What's going on

Time has just been flying by lately. This little girl is getting older by the day. She can take herself to the potty and only wears diapers at night. 

She prefers to stay in her pjs all day long. We can't get her to change some days. 

I pulled out our Easter stuff last weekend. Big mistake getting out the eggs. They are all over the house and we argue about playing with her good Easter basket. 

Brother's room is about done. It's painted and the letters have been made less girly. We have a couple of pictures up and I've washed a bunch of stuff. 

We will be enjoying our time off this week before we head to Austin for Auntie's wedding. 

This picture is about a month old but pretty funny. The kids in Child Development have to wear sympathy bellies. One of my seniors stopped by to complain. He said he knew my room would be cool and he was dying of heat. 

31 weeks and counting

How far along: 31 weeks, 1 day

Total Weight Gain/Loss: 20-ish pounds
Maternity clothes: Yes
Stretch marks: Still none and wanting to keep it that way from number 1
Sleep: We have been battling some Abby illness here which makes sleep difficult when I hear her coughing all night
Best moment last week: We finished painting and hanging the letters in his room.  I also got some stuff cleaned and put away.
Movement: Fairly often especially when I go to bed
Food cravings: Reubens, coffee ice cream, Coke, Reese's Peanut Butter Eggs
Gender: Boy
Labor signs: Braxton- Hicks when I over do it with Abby or at the gym
Belly button - in or out? Holding on strong and staying in but I'm getting a bit worried
What I miss: Other than beer and wine, lunch meat
What I am looking forward to: When my lunches don't consist of soup from a K cup...
Milestones: Getting lots of my sub plans in place.  It's a beating.

I look super tired in this shot and I'm also more like 31 weeks here.  Life, it gets in the way.

February 2016

G has been working on making the nursery less pink lately. We also had to fix up places of the ceiling from nail pops when the roof was redone this summer. 

Big sister had to be in the middle of things, of course. She wanted to help paint. He painted the top yellow last weekend and we just had to paint the bottom half this weekend. It's very different than the uber girl look I loved and was used to. 

I went to a pumping class (which was of no help but oh well) while Abby was napping.  We took the pictures when I got home so she wasn't in them. I'm actually closer to 29 weeks than 28 but whatever. I passed my blood glucose screen but need to be on extra iron. No real shock there. Abby and I both battle our anemia. 

Baby boy updates

I used to post these with Abby and I figured I may as well do a few with this kid too.

How far along: 27 weeks, 1 day

Total Weight Gain/Loss: 18- 20; very little in the beginning and quite a bit through the holidays
Maternity clothes: Yes
Stretch marks: Still none and wanting to keep it that way from number 1
Sleep: Super tired and grumpy with my kids at school
Best moment last week: Getting back to yoga and still being able to do my sun salutations 
Movement: Fairly often especially when I go to bed
Food cravings: Reubens, coffee ice cream, Coke
Gender: Boy
Labor signs: Braxton- Hicks when I over do it with Abby or at the gym
Belly button - in or out? Holding on strong and staying in but I'm getting a bit worried
What I miss: Beer and wine and getting to enjoy beer and wine at my leisure 
What I am looking forward to: Beer and wine and getting to enjoy beer and wine at my leisure
Milestones: Third trimester starts next week

We are in the process of repainting the nursery from pinks to blue and yellow.  I'm also in the process of sorting through piles and piles of girl clothes to see what can be reused.  We have the bedding, we have some clothes, we have the car seat.  I'm thinking we should be pretty prepared. #secondchild

January 2016

We are back to school and back in our routine after the holidays.

Abby just moved into her big girl room and bed this past weekend.  She did great with her transition. Only she puked all over her new bed and sheets a few days after the move.

She still loves to play with her Disney princess dolls.  It's all princess, all the time around here.

I am getting bigger and bigger by the day.  It's getting harder to get up off the floor and get around to chase after Abby.  

We are about to start repainting the nursery in a more masculine color scheme.  Then I get to sort through all of the baby stuff we have to see what won't be able to be used again.  Oh, the pink we have!  I only have 13 more weeks of school but who's counting?

2015

January 

There was some decent weather in January as we are outside without coats. That was soon to change. 

February

February brought cold weather and "snow" days stuck inside. 

March

In March we had spring break where we visited the zoo. She did really well and seemed to like it. 

April 

The weather was great through April and we fed the birds every Monday afternoon. 

That's if it wasn't raining. 

May

We signed up for swim lessons in May but half of them was canceled due to bad weather. 

June

Lazy days at the pool and saying good- bye to our pacifier in June. 

July

We had more swimming lessons with a friend and turned two in July!

August

No more only child! As well as MAJOR home improvements going on. 

September 

Mommy felt terrible all through the month of September so not much went on. We didn't even go to a restaurant all month. 

October 

Abby spent a week of October being very sick. She ran a high fever and puked once. 

She picked to be Minnie Mouse for Halloween and enjoyed answering the door and giving out candy. 

November 

We started off the month with a tooth trauma and it just got worse from there. She knocked her tooth back into her mouth but thankfully it's still healthy. 

We also went to Disney World and spent a long weekend visiting with princesses. 

December 

December was busy with getting ready for Christmas and parties. She also started staying up and "reading" her books at night. Santa brought her more Magiclip princesses and their castle!

2016 will be a big year of change as we bringing home number 2. Abby will also be moving rooms and beds in the next few weeks. I'm counting down the days until my "summer break." It does start early this year. 

Busy season

The span of weeks between Halloween and Christmas seem to get busier each year. We had a hectic last month or so. 

We took Abby out to Disney World as a "baby moon" type trip. One last party as an only child. She was great. We had long days and she went without a nap. We only had a few melt downs like when a ride stopped and she didn't want to get off (Midway Mania and the Tea Cups). She got to meet all her favorites like Cinderella, Rapunzel, Tinkerbell, Minnie and the most anticipated Anna and Elsa. On the way home the weather was bad and we were stuck in a holding pattern above central Texas. I was getting sick feeling and Abby actually used the air sickness bag. Poor kid. That night we also were woken up to tornado sirens. We had to get her up and into the bathroom to take shelter. Fun times. 

We stayed at an awesome resort, Anjmal Kingdom Lodge. We got to look out of our room at a bunch of animals every day. 

Here we are at 20 weeks. 20 to go. 

Abby is looking forward to Christmas this year. She pretty much gets it. She has been up in bed at night "reading" one of her many Christmas books.