Day 90

I cleaned eggs Saturday and couldn't wait for the kids to go to bed so I could put them together... what's so exciting about that?! Nothing, but I was.

This was the most excited they've been so far. These ages are definitely the most fun for holidays, birthdays etc. They're not greedy or picky and they're so amazed by the magicalness of it all. Love it!

We went to church and came home for lunch, then my Mom and Rachel picked up the kids. Steven and I went grocery shopping- yay. But really, its so nice going just the two of us.

We had an Easter egg hunt when we got to my parents house, we had to do it inside because of Aiden's allergies- boo. They were horrible that day, poor baby. We facetimed with Adrian, Michael and Tati, my Mom misses them so much, I feel sad for her. Everybody enjoyed their Bloody Mary's and New Castle's while dinner cooked- lucky! I want a glass of wine. Wah! Then we sat down to a super yummy (and nontraditional) Easter dinner: ceviche and carne asada with rice and beans- mmm!

My new favorite picture of the littles. The cutest!

 

Happy Easter!

Day 89

A typical Saturday, errands and cleaning. I got the kids to nap (second Saturday in a row!) When Rian was in her room getting dressed, I heard her say, "Where are my shorts? I sink (think) they ran away or something." My little chatterbox. Allllll day long.

She wanted to paint my nails later that day, why not?!

She was the cutest, concentrating so hard!

Besides the paint on my actual fingers, she really didn't do that bad of a job!

Later that night, I was thinking about a few specific pictures of me while I was pregnant with the kids, mostly Aiden. Since his pregnancy, we've gotten a new computer and then a new hard drive because it crashed. So we lost a lot of pictures. I decided to try my old photobucket account. It took me a few guesses, but I finally got on and there were a few pictures, so exciting! Most of the pictures I took with Aiden were only of my belly, I held the camera at waist level and snapped.

Not all of them were titled, but this one was:

17w3d

 

Which is nuts, because that's exactly how far along I am today. Crazy! I was even more shocked at how huge my belly was! Some people are surprised at how big I am right now and this is my third pregnancy. My belly gets big fast, my height probably has a lot to do with it.

 

I've been pregnant and given birth twice... but going through this all again still blows my mind! Every time I feel the baby move, I just can't believe it. I was so scared and nervous my whole pregnancy with Rian. She'd never have all of me and I was taking away part of me from Aiden. I had so much worry and guilt. I wondered how I could possibly love another person the way I love Steven and Aiden. 

 

I don't have any of that this time. I can't exactly imagine what it's going to be like, but I know it'll be amazing and my heart already has room for this baby. I'm growing another little baby mixed with perfect amounts of Mommy and Daddy. I'm as excited as ever about the newest addition to our family!

Day 88

Every year on Good Friday, Discount closes from noon to three, so Steven doesn't usually have to go in til then. We get a good amount of time with him that day!

The boys went for haircuts and Rian and I went to find her an Easter dress... which turned into a few outfits. She kept pointing out the cutest stuff! We had a nice time together and even ran into Titi, Uncle Geoff and Oliver! Geoff pointed out how funny it is that between us, we're at Target all the time but this is the first time we've ever see each other there. When we got home, Steven was doing yard work but AJ was gone. He was a few houses over playing with some kids- augh my baby's getting so big! :\

Steven was off to work for a few hours, so we went to Lowes and stopped at Sonic for slushies.

My crazy family!

 

When Daddy got home, we dyed our eggs. It gets more fun the bigger the kids get! I made a cute zig zag one, but it rolled off of the table and cracked. Aiden said, "He ran away from me! Now his head is cracked and he needs to be adopted." ha! Where does he come up with this stuff?

 



 

The finished products are missing a few, the kids couldn't wait to eat some!

 





Day 87

I was a little grumpy this morning, because of other people's actions. I shouldn't let it bother me because it doesn't directly effect me, but in a small way it does... if that makes sense.

Then the mail lady rang the doorbell and cheered me up some! I was expecting one thing, I was surprised when I saw her with a stack.

Seriously, what is it about getting packages?! So exciting.

Since I picked AJ up from school, he's been chanting "Spring break! Spring break! Spring break!" haha! He has no idea what's going on, but its still funny.

Of course, as soon as we got home, he wanted to do his homework.

:)

 

I was expecting to have Sean tomorrow, but he's not coming! Super excited to have a day with just my two littles.

Day 86 (17 weeks pregnant)

17 weeks already?!

 

I took the left picture then took a shower, the right was taken after. I took two because I think my bump looks different depending on what I wear. I'm obsessed with it! I loved having my bellies with Aiden and Rian, but I think because I know this is my last time, I'm cherishing every single second of round belly bliss!

 

Nothing new to report this week, except movement. Feeling the baby is the best. Love it!

 

Oh and dreams. Geez... alllll night long, nonstop crazy dreams. So weird how that happens.

Day 85

My pictures are mixed up, yesterday's was taken today and today's was taken yesterday. But I needed the computer picture for that post!

I have a daily pregnancy app that I read every morning. Yesterday it was talking about feeling "ravenous" and I thought, "I'm not there yet." But three hours later, omg. I was starving. I felt hungry but 5 minutes later I felt faint because I needed to eat. It made me laugh that it happened that exact day I read about it. (I'm writing this a few days later, my lunchtime has now become 10-10:30am. And by 4:00 I'm beyond ready for dinner!)

This baby's making me hungry!

So into salads lately, yum! Happy my body's cooperating and wanting healthy food.

Day 84

Today we had our first Parent/Teacher conference, so weird that we're doing things like this! Wasn't Aiden just born?! He gets out early every Monday (and also for the rest of the week because of the conferences) so Steven went to get him and they were going to hang out for a little bit til our conference. They went and got ice cream, lucky! :) While he was gone, I felt about 10 movements in the exact same spot. All my doubting and finally I know for sure, that was the baby! (16w5d)

Our meeting with Aiden's teacher went really well. They all said such nice things about him, it made me want to cry! Crazy emotions. They said he's so polite and such a good boy and they're happy he ended up in the class (he started later than everybody else.) His teacher is really impressed with him since he's the youngest one in class. Proud mommy and daddy. :)

Since he got such a good report, we took him to Target to get a laptop like Rian has. It's caused soo many fights, I don't know why we didn't get two at Christmas! That problem's now solved.

 

Anytime one of them gets their computer, the other one does too. And this is the only time he lets her sit by him! They make sure they're both playing the same game too.

Day 83

Steven got up this morning and started on the doors. He ran into some trouble (of course! Nothing with these house changes has been easy.) But two of them are in!

It makes such a huge difference. I keep looking at it!

(I wish the first picture had the carpet instead of the new flooring in, I didn't think of that when I took all of my "before" pictures.)

 

They still only have primer on them, painting was going to be my job, I hate painting! I'm going to see if I can bribe him into doing it. And hopefully next weekend the other two (my bathroom and Aiden's room) will be in. Then maybe the weekend after that, the two in the kitchen (Steven's bathroom/laundry room and the one going into the garage.) Then doors: done! Except the front door. I'm not exactly sure about that yet. Either get a new one...some day, or stain the one we have to match the flooring.

 

We went with brushed bronze (of course!) round knobs. I'm kind of over the long handled ones. Plus the round knobs make it harder for little ones to open doors! I think the round ones give it a more country look, which is what I try to go for. These doors go perfect in our house!

 

This is why I try not to complain about my kitchen floor. Because he's been doing so many other projects along the way.

Day 82

Our first day of no soccer today! Which for some reason, made me totally lazy! I needed to grocery shop but had no motivation. I didn't actually get off of the couch til about 10:30.

I did my usual Saturday cleaning and the kids even napped! It was so nice. I can't even remember the last time they both napped. I think I'm going to try to get them to do it every weekend.

The most active I was all day was when we went on our evening walk. It was pretty nice today, considering its been so warm.

This picture is from yesterday:

I'd made the kids tin can phones a few months ago and sometime after that, came across a picture like this on Pinterest. Before I was pregnant. I had to have a picture just like it! I'll probably take one of Aiden too. Love.

Day 81

My free Friday! Yay! No babysitting. :) We had lunch at In N Out- yuuuum! Then Rian and I went to Home Depot and Lowes, after we took AJ to school. I'm replacing all of the silver stuff in my bathroom with brushed bronze.

That bathroom needs SO much work! It has a bunch of peeling spots (before we lived here there was a wallpaper border that was taken down) and now a bunch of nail polish stains on the cabinet that won't come off, thank you Rian! Steven's dad told me not to paint in there because they're going to texture the walls, which will be nice because it'll take care of everything but really, who knows when that'll actually happen. The roof has a leak that's ruining one of the kitchen walls, so that's also on the list of things to fix... and of course, my kitchen floor. Going on a YEAR. 365 days of this. But I'm keeping quiet. Once Steven starts his new position, he'll have more time and soon I won't be so quiet about it. ;) I'll be very loud and let my annoyance about all of this show.

After school, we went over to Jeanette's to hangout with our new little buddy, Oliver!

 Love seeing our kids together. <3

Day 80

Last night was such a rough one for my poor guy! His nose was so stuffed up that he couldn't breathe at all. He was trying to breathe, but nothing was going through, so he'd finally gasp for air while he was sleeping. It was sad. :( I put him in our bed.

 

I called the allergist and he has an appointment on April 1st, it feels so far away with how miserable he gets. He gave me the name of another medicine to put him on until then. He's been on the same medicine for two years and it doesn't seem like it helps at all. I'm nervous about the skin test, but hopefully he won't have to do them all since he only has seasonal allergies, he never has food/animal/perfume reactions. Hopefully its not a big deal to him and we get a good medicine! And hopefully no weekly or monthly shots- yikes!

Its the nicest time of the year and he can't even enjoy it! Soon he will though. :)

Day 79 (16 weeks pregnant)

16 weeks today! It feels a little crazy thinking that in just 4 weeks, I'll be halfway done!

 

At this stage with Aiden and Rian, I'd already gained 9lbs. So far, I've only gained 4. Since I started out weighing more, this makes me feel a lot better. I've been doing my light workouts and eating as healthy as I can, but of course, I indulge in junk here and there. :) I'm entering the crazy weight gain period though... eek!

 

Earlier while I was feeding Sean, I felt a little bump. A few minutes later, I felt it again in the same spot. I feel pretty certain it was the baby, but this whole anterior placenta thing has me second guessing everything! Later while I was feeding him again, I felt it. Maybe the weight of him against the baby? I wish I knew for sure! My skin is finally clearing up, thank goodness. By the end of the day, I feel pretty sore somtimes, my back and legs. The days its been warmer than usual, my feet swell a little, after standing cooking dinner and cleaning the kitchen. But other than that, everything's perfect.

 

My ultrasound is in two weeks. Exciting! Weird to think it's already almost time for that. And lame, but I got super excited when she told me I didn't have to drink 10 gallons of water and hold it for 5 hours before the ultrasound- haha! We're working out where/who can take the kids so Steven can come too, I hope we find somebody! I imagine it's lonely going to things like that alone. We're still not tempted at all to know what the baby is.

 

Our boy name has changed since I last posted about it, but we're still not 100% set on it. Boy has a middle name, it sounds good with the first name we're thinking right now. Girl name won't be changing, still need a middle name.

 

I feel like its a boy. But we'll seeeee, in another 24 weeks or so!

Day 78

I got an email today from Baby Center about feeling the baby move. I went to the article, it was all stuff I already knew, but one of the comments caught my eye. She said she had an anterior placenta (in front of the baby) so she felt the baby move later than most. Hey! That's what I have! I didn't even think to google that yesterday. I hadn't realized it was a "thing"- if that makes sense.

So I read up on it, it said the stuff about feeling the baby move later AND that it makes it more difficult to hear the baby's heartbeat. It's nothing to be worried about. It's caused by where the egg implanted and typically makes its way behind the baby during the pregnancy. I felt sooo much better after I read that! :) Now everything from yesterday makes complete sense, like how she mentioned my placenta's position, etc. Ahhh relief!

I'm a little bummed that it might take me longer to for sure know its the baby (but I am having more and more bumps and brushes that make me think it is!) but at least it's nothing of concern.

Rian has been loving on my belly more and more lately, instead of hitting it all the time.

Day 77

This morning I had an appointment... I didn't leave feeling like I normally do. I was so excited to meet with the midwife, since I had a few questions for her. My bloodtest and ultrasound came back looking good. She said something about my placenta position, which has never been mentioned to me before. She also said the ultrasound put my EDD at 9/1 but we're going to keep it at 9/4.

She measured me and was surprised that she could actually feel my uterus, she said you usually don't at this point and that it's measuraing perfectly. She started feeling around and said, "I wouldn't bet money on this, but I think the baby's right here." (Huh?!) She put the Doppler on and moved it and I thought I was hearing the heartbeat, but she kept moving it. She said things like, "Oh I woke somebody up!" and "I'm making somebody mad."- I guess she could hear the baby move in there? Have never heard of that! Then she took it off and said she didn't get the baby's exact heart rate but we heard the placenta pulse and its the same as the baby's. She said the baby was right under the placenta. It wasn't very reassuring in my opinion. :/ But she didn't seem concerned at all. I feel totally confident that if she thought something was wrong, she would've found out for sure.

But I'm the biggest worrier, I'll probably worry til my ultrasound in two weeks, we scheduled it today. I liked her, it turned out to be a different midwife than I saw the one time with Rian. She won't be in the office for my next regular checkup, so they scheduled me with a different midwife, I'll probably keep seeing whoever I like best. I tried not to google it when I got home, but I did. Everything I read said its not uncommon. There were lots of, "That happened to me too." So I'm just trying to focus on the positive things that happened at the appointment!

I talked to her about not being induced at 41 weeks and she said it doesn't absolutely have to happen. I'll have to go in for daily monitoring and keep track of kicks/movements from 41-42 weeks, but the baby will definitely have to come out at 42 weeks. When I told her what the kids weighed she said she'll also monitor the baby's weight because she doesn't want me giving birth to a 10 pound plus baby- eek! That thought terrifies me. So we'll just see how everything goes when that time comes, I'm not making any decisions yet.

Day 76

I have some pretty big news for our family! A new Discount is being built in a city a few hours away, Steven was offered a position but turned it down. But a couple of weeks later, another guy from his store took it, so Steven will be getting his position! Instead of being one of the guys working all day on the cars, he'll be a salesman/running the outside. He interviewed for it two years ago but didn't get it. This time around, his boss isn't having him interview, but automatically giving it to him. They made the announcement at a meeting last week, so its unofficially official.

We'll be taking a pay cut since he'll have to leave Fed Ex, but we'll be getting more time with him and he'll get pretty good bonuses and raises (the position he's at right now, now has a cap on it. Once you reach that dollar amount, you can't get anymore raises.) He'll be going from an hourly rate to salary which is something he wasn't excited about, but the other benefits of the new position outweigh that. I'm a little nervous because our insurance is through Fed Ex and switching insurances right in the middle of a pregnancy isn't exactly ideal, but maybe the new store will take the perfect amount of time to start going. ;) He's been working his butt off at two jobs for going on 5 years, he's worn out and I'm so happy this opportunity has come for him.

On this day two years ago was Steven's motorcycle accident. I think about it a lot, he has shoulder pain everyday and it was the reason we were able to purchase a home and make soooo many changes to it. But I rarely think about what could've happened that day. What this day could've meant for us. Obviously, its a painful thing to think about and probably why I don't too often. But on the anniversary of it, I can't help but do that and thank God with everything I have that he's still here with us. His helmet saved his life, safety first people!

We started buying new doors today. We got 2, we need 5. I'm a little nervous about spending money right now though with everything that's coming up for us! Stevens dad is going to try to get off early tomorrow so they can cut out the holes and everything, then we'll paint them and put them in.

Can't wait! It's going to make a huge difference.

Day 75

Today was AJ's last soccer game. :( He was pretty upset about it. But he played the best he has yet, he almost scored a goal! He was making his way down, dribbling the ball, when one his teammates came up and kicked the ball out of bounds- boo. He got a cute little trophy and I put his jersey in a shadow box with his team picture and hung it in his room. My baby's first year of soccer. He's already excited for next year.

Yesterday a leprechaun visited his classroom, he talked nonstop about it for the rest of the day. So we set out a trap for him tonight. So cute. :) I wanted to go to Joann and get some little St. Patty's confetti and stuff but Steven got home later than I expected and I had no energy, so I made-do with what I had. My parents always turned our milk green on St. Patrick's Day.

So simple and they loved it!

 

 

They thought the milk was "soo silly!" I picked up the Lucky Charms outside of the basket and wrote a note from Lucky, saying "You can't fool me!" I happened to see Rollo's earlier while we were grocery shopping and thought the gold would be perfect by his little rainbow! I thought they'd be individually wrapped but they weren't, oh well. It was definitely a success! :)

 

Day 74

Today Aiden wanted me to style his hair differently than I normally, I wasn't exactly thrilled! I'm not too into the faux-hawk/mohawk look. But part of being a parent is letting your kids become their own little humans.

I do have to say that he looked pretty cute! :)

 

He made a bracelet for Rian at school, so sweet. It was pretty warm but we had a good time outside playing with bubble guns and the hose. I'm pretty sure I felt the baby bump around while we were out there, but I'm still so unsure! It feels exactly like baby movement, but stronger than it should at this point.

Day 73

My Rian. She has been testing me beyond my limits lately. Some days I don't care what the baby's sex is and then days like today, I pray for another boy! I know just because it's a girl, doesn't mean she'll be as dramatic and mean as Rian, but it scares me thinking there's a possibility!

She is definitely one of a kind!

My baby girl.

Day 72 (15 weeks pregnant)

Fifteen weeks today! These Wednesdays sure seem to be coming quickly. The baby is 4 inches. Still so itty bitty with my big ol' belly.

Since I'm feeling pretty much back to myself, minus the headaches, I decided it was about time I got my butt in gear and worked out this morning. Augh! Its so disappointing when something that used to be easy for you, is now difficult. But I only have myself to blame for that. I'm not trying to be a crazy workout lady right now, but I do want to try to do it a few times a week so I don't get too large.

Fifteen weeks with my three babies:

Top left: Aiden. Right: Rian (my 25th birthday!) Bottom left: #3

 

The first two times, my belly was pretty similar shaped in the beginning. It got different towards the end. It's really different right from the start this time! 

Day 71

Sean was back to his normal self today! Thank God. I've known I was pregnant going on 11 weeks and I get 2-4 headaches per week. Its awful! Especially having them and taking care of a baby and two crazy, CRAZY kids.

When I dropped AJ off at school, they scheduled our first Parent/Teacher Conference. When I got back to the car, I felt like crying. How silly! I just can't believe things like this are already happening. I feel like I just had him. That feeling will probably never go away.

O.M.G its hot! We went from highs in the 60s to the 90s in 4 days! Nuts. I feel like a whiney baby everytime I think about summer coming.

This evening sure was gorgoeus though!

 

The only good thing about this time of year is having green grass again. Love.

Day 70

Sean didn't come over today because he caught our cold. Poor little guy. But it was nice to have a normal day with Steven home.

We all went to take Aiden to school, on the way I saw one of the school's in our district had registration going. So I called the school that I want him to go to, we'll call it School R, (they have open enrollment, we don't want him to go to the school our neighborhood's assigned to, we'll call that one School M) and they don't start til the first week of April. She told me I'll have to fill out an open enrollment paper at School R but register him at School M. She said it doesn't guarentee he'll get in and sometimes it doesn't happen til school already starts. :\ I called School M and they don't start registration til May 1. Geez! Those two school's are pretty much the same distance from our house, one's to the left and one's to the right. I went to School R, I really like it. And I worked at School M, did not like it. Tuesday morning I called a charter school that's right in front of our neighborhood, they already started registration and they choose their students by lottery, which she said they already did. She told me to still register him and he'll be put on the waiting list. *sigh*

I really hope he can get into either School R or the charter school. I transfered from School M to a school we'll call School G. Since I've stopped working almost 5 years ago, School G has closed down (AJ would be going there if it hadn't!) some of the teachers I worked with at School G now work at School M. I asked one of them about it, who will also have her daughter starting Kinder next year. She said its changed a lot and she's happy to be putting her daughter in. So my only hope for School M is what she's told me.

Who knew deciding on a public school for your child could be so difficult?! I'd love love love for him to go to a private school but we just can't afford that. So we'll see...

His drawing. :)

Day 69

I don't have a picture for today...

Aiden and I went to church and a big surprise, Rian decided to come too! And she lasted the whole service in the kids church! I was so proud of her. :) And proud of Aiden too, he recited his very first memory verse there. They get a verse per month. He memorized it in a week! Like always, they went home with my parents.

Steven and I had pretty much the whole day to ourselves! I was super excited to get home. We went to lunch and were planning to see a movie afterwards, so we went to Buffalo Wild Wings since it's by the theater. We were going to see Safe Haven, I'd just finished the book and really liked it. But it only had one show time and it just came out a few weeks ago, so we skipped it. We'll watch it when it comes out.

We ran some errands, went to Lowe's twice. Did yard work and some other stuff around the house. The house hadn't felt clean to me in a couple of weeks. With the kids gone, I was able to get a lot done! I felt so much more relaxed with it totally clean. Around 4ish we went to my parents for dinner, the kids are always so excited to see us!

Its so nice having alone time! Days like those are some of my favorites.

S+R

Day 68

Today was Aiden's second to last soccer game, already! So I decided I better take some pictures of him during the game.

My (new) camera was acting kind of weird, I figured it was because I had it so zoomed in. But it turned out, it was recording! The whole time. I was soo bummed out when I got home and realized it, because I thought I had some pretty cute pictures. But guess what?! I can make snapshots from the video thumbnails- I was so excited!

He still pretty much just runs in big circles around the ball, but he's getting braver and kicks it about 3 times a game. He used to refuse to play in the backyard, but now he plays almost every time he's back there. I'm pretty bummed the season's about over, we all are. He'll definitely be playing next year! Rian says she wants to too, but we'll see.

Before the game we went grocery shopping... I got asked, "How far along are you, 5 months?" Oh geez. Why do people even bother?! I should've told her I wasn't even pregnant ha! She was really nice though. And I'm not that mean!

Day 67

Today my mission was to find some cheap maternity shorts. One might think by the third baby, I'd have plenty of maternity wear. And I do, but with Aiden since I was working most of his pregnancy, I got a lot of khaki/brown, etc. (non-denim) capris, which I don't want to wear now. And a pair each of denim capris and shorts. A few weeks after I had Aiden, we went out of town to shop and I bought shorts and jeans, thinking I'd stay that size forever. Of course, they ended up being way too big (I lost all of his baby weight and more!) so those were what I wore during Rian's pregnancy. Sadly, the shorts/jeans I wore throughout her entire pregnancy aren't even that loose on me anymore. :\  (I'll get that body back though!)

So with the gross, hot summer right around the corner, we headed out. I was trying my best to have to avoid the maternity store. We went to Ross first, everything was so ugly! Target, everything was too big. Kohls, blah. Old Navy, I guess they don't have their maternity section anymore at our store. So... to Motherhood we went. I walked in and right away saw the cutest shorts! They had mint, coral and some other colors. The price- ugh. I went to the back and found some khaki's on clearance.

I was annoyed by what I spent, but later when I went through the gift bag, I was okay with it! A free bottle, $20 Shutterfly gift card, offers for a free sling, carseat canopy and nursing cover (you have to pay shipping for those.) And so much more, but those were the things I'd probably find use for. The Shutterfly giftcard will definintely get used!

I was actually pretty surprised at how much maternity wear has changed in the last few years. Everything now has the stretchy latex band, which was just coming out back then. Everything I have has a thick, short, uncomfortable band, that your shirts don't smooth over. I had one pair of shorts that had the good one! And I LOVE that they're now nude color! Why didn't they think of that sooner?! The shorts I got five years ago, are so long. I roll them up a little but now, they have them at a good length. Yeah, you're about to be a new mom, but that doesn't mean you have to dress like an old lady! And everything is SO much cuter! I didn't get a lot of maternity shirts before, mostly for work, but they are all shirts I wouldn't wear now. The maternity shirts now look like regular shirts, just roomier.

Left: from Aiden's pregnancy. Most of them had bands like the furthest one over.

Right: New and more comfortalbe/stylish maternity shorts!

 

Perfect timing because my jeans are either falling off or the button is digging into my belly. Can't wait to feel comfortable in my new shorts! And hopefully come across some cheaper ones.

Day 66

Today was a day that would've otherwise ended with wine. It was a rough one. That's all I'll say about that, it's overwith. :)

A couple of weeks ago I ordered Rian some Toms through Zulily- love that site! She loves them! Everytime she wears them, she wants me to wear mine too. She's also super into wearing her hair in a bun right now. Little things like that melt my heart, she loves them so much because she sees her Momma wearing them. She came out of the bathroom with my glasses on (that were put away, so I ignored the fact that she was getting into stuff because she looked so cute.)

"Mommy, I'm you!"

 

 

Afterwards we went to pick AJ up from school. As we were walking in, one of the other moms was coming out and she commented on how Rian looks exactly like me, "It's soo cute!"

Day 65 (14 weeks pregnant)

14 weeks! I can't believe we found out about B3 exactly 10 weeks ago. The first two weeks after we got those two pink lines felt like they dragged, I felt like I knew for months. Since then though, it's flown by.

I decided to also do a bare belly shot this time. 

I feel like every day it looks different. Yesterday it seemed like it was hardly there, maybe its because I don't have much time to look in a mirror. And maybe its because I'm getting used to it being there. But today, hello! :) So far I've gained two pounds. I've been eating healthy, for the most part- now that my nausea is gone, and we go on our walks. I want to add in some strength training and cardio but by the time Sean leaves, I'm exhausted! (Our laundry piles are ridiculous.) I started out 8 pounds heavier than I did with Aiden and 11 pounds heavier than I did with Rian (I was at my healthiest and fittest after I had my second baby, hopefully it happens again and stays after my third!) so I'm trying to not eat whatever I want and maintain a healthy mindset throughout my pregnancy. I gained exactly 40 pounds with both of them. Eek!

I'm still getting really bad headaches, I'm guessing they'll be around for awhile. I've totally weaned myself from caffeine. I only drank one cup of Half Caff before, but in the beginning when I wasn't feeling good, I didn't drink much coffee and that's why I thought I was getting the headaches. But now I'm drinking decaff and still get them sometimes. Oh well. Its better for me to not have it anyway. I never drank it to wake up, I drink it because its yummy! And my face is so broken out. :( I feel like a teenager- gross! This pregnancy has been totally different in basically every way from my other two!

I got a cute little surprise when I picked AJ up from school today:

"I'm the Cat in the Hat, Mommy!" 

(his yellow whiskers are hard to see)

They ate green eggs and ham. He's sooo into Dr. Suess right now. He told me Thing 1 and Thing 2 better not come over here while I'm gone. haha. And last night, "Mommy, my Cat in the Hat face washed off in the shower, I need it back on." Love him!

We were at a stop light on his way to school and he said, "There's the restaurant we went to with Grandpa, Grandma, Great Grandpa and Great Grandma." He was talking about Outback where we went for Steven's Grandparent's anniversary last year. So smart! I'm pretty sure it hasn't been talked about at all. The really weird part is, today is their anniversary!

Day 64

I've had a pretty grumpy baby on my hands lately, the first two weeks he tricked me! I've dealt with a difficult baby, Sean's not even close to how bad Aiden was, but still... it's pretty hard when it's not your own baby screaming at you all day! But we're getting through it, hour by hour.

It's funny because I'm constantly praying for more patience. On Sunday at church the pastor said (talking about fruits of the spirit) "If you ask God for patience, He'll definitely test you first." I feel like that's exactly what's happening this week!

The kids are showing signs of colds (what else is new?!) so I debated taking AJ to school. He was coughing, I kept him home before for a cough and his teacher told me unless its distracting them from learning, they don't really care. He was all upset about it, so we left here at 12:30 when school starts. He got there 15 minutes late. We got home and I was warming Sean's milk when my phone rang. It was his teacher saying he tripped and hit his head so I better came get him. Back in the car we went! The baby stayed awake both trips (sleep fighter.) They sent his lunch home with him, it was a sloppy joe. He said, "Mommy, there's something in the bread. It's deliciousness." Haha!

It was pretty hectic without him gone for a bit, my two are plain nuts together. But at least it was nice out so we spent the rest of the afternoon in the backyard.

Then of course my guys had to watch their Tuesday night show when Steven got home from work. :)

They're cute.

Day 63

I've been wanting a banana split Blizzard since Saturday but I've been ignoring it! Til today, I got an email that Blizzards are buy one, get one 99 cents. Meant to be!

I got a large (my first time) and actually ate the entire thing. Eek!

Day 62

Steven and Rian went grocery shopping while Aiden and I went to church, love when I don't have to go! :) Aiden always goes home with my parents afterwards. Rian was so talkative without him.

We went over later for dinner then played on their new Xbox Kinnect- it's so fun and funny! And it takes pictures of you during the game. I wish I had some since I didn't take any today.

We came home and watched "Here Comes the Boom"- we both really liked it!

Drawing his own hopscotch board (actually on Monday morning), so cute! I was pretty impressed.

I have some size 5t clothes that were given to us and I also got him a few new items since its been warm. They look huge, I was surprised they actually fit! My baby's getting so big. He said, "I look cool!"

Day 61

After Aiden's soccer game, we went to Target with my mom. We spent most of the day outside, it was nice in the shade but hot in the sun. Can't believe summer's right around the corner, nooooo!

Lately that's what all of my Saturdays have consisted of: soccer games and Target.

Soccer Mom!

Day 60

I can't believe it's March already! It feels like February just started. By the end of this month the year will be 1/4 over! Since Easter is the last day of this month (which I didn't know when I made our parents calendars for Christmas, I put Easter pictures in April- oops!) Rian and I decorated a little.

I also took down my brown curtains (for Fall/Winter) and put up the lighter ones for Spring/Summer. I switch them every six months, March and September, so of course when I was folding the brown ones, I thought about how the next time I hang them I'll be huge and about to give birth- eek!