Day 59

It was my last long day with Sean, when I have him on Fridays, it's just a half day. As he finished one of his bottles, he was holding my finger and smiling at me and making so much noise- it was so sweet. :) It makes me so excited to have our baby here! It also makes me sad that his Mommy misses out at times (she's an ultrasound tech, if I made a bunch of money, I'd work too!) He tried rolling over three times the other day, I ended up putting him in the swing til it was time for him to go, I didn't want him to do it at my house! My second week with him went much better, I know his schedule now (it varies though depending on how he naps) but I enjoyed it a lot more.

These pictures are actually from a few days ago, the kids love him!

Day 58 (13 weeks pregnant)

Thirteen weeks today! Everything I read says something different, second trimester starts at 13 weeks, starts at 13w2d or 13w3d or at 14 weeks. Confusing! So I say I'm "entering the second trimester." :)

The baby is 3 inches and weighs about an ounce. My nausea and exhaustion are totally gone. Replaced with heartburn and painful poops! My boobs have been veiny from the start, now my belly and sides are too. My skin and head are really itchy! I had to get dandruff shampoo and Steven has to put lotion on my back (both things that were done when I was pregnant with Aiden.)

We have our boy and girl name picked out, (unless something we like better comes along) now we need middle names! The boy name we have, I wanted it for Aiden but changed my mind for a certain reason, which I now think is silly. When I realized how stupidly popular Aiden is, I wished I'd named him the other name, but maybe he'll have a brother with that name!

Today I had a really weird craving, but one that's totally normal for a lot of people. Scrambled eggs with cheddar cheese and hash browns covered with ketchup! I don't eat ketchup on my eggs. But omg- it was SOOO good! We didn't have hash browns but thankfully we had tatter tots! I had it for lunch, I already want more!

The coloring in the second picture is weird, Rian's cute!

Day 57

Rian had a few books and little toys on her floor that I asked her to pick up, she is the woooorst when it comes to cleaning! Aiden complains but he'll get it done. Anyway, I left her in there and about 10 minutes later when Steven got home from work, he looked in her room and she was sleeping! She decided to sleep instead of pick the stuff up. So she went to bed early tonight giving us extra time with our little man.

We watched his and Daddy's favorite show, Top Gear. They watch it together every Tuesday night. :) One on one time is so special! And the kids are totally different people without their sibling around. Definitely something we need to do more often with Aiden, Rian gets plenty of alone time with me.

Being silly in the picture! He's been licking under his bottom lip lately and it's chapped now. That is one of the grossest things to me, when kids are chapped around their lips from licking- UGH! Disgusting. But he's still cute. He has red Chapstick on in the picture, hopefully it goes away soon!

Day 56

This morning I had my 12 week ultrasound. I was the first appointment so I got in right away. I don't know why, but I don't remember doing this with the other two. Aiden has an ultrasound picture from when he was in his 12th week (I'm pretty sure the doctor did it, not the ultrasound tech.) I remembered being in the room before when I walked in, but other than that nothing! I don't remember them pricking my finger or having a real ultrasound.

I wish Steven could've gone but I have Sean today and kids aren't allowed anyway. When we last saw the baby 5 weeks ago, it was just a little bean shape- now its a little human! The first five minutes the baby was sleeping, she kept saying what a beautiful, perfect position s/he was in. The arms were curled up by the head. Then it opened its mouth and started going crazy! I got to watch it for 30 minutes, probably because it was moving so much she had to redo quite a few of the shots she needed. She was taking pictures of the umbilical cord and the itty bitty foot was facing us, it was so cute!

She said everything looks/is measuring normal, so hopefully the blood work says the same. It was so amazing! I could've sat there all day watching my baby. It's amazing thinking about how fast it's grown and changed. She gave me three pictures, the kids were in awe looking at them.

This last week I've felt little things and I'm wondering if its the baby! Everything I've read say some start feeling the baby in the 13th week. I'm not counting it as the first movement til I know it for sure, I can't wait!

I like how it's all stretched out in the last one! (I feel so weird calling it an "it" but it's easy than s/he him/her all the time!)

Day 55

Today Steven and the kids were supposed to meet Oliver, but of course, they've been snotty and coughing. Never ending! But it still happened, they stopped by real quick so they could get a peek. He is so cuuuute! Aiden kept saying, "Oliver's my new cousin!" :)

We had a pretty lazy day, besides grocery shopping. I cleaned out my closet, I don't like getting rid of anything! But there are things I hadn't worn in years and I was running out of room. We went grocery shopping and there was a ham and pineapple pizza for $3.50 Steven wanted to get, so we had it for dinner. My first time ever tasting it- not horrible, but I probably wouldn't choose to have it again.

I've been eating fruit like crazy! Especially pineapple, Rian and I ate one in three days two weeks ago, then I couldn't find any anywhere til yesterday- yum! I got the last one, Steven probably thought I was crazy for how excited I was!

Day 54

The team that was supposed to play Aiden's team didn't show up, so they did a little scrimmage instead. Aiden got the ball, dribbled and almost made a goal! So cute. :)

We went home and spent the afternoon outside. Then I took the kids to my parents house so Steven and I could go to dinner. We went to Hunter Steakhouse. I hadn't been there since I was pregnant with Aiden, for Tim and Rebecca's rehearsal dinner, but he goes there pretty often for work dinners. It was good! We always laugh a lot and the restaurant was so quiet though!

We were going to see a movie but decided to just do some window shopping, I found some of Tori Spelling's Little Maven line! I was so excited. I got the only gender neutral thing, it's all so cute! I was bummed it ended in 24 months, but it was probably good because I would've gotten Rian a bunch of stuff! Afterwards we rented a movie. It was a nice night. :) And Rian didn't cry at all! She survived the night without me.

Day 53

We've been married five years today! It's gone by so fast.

Steven's mushy side is no secret at all to me! But it's also something not everybody knows about or would even expect from him. I woke up to a pretty cute little message on Facebook, especially nice since he's already at work when I wake up:

13 years ago I met the girl that forever changed my life and helped me find happiness that some could only wish for. 5 years ago today, she became my wife and between then and now she's given birth to two amazing kids that drive us wild and one more on the way and its great. Thank you for everything Rebecca, I love you!!!

Aw! :) If I've ever believed anything was "meant to be" it would be us. After meeting over 13 years ago, both of us living in a few different places, even loving other people, there's always been a force pulling us together. I believe we would've ended up together no matter what.

Of course there are times we drive each other crazy, get on each other's nerves, but neither of us would want to be bugging anybody else in the world! He's my best friend. ❤ He's been a dad for 4 1/2 years and watching him with our babies still melts my heart and brings tears to my eyes.

Our last five February 22nds and today! (The top picture on the left, isn't actually on 2/22. It was on 2/20 that year at our friends' wedding.)