25 Weeks

I'm 25 weeks today! Move'n right along. I had a prenatal appt this morning and the baby is doing great! So far, I've only gained about 4 pounds. Not too shabby. But I know how big my babies are so I know I'll gain more and more toward the end. Babycenter.com says that my baby is about the size of an average rutabaga. Ummm, okay, I'll just admit it...I have no idea what a rutabaga is. I'm sure it's a vegetable, but beyond that....I got nothin'.

Alison put a little scratch on my glasses today. It's minor, but so annoying! Can I deal with it for the rest of the pregnancy? I hope so! These are the pregnancy glasses that I got when pregnant with Sam. Wore them when pregnant with Alison, and now with this little guy. I don't want to have to make an appt, go to the dr, pick out new glasses, pay for new glasses, etc, etc, etc, just for something I'll only wear for a few more months.

Jason Felt the Baby Kick!!

The title pretty much says it all. It's so fun when the baby gets big enough for Jason to feel!

Samantha's Summer Reading -- Yay for Reading!

Sam finished her first page of Summer Reading...Yay! At the end of the page, she got a reading prize. The prize was a trip to the Library to pick out one of the For Sale books. They're only like 50 cents! She picked out the Spot's First Easter book as her prize and then when we got home, I showed her the Beauty & The Beast book and told her that was a present from me. She was so excited!!

Our Little Farm

The girls with some squash from the garden.

Our rabbits and chickens. Actually, they're still pullets at this age. It's like being a teenager.

Rib Kicks

Today is the first time during this pregnancy that I've felt the baby up in my ribs. Yikes, not fun! Samantha was always up in my ribs. Alison...not so bad. I have a feeling this one is going to be up there all the time.

Celery & Apricots

One day when I was pregnant with Alison, we were eating at Chili's. When we were done eating, I picked up the little piece of celery garnish and ate it. Within about a minute, I could feel my throat closing up. And within a few minutes, it was getting hard to breathe. I drank all my water and the left over of Samantha's cup of milk and eventually started to feel better, with my throat going back to normal. Well, this morning I ate an apricot and within seconds I could feel the same thing happening! I had a big drink of water and even though I don't tolerate milk well, it helps coat the throat, so I drank a cup. I'm not having as bad of a reaction as I did with the celery, but I guess I know now, not to eat any more apricots during this pregnancy.

And here's a funny comic for the day:

And hard as pregnancy is at times, let me tell you, it's equally as funny. In kind of a sad and pathetic way.

24 Weeks -- Slip'n & Slide'n

No, I wasn't the one slip'n & slide'n. But the kids sure had a fun time on the slip & slide today. Here is a picture of me today.



We invited some friends over so the kids could all play in the water. They had a great time! It was Sam's first time ever playing on a slip & slide and is convinced now that we NEED one. They also jumped on the trampoline with a sprinkler underneath it, went down the slide with the hose running down it, and enjoyed yummy popcicles.

Hungry

I've been SOOO hungry lately! Yesterday at church all I could think about was lasagna. All the kids little snacks weren't cutting it...I wanted FOOD! And every morning I wake up totally hungry. But I can't eat right away. I have to take my hormone pill, then wait 30 - 60 minutes before I can eat. Some days I can barely make it the 30 minutes. I'm thinking the baby must be having a little growth spurt because I don't usually feel so hungry.

Happy Father's Day

Happy Father's Day to the amazing father of my children! Jason is such a wonderful man and the girls and I are so lucky to have him! I love you hon!!

Merika Came to Visit!

Merika was visiting for a few days from Las Vegas, so she came and spent some time with us. We lounged at the pool, played games, talk, talk, talk, talk, talked...and pretty much just hung out. It was so fun!

Samantha was so sad when she had to go! Most of the pictures I took of her were crying pics, but this one was pretty cute.

Baby Blanket

I don't sew....so this is a big deal!



I struggle with a lot of hormone-induced depression during pregnancy and doing things to prepare for the baby helped me feel better.

Little Car Blanket

I made this little flannel blanket this morning.



More pics later.

First Boy Purchase

I found this cute blanket at Target. Had to get it! It has cars on it too, although the picture doesn't really show that part of the blanket. Jason likes that I'm going with a car theme.



I also bought some flannel the other day to make a little blanket. I'll post pics of that when it's done. It's just an easy little thing, but you know my sewing skills...novice at best.

Samantha's Summer Reading

Since my hip is hurting so much, I seem to be spending a lot of time lying down lately. I thought this would be a good time to read to Samantha. So I've made a little summer reading chart for her to fill out. She loves charts and lists. Everytime we read a book, I'll have her write the name of it on her list. I think she'll like keeping track of all the stories we read.

Shirt-Hats

There's just something fun about wearing a shirt on your head. At least kids certainly think there is!

This Cartoon is Soooo Me Right Now!!

Oh the pain....

My right hip is hurting so much! But even more than that, I'm having severe pelvic floor pain! Especially if I'm standing up and take a sideway-motion step. What am I supposed to do? It hurts to do anything and everything.

This evening I fell apart. I've just kind of been barely keeping it together all day long, but by this evening I was done. I just kind of snapped, yelled at the kids, got sick of the mess, tired of feeling like the only person who cares that it's a mess, just plain tired, and then I fell apart...started crying, and couldn't stop for quite a while. Sometimes I just don't feel like myself. And I hate it! I was good for a few hours today, but that's about it. I just hate this feeling.

Swimming Fun

We spent three days doing fun things together as a family. On Day 3, instead of going somewhere, we stayed in town and had a little "stay-cation". Here we are swimming at the club.

 

 

The Sounds of the Night

It's a quarter after 3:00 on Wednsday morning and I've already been up for about an hour. So lame!!! I'm really tired, but my mind just won't shut up! I keep thinking of things I need to do, conversations I've had, conversations I need to have, etc, etc, etc! Then Alison woke up...like as in, WIDE awake like me. I'm not letting her out of bed, but she's just in there gabber'n away. And Sam was having a weird dream just a minute ago and was yelling something. I wonder what Alison thought of that? When the police pull people over on the freeway behind my house, they use their loudspeaker to tell them to keep driving all the way off the offramp and go to the Chevron station....yeah, I can hear all of that. And now there's a siren somewhere....oh, the sounds of the night. And birds...what the heck are they already chirping for?! And I have some neighbors who are a roofing tear-off company. (That's what you get for living on a street that was once zoned as light-industrial and residential, but then recently changed to commercial.) Their big, rattly trucks come lumbering up and down the street at ALL hours of the night. But most especially around 3:30-4:00 a.m. Seriously? Where are they going that they need to leave so early? I certainly wouldn't want someone tearing off my roof before the crack of dawn. Maybe it's all a cover for something else. Hmmmm? Anyway, I'm super tired and we have a big, fun day planned ahead of us. We're going to Calaveras Big Trees for the day. Check out all the cool, ginormous trees...do a little light hiking...have a picnic lunch...etc. I'm going back to bed now. Cross your fingers that I'll be able to fall back asleep.

Me & Alison

I like this picture. It's just fun.