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Showing posts with label Baby #2. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Baby #2. Show all posts

Sunday, January 20, 2013

33 Weeks

A while ago I saw on a friend's blog this cute little questionaire that asks all the right questions of a pregnant lady. Thought it'd be fun to fill out a couple times with this pregnancy (and also useful to refer to in the happy case of another future pregnancy...I keep asking myself, Was this how I felt with Cosette?).
Anyways, 33 weeks this week. Today the chalkboard says 46 more days!
Terrible picture because of the flash, but still cute. Hi Cosey!
And today's sweatshirt and yoga pants do nothing for my figure, darlings. So no retakes.
(Oh, and neither does the all-morning-with-a-toddler-at-a-small-church exasperation expression.Can't seem to wipe it from my face.)
How far along: 33 weeks.
Baby's size: 4 lbs and about 17” long (although Cose was only 18” at birth at 38 weeks…)
Sleep: Er, it’s been better. I keep waking up flat on my back and it’s so hard to find the motivation to roll over. Weird dreams too.
Maternity Clothes: Yep, and I love the BeBands I have that allow me to wear my regular pants! Been into leggings and long shirts recently.
Food cravings: I.love.grapefruit.
Food aversions: None really. I am WAY too in to food these days.
Symptoms I have: Pressure, back aches. No sciatic nerve pain for about a month! Tiredness. And Braxton Hicks like crazy. All the time. So done with those. 
Doctor’s Appointment: 34 week appt is next week, followed by an appointment every week in February. Whoa! At my 32 week appointment my midwife told me baby was head-down already, so hopefully he has stayed like that.
Movement: Yep, a lot. He gets especially jiggy when I eat and when I’m teaching cello lessons.
Gender: Boy!
What I’m looking forward to: Getting to see him for the first time! Smelling sweet baby breath. Getting our planned natural delivery into the past (I’m not worrying too much about it, but you know, just a little)!
What I miss: Not knowing if I’m tired, achy, grouchy, etc because of the pregnancy or because I need an attitude check J. Feeling like I can do projects by myself instead of needing the extra energy or muscles from my hubs. Not having a constant back ache!

And here's way back to 15ish weeks (I think I was a little earlier along than 15, hence the "ish")

How far along: 15 weeks.
Baby's size: a small apple.
Sleep: let the weird dreams commence! Most nights are full of weird dreams and not a lot of good sleep.
Maternity Clothes: Sometimes. Pants still fit if I want them to, but maternity jeans are just more comfy.  
Food cravings: Blah. If anything, fresh foods like fruit and salads and sandwiches made with…fresh foods!
Food aversions: Mostly this and mainly that… Especially rich food. Cheeseburgers, my fav food, have been banned from being mentioned. Fast food in its entirety. Coffee is still out of the question, although tea has been creeping in here and there! Almost every possible food has fit into this category. 
Symptoms I have: Round ligament pain…yippee! Nausea still (although the dreaded v-word has disappeared from the routine for now!). Rarely hungry. Incredibly tired and zombie like most of the time. Complete lack of motivation for school…oh wait, that may not be a pregnancy symptom.
Doctor’s Appointment: 3rd one is coming up in 2 weeks. Should get a referral for an ultrasound, where I pray everything is okay with baby; and, we should find out gender!
Movement: Hm…not feeling movement yet!
Gender: No guess. It’s either a boy or a girl :D
What I’m looking forward to: Feeling baby move regularly! Eating like a normal person again. Not shuddering at words like “pizza” and “casserole”
What I miss: Self-motivation. Energy! Food!


Monday, January 14, 2013

I'm Back!

It's only been 2 years, right? Plus or minus...eh.

I used to think I could only blog if I had something life-altering to discuss, but now that I have some free time, I realized I've changed my mind. I want to document our lives, the day-to-day stuff. I want to remember when Cosette said something hilarious or how I felt right before Parker was born. So I'm back.

Hopefully I can figure out how to sprucify the blog layout, but for now, it'll do.

Last month was a pretty hard one. My Grandpa passed away on Dec 15 after a series of hospital visits for breathing problems and infections acquired while in hospital. And I missed him. I had hoped to see him for a final visit after the weekend had passed, but he decided to go on Saturday night.

Here he is with Grandma and Cosette a few years ago.

Grandpa I miss you, and it's a hard kind of miss, because you were so quietly and unobtrusively a part of things, and yet, who you were shaped who my Dad is and therefore shaped in part who I am. We missed you so much at Christmas, but no one said anything, because we didn't know what to say. But your name was still on all the packages that Grandma still somehow had time to buy for Keith and me and Cosey, a reminder you had just been here so recently. But your name wasn't on the anniversary card Grandma gave us...it looked so empty and wrong without it there. I realized you wre gone then, at that moment, well after the phone call, after the visitation and funeral, days later.
Spent shell from the Navy gun salute at his funeral. Couldn't have been happier to see him honored, since he never brought attention upon himself. And I'll always remember that super cold rainy morning at the gravesite, when both his 80-year-old brothers nodded their heads at the casket and whispered him goodbye. You're never too old to be okay with losing a loved one. But something I'm so glad for is that Grandpa to see us at Thanksgiving on Skype. I'll always remember how you saw Cosette on the screen and said her name. You are precious to me and I miss you.
Last month also marked another powerful loss.
This sweet little guy passed away in his sleep. I wanted to write about him because he was my friends' child and because he was Cosette's friend, but also so that everyone knows that he is special and his life mattered in this world. Miss you little Thomas. I pray I can be a friend your parents want around in this time.

Whew, life can be so rainy sometimes. But there are sunny days too, praise the Lord!

We've been at our little church for about 9 months now and can't believe how it's evolved. It seems all we do is pray and dream dreams and come open the doors on Sunday morning and God has done the rest! What do you have in store for us, Lord?  


Our church building! Lawrence Faith Church of the Nazarene (minus foyer)
Cose & Braylin eating Sunday morning cake! It's becoming a tradition, thanks to Andrea :). Lord, bring our church more kids!!!
And today, today, just today...
We ventured out to HobLob on this 19 degree morning...yikes. I'm pretty sure my passenger door was latched but open and letting in the cold air on the highway. Nice. We spent exactly $20 and came home and made this...
It's kinda bright, but I think I like it!
Before we came home though, we made a stop at Dunkin Donuts! That probably explains the sugar coma...


And I'm around 32 1/2 weeks!
Maybe I should retire the horizontal stripes after today....