17 weeks

Thoughts:  I missed a 16 week picture and post....gasp!  but life will go on. :)

Baby: weighs about 5 ounces now and about 5 inches long from head to bottom.  Baby can move his/her joints and sweat glands are starting to develop.  

Symptoms: with all my pregnancies I've had terrible hip pain.  With Lincoln I assumed it was because I was stuck in a bed and couldn't get up and move around for 7 weeks but then it was there with Caedmon too and now even earlier with this one.  I've noticed that it's worse when I've been standing all day.  Not much helps it.  At least I know it's short lived and only a pregnancy thing.  It goes away as soon as baby is born and my ligaments return to normal.  

And still nauseous but it's starting later and later.  I can now make it until 10pm before I feel terrible. 

Weight: According to my scale I've gained 6 lbs.   :-/

Movement: more and more!  starting to feel more like popcorn popping in my tummy instead of just "flutters"  weird analogy but that's the only way I can think to describe it.  Best part in my opinion!  And after our sonogram yesterday, no wonder I'm feeling those all the time.  He doesn't stop!  

Sleep: my hips have started to bother me at night but still overall sleeping well
Cravings/aversions/eating: I'm always surprised at how much I don't want sweets when I'm pregnant, which is good!  It's just weird!
Workouts: Climbing stairs is my workout lately.  Man.  Honestly I'm just a little paranoid about doing too much around the house already so working out just hasn't happened mainly because I'm scared.  I don't want to compromise this pregnancy by thinking I can do anything and everything and with as tired as I already am I don't need to take on more stuff.  I think after I reach 26+ weeks I'll feel a little better about working out.  My main goal is to keep this baby cooking as long as possible!  
Clothes: Still in normal clothes.  I just wish the weather would make up it's mind and I'll go buy some summer maternity clothes.  Mainly just need some capris and shorts.  
Random:  It's a BOY!  It was confirmed at my 17 weeks ultrasound (doc told us at my 12 weeks ultrasound that he was 80% sure it was a boy so we just needed to confirm that) :)  Everything looks perfect with sweet little man and me so far.  He's measuring right on target and weighs about 8 oz.  I start my weekly shots next week and am so glad to do something that'll help me get as far as possible maybe even full term, wait?!  what's that?! :) me along with my 4 BOYS!

I'm always amazed at these 3D (or 4D not sure which this is) pictures!  

oh my goodness, so in love.

Isn't he so cute?! :)

see his hand by his face in the above picture?  that's the blob that's still

by his face in this picture :)

footprints

15 weeks

As I'm typing this I'm currently 16 weeks 4 days so I'm always "catching up" when posting these but at least I'm posting them, right?!  That's pretty good for baby number 3 in my books!

Thoughts:  How in the world am I already 15 weeks?! I'm gonna blink and this baby is going to be born.  I swear the time flies by faster and faster!

Baby:  about 4 inches long, crown to rump, and weighs in at about 2 1/2 ounces.  Baby can now sense light.  

Symptoms: That stubborn nausea is still sticking around but is still getting later and later in the evenings.  Once night it didn't start until 10pm which was fantastic!  

Weight: didn't weigh myself this week.  probably a good thing!  Although my doc said the more meat I put on my butt the less my shots will hurt....hmmmm, I'm guessing there's plenty there already to soften the sting, lets not purposely put more there. 

Movement: more and more flutters!!

Sleep: Still early to bed every night and sleeping well at night except for the frequent bathroom trips.
Cravings/aversions/eating: anything savory/salty.  burgers, fries, pizza, chips/salsa/guac on my now I'm hungry and need to eat one of those!  
Workouts: Still haven't dragged my booty to Jazzercise yet....just too busy and then too tired when I actually have time.  
Clothes: wearing a mixture of maternity/ non-maternity clothes.  Since the seasons are finally changing I'm trying to figure out what of my summer clothes will fit and what won't so that I can decide what maternity clothes I actually need to purchase.  
Random: Already starting to get "Lincoln and Caedmon's" new shared room ideas and trying to start on putting those ideas into reality.  I think we're decided on bunk beds that come apart into two twin beds, I bought some Ikea spice racks this weekend to use as book shelves, and just trying to figure out the rest of the decor :)  If we have another boy the nursery will stay the same for the most part but if it's a girl I'll have to do some more decorating.  

pregnant, adopting and origami owl {featured post}

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13/14 weeks

13 weeks

headed out for a date night!

 14 weeks

{taken by the famous Lincoln}

he actually didn't do too bad! 

then it was his turn :)

his mom didn't do as great of a job, I mean that sun glare?!  

c'mon mom!

and of course he wanted to take more so he told me to be silly

and then to smile.

definitely getting thick around my midsection, hello 3rd baby!

Thoughts:  Some days I don't feel like I'm showing much at all and then I see these pictures and I'm all "woah" so THAT'S what no ab muscles looks like?! :) 

Baby: he/she weighs 1 1/2 ounces and is about the size of a lemon.  

Symptoms: Still have evening nausea.  It's starting later and later so I'm hoping it's on it's way out the door.  But it seems I'm trading my nausea for headaches just like my pregnancy with Caedmon.  All I can take is Tylenol of course.  If I take it right at the onset of a headache I can usually chase it away but if the headache gets too bad then tylenol is worthless.  

Weight: according to my scale I've gained 4 lbs.  

Movement: been feeling those little flutters!  Especially after I eat something sugar-y like a shake :)

Sleep: Still heading to bed by 9:30 at the latest each night.  
Cravings/aversions/eating: fruit!  Chick-fil-a :)  oh wait I want that all the time pregnant or not.
Workouts: I walked all over the zoo last week.  I think that was my workout for the week.!    Clothes: still in regular clothes but I see that changing soon.  using a belly band for my jeans.  My shirt selection is quickly dwindling as they are getting too short.  
Random: I've been having some cr-azy dreams lately.  Most of them are just plain horrible.  I wake up scared and then can't go back to sleep because then I just start from where I left off in the dream!  
And all these hormones are making me super emotional lately.  A car commercial made me cry today.  Whew!  And baby brain has fully kicked in.  I've now whipped up a batch of cookies twice in a row and after baking them realize I forgot to add brown sugar.  Makes a HUGE difference.  C'mon!  Such a disappointment when your looking forward to inhaling a dozen of them!  Especially since I was being so good and bypassing the cookie dough (your welcome baby....that's love right there......giving up cookie dough for your baby!) lol.  

InstaFriday

Just a couple instagrams as of late...

Very blurry but the bump and I shopping at Target

kid-free no less (well at least the two that can run around

and make noise) :)

Lincoln's reaction when I told him Aunt Hope and Uncle Derek

were going to have a baby boy!

Yay for more boys!

Another Target trip (seriously, we may as well live there)

had to stop and get some popcorn.  Apparently we were supporting

Preferred Popcorn from my home state of Nebraska! sweet!

Grocery shopping trip turned Spiderman super secret rescue mission

I love my creative boy.

Feeling well enough to cook again.

Super easy Chicken Pot Pie.

Recipe here

Gorgeous 80 degree day called for a trip to the zoo.

Cute little couple they make.  

This will be shown at their wedding :)

and because it was the hottest day yet we HAD to stop

and get some ice cream on the way home!

12 weeks

awww, the weekly updates have begun.  didn't think i'd be doing these again this soon :)  but here we are and we couldn't be more excited.  

Thoughts:  I just have to keep reminding myself that I will not be pathetically tired and sick for the rest of my life.  This is for a short time.  I will be my normal self again.  Eventually :) 

Baby: he/she weighs half an ounce and is 2 inches long.  baby's reflexes are developing this week

Symptoms: man on man, how quickly one forgets the sickness from the first trimester.  Everyone always told me during my sickness with the boys that I'll forget about it once it goes away and of course I did forget how awful it was.  but now I fully remember.  With the other two I just "toughed" it out but this time around I asked my doc for some meds and the zofran has helped quite a bit if I'm sick during the day but my evening sickness is the worst and it hardly does a thing for that.  Going to sleep is my only relief and then I usually wake up feeling just fine.  I'm also super tired of course.  In bed by 9:30 at the latest every night.  My pregnancy pillow is my best friend already as my hips have started aching. 

Weight: according to my scale I've gained 4 lbs.  

Movement: none that I can feel yet but probably in the next few weeks

Sleep: Like I said earlier, I sleep every chance I get.  I wake up super achey.
Cravings/aversions/eating: craving mostly salty foods.  french fries from red robin with their seasoning sprinkled all over them, dipped in ranch.  i may or may not have eaten three baskets worth when we went last week.  (might be the reason for my 4 lbs?) :) mmmmm but it was so so worth it. 
Workouts: workout?  what is that?  i was faithfully getting to jazzercise quite a few times a week until I saw that positive pregnancy test.  zero times since then.  once I feel better I'm sure I'll start back up.    Clothes: still in regular clothes but I see that changing soon.  already using a belly band for my jeans.  
Random: I had an ultrasound this week and it was such a great appt.  Of course it was so awesome to see my baby.  I've never had an ultrasound this early on so it was so cool to see our little bean.  Baby would crouch down against my uterus and then push off of both legs and jump up and them just bounce around like crazy.  Love it!  I actually had a great time talking with my perinatologist at this appt.  He is the same one that did my ultrasounds with Caedmon and had HORRIBLE bedside manner.  This time he was fantastic.  Loved him.  And it was so informative.  He told me that he is pretty worried about me having another premature baby.  Since I'm 2 for 2 now.  Even though Caedmon's wasn't "bad," he's still premature so that is concerning for this time around.  I have a 40% chance of having a premature baby again.  So I'll be on progesterone shots once a week starting at 17 weeks until I give birth (yippee, not) and starting a vitamin regamin to help my membranes stay strong (they are what's holding the amniotic fluid in, premature rupture of membranes is what I had with Lincoln when my water broke at 24 weeks).  So it's not proven to help but it can't hurt.   I go back for the anatomy scan in 5 weeks and then it sounded like I'll have regular sonograms (hey I'm not gonna complain!) :)  
Here are some of our baby's first pictures: kind of hard to pick out in this one

practicing some punches

look at that forearm! lol

and a little kick

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