few owls and birds because I love those for little girls. But just a little, I don't want it to scream forest or anything.

Oh, and if I have another little girl, this is the winning bedding right now.

So many decisions.... but I love it! Love, love planning!

17 weeks

Pregnancy Highlights:
How Far Along: 17 weeks
Size of baby: Baby Jay is the size of the turnip.

Total Weight Gain/Loss: 10 lbs

Maternity Clothes:Just pants

Gender:Who knows....3 more weeks!Movement: Nothing solid yet.
Sleep: I'm sleeping pretty good!
What I miss: Margarita's!! Sleeping straight through the night.
Cravings:Fruit, steak, salads, jimmy johns.

Symptoms:Little gagging but other than that, this week I've been pretty good. Vivid dreams!

Best Moment this week: Starting to slightly feel the baby move. Nothing very distinct, but I can feel it here and there.

We had a good weekend around here. I had photo sessions and then Sean headed to a bach party for a bit while Lyla and I went on a dinner date with a friend. then we crashed early and it was great! :) Sunday was church, a llloooooonnnnnnggggg nap and then lounging while playing babies! Love this life! :)

I can't believe today is the last day of Feb! This month went so fast!

The story...

This is purely for my records, but if you want to read a semi-funny or maybe not story, then here ya go.

Titled: How I found out I was knocked up (again)

First off, Sean and I were trying, but not really trying in November. And considering I needed infertility drugs to get pregnancy with Lyla, I kinda figured that was in the future (and it was as I was going to start them the following month).

It was Monday Dec 6th and I was headed to Salina with Lyla to do some Christmas shopping. I went to Target first and for some reason, while I was there, an inkling came over me that I was pregnant. I had no idea why, but it did. So I bought a test there and on my way out, my curiosity got to me, and I took the test in Target. I'm not patient and couldn't wait any longer. And as quickly as it could, it came up positive! Talk about freaking out and I had no one to talk to but a 1 year old that can't talk back. So I'm pretty much talking to myself, freaking out while I'm getting in the vehicle to leave. As I'm leaving I see Wal-mart and decide I needed another test because I couldn't believe the other one was positive. So I go in and buy a digital test and take that one in the Wal-Mart bathroom (again no patience). And low and behold, it said pregnant. Of course I wanted to tell Sean first and it was the hardest thing not to call someone and blurt it out.

I also decided I wanted a fun way to tell Sean. I looked all over Salina for something that said big sister and couldn't find a thing. I found a ton of Little Sister stuff, but not big sister. Finally, in Penney's I found Pjs that said Big Sister! So I planned it that we would get home just shortly before Sean and I had her all dressed in her shirt when he got home. He just looked at her at first and was like what is this all about? He apparently thought I bought it for her because I also say that Reese and Ly are sisters. After showing him the 4 tests I had taken, he finally believed me! :)

We also told our families right away that day. We emailed a picture of Lyla in her shirt to her Aunt and Uncles and her Grandma and Grandpa and then we skyped with her Granna and Pops. Of course, everyone was thrilled, and probably a little shocked... as were we! :)

Oh and for the record, I couldn't concentrate enough to shop and barely bought a thing! :)