21 weeks 3 days

How far along? 21 weeks 3 days

Total weight gain/loss: Up about 3 pounds

Maternity clothes? Yep, that’s pretty much all I wear

Stretch marks? No new ones that I know of, but I have a ton from Carter

Sleep: Sleep is good, I’m just not getting enough of it because I’m working so much.

Best moment this week: Grant feeling Olivia kick for the first time.

Movement: Everyday at random times.

Food cravings: Not much, just random things that I see commercials for or people mention then I all the sudden have to have them.

Gender: It’s a girl!

Labor Signs: None.

Belly Button in or out? Half of it is poking out. The top half. Haha.

What I miss: Caffeinated coffee in the morning.

What I am looking forward to: Starting the nursery.

Weekly Wisdom: Enjoy every minute. This will likely be my last pregnancy so I’m really making sure I enjoy every bit of it.

Milestones: I’ve passed the half way mark. :)

15 weeks pregnant

Hello all. Well, like always I suck at blogging. Sorry for the lack of updates. As I'm sure all of you have heard by now...I'm pregnant. Yay! We found out on June 3rd (at 3 weeks 3 days..super early). I'm due on Valentines Day (February 14th, 2012). Today I'm 15 weeks along and had a check up with the doctor and everything looks good. I got to to hear the heartbeat then the doctor sent me on my way. We scheduled our next appointment for Monday September 12th. We'll get the "big" ultrasound and as long as baby cooperates we'll get to find out the sex. I have a very strong feeling it's a boy. Although, for the record, I thought Carter was a girl. 


So, here's what's up so far;

Yep, I'm HUGE. I was no where near this size at 15 weeks with Carter. Okay, I just looked back and it looks like I was about this size at 16w4d with Carter. Check it out, this picture is me at with Carter;

 Oh boy.


How far along? 15 weeks
Total weight gain/loss: +1 pound from pre-pregnancy weight
Maternity clothes? About half the clothes I wear are maternity now. I can fit into my pre-pregnancy clothes but they're getting tight.
Stretch marks? No new ones (yet), just the ones from my first pregnancy.
Sleep: Great. I was having to get up at night to use the bathroom but I think that phase has passed for now.
Best moment this week: Getting to hear the heartbeat at today's doctor appointment
Movement: I'm feeling him (her?)
Food cravings: Not anything specific right now. My cravings have just been at random times when someone mentions a food that sounds good.
Gender: Not sure yet. 3 more weeks until we find out. I think it's a boy for the record.
Labor Signs: Nope, thank God.
Belly Button in or out? Still in 
What I miss: Actually I've been wanting a glass of wine. Which is weird because I'm not a drinker.
What I am looking forward to: Finding out the sex and getting the nursery started (which we can't do until we find out the sex, haha)
Weekly Wisdom: Enjoy your pregnancy as much as possible because it goes by so fast. And this may be our last so I'm really trying to savor it. 
Milestones: 2nd trimester :) 







Today Carter is 2 years, 1 month, 3 weeks and 2 days old
and I'm 15 weeks pregnant

Preview of Carter's 2nd birthday party

Yesterday we had Carters birthday party. I can't believe our baby is 2!! It was a very successful party! I don't have all of the pictures yet but I keep getting hassled that I haven't updated my blog in a really long time recently so I thought I'd do a teaser post. Haha!

I promise to update as soon as I get more pictures.


Today Carter is 1 year, 11 months, 2 weeks and 5 days old

Terrible two's have hit a little early

'They' weren't kidding about the terrible two's. This boy knows how to throw a tantrum!

Here's some of the things he's up to nowadays:

• He likes to loudly sniff things, mostly our feet or Coco's paws, and say "Pew". Although it sounds more like Poo.
• Climbs all over everything. He can climb on the couches and dinning room chairs.
• He says all kinds of new words/phrases, like; I want that, I touch that, I fall, it broke, manana (banana), bye-bye, pa-pa, ma-da (pretty sure this means grandma). And today he said 'flower' clear as day. There's a lot of things he says but I can't quite understand, for example, I'm pretty sure he's been trying to say 'thank you'.
• He's getting pretty good about telling us when he goes poo-poo. Now we just need to work on him telling us BEFORE he goes. 
• He points at any scrape or bruise he has and says "boo-boo"
• He will throw a piece of food on the floor, point to it, look at Coco and make a clicking sound with his mouth to get him to come eat the food. Haha, it's hilarious! 
• He likes to tease Coco by dangling a piece of food in front of his nose but not letting him have it. 
• He like to undress himself. Sometimes we'll go in his room to get him from his nap and he's has his clothes off (sometimes even his diaper). He also tries to dress himself, but that's a little harder for him.

I'm sure there's more but that's all Grant and I can come up with at the moment. I can't believe I have a son who's almost 2!! I'm in the beginning stages of planning his birthday party. But on top of that I also have my birthday party in July (I don't usually have a birthday party but this year, since I'm turning the big 3-0, I'm having a huge party) and a baby shower I'm planning in June. Not to mention just about every other weekend until then is fully booked.

We've been doing some work on the house. We done some work recently to the wall with our fire-place.

Before


During




After

Munchkin on the loose

Who needs a T.V.? Carter is so entertaining! And he loves his Coco.

Sometimes he's nice to Coco and gives him hugs

 But sometimes he uses Coco as a stepping stool to see out the window

Carter really does love Coco though. And for the most part Coco loves Carter. Mostly because Carter feeds him. Sometimes Carter purposefully saves little pieces of his meal so after he gets out of his highchair he can run over to Coco and feed him. If Carter isn't in his highchair and gets any sort of food it goes to Coco. For this reason I have to give him two of everything; one for him, one for Coco.

Carter is also talking a lot more. His new word is poo-poo. He saying it while and after he does it. We're working on him telling us before he needs go poo-poo so we can start getting him on the potty for it. I think he's almost ready to being the potty training, not quite yet though. He has gone pee-pee in the potty once but I think that was a fluke. No rush though, he's not even two yet.

In other news Grant has his interview on Wednesday. Everyone pray or keep your finger crossed or whatever you do. This job would be a great thing for him.

I think that's about it. Carter is turning two in three and a half months. Then shortly after I'll be 30!! Ahhhh... I can't believe how quickly time is flying.

Things are different

Well, if you haven't already heard, Grant got laid off last week. It came very unexpectedly to both of us. I really freaked out at first, thinking about all of our bills and the lack of income we're going to have but Grant has helped calm me down. I think it will be okay now. He'll get unemployment and we've already started drastically cutting our spending. Since he's staying home Carter won't have to go to day care and we won't have the huge gas bills from his work commute. I really think we'll be okay for a few months. Please keep your fingers crossed that he gets a job soon though.

On a brighter note, Carter is getting so big. I know I always say it but he's at such a fun age. He copies everything we do and he's starting to be able to communicate with us better. Aside from that though he's going through a I-will-throw-a fit-and-then-hit-you-if-I-don't-get-what-I-want stage. Fun times!

Here's a picture of Carter and his friend.

And here's a video from the other day. This is the first time Carter has seen/played with a piano. I thought he did pretty well.



I will try to update more. I'll see if I can even get Grant on board with maybe updating the blog with some posts in his spare time.

Hasta!

18 month check up

Carter had his 18 month check up the other day and he's healthy and doing well!

Height: 31" (16th percentile)
Weight: 22 lbs 12 oz (15th percentile)
Head: 87th percentile (haha)

As you can see he's still small. But, this are some of the highest percentiles for weight and height he's ever had. And his head continues to be in the 80th percentile. The pediatrician said he's doing well. He's excelled at his gross motor skills; he can walk really well, run, jump with both feet off the ground (she said this usually isn't accomplished until 3 years old). So now it's time to really work with him on his fine motor skills. What we're doing with him is coloring, teaching him to use utensils, and playing with smaller blocks and toys.

She was really impressed with his language development. He says 20-30 words which is above that of the average 18 month old. Half the words a stranger wouldn't be able to understand, but I know what they mean. Lol

And so, now I'll leave you with some pictures;