2nd Pregnancy So Far:

I have been trying to be just as good about documenting this pregnancy as I was with my first (although I still wish I had documented that one even better). I have been keeping notes on my phone about each week of pregnancy because I have already wanted to look back on my first pregnancy to find out things like when did I really start showing and when did I use pillows to sleep with at night. I haven’t been too good at taking pictures. The first pregnancy I documented the big weeks, 9,12,16,19/20 etc. even if I wasn’t showing. This time I have both wanted the bump to show up and not at the same time (I’m currently 18 weeks and 4 days and the bump has finally appeared around 17 weeks).  

9 Weeks:

Appointment-

Had my first appointment. I got to see our baby on the ultrasound. I love the first one even though the baby just looks like a little bean because the pregnancy becomes a reality and seeing the little flickering heartbeat is so comforting.

Lifestyle-

I am nauseous all day long! I haven’t thrown so that is nice. I get about 10-20 minutes between eating where I feel better. I am exhausted. This probably has a lot to do with the fact that I am chasing Adler around and can’t nap whenever. I need to eat every two hours and unlike last time I need to eat really slow. I forgot how annoying it is to have to use the bathroom all the time. This pregnancy feels different than the first time around and my hormones are out of control but I still am so happy for the little baby inside me.

Cravings-

Pizza, fruit, slurpees, carrots, french fries and sushi. The sushi is an unfortunate craving because I have to limit my intake. It kind of stinks to crave something I can’t eat. 

12 Weeks:

Appointment-

We had our next appointment at 11 weeks. I got to see our baby again and she zoomed in this time and it was so cute to see it starting to look like a baby! I am measuring on schedule and I had all my tests done at this appointment. 

Lifestyle-

I’m slowing starting to feel better and less nauseous. I’m not showing yet which surprises me a little because people always say you show faster with the second one. We announced to our family that we are pregnant which always so fun to do! I feel like I felt the baby kick at 11 weeks but I am not sure. 

15 Weeks:

Appointment-

We had our appointment at 14 weeks and 5 days. I got to see our baby again!!!! I LOVE THIS OB!! I’m not sure why I get an ultrasound every visit but I love it and I’m not complaining. This time the baby was facing us so I saw his/her face and we woke him/her up and saw him/her stretch. It was seriously the cutest thing ever! Everything is looking great!

Lifestyle-

I am for sure feeling the baby kick at 14 weeks. I forgot how much I love the feeling of baby kicks and I look forward to them. 

17 Weeks:

Lifestyle-

I am starting to show at 17 weeks and 2 days. The bump still fluctuates in size depending on how much I have eaten but there is defiantly a little bump showing. I am also still in my normal clothes which makes me happy. I feel like my bump is higher up than last time because things that sit higher on my waist are tight where as the stuff that sits on hips fits just fine still. My tops still fit except my clothing is starting to get tight in the chest area which defiantly didn’t happen last time (TMI??). I ordered a body pillow because I never got one the first time around. I am using Dane’s sweatshirts right now but I am looking forward to my pillow! 

Cravings-

My cravings have been the same this whole time but they have kind of subsided a little.

18 Weeks:

Lifestyle:

I am still in my normal clothes. As of now I really like my body pillow. We will see if I like it when I get bigger. My lower back is starting to hurt if I sit for too long. I am DYING to know the gender!

My next appointment is December 9th. I might try to get my doctor to just take a peek between the legs and let me know what we are having! I have a way I want to find out the gender with Dane but I can work on my surprised face and Dane will never know! We find out the gender at our anatomy scan appointment on the 15th! I can’t wait!!!!!!! 

WE’RE PREGNANT WITH BABY #2!!

We are so excited that we are expecting baby #2 who will be due May 5th 2016! I am currently 16 weeks pregnant and I love being in my 2nd trimester. 

Shortly after having Adler, Dane and I decided that we would like our kids about 2 years apart. I was a little nervous for this because I have heard that it can be tricky when they are young but I wanted them to be really close when they got older (Adler and the baby will be 2 years and 2 months apart). 

We were lucky that everything went according to schedule with getting pregnant. We both always have this feeling we are pregnant even before taking a test but I still waited until my missed period to take a pregnancy test. It was so hard to wait especially because we were around family a lot and somehow people always know when you are pregnant. I felt bad I had to lie to a few family members but hopefully they understood why. :) 

Last time we took the pregnancy test together, you can read that post here, but this time I decided to take one without Dane since I pretty much had a very strong feeling I was pregnant. I took the test and sure enough, pregnant! I was trying to find a creative way to tell Dane without letting my family know. We decided to go out to dinner for a midweek date and I would tell him then. This past Valentine’s day Dane gave me a whole bunch of those cheesy valentines you get in elementary school through out the day so I wanted to do something similar. I wrote Dane a whole bunch of notes and the first letter of each note spelled out WE’RE PREGNANT! I gave them to him through out dinner but about half way through he caught on and was super excited and just asked for all the notes! 

We waited a few days to tell my family because Dane’s brothers were all coming up that weekend and we thought it would be nice to tell everyone together! I was trying to think how we would tell them all day long and finally we decided we would tell everyone at dinner. We ordered pizzas and we had the pizza guy write “we are pregnant” inside the lid. Everyone was surprised and super excited. 

This picture isn't so great but you get the idea!!

We told Dane’s parents the next day over Skype. We were showing them all the things Adler could say at the time and then the last thing we had him say was “I’m going to be a big brother!”

This pregnancy has been a little different than the first one. This time around I felt nauseous pretty much all day during the first trimester. I never threw up but unlike the last pregnancy eating only took away the nausea away for 10 minutes. I was also exhausted all the time! This is probably mostly due to the fact that I was chasing around a toddler. I am still tired here and there, but it’s a lot more manageable. I had to eat every two hours and very slowly. My cravings are pizza (I literally could eat this all the time), french fries, and lots of fruit!! 

I am 18 weeks right now and my bump is finally starting to show! I can’t wait to find out the gender on the 15th of December!

We are both so excited but it’s so weird to think we are going to have 2 kids! We are eager to start this next journey of our life!

Nursery sneak peek:

My vision for his nursery is slowly coming together but I don’t have all of the pieces just yet (I’m still waiting on my glider, some artwork). I am very happy with how it is turing out though and I want to share a sneak peak…

I am loving the diaper baskets! His initial is above the baskets and I can't wait to share his name.

This will go in our room and he will sleep here for the first few months.

37 weeks!

38 weeks! It's getting so close!

Don’t worry I will post the finished product! 

Last Month of Pregnancy and Bump Pictures

I am 37 weeks today! I have 3 1/2 weeks left and it’s so exciting that we are going to meet our little boy soon! The last month of pregnancy has been great but I am feeling more and more uncomfortable. Despite that,  I feel like I am the kind of person that is going to miss being pregnant. I love it. Here is what’s going on in my last month of pregnancy.

-We found a new OB out in Idaho Falls and I love him! If anyone plans on giving birth in Idaho Falls I have the perfect OB for you. 

-Dane and I are also taking a HypnoBirthing class to help us get ready for delivery. So far I really like the class and I will post more about the class later. 

  

I have started my weekly OB appointments 

I tested negative for strep B. YAY!

I have been experiencing Braxton Hicks contractions. They don’t hurt it’s just a lot of pressure. 

At my 36 week appointment I wasn’t dilated at all. This was kind of a let down even though I have a few weeks left. I don’t think I will get it checked this week unless I have symptoms of labor.

The nursery is pretty much finished! I am still waiting on our crib bumper and then I will post pictures of the nursery!

Baby boy is head down right now! Let’s hope he stays that way!

My stomach gets rock hard for a few minutes and then gets soft again. I have heard that this is your body getting ready for labor!

- We have toured the hospital we are delivering at and we pre registered. The hospital we picked is super nice.

I am staying busy by cleaning, unpacking boxes still and packing the hospital bags!

I am so far behind on posting bump pictures but I thought I would still share them. It’s so funny to look back at pictures where my bump is so small (at least smaller than I am now!).

Bump Pictures: 

24 weeks:

28 weeks:

29 weeks:

30 weeks:

35 weeks:

36 weeks:

(sneak peek at the crib :))

We can’t wait to meet baby boy and we are so ready to be parents!

BabyMoon

Before I got pregnant I have been talking to Dane about taking a BabyMoon. Every time I mentioned this he would look at me like I was crazy. He would tell me that this was something I made up or that it was something only celebrities did. So when my family decided to go to Hawaii for Christmas I thought this would be the perfect trip to deem my BabyMoon. 

Over Christmas was the perfect time because even though I had a bump my stomach wasn’t huge!

Love pina coladas 

Our Christmas Presents

Clam bake at the Mauna Kea hotel

Christmas with Santa

I still crave this Ice cream!

This trip was exactly what I needed and it was the perfect BabyMoon. Here is a music video that my family made on our trip. 

Dane and I recently moved to Idaho Falls so for Valentine’s Day we came back to Utah and stayed in a hotel over the weekend. We always do a getaway for Valentine’s Day and since this will be our last one before we become parents we took full advantage to get away. 

I also counted this as a second BabyMoon. Dane feels great about this logic.

We started with a picnic inside because Idaho is cold and windy

Spent some time shopping!

Had Brunch at the Grand America Hotel which is something everyone should take advantage of!

I love giant kisses and sparkling cider

Baby Bump Pictures

I took bump pictures for every week I had an appointment. I took a picture at 9 weeks, 12 weeks, 16 weeks and then one at 19.5 weeks when my bump was a little more visible. 

9 weeks:

Appointment: We had our first appointment at 8 weeks. It was so hard to wait this long to confirm we were pregnant. At our appointment we got to see our baby. It looked liked a little circle with a little flickering or light. The doctor told us that was the baby’s heart. It was so cool!

Size of Baby: Green olive

Lifestyle: I love being pregnant! I have been a little nauseous but nothing unbearable. I am not use to eating so often. I need to eat about every 2-3 hours. If I don’t I start to feel sick but then once I eat I am totally fine. It is also hard to wake up in the middle of the night to go to the bathroom. Luckily I fall right back asleep.

12 weeks:

Appointment: We got to hear the baby’s heartbeat today. It was such a cool thing to hear and it was so fast. Our baby’s heartbeat was 165. It is interesting how fast these appointments are but I guess that is a good thing because that means that everything looks good with the baby.

Size of Baby: Plum

Lifestyle: Get to announce to everyone we are pregnant! Yay!

16 weeks:

Appointment: We got to hear the heartbeat again and we asked for an ultrasound. They weren’t planning on doing one for us because they were planning on doing one for our next appointment, which would be 20 weeks, but they gladly gave us one. We hadn’t seen our baby since our 8-week appointment and I was dying to see it. It was such an amazing thing to see our baby. The baby was moving like crazy although I still couldn’t feel it move yet. We didn’t want to know the gender yet because we had heard stories about people finding out early and sometimes it wasn’t always right so we decided to wait until our 20-week appointment. It was the longest 4 weeks of my life. I am so glad we got to see our baby.

Size of baby: Avocado

Lifestyle: I have discovered that my prenatal vitamins are what’s causing me to throw up. I am looking for another kind to take so I can stop throwing up. Waiting to find out the gender at our 20-week appointment is torcher. I have to sleep with two pillows in bed. One in between my legs and one behind my back I need to get a body pillow.

At 18 weeks I felt the baby move for first time! It was like a flipping sensation and probably one of the coolest things I have felt.

My cravings have pretty much been coleslaw and Olive Garden salad. Occasionally I crave macaroni and cheese and pizza!

19.5weeks:

I haven’t had my appointment yet but I am finally starting to show!

Lifestyle: My lower back is starting to hurt when I sit for too long. Good thing Dane is willing to give me massages! I can't zip up my pants anymore so I have started wearing a belly band! No maternity clothes yet.